RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Italian poet, translator, and librettist (1798–1885) whose work included collaborations with Giuseppe Verdi. Two autograph poems in Italian on an off-

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, August 5, 1942. Letter to Franklin Rouda at Harvard University. In part: “You ask me whether the aut

French naturalist writer (1850–1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5, monogrammed

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

French novelist and poet (1822–1861) best remembered as the author of La Vie de Boheme, which was later adapted into the famous operas by Puccini and

Very rare DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 4, 1969. Document extending a deadline for an option agreement between Nabokov and McGraw Hill International

ALS signed “Geo. Orwell,” one page, 5.5 x 7, October 2, 1949. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Many thanks for your letter & the review of ‘1984....

Exceptional handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1938–1939. A page from Saint-Exupery’s draft for a socio

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “G. Sand,” one page, 6 x 7.75, blindstamped monogrammed letterhead, no date. In very good condition, with intersect

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

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

TLS in French, signed “J. Sartre,” five pages on three gridded sheets, 8 x 10.5, April 21, [1940]. Fine letter to the French actress Wanda Kosakiewicz

German poet, translator, and critic (1767–1845) known for his translations of Shakespeare. ALS in German, signed “Schlegel,” one page, 5 x 6.5, Decemb

Signed book: The Viking Portable Library of Steinbeck. Later printing. NY: Viking Press, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 7, 568 pages. Signed

Irish author (1847–1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, blindstamped Lyceum Theatre letterh

Incredibly rare handwritten letter fragments by Swift penned on both sides of two slips, unsigned, measuring approximately 5 x 4.25 together,

TLS, one page, 5.25 x 7, blindstamped personal letterhead, January 12, 1966. Letter to an admirer, in full: “Thank you very much for your birthday gre

Boldly penned ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 7 x 9, October 23 [with “1754” noted in another hand in the upper left corner]. Letter to his Germa

LS in French, signed “Voltaire, gentilhomme de la chambre du Roy,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, October 6, 1766. Letter to Antoine Maillet du Clairo

Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Handwritten manuscript fragment from a draf