RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Group of four books by Lowell: a third printing of Life Studies, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy in 1960, signed an

Signed book: Nocturnes. Limited edition, numbered 279/1000. NY: Equinox Cooperative Press, 1934. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 8.75, 61 pages. Signed o

Signed book: The Tables of the Law. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 63 pages. Signed on the first fre

Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 studio portrait of Markham, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Edwin Markham, April 10, 1927.” Lower border is

Group of four books by Merwin, including three signed volumes: a softcover first edition of The Moving Target, published by Atheneum in 1963, signed o

Group of three signed first edition books by Merwin: a first edition of Houses and Travellers, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Atheneum in 19

Souvenir typescript of the opening from Death of a Salesman, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the top in blue ballpoint by Miller. In part: "Linda...

Playbill for Death of a Salesman at the Broadhurst Theatre in March 1984, Vol. 2, No. 6, 82 pages, 5.75 x 8.5, signed on the front cover in blue felt

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, January, no year. Written from Big Sur, California, a letter to Jack Hiner, in part: "Just wrote a note to my friend B...

French poet (1830-1914) who shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature. Wonderful matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of Mistral seated, smoking, an

Unsigned first edition book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. First American edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Hardcover with price-clipped dus...

Group of six photos of Nobel Prize–winning authors, measuring approximately 4 x 6, each signed in ink by the subject, including: Harold Pinter, Gunter

Desirable collection of 23 items signed by Nobel Prize–winning writers, mostly comprising letters, signatures, and typescripts, with signers including

Influential French author and librarian (1780–1844) who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, a

British writer and artist (1865–1947) best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Fabulous matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard ph

Unsigned first edition book: Animal Farm by George Orwell. First American edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Hardcover with clipped dust

American actor and author (1791–1852) who achieved theatrical success in London, best remembered as the creator of the song ‘Home! Sweet Home!’ in 182

Signed book: Bourbon. Limited edition, numbered 26/150. Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press, 1981. Hardcover, 6.5 x 10.25, 8 pages. Signed on the coloph

Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo postcard of Pirandello in profile, neatly signed across the top in fountain pen. Mounted and matted to a

Unsigned first edition book: The Colossus by Sylvia Plath. First edition. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1960. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 88 pages. Book

Unsigned first edition book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. First edition thus. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5,

Nine books by Anne Rice, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip, with titles including: a 1996 anniversary edit

English novelist (1883–1959) known for his series featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. Uncommon vintage glossy 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Rohmer pos

Signed book: Annette and Sylvie, Volumes I and II. First edition, limited issue, numbered 94/515. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1925. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5

Signed book: L'Aiglon. Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. Rebound in leather with original softcover contained inside, 5.75 x 8, 262 pages. ...

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

Uncommon matte-finish 13.25 x 10 photo of musician Ethel Smith playing guitar alongside Sandburg, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Dear Ethel—We ar

Highly influential French writer and philosopher (1905–1980), most closely associated with existentialism, who refused the Nobel Prize in Literature i

British author (1893-1957) best known for her series of mysteries featuring fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey. TLS signed “Dorothy L. Sayers,” one

American screenwriter, novelist, and sports writer (1914–2009) who wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront. TLS signed “Budd,

Two books: an unsigned first British edition of What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown, hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 5 x 7.5, 223 pages, publ

Five appealing small enameled items made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England: a limited edition cylindrical pill box commemorating the 400th anniversa

Splendid unsigned original 6.75 x 8.75 photogravure portrait of George Bernard Shaw by Alvin Langdon Coburn, who the Irish playwright would later deem

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Shaw by the Tornquist Studio, affixed inside its original 9 x 11 presentation folder, signed and inscribed

Four documents signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Sheldon, including: a pair of official letters to H. N. Swanson, Inc., dated September 24

Unsigned first edition book: City by Clifford D. Simak. First edition. NY: Gnome Press, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 224 pages. Book

Signed book: Boston, Volumes I and II. First edition. NY: Albert and Charles Boni, 1928. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5. Signed and inscribed on the title page

Signed book: The Collected Stories. First edition, first printing. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 610 pag

Signed book: Down in My Heart. First edition. Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1947. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 94 pages. Signed and

Renowned playwright and screenwriter (born 1937) known for such plays as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Fo

ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, May 3, 1856. Letter to "My dear Mann," in part: "Your 'Vindications' have arri...

ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 3.5 x 5.25, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "I thank you for your kind note and hope that Dr. ...

Signed book: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover wi

Companion of writer Gertrude Stein who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered (1877–1967). ALS signed “Alice,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, A

Signed book: Mr. Stubbs. First edition. NY: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8, 48 pages. Signed ...

Handsome 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Jules Verne by Nadar of Paris, showing the pioneering science fiction author in a left-facing near profil

Signed book: Mother Night. First edition, first printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 202 pages. Signed on ...

Signed book: The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. First edition, limited issue, numbered 123/500. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover wit

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, September 24, 1990. Letter to an admirer, in part: "I hardly know how to tell you how dismaye...

Assemblage of ten color 18 x 24 posters promoting a photographic exhibition held by the Mississippi Historical Museum entitled "Eudora," s...

ALS signed “T. N.,” one page both sides, 6 x 7, August 18, 1972. Letter to author James Herlihy, in part: "Sorry to have missed you on July 5. ...

