RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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