RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Signed book: The Sirens of Titan. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Leatherbound hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 315 pages. S

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 26, 1965. Letter to a professor at Olivet College in Michigan. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Of course, I

Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Ink signature, “Your Obed’t Servt, N. Webst

TLS, one page, 4.5 x 7, 13, Hanover Terrace, Regent’s Park letterhead, September 2, 1943. Letter to Eustace B. Griffiths, in full: “Very many thanks f

Two letters: an ALS, one page, 7 x 5, June 25, 1974, in part: “I am so glad you like my books. I have a really cool Jeeves and Bertie one coming out i

Four items: an ALS from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, signed “H. W. L.,” one page, May 11, 1868, addressed to “My Dear Fields,” in full: “The name shoul

Circa 1912 sheet music for the song “Dreams of Long Ago,” 10 x 13, signed and inscribed in the upper left in fountain pen by Caruso. Double-matted and

Collection of six items signed by noted composers, including: Charles Gounod (signature), Jules Massenet (ANS), Henry Brinley Richards (AMQS and ALS),

Signed book: The Concert of the Century at Carnegie Hall. Limited edition, numbered 412/1000. NY: Carnegie Hall Society, 1977. Softcover with slipcase

British lyricist (1836–1911) best known for his 14 comic operas written in collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan. ALS signed “W. S. Gilbert,” on