RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

ALS signed “L. M. Alcott,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 5.5, January 23 [1870s]. Letter to Mr. Joule. In full: “I return the copy of Mr.

Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as

TLS signed “Papa, Edgar Rice Burroughs,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, USS Cahaba letterhead, May 27, 1945. Letter to his daughter Joan, from “somewh

Four evocative untranslated LSs in Italian addressed to Greek patriot Giorgio Vitali, three signed “Noel Byron, Pair d'Angleterre” and one initi...

ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 3.5 x 5.75, August 11, 1905. Letter to a lady. In full: “I am quite sure, Miss Brooke, that if I had seen that p

ANS signed “Mark,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Short note to Poultney Bigelow reads, in full: “Please tell me what London station & RR? Best t...

Desirable hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope panel, 3.75 x 2.5, addressed by Dickens to “Messrs: Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand,” and crisply si

ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Tavistock House, January 6, 1854. Brief letter to Sir James Emerson Tennent. In full: “You may rely on me most implicitly.” I

Elaborate ink signature, “Saturday, Twenty Second August, 1862, Faithfully, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet of his Gad’s Hill Place p

Bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Mess’rs: Skinner and Co. for £52.7.0, February 4, 1864. In fine condition, w...

Beloved British author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll (1832–1898). ANS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one p

Scarce ALS signed “C. L. D.,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, Ch Ch , March 17. Letter to Ursula Mallam. In full: “Please tell your mother I’ll meet

Excellent fountain pen signature, “from F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white slip. Double-suede-matted and framed with a portrait of Fitzgerald to an

Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Comprehensive handwrit...

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, June 21, 1962. Letter to young admirer Terry Wing. In part: “You are right in thinking that Dr. No is the

One of the most famous French poets of the 17th century (1621–1695) widely known for his collections of fables. ADS in French, signed “de La Fontaine

Lebanese-American artist and writer (1883–1931) best known for his writings on religion and for his best-selling 1923 spiritual-philosophical classic

ALS, one page, 6 x 8, August 25, 1938. Letter to John Montgomery of Laramie, Wyoming. In full: “I can’t refrain from answering a letter that will be o

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 7. Letter to Mr. Simmons. In part: “Enclosed an essay I wrote on Tuning & Recording Blake’s Songs of Innocence...

Author (1840–1928) who takes a place among the towering figures of British literature with classic novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess