RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Questionnaire, signed at the conclusion, “’First serial right’ to International News Service, G. Bernard Shaw, 25 Jany 1948,” two pages, 8 x 10.25, In

ALS signed “John,” four pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.5, May 14, 1963. Lengthy letter to advertising pioneer Howard Gossage, who had enlisted Steinbeck

Original unsigned ink sketch of a nude couple on a galloping horse, with the woman pointing in horror to an unseen menace in front of the horse, on an

Signed book: The Viking Portable Library of Steinbeck. Later printing. NY: Viking Press, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 7, 568 pages. Signed

French writer born Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842) considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. ALS in French, signed “H. Beyle

AQS, signed “H. B. Stowe,” one page, 4.5 x 7, dated “Hartford, Aug 26.” Stowe quotes from a passage contained in her 1854 book Sunny Memories of Forei

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3.75, addressed in Tolkien’s hand to “Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Sykes, 95 Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London, W2.” En

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, April 16, 1962. Letter to Miriam Hirsch. In full: “I am very sorry that my answer to your letter has been so long delayed. Than

Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Handwritten manuscript fragment from a draf

Rare signed book: On the Banks of Plum Creek. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 8.5, 239 p...