RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Two ALSs, each signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, dated 1854 and 1870. The first, in part: “It is our intention to leave New York by the eight o’clock t

Signed book: God’s Little Acre. Later printing. NY: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.25, 303 pages. Signed and inscribed on

Signed book: The Grass Harp. Third printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 181 pages. Signed on the first free end p

Convicted murderer and author of Papillon (1906–1973), an account of his time in a penal colony in French Guiana, later turned into a film starring St

Ballpoint signature, “Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Christie adds on the reverse, “Purely a mistake! No mystery.” In fine condition. A

Untranslated ALS in French, signed at the conclusion and within the text, “Jean Cocteau,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 17, 1952. In fine condition. An

Versatile French writer and artist (1889–1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. Signed boo

British author (1824–1889) regarded as the first British detective story writer. Ink signature, “Wilkie Collins, New York, October 1873,” at the top o

Otsego County Bank check, 6 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to Self for $10, September 4, 1843. In fine condition.

Signed book in German: Gedichte . Ebenhausen: Langewiesche-Brandt, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.25, 76 pages. Signed and inscribe