RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, "Jack Kerouac," payable to cash for $100, June 17, 1959; also endorsed on t...

Typed manuscript for the article "In the Ring" by Jack Kerouac, six pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1968, initialed on the last page in...

Exceptional handwritten acrostic poem by Charles Lamb, who signs at the bottom, “Ch’s Lamb, Enf

TLS, one page, 8 x 9.75, stamped personal letterhead, March 29, 1906. Letter to Mabel Applegarth, his 'first love' from his late-teen years,...

Scarce ALS signed "H. Melville," one page, 4.75 x 6.75, November 25, 1854. Melville writes to his publisher, G. P. Putnam & Co. in New...

Two ALSs, signed "Blue" and "A. A Milne," three pages in total, dated July 2, 1920, and November 27, 1942. Both letters are addr...

ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, Hotel Timeo letterhead, February 24, 1931. Handwritten letter from Sicily, to his literary agent Nancy Pearn. In part: &quo...

Significant archive of rare and important materials related to the experimental American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen, from the collection of mus

Sought-after ink signature and inscription, "[From:] Wm. and Beatrix Heelis, [To:] Christopher and Phyllis Le Fleming and the young man, from P...

DS, one page, 8.5 x 13, March 10, 1967. Rider to an agreement between Thomas Pynchon and the Italian publisher Valentino Bompiani & C., concerni...

Intriguing TLS signed “Jerry,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1972. Letter to Eileen Paddison,

DS, signed “J. D. Salinger,” one page, 6 x 4, February 20, 1964. Official card from the Post Off

Signed book: Oh, the Places You'll Go! First edition. NY: Random House, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 11.25, 44 pages. Signed and ins...

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 22, 1947. Official letter addressed to Liberty Films, Inc., regarding a supplement to an earlier Letter-Agreement for

ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, December 1957. Handwritten letter to John Ciardi, an established poet and the longtime poetry editor at the Saturday Review

ALS, one page, 8 x 12.5, October 25, 1948. Handwritten letter to a teacher, in part: "I am sorry I have neither books nor pictures. The first I...

Intense glossy 4.75 x 6.5 close-up publicity photo of author John Steinbeck, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with light br

Bold and neat ink signature, "Robert Louis Stevenson, 1893,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 slip, affixed to a mount below an ori

TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.25, June 22, 1957. Letter to Andrew Schiller, commenting on the classic medieval tale 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...

ALS in Cyrillic, signed "Count L. Tolstoy," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, no date. Letter to Prince Dmitry Dmitrievich, i...

Very rare ALS in Spanish, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 26, 1923. Lengthy handwritten letter to writer and critic Lewis Mumford,

ALS, one page, 7 x 9, 120 Whitehall Court letterhead, September 30, 1921. Handwritten letter to Fran Duschinsky, in full: "I'd like to get ...

TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, 52 Tavistock Square letterhead, December 3, 1930. Letter to Mr. Hapgood, presumably editor and author Norman Hapgood, in f

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, June 25, 1917. Handwritten letter to American poet Orrick Johns, responding to a comparison of his

Printed copy of W. H. Auden's 1969 poem 'Natural Linguistics (for Peter Salus),' one page, 6.25 x 10.25, signed at the bottom in black b...

Group of 11 softcover books from the Beat Generation, including: - Seven issues of The Evergreen Review (issue no. 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 25) - The

TLS signed “Fond love, Sam,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 28, 1970. Letter

TLS signed “S. Bellow,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, University of Chicago letterhead, January 19, 196

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 18, 1961. Letter to poet and critic John Ciardi, dire

Signed book: Septuagenarian Stew. First edition, limited issue, numbered 89/225. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Hardcover handbound in boards

ANS signed “Henry,” one page, 8.5 x 8, Black Sparrow Press letterhead, July 23, 1982. Brief hand

Signed book: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense. First edition, limited issue, numbered 81/100. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 29, 1944. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, in full: "I have an inquiry from my wife, w...

Desirable unsigned book: The High Window. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket (publisher's printed price of $2....

ALS signed “Noel,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, no date but postmarked August 2, 1947. Lett

Signed book: The Andromeda Strain. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 295 pages. Signed on the title page

Signed book: Eaters of the Dead. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193 pages. Signed on the title pag

Signed book: The Great Train Robbery. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of author Michael Crichton in an up-close pose, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

ALS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, July 15, 1946. Letter to poet Sanders Russell, stylishly written with parentheticals and line breaks evocative of his poet

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Gipsy House letterhead, September 5, 1984. Brief letter to Mr. Pearson, in full: "Many thanks for your letter but I'...

ALS signed “Charles Dickens,” one page, 4.25 x 7, All the Year Round letterhead, October 27, 187

Signed book: Ragtime. First edition. NY: Random House, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 270 pages. Signed on the title page in black ink

ALS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but postmarked March 24, 1946. Handwritten letter to Gene McNerney, about philosophical differences of opinion betwe

ALS signed "A. Conan Doyle," one page, 5 x 7, personal letterhead, December 9, 1922. Letter to R. D. Blumenfeld, who served as the editor ...

LS in French by Jean-François Mocquard, signed "Mocquard," one page, 8 x 12.25, Cabinet de l'Empereur letterhead, May 13, 1...

Two letters by Farrell: a TLS signed in pencil, "James T. Farrell," one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, March 14, 1946, in part: "It is cl...

Three TLSs, two signed "Edna" and one signed "Ferb," each one page, personal letterhead, all making reference to Hollywood icons...

ALS in French, one page, 6 x 7.75, Editions d'Art Edouard Pelletan letterhead, no date but annotated 1909 in pencil. Cryptic handwritten letter ...

Exceptional matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 close-up photo of the esteemed poet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To John Ci