RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, The Delineator letterhead, August 24, 1909. Letter to Lazard Kahn. In part: “Your name has been suggested to me as that of s

French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Five untranslated

African-American poet (1872–1906), known for his colorful use of language and dialect, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 33. Scarce vintage ink s

Preeminent painter (1922–2011) known for his for his psychologically intense, thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings. Two items: color satin-

Signed book: Four Forsyte Stories. Limited edition of 896 copies (this being No. 145). NY: The Fountain Press, 1929. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 112 pages. Si

Eclectic archive of nine items signed “Allen” or “Allen Ginsberg,” including an envelope, a souvenir typescript, a postcard, a handwritten poem, three

Two items: ANS, signed “Allen Ginsberg 81,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card, in full: “Thank you for your attention but it ate time”; and a 4.75 x 6.5 card

Author and educator (1867–1948) and inventor of the Gregg Shorthand system. Signed book: Gregg Shorthand in Miniature. Later printing. NY: Gregg Publi

DS, one page, 8 x 4, April 11, 1934. Invoice for 918.60 francs, recording payment to Stephen Vivish for “Chicken, limes, mangos, eggs, fish, crabs, sh

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, June 30, 1965. Letter to E. R. Brown at Branden Press in Boston. In full: “Having received the manuscri