RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849–1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. Uncom

Uncommon matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 postcard photo of Thomas standing next to American anthologist and poet Oscar Williams, the latter of whom pens an A

Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, April 18, 1839. Untranslated. Reverse of the second integral page addressed in Tocqueville’s own hand. In

Exceptional ink signature, “Leo Tolstoy,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 album page affixed to a slightly larger cardstock sheet. In fine condition.

Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist (1896–1963). Signed book: Le Fruit Permis. First edition. Paris: L'Imprime...

ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, July 10, 1886. Response to an admirer. In full (translated): "Here sir are the few lines you requested. A se...

Scarce ALS in French, signed “le vieux malade Voltaire votre ancien serviteur [the old sick Voltaire, your old servant],” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7

Signed book: Breakfast of Champions. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2001. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 295 pages. Signed on the colophon i

ALS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 5.5, June 7, 1889. Letter to H. E. Hadley. In full: “We shall arrive, in our best clothes & behaviour, with tick...

Unsigned transmittal envelope from Wells to H. E. Hadley, 4.75 x 3.5, addressed in Wells’s hand, “Hadley F.R.S., Physics,” with a note in the upper ri

Two items: a TLS signed “W. C. Williams,” one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, November 28, 1960, in part: “Thank you very much for the treatments yo

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

Three items: an Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2, filled out and signed by James Fenimore Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to Latton & Co...

Five items: a TLS from Edgar Rice Burroughs, signed “Burroughs,” personal letterhead, September 10, 1931, in part: “It was kind of you to say that you

Signed book: Fahrenheit 451. Limited edition, numbered 445/2000. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 11.5, 152 pages. Sig

Two ALSs, both signed “W. C. Bryant,” each one page, 4 x 6 and 5 x 8, July 31, 1854, and February 22, 1870. The earliest, a letter to a publisher, in

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, December 25, 1901. Letter to a “little girl from India,” in part: “I certainly have not forgotten you...

Ink signature, “Very truly yours, Wilkie Collins, April 20th, 1876,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition.

Two items: a vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 bust-length photo of Coward, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Joan Henrion,

Signed book: Santa Claus. Second printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. Hardcover, 7.75 x 11, 18 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free en

British writer (1870–1945) who first came to prominence in the 1890s as the young intimate companion of Oscar Wilde. ALS, one page, 7 x 8.75, St. Ann’

Collection of seven items signed by French writers, including: Georges Courteline (ALS praising Mark Twain); Alexandre Dumas, pere (signature and salu

Bold fountain pen signature, “Robert Frost,” on the 6 x 9.5 colophon removed from a limited edition of In The Clearing, numbered 840/1500. In fine con

Signed book: The Land of Shorter Shadows. First edition. NY: William Morrow & Company, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 228 pages. S...

French writer (1822–1896) and founder of the Academie Goncourt and creator of the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize. Untranslate

Signed book: A Quick Look Behind. Limited edition, numbered 46/300. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1983. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.75 x 9.7...

Prolific British novelist (1856–1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain. Uncommon 3.5 x 5.5 postcard pho

Signed book: Roots. First edition. limited issue, numbered 340/500. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 587 pages. S

Signed book: Seamus Heaney: Poems and a Memoir. First limited edition, numbered 445/2000. NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover with slipcase

Ink signature, “Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 slip. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an ov

Signed book: Lazarus Laughed. Limited edition of 775 copies (this being number 484). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 179 pages. Sig

Signed book: The Cat in the Hat. NY: Random House, 1957. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 61 pages. Signed and inscribed on the reverse of the first free end pa

Belgian author (1903–1989) best known for his Inspector Maigret detective novels. Glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of the author lighting his pipe, signed in bla

LS signed “Henry Irving,” written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, one page, 5 x 8, Lyceum Theatre letterhead, July 25, 1893.

