RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Samuel L. Clemens,” payable to his brother Orion Clemens for $82, July 26, 1875. Endorsed

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, June 3, [1878]. Letter to English publisher Andrew Chatto, in full: “Won’t you please send me a paper-covered copy of ‘Innoc

Handwritten manuscript by Clemens, signed within the text, “Mark Twain,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, circa 1908. Clemens writes down a ‘compliment’ on a sh

ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Untranslated letter to a gentleman mentioning a photo. In fine condition, with central vertical and hor

Desirable handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 3.25, no date but circa late 1840s. A section of Cooper’s draft for ‘Oak Openings,’ publi

ALS signed “J. Conrad,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, April 21, 1915. Letter to well-known Scottish politician and writer R. B. Cu

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6, no date. Letter arranging a meeting with “Mr. Thompson,” probably Daniel Greenleaf Thompson, the secretary of the Author’s Clu

French poet and tragedian (1674–1762) whose skill rivaled that of Voltaire. Uncommon autograph endorsement, signed “Crebillon,” at the conclusion of a

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein (1766–1817), known as Madame de Stael, was a Swiss author who played an integral part in directing the literary

Boldly signed LS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, May 16, 1843. Letter to “N.W., Senior Esquire,” marked “Private” at the top, in full: “Circumstances have come

ALS, two pages, 4.5 x 7, Tavistock House letterhead, June 17, 1858. Letter to John Hollingshead. In full: “The two young ladies and their mama have ag

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Hill House Hotel letterhead, no date. Letter to “Dear Hartland.” In full: “I am away but will be back

Ten ALSs in French, all signed “A. Dumas,” totaling fourteen pages, various sizes, undated but postmarked from 1847 to 1874. Letters to his to his lif

Signed book: Ash Wednesday. First edition, limited issue, numbered 398/600. NY: The Fountains Press; London: Faber and Faber, 1930. Hardcover with sli

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 6.75, November 3, 1930, Amherst, Massachusetts. Letter to Martha Ellen Sachs, in full: “I should have answered you soone

Unusual mailing box sent by Frost, 8.75 x 6 x 2, bearing two affixed address labels filled out by Frost in the same manner, incorporating his name in

ALS in French, signed “Votre geant,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date but circa 1879. Untranslated letter to his friend Edmond Laporte concerning a monumen

TMS, one page, 7.75 x 10.75, May 1977, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in black ink, “Allen Ginsberg, for Richard Hall, N.Y.C. E. 12 St.” Draft

Nice collection of five items signed by Ginsberg, including: a postcard photo of Ginsberg and his lover Peter Orlovsky, signed in black ink by both; a

Unique pairing of manuscripts for ‘Contest of Bards,’ consisting of photocopies of his original typescript draft and the printer’s proof bound togethe

Fantastic collection of 18 books signed by Allen Ginsberg, many with the date and location of signing added. Titles include: Your Reason & Blake...

LS in French, signed in Cyrillic by Gorky, one page, 5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, no date. Untranslated letter written and also signed by his lover,

Pen name of Elizabeth Comber (1916–2012) whose novels and autobiographical memoirs covered the span of modern China, gaining her a reputation as an ar

Partly-printed DS, signed “N. Hawthorne,” one page, 7 x 8, February 24, 1854. As consul of the United States at the port of Liverpool, Hawthorne certi

Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Hardcover rebound in leather, 5.5 x 8.5, 343 pages. Signed a...

ALS signed “Papa,” one page, 4 x 9, spelling test notepad paper, no date. Letter to his wife Mary, who he nicknamed “Kittner.” In part: “Hope you slep

ALS, one page, 7.5 x 11, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba letterhead, March 8, 1960. Hemingway writes to Ed Thompson, his editor at Life maga

Signed book: Freedom’s Plow. Third printing. NY: Musette Publishers, 1946. Paperback, 5.25 x 8.5, 14 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the copyrig

Countercultural poet (1915–1996) and member of the Beat Generation reputed to have coined the term. Signed book: Huncke’s Journal. First edition. NY:

ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, November 30, 1868. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): "I have received your eloquent letter and I hop...

ALS in German, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, March 25, 1876. Letter to bookseller Theodor Ackermann in Munich regarding the di

Handwritten manuscript draft page contained within the first volume of the limited 1895 ‘author’s autograph edition’ of his works, unsigned, one page,

Signed book: Trees and Other Poems. First edition. NY: George H. Doran Company, 1914. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 75 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first

Jewish-Hungarian author (1905–1983) best known for the anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon. Exceptional handwritten manuscript for an article introd

Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic, signed “A. Kuprin,” one page, 8

Signed book: Rawdon’s Roof. Limited edition, numbered 379/530. London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1928. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8, 32 pages.

DS, two pages, 8.5 x 13, May 1, 1929. A contract between Lawrence and publisher Jonathan Cape for the publication of “the manuscript of a work at pres

Writer (1895–1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3

TLS, one page, 8 x 9.75, stamped personal letterhead, March 29, 1906. Letter to Mabel Applegarth, his ‘first love’ from his late-teen years, including

Signed book: A River Runs Through It. Later printing, limited issue, numbered 202/500. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983. Hardcover, 7.25

Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur

Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur

Signed book: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 791 pages. Signed and inscribed on the

Signed book: Michael and Mary. First edition, limited issue, numbered 28/260. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 96 pages. S...

TLS signed “Margaret,” two pages, 7.25 x 11, personal letterhead, April 17, 1940. Letter to “Edwing,” possibly Dr. Edwin Pain Lochridge, a longtime fa

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, February 26, 1908. Letter to artist David Pell Secor, in full: “I thank you very much for your letters & bo...

Very rare DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 4, 1969. Document extending a deadline for an option agreement between Nabokov and McGraw Hill International

Intriguing pair of ALSs in Spanish, both signed “Pablo,” totaling three pages, Isla Negra letterhead, no date but circa 1969. The first is to his neig

ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, The Cloister letterhead, November 28, 1931. Letter to Macy, in part: “I owe you much apology! I should have acknowledged yo

Excellent collection of 21 ALSs, each from a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, several of which are quite scarce. Signers include: Rudolph E

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