RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

TLS signed “A. Crowley,” one page, 9 x 5.75, November 2, 1920. Written from the Collegium ad Spi

Coutts & Company bank check, 7.5 x 3.75, filled out and signed by Dickens, "Charles Dickens," payable to "George Dolby Esquire&qu...

Neat ink signature, "I am Sir, Your obedient Servant, Charles Dickens," on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 sheet trimmed from the close of a handwr...

ALS, one page, 4 x 6.25, July 23, 1869. Addressed from Christ Church, Oxford, a handwritten letter to Edith Argles, in full: "I have only time ...

ANS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Burlington Hotel letterhead, 1890. Brief handwri

DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, February 5, 1951. A contract between Winchester Pictures and William Faulkner, who agrees to serve "as a writer in c...

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, September 17, 1929. Addressed from Franconia, New Hampshire, a handwritten letter to "Mr. P...

Scarce envelope addressed in the hand of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 7 x 4.5, with the original red wax seal, impressed with his family crest, still a

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Jack Kerouac, payable to Title Guarantee + Trust Company for $161.40, December 5

Signed book: Gone with the Wind. First edition, first printing (with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page, and "1936" on ...

ALS signed “A.R.,” one page, 5 x 4, July 27, 1962. Handwritten letter to a reader, in full: "I t

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Henry Irving's Fourth American Tour letterhead, November 15, 1897. Handwritten letter to journa...

Rare pairing of ink signatures, "Wm. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount" and "William Wordsworth, Esq're, with the affectionate regards of F...

ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 4, 1966. Untranslated handwritten letter by Samuel Beckett. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing enve

LS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, October 30, 1911. Addressed from The Olympia in Washington, D.C., a letter to "Neale," in...

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, November 16, 1874. Handwritten letter to Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, in full: "Thank you very much for your kind invitation...

Personal check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Burroughs, "E. R. Burroughs," payable to Canyon Cleaners for $40.40, August 6, 1957. In...

LS in French, signed “Chateaubriand,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 3, 1841. Untranslated letter b

Souvenir typescript of an excerpt from The Hunt for Red October, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in blue felt tip by the acclaimed political

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, December 21, 1881. Handwritten letter to A. P. Watt, in full: "I shall be very glad to see you tom...

Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to E. Forte for $61.75, November 29,...

Appealing AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 3.25 sheet of music paper, signed and inscribed in ballpoint, "To Lionel Aucoin, from, Noel Coward,"...

TLS signed “Noel,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, 404 East 55th Street letterhead, May 21, 1958. Letter

ALS in Italian, signed "Gabriele," one page, 8.75 x 10.75, March 24, 1923. Untranslated handwritten letter to "Waller," providin...

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Max Eastman by Editta Sherman, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For H. M. Fay, with all good wish...

Nice ink signature, "R. Waldo Emerson, March 27, '76,” on an off-white 5 x 3 slip affixed to a larger page. In fine conditi

Vintage matte-finish 7 x 5 photo of Frost in profile, depicting him standing at a podium, smiling with a finger to his mouth, signed and inscribed in

Signed book: A Way Out. Limited edition, numbered 484/485. NY: Harbor Press, 1929. Hardcover, 5 x 8, 19 uncut pages. Neatly signed in black ink at the

Collection of thirteen items signed by German writers of the 19th and early 20th century, including: Berthold Auerbach (LS), Rudolf Baumbach (AQS), Wa

Two items: a 4 x 6 mounted portrait of Hale, signed on the mount in ink, "Edward E. Hale"; and an ALS signed "Edw. E. Hale," one...

Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “Ro: Howard,” one page, 9.25 x 14.25, February 1673. Loan order

TLS signed “Langston,” one page, 8.5 x 11, November 29, 1940. Letter to musician and theater cri

TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 11.25, November 2, 1989. Letter to Professor Alex S. Jones, in part (translated): "I am happy that you are doin...

ALS signed “W. Irving,” one page, 7 x 9, no date. Handwritten letter to Thomas Aspinwall, his li

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, December 31. Handwritten letter to "Heinemann," presumably the publisher William Heinemann. I...

Computer-generated form letter addressed to members of the Stephen King book club, one page, 3.75 x 8.5, no date (circa late 2004), signed at the conc

World War I-dated TLS, one page, 8 x 5, Burwash, Etchingham letterhead, July 9, 1918. Letter to noted lecture organizer James B. Pond, in full: &quo...

Choice ink signature, "Jack London,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card. In fine condition.

ALS signed "John Boyle O'Reilly," one page, 5.5 x 9, The Pilot Editorial Room letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter, in part: "...

Vintage glossy 5 x 5 photo of Phelps with a large NBC microphone, affixed to an 8 x 9.75 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, &...

Color 8 x 10 cardstock head-and-shoulders photo of the popular Vampire Chronicles author, signed in gold ink, "Anne Rice." In fine conditi...

ALS signed “J. Ruskin,” one page, 5.75 x 5.75, May 30. Handwritten letter commenting on the 16th

ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Handwritten letter to his cousin, William Scott, addressed on the integral leaf in the author's o...

Glossy 7.25 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders photo of the great children's author and illustrator, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "With Bes...

ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 7, blindstamped Farringford letterhead, no date. Handw

Union Bank of London check, 7 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Trollope, "Anthony Trollope," payable to Frederic Chapman for £2...

Nice vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 9.25 photo of the versatile intellectual, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Sincerely Yours, Henry van Dy...

Scarce original program for a tryout production of Sweet Bird of Youth at the Studio M Playhouse in 1956, measures 12 x 9 open, signed inside in blue

The Chase National Bank of New York check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Thomas Wolfe, payable to Remington Rand for $12.24, June 28, 1937. Wo

ALS in German, signed “Ihr Freund Beethoven,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 10, Sep