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...