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, "Tennessee Williams," payable to Washing Well for $30.71, January 24, 1978. E...

Signed book: Selected Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 565 page

Signed book: The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8

American writer (1903–1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1...

ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, April 18, 1826. Letter written from Monticello, in full: "I received yesterday your favor of t...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15.25, ...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 9.5, October 6, 1817. Desirable military land grant by which President Monroe, "in pursua...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.25 x 8.75, March 30, 1825. President Adams grants Peter Mills, "assig...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.5, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John Munroe of Muskingum County, Ohio, a tract of...

ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, November 16, 1826. Letter to American lawyer and politician John Vernon Henry, in part: &qu...

Free franked mailing envelope, presumed as president, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed in Pierce's hand to his brother at the family homestead and preside...

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, October 16, 1846. Letter to W. Burke, in full: "I should be glad to see you for a few moments before approving...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, June 24, 1864. President Lincoln authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix the ...

Autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 4.25, March 18, 1862. In full: "To-day, March 18, 1862, Major Joseph H. ...

Civil War-dated manuscript DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 6.5, October 17, 1864. In full: "George Harrington, is hereby appointed to dischar...

Handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, one page, 8 x 6, September 18, 1852. An affidavit submitted in the "State of Illinois, Tazew...

Civil War–dated ALS signed “William M. Cooper,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 25, 1865. Letter by a Union hospital worker to his mo

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 8.5, July 3, 1865. President Johnson authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix t...

Original 3.5 x 3 green gallery ticket stub to the US Senate Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson on April 9, 1868. Reverse bears a notation from a

Neat ink signature, "U. S. Grant, Feb'y 9th 1881,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 sheet. In fine condition, with very faint toning over the lef...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7 x 8, January 29, 1876. President Grant authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix the ...

Signatures of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes: an ink signature, "With best wishes, Sincerely, R. B. Hayes, Spiegel Grove, 26 Oct. 1886," on an ...

ALS as president-elect, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, Mentor, Ohio letterhead, February 28, 1881. Letter to Senator William B. Alliso

LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 9, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison, in part: "I determined to l...

Signed book: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses by Alan Stevenson. London: John Weale, 1850. Hardcov

Annotated book: Ray's Algebra, Part Second: An Analytical Treatise, Designed for High Schools and Colleges. Stereotype edition. Cincinnati: W. B...

Partly-printed DS, signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 8 x 11.75, May 1870. Receipt from the Collector's Office in the New York Custom House, in fu...

LS as president, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 21, 1897. Letter to Mr. W. W. Armstrong, in full: "I deeply appr...

Desirable matte-finish 7.25 x 11.25 half-length portrait of Roosevelt in a terrifically confident pose by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., si...

Handsome engraving of the exterior of the White House, 10.5 x 8, signed below the vignette in ink as president, "Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 5th, ...

ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 5.25 x 6.75, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to his personal secretary Charles D. Hilles, in

Appealing matte-finish 9 x 12.25 portrait of Taft by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For Mr. J. ...

Signed book: The Avenue of the Allies and Victory. NY: The Book Committee of the Art War Relief, 1918. Hardcover, 7.75 x 11.5, 23 pages. Signed on the

Exceptional matte-finish 9.5 x 13 portrait of President Wilson and his private secretary Joseph Patrick Tumulty by the David B. Edmonton Studio of Was

Fantastic matte-finish 9.25 x 12.75 portrait of Wilson by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., signed boldly in fountain pen, "Sincerely you...

White House card crisply signed in fountain pen, "Calvin Coolidge." In fine condition.

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 9, 1943. Letter to Frank Walker, the postmaster general of Washington, D.C. In f

Fascinating collection of items related to the 'Eyes for the Navy' program during World War I, highlighted by a TLS by Roosevelt as assistan...

TLS as president, one page, 6.25 x 7, White House letterhead, November 8, 1940. Letter to J. Butler Wright, in full: "I am deeply grateful for ...

War-dated TLS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 14, 1944. Letter to "Polly," Roosevelt's ...

Program for a celebration of St. Patrick's Day by the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, March 17, 1945, 20 pages, 8.5 x 7.25 signed and inscribe...

Uncommon matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of the Trumans waving from the steps of their private plane, the 'Sacred Cow,' signed neatly in fountain...

Impressive oversized matte-finish 19.75 x 15.25 photo of Truman signing documents at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Rear A...

TLS signed “D. D. Eisenhower,” one page, 8 x 10.5, War Department letterhead, no date. A letter of recommendation, in full: "Mr. Adolph Braemer...

World War II–era broadside in French, featuring a facsimile signature of Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, one page, 15 x 20, circa 1942. An order direct

John F. Kennedy's personally-owned brick-red polyester swimming trunks, featuring a gold-tone dual metal clasp on the front, small right pocket ...

Fantastic original vintage circa 1942 glossy 5.75 x 3.5 deckle-edge photo of the young John F. Kennedy reclining with a small dog on a pile of pillows

Original vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.25 photo of Congressman Kennedy meeting with Boy Scouts in his Boston office. Framed and in very good to fine conditi

Two original vintage glossy 10 x 8 photographs, each marked with a "Fay Foto Service" credit stamp on the reverse. One shows John F. Kenne...