Signed book: A Thurber Garland. First edition. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. Hardcover, 5.5 x 4.25, 30 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free

Two TLSs, one signed “Very sincerely, Edgar Wallace” and the other “Edgar Wallace,” both one page, 31 Portland Place letterhead, dated November 16, 19

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Spade House, Sandgate letterhead, July 10, 1905. Letter to Harris, in part: “All these things are of

ALS signed “T. N.,” four pages on two sheets, 6 x 7, Deepwood Drive letterhead, July 11, 1970. Letter to author James Leo Herlihy, in part: “Two weeks

TLS signed “Tom,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Letter to Jim, in full: “A well-deserved feeling of shame has made me hesitant about asking you if you’

Crisp fountain pen signature, “W. B. Yeats,” on the 5.5 x 9.25 colophon removed from a limited edition of The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Y

ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.5, no date but postmarked Paris, August 7, 1900. Letter to Blanche Marot, in full (translated)

Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in Italian, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 8.75 x 10, July 2

Signed book: Requiem Mass. Novello’s original octavo edition. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., 1891. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 152 pages. Inscribed at the t

Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. Ink signature, “Edward Elgar,” on an off-white 5

Russian composer (1875–1956) who concentrated primarily on monumental operas, ballets, and cantatas. Scarce vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Gl

Russian-Jewish composer and teacher (1883–1957). Rare ALS in Cyrillic, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.75, May 15, 1933. Letter to Yuri Leopoldovich, i

Russian-Jewish composer and teacher (1883–1957). Vintage glossy 2.75 x 4.25 portrait of Gnessin, signed and inscribed in Cyrillic in black ink

AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.75 card, signed in fountain pen, “Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1937.” Below his signature, Rachmaninoff pens a single chord. A mi

Influential composer and pianist (1871–1915) widely considered to be the main Russian symbolist composer. Scarce piano sheet music for Scriabin’s Poem

Excessively rare and extremely desirable manuscript DS in German, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, July 21, 1801. Untranslated contract in which Haydn c

Exceptional handwritten musical manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 9.25 x 12.5, May 1816. Working manuscript for “Minnelied” and “Die fruhe Li

American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (1900–1959) who co-patented a ‘Secret Communications System’ with actress Hedy Lamarr in 1

British conductor of the Halle Orchestra (1899–1970) who previously served as Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Phi...

Influential avant-garde American composer and artist (1912–1992). Appealing 4.25 x 6 postcard photo of Cage looking out of a window, signed and inscri

Manuscript DS in German, one page, 15 x 18, March 5, 1873. Untranslated diploma issued to Frances Amelie Dillaye by the esteemed Leipzig Conservatory

Cardstock 3.5 x 5.75 photo of Caruso in costume, signed in thick pencil. Double-matted and framed with an unsigned image to an overall size of 22 x 18

Collection of four musical quotes on various size sheets and cards. Quotes are from: Leo Blech, four bars, in pencil, from his opera ‘Alpenkonig’; Got

Collection of six items signed by composers and classical musicians, including: Samuel Coleridge Taylor (AMQS, three measures and lyrics from Hiawatha

Four items: a 5.25 x 3.25 postcard photo of Pietro Mascagni in a bust-length pose, signed in Italian in ink (translated), “With the affectionate greet

Four items: a fountain pen signature, “Richard Strauss,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card; an early TLS signed “Leonard Bernstein,” February 20, 1946,

Three items: a first edition copy of Richard Rogers: A Biography, softcover, signed on the half-title page in black ink, “All the best, Richard”; an u

Two AMQSs on individual off-white cards, measuring approximately 4 x 3. One from Nadia Boulanger, who pens two bars from an unidentified work, signed

AMQS on a white 6.5 x 4 album page, prominently signed and inscribed at the bottom in French. D’Indy boldly pens five bars from his second symphony. M

Three items: an AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, with five bars of music and lyrics from his operetta ‘Eileen,’ dated January 1917 and reading, “‘Tis

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Herbert by the White photography studio of New York, signed and inscribed in the upper border in fountain pen, “Miss Hi

Crisp AMQS, one page, 8 x 5.25, signed below, “R. Leoncavallo, Wien, 28 Mai 1897.” Leoncavallo pens two bars of music and lyrics from the first act of

Matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 postcard portrait of the Italian composer, signed in fountain pen, “P. Mascagni, Lucca, 1.10.927.” Blindstamped in the lower l

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of Mascagni by the Francesco Reale photography studio of Rome, signed and inscribed in Itali

Untranslated ANS in French on the front of Massenet’s personal calling card imprinted with his name and change of address, 3.75 x 2.25, signed along t

