RR Auction: Literary Rarities

Signed book: The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Yeats. Special limited edition, numbered 306/825. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1957. Hardcover w

ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1920. Written from Palazzo Ferraro in Capri, a letter to New York publisher B. W. Huebsch, in full: “To

Tremendous matte-finish 10.5 x 12.5 exhibition photograph of Thomas in a dramatic half-length pose during rehearsal for his 1953 play Under Milk Wood,

ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 24, 1860. Letter to Ira F. Hart, in part: “I cannot say with perfect

ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” five pages on two adjoining sheets and one separate sheet, 5 x 8, May 26, 1858. Letter to Mary Russell Watson, in full: “I

Signed book: Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman. First edition, limited issue, numbered 188/600. Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros., 1888–1889. Hardco

Scarce vintage 4 x 5.5 photo of Whitman resting his head in his hand, affixed to its original 6 x 8.5 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Walt W

Exceptional handwritten manuscript draft page contained within the first volume of the 1906 ‘manuscript edition’ of his works, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Faber & Faber letterhead, May 8, 1934. Letter to Mrs. Humphrey Payne, in full: “Thank you for your letter of the 3rd. If ...

Signed book: Ara Vos Prec. First edition, limited issue of 264. London: The Ovid Press, 1919. Hardcover, 9 x 11.25, 54 pages. Signed on the title page