RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Crisp ink signature, “The autograph of Washington Irving, Sunnyside Dec. 8’ 1852,” on an off-white card with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-emb

FDC with a cachet honoring the Libraries of America, postmarked July 13, 1982, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

TLS, one page, 8 x 9.75, May 23, 1924. Letter to a friend. In part: “I am off to the Canadian wilds for the summer. But I do hope I shall be able to s

Central Bank of Oakland check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Camm & Hedges Co. for $146, stamp-dated January 11, 1907....

ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 7.25, April 14, 1841. Written from Cambridge, a letter to “Fraulein,” in part: “You see

Appealing ink signature, “Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white slip affixed to an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a

Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist (1862–1949) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Maeterlinck,” on

English poet, writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967 (born 1878) who is remembered for the classic children

TLS, one page, 6.5 x 10.25, personal letterhead, November 25, 1942. Letter to Ted Robinson of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In part: “What a delightful

Signed book: Five Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 484 pages. Signed on the first free end pa

ALS signed “W. S.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, no date but docketed June 20, 1805 on the reverse. Letter to Rev. E. L. Foster on publishing the works of John

Nature writer (1860–1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. ALS, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, July

Signed book: The Proud Highway. First edition. NY: Villard, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.75, 683 pages. Signed on a bookplate affixed to

Signed book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Modern Library first edition. NY: The Modern Library, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 283

TLS signed “Jim Thurber,” one page, 8.5 x 11, July 31, 1951. Letter to fellow cartoonist Mary Petty. In full: “Last night I was listening to the Choll

ALS signed “T. N.—the old friend” (Wilder’s middle name was “Niven,” and he occasionally signed with his first and middle initials for close friends),

Vintage sepia matte-finish 6.25 x 8.5 seated portrait of Caruso smoking a cigar, prominently signed in fountain pen, “Enrico Caruso, New York, 1909.”

Composer and pianist (1822–1890) who won some official recognition as the nominated successor of Benoist as organ professor at the Conservatoire. Shee

Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white sheet of 8 x 6.7 musically l

Prolific Bohemian-Czech composer (1890–1959) of modern classical music. Choice matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of Martinu with cigarette in hand, nice