RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS

Marvelous ALS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, April 6, [1960]. Letter to Samuel Tupper, in part:

Signed book: The Innocents Abroad. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1905. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 446 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front pas

AQS on an off-white 5 x 7 sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom in black ink, “Truly yours, Mark Twain, Jan/06, To Charles D. Reid.” Twain pens a

American author and journalist (1871–1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. ALS, one page, 5.25 x

Untranslated handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.75 x 13, no date. A handwritten essay in blue ink, penned by de Beauvo

ALS signed “CD,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, no date but postmarked 1844. Letter to Dr. Southwood Smith. In part: “Here is the speech. Word for word, and l

Choice AQS on an off-white 8.75 x 10.5 sheet, prominently signed at the conclusion, “Charles Dickens, Tremont House, Boston, Twenty ninth January 1842

Scarce ALS signed “C. L. D.,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, Ch Ch , March 17. Letter to Ursula Mallam, in full: “Please tell your mother I’ll meet

Pseudonym of the French author Frédéric-Charles Bargone (1876–1957). Scarce fountain pen signature, “hommage de sympathie, Claude Farrere,...

Vintage ink signature, “Yrs. in Xt., F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 4 x 3.25 slip affixed to a 6.75 x 3.75 album page. In very good condition,

TLS signed “Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8 x 10, November 25, 1940. Letter to his secretary, Isabel Owens. In full: “It’s occurred to me that Bill War

Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Boldly penned ALS in F...

Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p

Italian novelist (1842–1911) known as part of the scapigliatura movement. Uncommon 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Fogazzaro in a three-quarter-length pos

Signed book: A Masque of Mercy. Limited edition, numbered 666/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10, 46 pages. Sig

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

Signed book: Red Harvest. Second printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover with a facsimile dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 270 pages. Signed and inscri

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $30.22, June 13, 19

Uncommon hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 6.5 x 4.25, addressed by Hemingway to “Madmoiselle Monique Lange de chez Gallimard, 5 Rue Sebasti

Document in Spanish, unsigned, one page, 8.25 x 11, July 8, 1960. Insurance policy issued to Hemingway covering fire and cyclone damage. In part (tran

Unsigned document in Spanish, two pages, 8.5 x 13.5, July 15, 1960. Hemingway’s last automobile insurance policy for the three cars at his Finca Vigia

Two items: a colorful 5.5 x 3 unsigned ticket for a bullfight at the Plaza Toros de Malaga, August 8, 1959; and an unsigned folding schedule for the b

Spectacular AMS in German, comprised of seven sets of adjoining 6 x 8.5 sheets, with the first titled and signed on the front within a hand-painted wr

German poet (1798–1874) best known as the author of ‘Das Lied der Deutschen,’ the national anthem of Germany. Two ALSs in German, both signed “Dr. Hof

Austrian writer (1874–1929) who authored novels, operas, poems, and essays, best remembered as the librettist for Richard Strauss. ALS in German, sign

Signed book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. First British edition. London: Methuen & Co, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 311 pages....

DS, two pages, 8.5 x 13, May 1, 1929. A contract between Lawrence and publisher Jonathan Cape for the publication of “the manuscript of a work at pres

Scarce ALS signed “Nelle Harper Lee,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 2, 2000. Letter to Don Salter in Mobi

ALS in Italian, signed “Giacomo,” one page, 7.5 x 10.25, February 18, 1826. A letter thanking his father for the presents of figs in oil, and discussi

Influential Irish author and scholar (1898–1963), a former atheist who became an eloquent convert to Christianity, best known for his juvenile fantasy

Uncommon matte-finish 3.5 x 4.5 photo of Jack London and his wife Charmain, apparently looking over a map, signed in ink, “Charmain and” and “Jack Lon

Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Signed book: Konigliche Hoheit [Royal Highness]. Limited editio

ALS in English, one page, 11.25 x 7, personal folding airmail letterhead, June 18, 1959. Letter to John Goodwin in New York. In full: “Wishing this le

Two ALSs in pencil written to Philip Rice, co-editor of The Kenyon Review. The first is a bizarre letter by Ezra Pound sent while confined in St. Eliz

American journalist, poet, and socialist activist (1887–1920). TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, July 28, no year but likely 1919. Letter to economist and jour

Felt tip signature and inscription, “To Ulrich Kolvenbach—I can always do with an obedient servant (I have none)…J. K. Rowling,” on a white 5.75 x 4 c

Choice LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1973. Letter to Mr. Allen, in part: “Thanks so much for taking the trouble and bother of sending me all th

Glossy sepia 4.25 x 5.25 photo of Sandburg in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Robley Durham Stevens, with good wishes, Carl Sandbu

Eminent French author (1804–1876), born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early

German poet, translator, and critic (1767–1845) known for his translations of Shakespeare. ALS in German, signed “A. W. v. Schlegel,” three pages on t

ALS signed “Walter Scott,” one page, 7.25 x 9, April 9, 1829. Letter to dramatist Frederick Mansel Reynolds. In part: “I cannot I think express myself

TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 7.5, personal letterhead, January 30, 1920. Letter to Gerald Gould at the offices of the Daily Herald. In

Uncommon 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Shaw seated outdoors, signed and inscribed to his biographer Henry Charles Duffin in blue ballpoint, “Dear Duffin

TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, January 10, 1936. Letter to Vernon Bartlett, in part: “On the 22nd we start on a

ALS signed “John,” one onionskin page, January 17. An effusive letter of thanks. In full, “You are a good friend. I always knew it but now I am doubly

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

DS, ten onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick granting rights to turn his Viva Zapata! screenplay in

ALS signed “J. S.,” two lined pages, 8 x 12.5, September 9, 1965. Letter to advertising pioneer Howard Gossage, written in both pencil and felt tip. I

Lengthy AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Harriet Beecher Stowe, April 25, 1892.” Stowe quotes from the preface of Uncle