RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

Signed book: The Emperor Jones. First edition, limited issue, numbered 614/775. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, 7.75 x 10.25, 90 pages. S...

ALS, one page, 8.75 x 11, June 9. Written from Österreichischer Hof in Vienna, a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, in full: "I ...

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, March 22, 1940. Letter to Mr. Shapiro, in full: "You are thoughtful to send me your fine tribute...

Limited edition color 13 x 10 hand-pulled lithograph of a drawing from Dr. Seuss' classic 1971 children's book The Lorax, entitled "I a...

Rare original issue of The Nation from May 17, 1965, Vol. 200, No. 20, 30 pages, 8.5 x 10.75, with front cover showing motorcycle artwork next to bold

Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize award-winner, and author (1928–2016). Three ALSs in Hebrew, each one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Boston University letterhe

Colophon from the 1929 limited edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one page, 8 x 11, signed in fountain pen by author Thornton Wilder and illustrat

American author (1915–2019) who is best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Vintage glossy 8.25 x 10

Writer (1895-1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. TLS, one page, 7.5 x 10.75,

Durable and highly regarded Russian-born pianist (1911–1995) who mastered a wide-ranging repertoire of Romantic and modern works. Shura Cherkassky&#...

Canadian pianist, composer, and commentator (1932-1982) revered as one of the foremost classical pianists of the 20th century, and renowned for his in

Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of Puccini, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian, "Giacomo Puccini, New...

ALS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, Orbetello letterhead, July 4, 1920. Letter to "Renzo," in full (translated)...

Desirable AMQS on an off-white 6 x 3.5 sheet, signed below in ink, "Giacomo Puccini, Torre del Lago, 1906." Puccini pens three bars from h...

ALS, signed "Puccini" in the cramped right margin, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, June 6, 1896. Letter to composer Carlo Clausetti of t...

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

Very desirable DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, November 27, 1931. Contract between RKO Radio Pictures and George and Ira Gershwin, in which the latter part

Rare ALS signed “H. Ledbetter,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Hotel Pokegama letterhead, January 20, 1949. Written from New York City, Ledbetter pens a letter

Rare original French-language program for a "Soiree Musicale" with Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter on May 6, 1949, four pages, 6.25 ...

Vintage 6.5 x 9.25 handbill for a performance by Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter at New York's Times Hall on February 9, 1948, with text b...