RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Signed book: Later Lyrics. First edition. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Company, 1866. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.5 x 7.75, 326 pages. Signed and inscr...

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to an unidentified recipient, thanking him for his letter and adding (translated): “With friends

American poet, novelist, playwright, and activist in the Civil Rights movement, who became one of the best-known figures of the Harlem Renaissance of

ALS, three pages, lightly-lined, 6.75 x 8.75, July 20, 1959. Letter to John Goodwin, in full: “Just a brief note for your inquiry. I could find the ex

TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, August 22, 1936. Letter to psychiatrist Dr. Charles E. Mayos, in full: “Since my book 'Gone With The...

TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh (Mrs. John R. Marsh),” two pages, 7.5 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 25, 1941. Letter to Helen Dortch Longs

British civil servant (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th-century Bri

American author (1872–1960) who earned fame for her various books and columns on etiquette. Archive of correspondence material from Emily Post, consis

French author (1628–1703) known for his development of the fairy tale genre. Scarce ANS in French, signed “Perrault,” one page, 6.5 x 1.75, no date. I

DS, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick for a stage adaptation of the film Viva Zapata!, in which Stei

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, April 17, 1967. Letter to J. D. Gilbert, in full: “Thank you very much for your charming letter which pleas

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...

Excellent collection of three items: a 1957 first edition hardcover of The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, signed and inscribed on the first free end page

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 signed “Wells,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, June 3, 1889. Letter to H. E. Hadley. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Are yo

ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3, April 15, [1881]. Letter to the Staffords in New Jersey. In full: “Well here I am in a grand old hotel, the first

Exquisite 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Wilde in a seated pose circa 1884, signed and inscribed in ink, “Stuart Merrill, from his friend Oscar Wilde.

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, December 14, 1948. Letter to Mrs. Newman. In part: “It is nice to hear from you again and to kn

ALS in German, signed “Rainer Maria,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 3.5, no date but circa November 1918. Bold letter to Miss Else Hotop. In full (trans

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, April 3, 1967. Letter to Maggie Rose, in full: “Your description of the other ‘intellectual’ groups is

Hardcover program, 5 x 7, 10 pages, for the Tenth Anniversary of the Author’s Club, held at the Hotel St. Denis on February 28, 1893. Signed inside by

Signed book: Dandelion Wine. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 281 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first

Signed book: One Christmas. Limited first edition, numbered 133/500. NY: Random House, 1983. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.75, 41 pages. Signed on

Influential Italian poet (1835–1907) regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906. ALS

Signed book: A Lost Lady. First edition, limited issue, numbered 38/200. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 174 pages. Signed on the colop

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 25, 1953. Letter to “Swanie,” his agent H. N. Swanson, concerning the plagiarism of hi

Signed book: The Manchurian Candidate. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 311 pages. Prominently signed on

Ink signature, “Mark Twain,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.25 slip. In fine condition.

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “G. Dore,” one page, 5 x 8, no date. Affixed by its adjoining sheet to a larger scrapbook page bearing a collector’

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.25, 165 West 10 Street letterhead, August 30, 1915. Letter of condolence to the widow of Edwin Marti

German writer and translator (1830–1914) who wrote novels, poetry, and short stories and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910. Matte-fin

ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page, 3.75 x 6, March 18, 1892. In full: “It gives me pleasure to comply with your slight request.” Encapsulat

Desirable 3.75 x 5.5 portrait of the famed abolitionist and poet by J. E. Purdy and Co. of Boston, affixed to its original studio mount, signed on the

Signed book: Freedom’s Plow. Third printing. NY: Musette Publishers, 1946. Paperback, 5.25 x 8.5, 14 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the copyrig

Two signed books: a first edition copy of The Seal Lion, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on an opening page in red felt tip, “For Joe

Signed book: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. First edition. NY: Scribner, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 288 pages. Signed on the f

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, January 9, 1926. Letter to his publisher Curtis Brown, in full: “I expect this will catch you before you leave London. I h

ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 6.5, Cambridge, December 20, 1865. In full: “It gives me great pleasure to comply with y

Glossy 10 x 8 Cannon publicity photo of Mailer on the set of the 1987 film Tough Guys Don’t Dance, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Larry Raffert

Five hardcover first editions, each signed in ink on the first free end page or title page by McMurtry, including: Anything for Billy; All My Friends

Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Limited illustrated edition, numbered 106/500. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 139 page

Signed book: After Such Pleasures. Limited first edition, numbered 186/250. NY: Viking Press, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 232 pages. Signed on the co

English writer and printer (1689–1761) known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded; Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady; a

French writer who won the 1916 Nobel Prize for literature. ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8, January 10, 1933. Letter to an

Scarce ANS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A note dashed off to his lover, Michelle Vian. In full (translated): “Her

Signed book: Pierre: A Cautionary Tale. NY: Harper & Row Publishers, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.25, 48 pages. Signed and inscrib...

Beautifully penned AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.25 deckle-edge sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, “S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, July 4, 1887.” Sm

Signed book: The Gulag Archipelago. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Softcover, 4.25 x 7, 660 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ballpoint. In...

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

LS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, June 23, 1907. Letter to Schlesinger’s Music Publishers in Berlin. In part: “I have received the musical pieces you