RR Auction: Literary Rarities

ALS signed “Ernest,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, February 7, 1953. Letter to Charles Poore, a New York Times literary critic who wr

Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Hardcover rebound in half leather, 5.5 x 8.5, 343 pages. Sig...

Signed book: East of Eden. Limited first edition of 1500 copies. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.25, 602 pages. Signed on th

Handwritten poem, unsigned, one page, 8 x 12.5, no date. Steinbeck pens a sixteen-line poem, in full: “Gull-screaming rock, Sea lion rock / Save my lo

Rare Christmas card featuring a color image of ornaments dangling from a tree, measuring 4.75 x 3 closed, signed inside in blue ballpoint, “We’re wait

Signed book: Player Piano. First edition, first printing (with “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page); in original dust jacket (with $3.00 price i

Atlas Shrugged. First edition, first printing; in original dust jacket (with “10/57” on front flap and publisher’s name and address on rear flap). NY:

Extraordinarily rare matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 portrait of Rand, nicely signed and inscribed against the light background in fountain pen, “To Carl S

Enormous collection of John Updike’s personally-owned material gathered from outside his home in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, including photographs,

Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed on t

Signed book: Hell’s Angels. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 278 pages. Signed and inscribe

Signed book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 311 page

DS, signed “Thomas Pynchon,” one page, 7.75 x 12.75, November 24, 1966. Memorandum of an agreement in which Pynchon grants the publishing company Gyld

ALS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House, Wallingford letterhead, May 27, no year. Letter to Mr. Riline,

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” four pages, 4.5 x 7, The Reform Club letterhead, October 9, 1900. Letter to the editor of The Scotsman newspaper, in part

Signed book: The Complete Dashiell Hammett. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5. Boldly signed and inscribed on the first fr

TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 25, 1949. Letter to journalist and spy Anton

Unsigned book: Casino Royale. First American edition, first printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket (priced at $2.75), 5

Rare unsigned book: Moonraker. First edition, first printing (with “shoot” on page 10, and a 19 mm text block). London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hardcover

Unsigned book: Diamonds Are Forever. First edition, first printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 252 pages. Book condition: VG/