RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

ALS signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, July 9, 1872. Letter to Charles E. Jenkins. In part: “In my poem entitled Thanatopsis, ‘mysterious r

Two signed books from Bukowski and his dedicated publishers: A New Year’s Greeting from Black Sparrow Press, from 1989 and 1990. Both are limited firs

Three checks: two bank checks, both 7.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Burroughs, “E. R. Burroughs,” dated February 5 and April 16, 1936; and a persona

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8, personal letterhead, January 24, 1930. Letter to Harold Smith, in full: “I am very glad to know that you like my stories and a

Signed book: Port of Saints. Limited edition, numbered 142/200. Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase and dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25,

Signed book: Other Voices, Other Rooms. Limited edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 194 pages. Nicely

Signed book: A Lost Lady. First edition, limited issue, numbered 38/200. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 174 pages. Signed on the colop

Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. LS as foreign minister in French,

Printed color illustration of the Cat in the Hat on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet, signed and inscribed in black ink, “With kindest regards to Alfred J

Signed book: Jennie Gerhardt. First edition, first printing. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 432 pages. Signed and i...

Signed book: Booked to Die. First edition, first printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 321 pages....

Signed book: Steeple Bush. Limited first edition, numbered 611/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 63 pages. S

Signed book: Howl and Other Poems. Later printing. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1959. Softcover, 4.75 x 6.25, 44 pages. Signed and inscribed on t

Blue ink signature, “William Goldman,” on a 4 x 3 bookplate. A small area of toning from adhesive on reverse, and faint show-through from writing on r

English poet, translator, and novelist (1895–1985). ALS signed “Robert,” one page, 6.25 x 8.75, May 24, 1967. Letter to poet Ruthven Todd, in part: “I

Signed book: May We Borrow Your Husband? Limited first edition, numbered 465/500. London: The Bodley Head, 1967. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 188 pages. Signe

Attractive satin-finish 5 x 7 photo of Greene in a thoughtful pose, signed vertically in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, with a trivial scratch to

Signed book: Forlorn River. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1927. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 338 pages. Signed and inscribed on

Partly-printed DS, signed “Nathl. Hawthorne,” one page, 8.5 x 7, April 19, 1848. Customs document for the district of Salem and Beverly. In part: “We

Signed book: Selected Poems. First edition, first printing. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 63 pages. Signed on the half-title pag

Signed book: Present Past, Past Present. First Evergreen edition. NY: Grove Press, 1972. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 192 pages. Signed on the title page in b

Lord John Press–Herb Yellin, Books business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Herb Yellin, payable to Stephen King for $6,000, August 22, 1988

Signed book: The Tommyknockers. First edition, first printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed

Signed book: Revival. First edition, first printing. NY: Scribner, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 405 pages. Signed on the title page in

Signed book: Kingsblood Royal. Limited first edition, numbered 70/1050. NY: Random House, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.25, 348 pages. Signe

The Merchants National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to George Clark for $26, stamp-dated December 18, 1911. In fi

French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer (1803–1870); one of his stories was the basis of the opera Carmen. ALS in French, s

Signed book: Conversation at Midnight. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 126 pages. Signed on the first free ...

Famed Irish poet and songwriter (1779–1852) best known for such verses as ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ and ‘Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charm

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

Signed book: The Complete Works of Eugene O’Neill, Volume I. Limited edition, numbered 123/1200. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1924. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9...

Signed book: The Road Back. First edition, first printing. London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1931. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 320 pages. Signe

Signed book: Five Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 484 pages. Signed on a free end

Purple ink signature, “I am, most truly yrs, S. F. Smith,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 lightly-lined slip clipped from a letter. Matted and framed with a

Norwegian novelist (1882–1949) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 and is best known for her Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. ALS in

French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863). ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, November 20, 1855. Letter to a gentleman, in part (translated

British novelist, playwright, and journalist (1875–1932) who produced popular detective and suspense stories. TLS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, pers

Desirable 4 x 6 book page photo featuring dialog and scenes from the 1964 film The Night of the Iguana, signed in the upper left in black ink. In fine

Impressive set of fountain pen signatures on a light blue 6.25 x 5 album page, including: Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli (ins), Bruno Walter, Wilhelm F

German composer, music critic, poet, and translator (1824–1874). AMS in German on the reverse of a 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of himself, June 2

Desirable ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 5.25, personal letterhead, September 1, 1910. Letter to a gentleman in which Debussy indicates that he is onl

Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the inci

Handwritten musical manuscript, unsigned, one page, 10.5 x 13.5, no date but circa 1907. A sketch leaf from Mahler’s adaptation of Carl Maria von Webe

Fantastic ADS in French, one page, 7.5 x 10, May 26, 1845. Superlative autograph document in which Mendelssohn sells “the property of my Oeuvre 67 (Bo

ALS in Italian, signed “N. Paganini,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 10.25, July 1, 1828. Letter to a Genoa-born ship owner and merchant Agostino Samengo

Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 5 x 5.5, June 5, 1898. Letter to “Cher maitre,” identified at the top in pencil as the accomplished composer Ju

TLS, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, July 22, 1922. Letter to Berthold Neuer at the Knabe Piano Company. In part: “Even when I am in Europe you have no respite f

Rare pearl-finish 5.5 x 7.5 photo of sculptor Leon Leyritz’s Art Deco bust of Ravel, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to a flautist in the Clevela

Stunning autograph musical manuscript signed “Maurice Ravel,” one page, 10.5 x 13.75, no date. Ravel pens the complete theme of his most famous work,

Austrian-born composer (1874–1951) whose development of the ‘twelve-tone’ system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovations in the history