RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 602 pages. Signed on the colophon in

ALS, one page, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa mid-1940s. Letter to an admirer, apparently about his 1945 novel Cannery Row. In full: “Thanks very much fo

ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, personal Oxford letterhead, September 4, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of severa

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.25, August 2, 1903. Letter to his nephew Andre. In part (translated): "I received your two articles on Pasteu...

ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, May 4, [1755]. Letter to his friend Francois-Louis Defresney, written from his home Les Delices in Ge

LS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 9, April 12, 1754. Letter to Jesuit priest Joseph de Menoux. In full (translated): &quo...

Extremely rare Midland Bank Limited check, 5.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Woolf, payable to The Principal Brighton Technical College for £sd...

Influential American writer (1900–1938) known for his poetic autobiographical fiction, best remembered for the 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel. TLS si

Massachusetts author (1832–1899) best remembered for young adult novels characterized by ‘rags-to-riches’ narratives, such as the Ragged Dick, Luck an

TLS signed “Isaac,” one page on the reverse of 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, April 28, 1967. Letter to Maggie Rose, in full: “Forgive postcard, plea