RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Rare bank check, 5.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Lois P. Blundell, payable to Robert Frost for $45, December 2, 1931, endorsed on the reverse by

Signed book: Forlorn River. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1927. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 338 pages. Signed and inscribed on

Crisp ink signature, “Thomas Hardy,” on an off-white 8 x 1.5 slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. In fine condition, with a central vertical

Ink signature, “Yours very truly, Washington Irving,” adding the date below, on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. In very good condition, with a noticeable

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to George M. Eddy for $30.67, April 20, 1958. A few creases and expected bank stamp

Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. Important ALS in Russian, signed “A. Kuprin,” one page, 8.25 x

TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, October 26, 1940. Short letter to Mr. A. S. Burack of The Writer. In full: “I don’t think I shall have any lecture notes for

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Belden & Hehir for $11.75, stamp-dated May 7, 1911. In fine condition, with...

Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist (1862–1949) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. ALS in French, signed “Maeterlinck,” three pages on

Signed book: Suttree. First Vintage Books edition. NY: Vintage Books, 1979. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 471 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ink

Modernist writer (1903–1977) whose sexually explicit journals and correspondence with Henry Miller led to her popular resurgence in the 1970s as a fem

Choice fountain pen signature, “Eugene O’Neill,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip. In fine condition.

French author and dramatist (1862–1941). Untranslated LS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.5, personal letterhead, May 18, 1909. In fine condition, with m

Writer (1839–1908) best remembered as the lyricist of the song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ Autograph manuscript, signed James R. Randall, two pages, wri

Two TLSs, both one page, dated 1959 and 1960, both to noted American playwright and longtime editor of the New York Times drama section, Herbert Mitga

Russian novelist (1905–1984) who won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his four-volume epic And Quiet Flows the Don. Extremely scarce

Signed book: 3 Lives. Later printing. NY: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 7, 279 pages. Signed on the title page, “Gertrud

Clever ballpoint signature, “John Steinbeck, with a list of added sentiment,” on an off-white 4.25 x 3 collector’s card with a clipped postmark affixe

ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 7, April 14, 1863. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “May I request that you will consult Mr. Evans…on the que

Bank check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Williams, payable to Cash for $5.00, June 30, 1947. Check is also endorsed on the reverse by William