RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in

ALS in French, unsigned, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12.75, no date but circa January 1777. Letter to Maitre Gaufridy, in full (transla

ALS signed “Maurice,” two pages inside a card featuring Where the Wild Things Are artwork, 4.75 x 5.75, no date. In part: “I’ve just come home from so

Original signed felt tip sketch of the Cat in the Hat on an off-white 2 x 3.25 sheet. Double-matted with two color book pages from The Cat In the Hat

ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 personal stationery postcard, October 30, 1920. Letter to the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.

Questionnaire, signed at the conclusion, “’First serial right’ to International News Service, G. Bernard Shaw, 25 Jany 1948,” three pages on two sheet

Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu

Extremely early vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.5 photo of Spillane being presented the cover artwork for the Signet edition of his debut novel, I, the Jury,

Signed book: The Red Pony. First edition, limited issue, numbered 658/699. NY: Covici Friede, 1937. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10.25, 81 pages. Sign

ALS signed “John,” two pages, 8 x 12.25, St. Patrick’s Day [March 17, no year but circa early 1950s]. Letter to “Bill,” in part: “We don’t see enough

Uncommon fountain pen signature, “R. L. Stevenson,” on an off-white 1.75 x .75 slip displayed in a 6.75 x 8.5 custom-made mat bearing four affixed Sam

Fountain pen signature, “Rabindranath Tagore,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card meticulously hand-painted by a talented artist to picture a bird sitting

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 6.5, May 8, 1949. Letter to E. J. Evans, secretary of the Port Talbot Forum, written from his new residence at “The Boat House, L

ALS in French, signed “Tzara,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, December 8, 1962. Letter to his first biographer, Rene Lacote, in part (translated): “With or wi

ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, October 1, 1886. Untranslated letter to a baroness about personal matters. In fine condition, with light soiling an

ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, March 9, no year but envelope postmarked 1904. Letter to Mr. Allion at Hetzel, Verne’s publisher. In full (translat

Signed book: Deadeye Dick. First edition, first printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 240 pages. Signed on the

Signed book: Vile Bodies. Later printing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1947. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 216 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title pa...

Scarce ALS in French, signed “le vieux malade Voltaire votre ancien serviteur [the old sick Voltaire, your old servant],” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7

Signed book: Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman. First edition, limited issue, numbered 188/600. Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros., 1888–1889. Hardco

ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, August 31, 1867. Letter to a publisher regarding the final installment of a serialized novel, in part

Fine collection of three first edition books which were adapted into successful films—all of which were nominated for or won an Academy Award—all hard

Signed book: Lord John Ten. First edition, limited issue, numbered 33/250. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1988. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75, 240

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, one page, 5.5 x 5.5, Wellesley College, Department of English Literature letterhead, May 25, 1917. A note to Mr. Underwood, in full: “Splendid an

American novelist and playwright (1884–1933) best known for creating the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. TLS signed “Biggers,” one

Signed book: The Stories of Ray Bradbury. First edition, first printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, 884 pages.

Signed book: War All the Time. First edition, limited issue, numbered 319/400. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 280 p

Ink signature, “To Peter, Truman Capote,” on a peach-colored 5.75 x 4 album page. In fine condition.

Signed book: The Wapshot Chronicle/The Wapshot Scandal. First edition, later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 ...

Chinese poet, author, painter, and calligrapher (1903–1977) known as ‘The Silent Traveller.’ Fountain pen signature in English and Chinese, “Chiang Ye

Collection of twenty-five items, primarily consisting of letters and signatures, each signed by a children’s author, including: Selma Lagerlof (signat

ALS in French, signed “Jean,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 27, 1957. Untranslated letter forwarding another letter addressed “to our strange produc

Signed book in German: Gedichte . Ebenhausen: Langewiesche-Brandt, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.25, 76 pages. Signed and inscribe

Color postcard depicting Pittville Gardens of Cheltenham, 5.5 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen, “X Arthur Conan Doyle,” with a collector’s date notation

Signed book: Foucault’s Pendulum. First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 641 pages. Signed on the

Uncommon vintage glossy 4 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Eliot, boldly signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a faint paperclip impressio

Five items: a German hardcover limited edition of Buddenbrooks, Vol. II, published in 1922, numbered 142/150, signed on the colophon in pencil by Thom

Two books: a softcover first edition of Planet News, signed on the title page in black ink; and a softcover first edition of Snapshot Poetics, in stif

Daughter of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1796–1872). ALS in German, one page both sides, 9 x 10.75, June 4, 1845. Untranslated letter to the Court Advo

Glossy 5 x 7.25 head-and-shoulders photo of Grass wearing a suit and tie, signed in black ink. Reverse bears a photography copyright stamp. In fine co

Signed book: Zane Grey: The Man and His Work. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Paperback, 5.25 x 7.75, 56 pages. Signed on the front cover in founta...

Signed book: Roots. NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 688 pages. Signed in black felt tip on a bookplate affixed to a free

Uncommon ALS in German, one page, 5.75 x 7.25, no date. Untranslated. Affixed along the bottom edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, wit

ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, September 9, 1893. In part: “I have received Mr. Russell Sturgis’s book of Extracts from his father’s

Signed book: Birthday Letters. Limited first edition, numbered 79/300. London: Faber and Faber, 1998. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 198 pages. Signed on the

Austrian playwright and novelist (born 1946) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. Postcard depicting a facsimile of one of Jelinek’s

Danish author (1873–1950) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. ALS in Danish, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, March 16, 1906. Lett

German-Jewish theatre critic and essayist (1867–1948) known by the sobriquet the Kulturpapst (‘Culture Pope’). ALS in German, signed “Kerr,” one page

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Herb Yellin, payable to Stephen King for $10,000, January 23, 1989, endorsed on the reverse in blac