RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Two items: an edition of Herman Melville’s Pierre or The Ambiguities, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in black felt tip by i

Dust jacket proof for Down the Rabbit Hole, 23 x 8.75, signed and inscribed in black ink in the lower right corner, “April ’71, For Barbara & Si...

Color 18.5 x 24 poster featuring a Wild Thing made for the tenth anniversary of the New York Book Fair in 1988, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip,

Nature writer (1860–1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Collection of three related item

Signed book: Wild Animals I Have Known. Limited edition, ninth impression, numbered 745/1000. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1900. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.2

Author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction (1928–1988) known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about the Battle of Gettysbur

American author and editor (born 1935) who is best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member

Prominent female artist during the Golden Age of American illustration (1863–1935) who contributed to publications such as Century, Collier's, L...

Signed book: How to Write. Limited first edition, ‘Plain Edition’ of 1000 copies. Paris: Darantiere Press, 1931. Hardcover, 4.25 x 6.5, 395 pages. Sig

Crisp ink signature, “John Steinbeck,” on a white 3 x 2.25 card stapled to a larger card. In fine condition, with a staple to the upper left corner, e

LS signed “Henry Irving,” written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, June 9, 1885.

Children’s writer (1891–1976) best known for her stories set in Oz. Letter and poem sent to an American serviceman during World War II: an ALS signed

Signed book: Giants of Jazz. First edition, first printing. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 215 pages. Si

Original sheet music booklet for the sixth annual production of Tell Me Not, presented by The Scarlet Mask Club of The Ohio State University for the 1

Signed book: The Thurber Carnival. Fourth edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 369 pages. Signed and i...

Signed book: The Beast in Me and Other Animals. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 340 pages. Signed and ins

TLS signed in pencil “James Thurber,” one page, 8.5 x 9.5, July 13, 1953. Letter to Patricia Bunker, in part: “If I could be persuaded to drink Scotch

Autograph manuscript written in the hand of Warner, unsigned, two pages, each 5.75 x 8.25, no date but circa 1873. Two extracts from the novel The Gil

American essayist, humorist, author, and editor (1899–1985) best known for his longtime association with the New Yorker magazine and for his best-sell

Rare handwritten poem on an off-white 6 x 7.25 album page, signed at the conclusion in black ink, “John G. Whittier, Boston 11th Mo 17, 1881.” In full

ALS, one page both sides, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, December 24, 1927. Letter to author Naomi Mitchison, in part: “Your letter made me very proud an

Four personal checks, each 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Williams, stamp-dated between April and September, 1978. In overall fine condit

Venetian composer and conductor (1750–1825) who, as the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, was one of the most important and famous mu

Glossy 8 x 10.25 photo of Bernstein in near profile, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “Every good wish to Hugh Pickett, Leonard Bernstein, 67.”

Vintage glossy 7 x 9.25 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To dear little Dawn Marie Slawter, with best wishes, Maria Meneghini Callas 1958

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Callas posing in her dressing room, signed in blue ink, “Cordialmente, Maria Meneghini Callas, 1954.” In good to very g

Semi-glossy 4.25 x 5.25 cardstock photo of Casals in profile playing the cello, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Desirable collection of four ink signatures on individual off-white 5 x 3 cards, including: Arturo Toscanini, Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Horowitz, and F

Fountain pen signature, “Ed’d Elgar,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigne

Vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Heifetz posing with his violin, signed in white ink, “Sincerely—Jascha Heifetz, 1941.” In fine condition, with uni

German Romantic composer (1854–1921) best known for the opera Hansel und Gretel. Four ALSs in German, signed “E. Humperdinck,” totaling eight pages on

AMQS on an off-white 1.75 x 5.25 promotional card bearing a small image of Franz Lehar, signed and inscribed below in black ink, “To Mrs. Irene Hyde,

Three ALSs in German, totaling five pages on three sheets, two dated 1915 and one undated. Lehar relates the results of discussions in Vienna concerni

Italian composer (1863–1945) whose 1890 masterpiece ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ takes a place among the most beloved staples of the operatic repertoire. Ha

Vintage 3.5 x 4.75 postcard photo of the composer in a head-and-shoulders pose, vertically signed in black ink, “Giacomo Puccini, N.Y. 910.” In fine c

Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (1794–1870), whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he suc

AMQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 sheet, signed at the conclusion in black ink, “John Philip Sousa, Jan 1902.” Sousa pens three bars of music, adding be

Fountain pen signatures of pianist Paul Wittgenstein and violinist Manuel Quiroga on an off-white 6.25 x 5.25 album page, also signed on the reverse b

Scarce and highly desirable cover and title page for sheet music to Porgy and Bess, measuring 17 x 11.75 open, signed below his frontispiece image in

ALS signed “Patsy, Julie & Charlie,” three pages, 8 x 10, December 5, 1960. Written from Nashville, Tennessee, a letter to friends Marie and Pat...

Souvenir tour program from a Faron Young concert, 8.25 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Thanks, Patsy Cline,” and “Thanks, George J

Fabulous program from The Beatles' Second Christmas Show, presented at the Hammersmith Odeon from December 24, 1964, to January 16, 1965, 8.25 x...

Circa 1964 bold blue ballpoint signatures of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr on a light green 5.25 x 4.25 album page bea

Vintage autograph book, 5 x 3.25, signed and inscribed on separate multi-colored pages in ink or ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “To Kay, Love from, Ringo S

Desirable vintage ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 busi

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, February 3, 1977. Letter to Robert Feltes, in full: “I would like to take my visit to Germany as an opportunity, to thank

Apple Records, Inc. business check, 7.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, payable to S. J. Keel-Duffey M. R. C. V. S. for &...

Vintage glossy 5.5 x 3.5 deckle-edge Star publicity photo of The Beatles, signed neatly on the reverse in black ballpoint by Harrison. In fine conditi

DS, seven pages, 8 x 10.5, April 13, 1971. Deposition of John Lennon in the plagiarism lawsuit made by Big Seven Music Corporation against Maclen Musi

Partly-printed bank card, signed “John Lennon,” one page, 5 x 3, no date. Card for a regular checking account at Barclays Bank of New York in which he