RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

TLS, one page, 7 x 9.5, blindstamped personal letterhead, January 28, 1921. Letter to Walter K. Melick. In full: “There is no book which will give any

American novelist (1894–1961) best known for detective and mystery classics such as the Sam Spade series (including The Maltese Falcon) and The Thin M

Partly-printed DS, signed “Nath. Hawthorne,” one page, 8.5 x 7, May 6, 1848. Document stating duties have been secured on eighteen cords of wood broug

Colorful 5.5 x 3 ticket for a bullfight at the Plaza Toros de Valencia, July 30, 1959, from the personal property of Roberto Herrera Sotolongo, person

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Hemingway, payable to Portactor for $30.00, December 6, 1952. Check is endorsed on the reverse by Rob

Handsome 4 x 6 cabinet photo of Holmes, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Oliver Wendell Holmes.” Published by the Notman Photographic Co. Hou

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 8, March 22, 1887. Letter to Edward W. Bok, editor of The Brooklyn Magazine. In part: “I write now to a

Superb AQS on an off-white 7.25 x 2.5 sheet, signed “Julia Ward Howe, June 1903.” Howe pens the beginning of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ perhap

Two ALSs: one by Aldous Huxley, one page, 4.25 x 6.75, The Athenaeum letterhead, November 28, 1935, returning an erroneously sent letter; and one by C

ALS, one page, 8 x 10, April 2, 1834. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “This letter will introduce you to my young countryman and friend Mr. Edward Jon