RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Nobel Prize–winning Irish dramatist and critic (1856–1950) who takes a place among the most distinguished and influential literary figures of his time

Signed book: East of Eden. Later printing. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 525 pages. Signed and inscribed o

ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9, August 7, 1810. Lengthy untranslated letter to his sister Pauline Perier-Lagrange. Only

Uncommon bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Stevenson, payable to Budden & Son for £5.19.0, June 28, 1887. Vertica...

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, black-bordered mourning stationery, no date but circa 1887. Letter to Edwin W. Carr. In full: “It is annoying to me that I shoul

ALS in Urdu, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, The Cumnock School, Los Angeles letterhead, no date but circa October 1916. In part (translated): "I am ver...

Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait by Mayall Photo of London, signed in black ink at the bottom of the image, “A. Tennyson.” In fine condition

Scarce ALS signed “Dylan,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Rio Marina, postmarked July 26, 1947. Letter to his close friends Bill and Helen

TLS, one page, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, no date but postmarked May 1, 1972. Letter to Miss Donna Sadlier, in full: “It was most kind of you to writ

Youngest daughter (1884–1979) and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Ink signature and inscription, “To Lydie Kliuss, just a word to

ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 22, 1831. Webster writes home from Baltimore to his wife Rebecca in New Haven. In part: “I arriv

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Wells holding a large book, signed and inscribed on the right side in fountain pen, “Mr. Wells offers his best to the Town Hall

National State Bank of Camden, New Jersey check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” payable for “Fifty Dollars,” November 1

Important Irish writer (1854–1900) and leader of the Aesthetic Movement, known for such works as The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being E

TLS signed “W. C. Williams,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 19, 1938. Letter to the editors of the Kenyon Review, in full: “I appreciate your invitation

Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet of personal letterhead, signed at the conclusion in bold ink, “W. B. Yeats, July 2, 1924.” Yeats pens the

ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, August 12, 1897. Letter to French critic Henri Davray, who translated several

Collection of ten items, each signed by an author in felt tip or ballpoint, including: Allen Ginsberg (SP), Kurt Vonnegut (signature), John Updike (so

ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 21, 1919. Letter to the editor of the Daily Mail, in full: “If you care to

ANS signed “Sam Beckett,” one page, 3.75 x 2.75, personal letterhead, June 29, 1976 (Paris). Note to Mr. Uggla, in full: “Thank you for your letter wi