RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 28, 1979. In full: "In my family's collective use there are several motor vehicles, both foreign and...

Nobel Prize-winning Irish dramatist and critic (1856-1950) who takes a place among the most distinguished and influential literary figures of his time

Unsigned first edition book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. First edition, first printing. NY: The Viking Press, 1939. Hardcover with dust jac

LS signed "Henry Irving," written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, one page, 5 x 8, Lyceum Theatre letterhead, Ma...

Versatile French Enlightenment writer (1694–1778) best remembered for his satirical work Candide. ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, No

Signed book in Russian: Khozyain and rabotnik (Master and Man). St. Petersburg: 1895. Paperback with blue leather slipcase, 3.5 x 5.75, 152 pages. Sig

Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 7.5, Janua

American writer (1903–1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1...

TLS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 8 x 10, May 26, 1903. Letter to the wife of writer G. K. Chesterton, in full: "I am very sorry not to have ...

Two items: a glossy 10 x 8 close-up photo of the poet, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "Joyce & Ken Browne, Joy! Maya Angelou, July ...

Uncommon signed book: The Floating Opera. First edition. NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 280 pages. Signed

ALS signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, 5 x 8.25, December 13, 1859. Written from New York, a letter to D. S. Coddington, in full: "I have not yet...

American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. TLS signed

Group lot of nine books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip by a celebrity: Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg by

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, October 16, 1956. Letter to Edgar Carter of the H. N. Swanson literary agency, in part:

Unsigned first edition book: In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. NY: Summit Books, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 205 pages. In fine conditio

Limited edition Mont Blanc 'Agatha Christie' fountain pen, featuring a sterling silver snake with ruby eyes winding around the screw-on cap,...

Ballpoint signature, "Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 card. Double-matted with a portrait of the mystery author to an overall size o...

Vintage ink signature of Jean Cocteau on an off-white 4 x 2 sheet. Double-matted with a glossy photo of the French filmmaker to an overall size of 12

ANS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 1965. Brief note on a guest page, in full: "With much affection and very many thanks for everything, Roald Dahl, M...