Well-respected Greek-born conductor and composer (1896–1960) known as one of the young Leonard Bernstein’s most important mentors. A 3.5 x 5.5 postcar

Vintage signatures of four musicians on both sides of a 4.75 x 6.75 album page. Signers are: Edmund Eysler, adding a four-bar AMQS from his operetta ‘

Ink signatures of eight musicians on three various size album pages. First page bears an AMQS from Jacques Thibault, who pens eight bars from ‘Presto,

Pencil sketch of an orchestral performance drawn by an artist inside the back cover of a program for a performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra, four

Spanish classical guitarist (1893-1987) regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the instrument. Glossy 8 x 6 photo of Segovia by the

AMQS on a gold trimmed 5.25 x 3.25 off-white deckle-edge card. Stravinsky pens a single bar of music, and signs and inscribes, “To H. Keith Thompson,

Ink signature, “yours very truly, Arthur Sullivan, March 1879,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 clipped card. In fine condition.

German composer and conductor (1869–1930) who was the son of Richard Wagner; he served as the opera composer and artistic director of the Bayreuth Fes

Very early vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.5 portrait of Armstrong resting his trumpet on his knee, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “My best wishe

Vintage matte-finish 2.25 x 3.25 candid photo of Berlin among a group of American soldiers, signed in fountain pen, “Irving Berlin,” the composer addi

Saxophonist, band leader, and composer (1926–1967) whose brilliant improvisatory skills and experimental spirit made him one of the most influential a

Coltrane Live at Birdland album signed and inscribed inside the gatefold in blue ballpoint, “John Coltrane, To ‘Tee,’ Thanks.” In very good condition,

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Fitzgerald, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best wishes Mathew Rutledge, Sincerely Ella Fitzgerald.” A few surfa

Program for Gershwin’s performance with James Melton and the Reiman Symphonic Orchestra on January 19, 1934, two pages, 5.5 x 8.5, signed on the front

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Gershwin, payable to Dorothy Druman for $20, September 22, 1933. In fine conditi

Signed book: Porgy and Bess. Limited first edition of 250 copies (this being No. 225). NY: Random House, 1935. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 12.5, 5

Stunning vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Mishkin portrait of Gershwin, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Mildred—All the best,

Rare 10.5 x 15 Israeli newspaper photo from October 8, 1971, depicting Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Al McKibbon, Sonny Stitt, and Kai

Vintage glossy 10 x 7.75 photo of Waller with his mouth agape during a performance, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Sal:—Best Wishes, Yes! Yes!

Glossy 8 x 10 Paragon Agency publicity photo of an artistic rendering of Muddy Waters, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a fu

Uncommon 10.75 x 13.25 Billboard magazine advertisement photo from March 12, 1998, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Jim Silvers, My friend,

Exceptional vintage glossy 8 x 10 Decca Records publicity photo of Cline wearing a floral pattern shirt, signed in blue ballpoint, “Sincere thanks, Pa

Survival album signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint, “Jah Live, Bob Marley.” In fine condition. The record is not included. Marley signatures re

Blue-bodied Jay Turser ATAK Series JTX-110 CAB right-handed electric guitar, signed on the body in silver ink, “Angus Young, AC/DC.” A few chips and a

Sought-after The Beatles Yesterday and Today stereo ‘third state’ butcher cover. This ‘third state’ version features the ‘butcher’ cover, the previous

Choice vintage late 1963 ballpoint signatures and inscription, “To Shiela, love from the Beatles, George Harrison, xxx,” “John Lennon, xxx,” “Ringo St

Vintage circa 1964 color postcard published by BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) depicting London’s famous Big Ben, 5.5 x 3.5, signed and in

Signed book: McCartney: Yesterday & Today. Deluxe limited edition, numbered 27/750. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications, 1995. Hardcover with ...

Program for the infamous appearance of the Beatles at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on November 4, 1963, for a royal variety performance befor

Terrific color limited edition 17.25 x 25.25 lithograph entitled ‘Piggies,’ depicting a warthog and wife cannibalizing at a fine dining restaurant, nu

Signed book: I, Me, Mine. Limited edition, numbered 714/2000. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10.25, 398