RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Ink signature, “Bernard Shaw,” on an off-white 2.25 x .5 slip affixed to a 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with a couple trivial stray ink marks.

ALS signed “G. B. S.,” one page, 8 x 5, Royal Hotel letterhead, February 15, 1932. Brief letter. In part: “So you did it in one day after all! Pure sw

Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 full-length photo of Shaw posing on a porch, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink “Bernard Shaw for Brian Nicho

Irish-born playwright and poet (1751–1816) who was the long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal. ALS signed “R. B. Sheridan,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25,

AQS on a 4.5 x 3 off-white card. Smith pens the first stanza from ‘America.’ In full: “My country, ’tis of thee,/Sweet land of liberty,/Of thee I sing

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, an excerpt from One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint below a ty

Two different color 9 x 10.75 book photos of Soyer’s works, each signed in blue ballpoint, with Soyer inscribing one of the photos. Both are individua

Ballpoint signature, “John Steinbeck with a bit of added sentiment,” on a white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card, with a clipped November 8, 1962,

Journalist (1849–1912), assistant editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and founder of The Review of Reviews who perished in the Titanic disaster. TLS sign

AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card. Stevenson pens the last three lines from ‘Requiem.’ In full: “Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor

Endorsed bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by James R. Osgood, payable to Stowe for $944.46, July 10, 1873. Endorsed on t

Ink signature, “Yours very truly, H. B. Stowe, 49 Forest St., Hartford, Conn,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. In very good condition, with signature a

AQS, signed “Harriet Beecher Stowe,” on an off-white 5 x 7.75 lightly-lined sheet. Stowe pens two biblical verses reading, in full: “Rest in the Lord

Important Victorian British poet (1837–1909) whose “decadent” subject matter (including sadomasochism and lesbianism) made him one of the most controv

TQS on an off-white 5 x 3 lightly-lined card. Quote reads, “To-day, more than ever before in our history, the aid of spiritual power is needed.” Signe

American humorist and author (1894–1961) best known for such stories as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and for his distinctive, wittily captioned car

ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.25 x 7, December 8, 1869. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full: "I found your two volumes on my r...

Partial self-contained partly-printed DS, signed “Tennyson,” one page, 8 x 3.25, September 24, 1877. Conclusion of a larger legal document signed at t

Companion of writer Gertrude Stein, who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered and was the subject of Stein’s Autobiography of Alice B.

Vintage ink signature, “Leo Tolstoy, 1908, 17 July,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 card. Card is affixed to the address panel of the original mailing envel