RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Important French writer (1935–2004) who attained international prominence with the publication of her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at the age of 18

Austrian writer and journalist (1836–1895) from whose name the word masochism is derived. Collection of four letters in German by Sacher-Masoch, compr

French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa during World War II, he disappea

Rare TNS signed “JS,” at the close of a letter sent to him from publisher Herb Yellin, one page, 8.5 x 11, October, 2, 1977. Response to Yellin’s prop

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 domestic,

Handwritten manuscript fragment in French, unsigned, two lightly gridded pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Sartre pens some thoughts on his existentialist

ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one gridded page, 8.25 x 10.5, June 27, 1967. Letter to dramatist Georges Michel, who had sent a tin tobacco box

Scarce paperstock 4.5 x 7.5 book photo of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir side-by-side, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip by both in

German poet, critic, philologist, and scholar (1772–1829). ALS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Letter to a publish

TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 5, personal letterhead, September 19, 1949. Letter to Robert M. MacGregor of Theatre Art Books. In full: “