RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Vintage glossy 5 x 7 head-and-shoulders photo of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Yours very sincerely...

DS, seven pages, 8 x 13, April 10, 1917. The last will and testament of John Burroughs, signed on each page by the celebrated nature writer. He bequea

ALS in pencil, signed “Truman,” one page on a 6 x 4 postcard from Costa Brava, Spain, no date but circa 1960s. Handwr...

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, June 11, 1958. Letter to Mike Gilbert of Trower, Still and Ke...

Scarce color semi-glossy 3.5 x 4.75 photo of Charteris in a bust-length pose, signed and inscribed in red ballpoint, "To James M. Harvey, with ...

LS in French, signed “Chateaubriand,” one page, 7 x 9.25, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres letterhead, January 7, 18...

ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Handwritten letter by Jean Cocteau, in part (translated): "How could you believe I did my fallac...

ANS in French, signed “Jean,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 9, 1950. Untranslated handwritten note by Jean Cocteau. In ...

Signed book: The Manchurian Candidate. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 311 pages. Prominently

Two rare signed first edition books of Michael Connelly’s 1997 novel Blood Work—a special advance reading copy

ALS in Italian, one page, 5 x 8, no date. Brief untranslated handwritten letter by Gabriele D'Annunzio. In fine condition, with small stains to ...

Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 bust-length postcard photo of the poet in a hat and coat, signed in fountain pen, "Alfred Douglas, 1932." In ve...

ALS in French, signed "Alec. Dumas," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter by Alexandre Dumas, pere. Dumas adds ...

Scarce signed book: For Kicks. First edition. London, England: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1965. An uncorrected proof copy with plain tan wrappers, 4.75 x 7.

Vintage color glossy 4.5 x 6.25 photo of Frost at his farm in Ripton, Vermont, seated on a stone wall with friend Harold J. Baily, a lawyer and truste

ALS, one page, 8 x 13, February 14, 1927. Handwritten letter from the 32-year-old to fellow poet Henry Newbolt. In part: "Do you prefer any of ...

LS signed “Edw. E. Hale,” five pages on three sheets, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, December 20, 1893. Letter to Mrs...

Felt tip signature and inscription, "To Steve Adamson, With warm regards, Han Suyin, June 1982, Boston,” on an off-white 6 x 7.75 ...

TLS in German, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, January 21, 1931. Letter declining an invitation, in part (translated): "I am infinitely sorry that I wi...

Two items: a glossy 5 x 7 publicity photo of Joseph Heller in a great half-length pose, signed in blue ink; and a program for a “Wo

ALS signed twice as “R. J." and "Robinson Jeffers,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, The Weddell House (Cleveland, Ohio...

Glossy 9.25 x 7.25 Warner Bros. publicity photo of two horror greats—Stephen King and George A. Romero—seated

Scarce TLS, one page, 5 x 6.5, Doctors Hospital letterhead, May 30, 1932. Letter to Frances Herford of the Bankers Trust Company, in full: â...

Two limited edition copies of Elmore Leonard’s novel The Big Bounce, both hardcovers (with Carolyn Penzler portraits) and slipcase

Four uncommon books signed by Elmore Leonard: A late-stage galley proof of the first edition of Rum Punch, published by Delacorte Press in 1992, soft

Signed book: Fifty-Two Pick Up. First UK edition. London: Secker & Warburg, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 9, 254 pages. Signed and in...

Desirable unsigned book: Lonesome Dove. First edition, first state (with 'none' on line 16 of page 621). NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Har...

Three items signed in black ink by James Michener: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Michener standing next to his editor John Kings; an 8.5 x 8 Beber Silverst

Signed book: Timebends: A Life. Limited first edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1987. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 614

Two early copies of Devil in a Blue Dress, the debut novel by Walter Mosley—a first edition published by W. W. Norton & Compa...

Signed book: Northern Lights. First edition. NY: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 356 pages. Signed a

ALS, two pages, 5.5 x 9, The Pilot Editorial Rooms letterhead, February 4, 1888. Handwritten letter to "Mrs. Porter," in part: "You w...

Three books: A first edition of The Movie That Changed My Life: Edited by David Rosenberg, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Viking in 1991,

Two first edition books edited by Otto Penzler—The Great Detectives (1978) and Whodunit? Houdini: Thirteen Tales of Magic, Murder,

Signed book: An uncorrected proof of The Norton Book of Sports, Edited by George Plimpton, with a publisher's label to front cover noting a publ...

Vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 photo of the adored British dramatist by Angus McBean, affixed to its original 7.75 x 11.75 studio mount, which is si

Glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo of the award-winning author for the PBS series American Playhouse, signed in black ink, "Philip Roth, 11/1/88.&qu...

ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, November 27, 1859. Untranslated handwritten letter by George Sand. In very good to fine condition, wi

TLS signed “Bill Saroyan,” one page, 5.75 x 9, Park Oteli (Istanbul) letterhead, May 25, 1964. Letter to John Appleto...

Attractive glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Oscar-winning screenwriter, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ink, "For Matt Stiller, Holi...

ALS signed twice, “Walter Scott,” one page, 5.75 x 6.75, November 20, 1820. Handwritten letter extending an invitatio...

Hand-addressed and free-franked envelope panel, 4.5 x 2.75, addressed by Sheridan to a gentleman in London, and franked in the lower left, â...

Two uncommon books signed by Georges Simenon: An uncorrected proof of Maigret and the Yellow Dog, 5.5 x 8.25, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Two photos signed in black ink or felt tip by Neil Simon: a color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo and a glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo, both depicting the acc

ALS in French, signed “N. de Stael,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter by Madame de Stael...

Matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, signed in silver ink by Tom Stoppard. In very fine condition.

Limited edition souvenir broadside containing a section from Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play The Real Thing, 8.25 x 11.75, numbered 140/5

Two TLSs from Rex Stout, both 8.5 x 11, The Author’s Guild, Inc. letterhead, dated to August 20 and 29, 1973, both addressed to po

Expense account for a dramatic performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, one page, 7.75 x 6.25, October 14, 1853. The account, totaling 29 cents, is for...

ALS in Swedish, signed “Aug. Strin.,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, March 6, 1908. Handwritten letter to his translator, the w...