RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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

ALS signed “Truman,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 9.75, personal letterhead, September 3, 1952. Letter to noted journalist Leonard Lyons, in part: “I wa

TLS signed “R. C.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 14, 1952. Letter to James Keddie, Jr., in full: “Thanks ever so much for your g

Ink signature and inscription, “To Miss Anna Frank—with best wishes. Truly yours, Mark Twain, Aug/08,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2 slip. Cloth-matted and

Beautiful bold ink signature, “Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 card. Triple-matted and framed with a portrait of Clemens to an overall size of 10

Unusual ink signature, “Truly yours, S. L. Clemens,” with the author signing over the first signature with his pen name, “Mark Twain,” on an off-white

Ink signature, “God bless you & your affectionate bride, S. T. Coleridge, 3 April, 1826, Grove, Highgate,” on an off-white 7 x 2.75 slip clipped...

Ink signature, “Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 clipped slip. Matted and framed with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 6.25

Third-person ALS signed “Mr. Charles Dickens,” one page, 4.5 x 7, February 27, 1846. Letter concerning the chronology of his principal publications. I

Desirable hand-addressed and signed panel removed from a mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Tom Taylor Esquire, Local Government

Unusual 5.25 x 9.5 album page featuring affixed handwriting samples of three great British authors, including: one side with a short unsigned note by

Attractive purple ink signature, “Yours ever truly, C. L. Dodgson,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 slip affixed to a larger album page. In fine condition, wi

ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8, June 30, 1868. Letter to Hartein, in full (translated): “Could you use three seats in the galler

Fantastic AQS on an off-white 5 x 3.5 album page, signed at the conclusion in crisp ink, “R. Waldo Emerson, 12 Nov’r 1870.” Emerson pens a thoughtful

Boldly penned ALS, one page, 5 x 6.75, November 17, 1930. Letter to Martha E. Sacks, in full: “Suppose we make it February 6th then. That will be the

Handsome portrait etching of Frost by Richard Hood, 6.25 x 7.25, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by the poet, “Robert Frost,” and in pencil

Venetian critic and dramatist (1713–1786). ALS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 12, December 30, 1773. Letter to Antonio Rambaldo, Count di Collalto. In pa

Exceptional matte-finish 12.5 x 10 gelatin silver photo of William S. Burroughs originally taken by Ginsberg during their first meeting in 1961, lengt

Broadsheet of his poem “Die Feier des siebenten Novembers 1825 dankbar zu erwidern” [The celebration of the seventh of November 1825 grateful to recip

Desirable bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $20, February

ALS in French, signed “Victor H,” one page, 4 x 9.5, January 3, 1865. In full (translated): "You have charmed me sir, with a simple and frighte...

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, December 17, 1853. Letter to John Tucker Prince, in part: “You ask for some anecdote of a journey

Important French poet, painter, writer, and critic (1876–1944) who converted from Judaism to Catholicism at age 39. AMS in French, three pages, 10.5 x

Short AMS signed “F. S. Key, Esqr,” one page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stanza for Rober

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811). ALS in German, signed “Heinrich,” one page, 7.25 x 5, March 14, 1803. Conclusion

Prominent Russian theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist, and sociologist (1823–1900) who endorsed revolutionary socialist ideals. Two ALSs in C

Nicely penned autograph quote, unsigned, 4.75 x 2, January 16, 1866, in full: “Nature does not give all things to all men. To one She gives the vision

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, May 19 [1943]. Letter to Miss Lawrence, in full: “Thank you for your letter of May 8th. Your deducti

Signed book: Gone with the Wind. First edition, first printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Rebound hardcover, 6.25 x 9, 1037 pages. Signed on th

TLS, one page, 7 x 7.75, personal letterhead, June 5, 1936. Letter to Robert Saltmarsh, a bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts, in full: "...

Romanian-French writer (1876–1933) friendly with the intellectual, literary and artistic elite of the day including Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Paul Va

Rare AMS, five pages, 7.75 x 10.5, December 14, 1894. A full autograph copy of Randall’s Civil War Anthem, “My Maryland!” In part: “I hear the distant

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

DS, signed “J. D. Salinger,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, February 25, 1964. Agreement between Salinger and the publisher Ediciones AT of Barcelona

ALS in French, signed “G. Sand,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, December 29, 1858. Letter to an acquaintance, in part (translated): “I don’t have time to see y

Scarce paperstock 4.5 x 7.5 book photo of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir side-by-side, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip by both. I

ALS in French, signed “Schlegel, professeur de Cologne,” one page, 5 x 7.25, November 23, 1806. Letter to Secretary General of the Ministry of the Int

Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu

Signed book: The Oak and the Calf. First Harper Row edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 568 pages. Signed on...

ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, embossed Isle of Wight letterhead, November 11 [1874]. Letter to a professor, in full: “I tha

LS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.75, February 26, 1775. Letter to a gentleman, in full (translated): "An old man ...

Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le

ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9, October 30, 1885. Boldly penned letter from his house in Camden, New Jersey. In part: “Thanks for the copy of ‘Bryant and his

Ink signature, “Walt Whitman,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.75 slip affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with small tears to top edge and

Glossy 8 x 10 ICM publicity close-up photo of Williams, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ballpoint, “For Irwin M. Schuett, Tennessee

Partial TLS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 7 x 2, no date. Interesting conclusion of a letter with publishing content. In full: “Watt, my conscience

ANS signed “V. W.,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, no date but postmarked June 18, 1934. Short note to her friend Lyn Irvine, writer and ed

ALS signed “Wm. Wordsworth,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, no date but circa 1838. Letter to his daughter Dora, in part: “It is well you

American writer (1832–1911) best known for such verses as ‘Rock Me to Sleep, Mother.’ AMS, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. A full autograph copy of Ak

Ink signature, “L. M. Alcott,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 card. In fine condition, with trivial soiling, and toned adhesive remnants to reverse. Acco