RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

French poet, dramatist, and diplomat (1868–1955) whose devout Catholicism informed his writing. Two untranslated ALSs in French, each signed “Claudel,

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 23, 1949. Interesting letter to the Society of Authors in London, in part: “I was about to write

ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, September 29, 1967. Letter to E. B. Byrne, in part: “I am so glad your project met with such w

First National Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Weatherby, Knous & Co. for $18...

ALS in pencil, signed “Saml,” two pages on two lightly-lined adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 11 [1879]. Letter to his wife, in full: “George &...

Handsome vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 German postcard photo of Twain in profile, wearing a top hat and standing with his arms placed behind his bac

Signed book: The Secret Agent. Limited edition, numbered 315/1000. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1923. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 185 pages. Signe

Fabulous handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.25, no date but circa 1832–1833. A page from Cooper’s manuscript for The Head

Rare ALS signed “Hart,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.25 postcard depicting the Cunard RMS Tuscania, [December 13, 1928]. Letter to Samuel Loveman in Brookly

French existentialist, writer, and social essayist (1908–1986). AQS in French on an off-white 8.25 x 11.5 sheet bearing an affixed biographical clippi

Sought-after ink signature, “Friday Twelfth May, 1865, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on a light blue 4.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a sheet of his

Signed book: These 13. First edition, limited issue, numbered 98/299. NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 358 pages. C...

Signed book: This Side of Paradise. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 305 pages. Signed and inscribed o...

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, November 17, no year. Letter to “Miss Blue.” In full: “My wife and I are very sorry we can’t wriggle out of a previous eng

DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1937. Contract between Hammett and MGM in which he agrees to “give, grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer

Collection of three items in Hawthorne’s hand, including: an ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” on an off-white slip clipped from a check; a handwritt

Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover

Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. ALS signed “Sydney Porter,” two pages on two adjoi

ALS in German, signed “H. Hesse,” one page, 5.75 x 8.25, Bremgarten Castle letterhead, July 1943. Untranslated letter to his friend, the lecturer Geor

Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder