RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Fabulous

Scarce 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait of Andersen in a distinguished profile pose, signed and inscribed in German on the reverse in ink (translat

Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Hand-add

Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Fantasti

Prolific and important French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) best known for his complex 'cycle' La Comédie humaine. ALS in French,...

Two ALSs signed "J. M. Barrie," each one page, dated 1901–1902, both to John Henderson, secretary of the National Liberal Club. The first,...

Scottish novelist and playwright (1860–1937) best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 5.5 x 7, Adelphi Terrac

Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll

Rare and sought-after signed first edition book: Fahrenheit 451. First edition, first printing. NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. Hardcover with first issue

Anglo-Irish priest and author (1777–1861) who was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte. Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Bronte,”

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal 'Tarzana' letterhead, March 7, 1938. Letter to Tarzan's Jane, the actress Maureen O'Sullivan, in f...

AMS, signed twice with her initials, "P. S. B.," nine pages, 8.5 x 11, circa March 1941. A series of drafts for book reviews by Buck to be...

English novelist (1775–1861) best remembered for her anonymous 1838 work, Diary Illustrative of the Times of George IV. Partial handwritten letter, un

Program for the Festival d'Art Dramatique in Angers, June 21–30, 1957, 8.25 x 10.5, signed and inscribed on a biographical page in French in blu...

ALS signed “Truman,” one page, 6.25 x 8.25, October 22, 1952. Letter to "Leonard," in part: "I have meant so long to write you, but h...

Fantastic original ink sketches of Truman Capote and his English bulldog Maggie accomplished by great New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno on an off-white

Early French historian, poet, and painter (1553–1629) who was the son of the famed astrologer and reputed seer Nostradamus. LS in French, signed “Nost

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1954. Letter to Mr. Lovell, in full: "I'm now not sure I was right about the short story collections A...

TLS signed “Ray,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, September 10, 1947. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: &quo...

Signed book: Povesti i Razskazy [Stories and Tales]. Moscow: I. D. Sytin, 1894. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 285 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first fre

Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768-1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. ALS in French, signed “Chateaubria

Exceptional 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Clemens by W. & A. H. Fry, circa 1872, signed below the image in black ink, “Yours truly, Mark T...

Small archive comprising four ALSs in French and one original sketch, totaling seven pages, most undated. In a letter to Rene Philipon, he writes, in

ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 5, Capel House letterhead, April 16, 1914. Letter to Mr. Doubleday, in full: "Many thanks for your letter and the...

ALS in French, signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, March 22, 1827. Letter to the engineer Pierre-Alexandre Adolphe Jullien, thanking hi

French aristocrat and travel writer (1790–1857) known for the work entitled Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia, a detailed account o

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, October 7, 1857. Letter to journalist and writer John Hollingshead, in full: "I am proceeding on a new plan with the Ch...

Italian poet (1642–1707) who studied under the Jesuits of Florence and at the University of Pisa. ALS in Italian, one page, 7.75 x 10.75, 1705. Letter

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 25, 1948. Letter to the principal of the University College of the South West in Exeter, England, in part: "I ...

Signed book: Notes on a Horsethief. First edition, limited issue, numbered 764/975. Greenville, MI: The Levee Press, 1950. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 71 page

Attractive booklet of The Symbol and the Saint; A Christmas Tale, apparently an offprint prepared for the author, 10 pages, 5.5 x 7, hole-punched and

TLS signed in pencil, “Scott Fitz,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 19, 1939. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, casually addressing him, "D...

Script for the motion picture Life Begins at Eight-Thirty, 84 pages, 9.25 x 11.5, July 11, 1942, with blue revision pages dated July 18, 1942. Bound i

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

Celebrated French novelist (1821-1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Lengthy handwritten manuscrip

TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, April 11, 1950. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry

Signed book: Mountain Interval. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Hardcover in original green cloth with gilt lettering, 6 x 9, 75 pag

Important manuscript DS in German, signed “Carl Busse," "Dehmel," "Gustav Falke," "Arno Holz," "Paul Heyse,&...

ALS in German, signed “H. Krauter,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, October 17, 1853. Letter from Goethe’s secretary Theodor Kräuter, in part (translate...

Daughter-in-law of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1796–1872). Lengthy handwritten manuscript in German by Ottilie von Goethe, unsigned, 130 pages, 6.5 x

British children's author and illustrator (1846-1901) whose distinctively illustrated books were among the most popular 'juvenile' works...

Venetian critic and dramatist (1713–1786). ALS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 12, December 30, 1773. Letter to Antonio Rambaldo, Count di Collalto. In pa

Highly regarded Chinese intellectual and poet (1892–1978) who once called himself the Chinese answer to the German Goethe. Handwritten quotation in Ch

Incredible illustrated autograph manuscript in German by Hesse of his fairy tale "Piktor's Verwandlungen," 19 pages, beautifully prese...

AMS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, New Year's 1940. On the front page, Hesse writes (translated)...

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...

ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 25, 1866. Letter to a landlord who recently opened a nearby bathhouse, in

Original 3.75 x 5.5 albumen portrait of the noted 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' author by the J. E. Purdy Studio of Boston, affixed to t...

ALS in French, signed “Victor H.,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, April 23, [no year]. Letter to his close friend, the French poet Alfred de Vigny, in full (t