RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

ALS, one page both sides, 6.75 x 10, personal letterhead, August 1, 1963. Letter to William Gray in England. In full: “What is one to make of a fellow

Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Sam’l L. Clemens,” payable to O. D. Glazier & Co. for $233.25, July 2, 1875. In fine co...

ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, May 15, 1875. Brief letter to an unidentified recipient, but probably the cashier at th

Wonderful ink signature, “Truly yours, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition.

Bank check, 5.5 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to taxes for $22, January 14, 1840. Nicely double-matted and frame

Magnificent matte-finish 4 x 5.75 cabinet-type portrait of Dickens affixed to a 5 x 7.75 mount, showing the author wearing a distinguished robe in a t

Third-person ALS, one page, 6.75 x 4.25, October 19, 1892. In full: “Mr. C. L. Dodgson is happy to inform Mr. Doroning that he has found the ‘Dante.’

ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 3.25 x 5.25, June 4, 1879. Letter to Miss Willets. In part: “I have hunted in vain: there are no daughters of Ev

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, September 6. Letter to Colonel Green. In part: “I rather fancy I mention

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, March 23, no year. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “Do not disclose Judge Chitty

Fantastic TQS, one page, 4 x 6, signed at the conclusion, “T. S. Eliot, 17.XII.61.” A souvenir typed quote from the beginning of Eliot’s iconic poem “

Two TLSs, each one page, 6.75 x 8, Faber and Faber Publishers letterhead, June 9 and July 13, 1948. Letters to German journalist and writer Hans Eberh

Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p

Autograph manuscript, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, no date. Emerson pens an interesting moralistic passage on the subject of marriage. In full: “I told Emily

Ink signature, “F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 6 x 1.5 slip clipped from the closing of a document dated December 29, 1938. Double-matted and f

Signed book: Our Hold on the Planet. Privately printed Christmas edition, 1940. Stitched softcover, 4.75 x 3.75, 12 pages. Signed and inscribed on the

Signed book: Mountain Interval. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 76 pages. Signed on the first fre

Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal deve

German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and

Important Russian/Soviet author and activist (1868–1936). Though his criticism of the Communist government led to a relationship marked by conflict an