RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

Italian adventurer (1725-1798) who spent most of his life traveling through Europe meeting the famous men and women of his time; he is probably best k

ALS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House, Wallingford letterhead, May 27, no year. Letter to Mr. Riline,

TLS signed “Ray,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 30, 1946. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: "Since the publisher...

ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages, 4.5 x 5.75, August 13, 1902. Letter to Colonel Charles Fairchild, in full: “14 W. 10th is well enough, for a da

Magnificent matte-finish 4 x 5.75 cabinet-type portrait of Dickens affixed to a 5 x 7.75 mount, showing the author wearing a distinguished robe in a t

ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, July 7, 1842. Letter to his publisher, "William Hall Esquire," in part: "I inclose you the proof, to which...

TLS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” two pages, 8 x 10, Windlesham letterhead, June 25, 1930. Letter to Lord Gorell, in part: "As you know we, the Psyc...

Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Scarce ALS in French, signed

TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian.,” one page, 8 x 10, 4, Old Mitre Court, Fleet Street letterhead, April 25, 1963. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terr

Sympathy card sent to pianist and composer Margaret Bonds, 4 x 6, signed and inscribed inside in fountain pen, "Dear Margaret—So sorry to learn...

Signed book: The Weary Blues. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 109 pages. Signed and inscribed on t

TLS, one page, 5 x 8, Burwash, Etchingham letterhead, September 28, 1935. Letter to Captain A. B. Kennair, in full: "Thank you very much for yo...

Jewish poet and playwright (1869–1945) famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin, who later fled Nazi Germany for Zurich before settling in Jerusale

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, January 7, 1992. Written from Monroeville, Alabama, a letter to Raymond M. Beck, in full: "Thank you for the card a...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Tao House, Danville letterhead, May 30, 1938. Letter to author Otto Koischwitz, in part: "Unfortunately, my knowledge ...

ALS signed “Jerry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 13, 1950. Letter to Joyce Miller, in full: "I wondered Thursday whether you'd be free to boit a...

Original ballpoint sketch of Carol in a full-length seated pose on a green 6 x 7 sheet of personal stationery, signed below the sketch, "Thank ...

Companion of writer Gertrude Stein who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered (1877–1967). ALS signed “Alice Toklas,” one page both sid

Russian novelist and moral philosopher (1828-1910) best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Extremely desirable matte-finish 3.

ALS in English, signed “Volt,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, no date but circa early 1740s. Letter to Prault, a printer and bookseller. In full: “I have rece

Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to H. Phinney for $1000, July 5, 184...

Influential English writer (1857–1903) known for his realist novels about the lower middle class; George Orwell was one of Gissing's greatest ad...

Signed book: Wanderer of the Wasteland. Later printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 419 pages. Signed on the first free e...

Norwegian writer (1859–1952), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Best remembered for his works Hunger, Mysteries, Pan, Victoria, a

American author (1836-1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Pok...

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in blue ballpoint, "Joseph Heller." An excerpt from the great satirical novel Catch-22, in...

Signed book: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. First American edition. NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1964. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 256 pages. Signed on the ti

The Bank of Hawaii check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Ethel M. Taylor for $7, stamp-dated March 5, 1916. Encapsulated in

Two first edition books: But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Boni & Liveright in 1928, signed ...

Two first edition books: Deaths for the Ladies, hardcover with dust jacket, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1962, signed on the half-title p...

Signed book: The Naked and the Dead. Later printing. NY: Rinehart and Company, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 721 pages. Signed and inscri

Three fine items made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, including: a 2.25? tall miniature hand-painted porcelain bust of William Shakespeare; a lim

American humorist and author (1894-1961) best known for such stories as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and for his distinctive, wittily captioned car

Two souvenir typescripts, each one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Vonnegut. First is an excerpt from God Bless You, Mr.

Signed book: The Bride of the Innisfallen. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 207 pages. Si

Personal check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Williams, payable to Pier House for $378.38, stamp-dated October 13, 1978. Encapsulated in

Russian pianist, conductor and composer (1837–1910) who is best remembered for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more fa

ALS in German, one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.75, personal stamped letterhead, July 14, 1936. Letter to "Frau Schiffer-Oelsner," in full (t...

Famed German composer (1833-1897) whose works in the classical spirit, written in the midst of the Romantic era, take a place among the most enduring

Vintage textured matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 portrait of Callas as Tosca from 1964, prominently signed in black ink. Reverse bears a Houston Rogers copyri

Important French composer (1862-1918) whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the 'impre...

Esteemed Czech composer (1841-1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World.' Rare oversized...

Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x

Rare 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Grieg in a handsome half-length pose with folded arms, signed in fountain pen, "Edvard Grieg, Kopenhagen, N...

German Romantic composer (1854-1921) best known for the opera Hansel und Gretel. Crystal clear vintage 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Humperdinck in a

Exceptional vintage pearl-finish 7.5 x 9.25 portrait of Rachmaninoff by the Kubey–Rembrandt Studios of Philadelphia, signed and inscribed in fountain

Colorful French composer (1866-1925), who was one of the primary influences on the younger generation of avant-garde French composers in the early dec

Composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era (1819–1896); she and her husband, composer Robert Schumann, were early champio

Italian opera composer and conductor (1774–1851), extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death. AMQS on a 6.5 x 8.75 off

German composer (1864-1949) whose colorful symphonic poems and operas earned him a place among the most important figures in late-19th and early 20th-