RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, "Jack Kerouac," payable to Allen Ginsberg for $5, October 10, 1959, and end...

Francis Scott Key's pass book for his account with the Union Bank of Georgetown, signed on the front cover in ink, "F. S. Key," 18 pag...

ALS signed “F. S. Key,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 9, 1823. Letter to "Rev'd & dear Sir" on the subject of coloni...

ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1920. Written from Palazzo Ferraro in Capri, a letter to New York publisher B. W. Huebsch, in full: “To

Uncommon untranslated ALS in French, signed “Malaparte,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 4, 1932. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 7, personal letterhead, May 8, 1911. Letter to Mr. John A. Browne, secretary of the Vallejo Yacht and Rowing Club. In full: &qu...

ALS in French, signed “Guy de Maupassant,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, no date. Letter to the Countess Emanuela Potocka, in

AQS in German, one page, 8.75 x 5.5, February 1, 1907. In full (translated): "Basically, there's only one form of existence: Becoming. God,...

ALS in French, signed “Antoine,” three pages on two sheets, 8.5 x 10.75, Cafe de la Regence letterhead, no date but circa 1929. A love letter to his f

Handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, 11 pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Sartre pens his thoughts on French Algeria, in part (translated): "...

ALS in Swedish, one page, 4.5 x 5, May 22, 1899. Untranslated letter to writer and art critic Georg Brochner mentioning his play To Damascus; and Stri

Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Lord Tennyson by the London Stereoscopic Company, signed on the image in ink, "Tennyson." In very goo...

ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, November 23, [no year but circa 1755–1760]. Letter written from Les Delices, his residence in Geneva

Boldly penned ADS in French, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, February 28, 1776. In full (translated): "I received from the Marquis of St. Tropez, throug...

AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, signed below in black ink, "Kate Douglas Wiggin." The quote, in full: "'God bless Aunt Miranda;...

The Chase National Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Wolfe, payable to Rogers Peet for $22.54, May 14, 1938. Wolfe’s notation at bottom

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10.75 Time magazine photo of Asimov with his trademark mutton chops, signed on his collar in black ballpoint. In fine condition,

Group of four carte-de-visite portraits of authors and artists, with subjects including: Gustave Dore by Nadar; Alexandre Dumas by Alophe; George Sand

Souvenir typescript of "Endgame: A Play in One Act," one page, 8.5 x 11, no date, signed at the conclusion in black ink by Beckett. In par...

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Bradbury speaking at a podium with Bloch and his wife seated to his left, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip "For Gar...