RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Rare AMS, five pages, 7.75 x 10.a5, December 14, 1894. A full autograph copy of Randall’s Civil War Anthem, “My Maryland!” In part: “I hear the distan

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 20, 1938. Untranslated letter to the German writer and journalist Heinz Stroh in Prague, who had sent

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7.75, blindstamped monogrammed letterhead, June 16, 1856. Letter to a fellow author, in full (translated): “I don’t wa

Scarce ANS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A note dashed off to his lover, Michelle Vian. In full (translated): “Her

Unusually long AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 12 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “S. F. Smith.” Smith pens the four original verses of ‘America’ in their

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 25, 1987. Letter to writer and political activist Elie Wiesel, in full: “No, I cannot accept your idea in your letter

Personal calling card imprinted with Turgenev’s name and address in Baden-Baden, Germany, 3.25 x 2, bearing a brief unsigned note in German in his own

Signed book: Slaughterhouse-Five. First edition, later printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 186 pages. Signed

Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le

ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, no date but a docketing notation to the reverse indicates the letter was received at Ferney on August 4, 1764. A t

TLS signed “H. G.,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, March 14, 1944. Letter to British official Ronald Storrs. In full: “I’m just pulling out o

National State Bank of Camden check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” payable for “Seventy Dollars,” August 27, 1887. A t

Iconic 4 x 5.5 albumen portrait of Whitman originally taken in September 1872 in Brooklyn by photographer G. Frank Pearsall, nicely signed at the bott

Vintage sepia matte-finish 7.75 x 11 head-and-shoulders portrait of Thornton, signed and inscribed in the lower right in fountain pen, “For Lee Keedic

Collection of four hardcover books signed on the title page in ballpoint or ink by Auden, who crosses out his printed name on each, including: a first

Collection of eleven signatures on slips and cards of various sizes, including: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, Pearl S. Buck, Ogd

Collection of twelve hardcover books, all but one are first editions, each signed by the respective author, including: Martha Keller (2), Joan Rivers

Signed book: Just Above My Head. First edition, limited issue, numbered 186/500. NY: The Dial Press, 1979. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 597 pag

Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet (1931–1989) considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era. ANS in Germ

Ballpoint signature, “P. Boulle,” on an off-white 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition hardcover copy of his best-kno