RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, September 23, 1952. Letter to "Mr. Gold," an editor at Life Magazine. In full: "I enclo...

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, December 3, 1962. Letter to "Louis," in full: "Voila, contracts signed—Glad to hear too of Deutsch London repri...

Personal check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Kerouac, "Jack Kerouac," payable to Schlossman's, Inc. for $100, August 6, 1958. ...

ALS signed “F. S. Key,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 9, 1823. Letter to "Rev'd & dear Sir" on the subject of coloni...

Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist, and theologian (1741–1801). Untranslated ALS in German, signed “J. K. Lavater,” one page, 5 x 7.5, no

ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, April 1, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full: ...

Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 35th Anniversary Edition, first printing (with "1" in the number line). NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardc...

Signed book: The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems. Later printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 127 pages. Signed and i

Desirable collection comprising three pages of London's galley proof for The Cruise of the Snark, three black-and-white cardstock photo illustra...

Uncommon glossy 4.5 x 6.25 photo of the elderly British scribe in a formal half-length seated pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in bold b

Naturalist and author (1838–1914) who helped establish Yosemite National Park. Signed book: The Mountains of California. Later printing. NY: The Centu

Archive of four unsigned autograph love letters from Edna St. Vincent Millay to fellow Pulitzer Prize–winning poet George Dillon, totaling seventeen p

ALS signed "A. A. M.," one page, 5.5 x 7.5, personal letterhead, January 23, 1937. Letter to his friend Vincent Seligman, alluding to one ...

Archive of seven ALSs (one in Russian and six in German), signed "B. Pasternak," totaling fifteen pages on nine sheets, dated 1959–1960. A...

Three TLSs from Mitchell, totaling four pages, personal letterhead, dated 1937 and 1948, all to friend and fellow writer Sadie Temple. The first, sig

Exceptional ALS signed “E. Pound,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 4.25, personal portrait stationery, July 12, 1959. Unusual handwritten letter from Poun

French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera

TLS, one page, 6.75 x 10.75, July 7, 1937. Letter to "Mr. Abbott," written from Sony Creek, Connecticut. In part: "I am very sorry th...

TLS signed “As ever, Jerry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, [April 1965]. Letter to Joyce Miller Hodgins, formerly a staff writer at The New Yorker and Salinge...

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the 100th birthday anniversary of author Joel Chandler Harris, signed vertically in fountain pen, "B...

DS, one page, 2.75 x 7, June 3, 2002. Credit card receipt for a purchase of two books—"Round the Fire" and "Best Cat Stories"—at...

Two ALSs in French, one signed "George Sand" and one signed "G. Sand," totaling five pages on sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8...

TLS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, May 20, 1970. Letter to Jacques Debu-Bridel, in part: "Our policy positions are ve...

Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition, with "Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" on title page. NY: Harper ...

Handwritten responses to a questionnaire, signed "GBS, 21/1/35," one page, 8.5 x 11, returned to University of Rochester English professor...

Signed book: The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. First edition. London: Constable and Company, 1930. Hardcover, 5 x 7, 78 pages. Signed and insc

Signed book: The Giving Tree. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 7.5 x 9, 54 pages. S...

Signed book: The Making of Americans. Second printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 416 pages. Neatly signed on the f

ALS, one page, 5.25 x 5, no date. Letter to to Michael Powell, written from "The Boat House" in Laugharne. In full: "Roger Burford ga...

Scarce and immensely desirable 4.25 x 6.5 Russian cabinet photo of Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with

Extraordinary pairing of letters from Tolkien to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the Rings: TLS, one p

Correspondence archive consisting of 28 letters from beloved children’s author and Mary Poppins creator P. L. Travers, featuring 16 TLSs and 12 ALSs s

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, October 16, 1987. Letter to "Mr. Hedborg," in part: "I am glad you like the Mary Pop...

ALS in French, signed “Ivan Tourgueneff,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, February 20, 1877. Letter to Sophie D

Desirable set of four ALSs in French, three signed “Paul Valery” and one signed “PV,” nine total pages, dated between 1923 and 1943. The first, from M

Boldly penned ADS in French, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, February 28, 1776. In full (translated): "I received from the Marquis of St. Tropez, throug...

Unsigned handwritten note in French, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Untranslated letter written by Voltaire, mentioning Alexandre Le Riche de La Poupl

Signed book: Player Piano. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 295 pages. Signed verticall...

Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of a young Evelyn Waugh wearing a bowler hat and holding a cigar, signed in the lower border in fountain pen

Spectacular 6 x 9.5 paperstock photo of Whitman in profile, boldly signed in the lower margin in ink, "Walt Whitman, from life 1891, May 31, 18...

German poet and writer (1733–1813) best remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon. In

Scarce ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8, Tavistock Square letterhead, March 5, 1934. Woolf writes to author and editor Logan Pearsall Smith. In part: "I ...

Educator and poet (1859–1929) best known for the lyrics to the iconic patriotic song 'America the Beautiful.' ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 ...

English children's writer (1897–1968) whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million co...

Uncommon signed book: Go Set a Watchman. Limited first edition prepared by The Alabama Booksmith, numbered 190/714. NY: HarperCollins, 2015. Hardcover

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

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up portrait of Noel Coward by the Nicholas Muray Studio of New York, signed in fountain pen. Reverse bea

Influential English writer (1857–1903) known for his realist novels about the lower middle class; George Orwell was one of Gissing's greatest ad...

Pair of items signed by the outdoorsy American authors, including an AQS by Bret Harte and a check signed by Jack London: Bret Harte American author

Novelist and playwright (1863–1933) best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. ALS signed “Anthony H. Hawkins,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, personal letterhe