RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Personal check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to J. Patiky for $20.00, June 6, 1958. In very good condition, with a central verti

Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. ALS in French, signed in Cyrillic, one page, 8.25 x 5.25, Marc

Signed book: Rawdon’s Roof. Limited edition, numbered 11/530. London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1928. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 32 pages. Crisply signed on

Signed book: The Misfits. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.25, 132 pages. Signed on the title page in blue

Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 4.5, no date but circa early 1960. Letter to Mr. Crook. In part: “I had no idea that you would be wanting my material so terribl

Fountain pen signature, “A. A. Milne,” on an off-white 5.5 x 7.5 sheet of personal stationery. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal

Esteemed Chilean writer and politician (1904–1973) who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his intense poems of love. ALS in Spanis

TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, October 1, 1936. Letter to psychiatrist Dr. [C.E.] Mayos. In part: “I do not know what the movies will do

TLS signed “Geo. Orwell,” one page, 8 x 10, April 27, 1946. Letter to Mr. Mackerness. In part: “I have never read Darwin's Autobiography. The br...

Wonderful collection of 20 letters, primarily consisting of ALSs, each by a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, including: Nelly Sachs, Bjorn

Unsigned autograph manuscript in Russian, one page both sides, 9.25 x 12.5, no date. This manuscript, handwritten by Pasternak, is a draft of his tran

TLS, two pages, 8 x 10, The Little Review letterhead, November 1918. Letter to G. H. Thring of the Authors Society. In part: "Mr H. G. Wells an...

ALS signed “GBS,” one page, 5 x 6, personal letterhead, September 21, 1948. Letter to his cousin, Georgina ‘Judy’ Musters, who worked as his secretary

Wonderful assemblage of 11 ink sketches by Silverstein of detailed and cartoonish faces on the reverse of a manila 12 x 9 envelope, originally sent fr

Lengthy ALS in pencil, signed “John,” two pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.5, March 1, 1965. Letter to advertising pioneer Howard Gossage, who had enliste

Bank check, 8 x 3, filled out and signed by Stevenson, payable to C. Swaine for £3.14.3, August 9, 1887. Double-matted and framed with a portra...

Son of Leo Tolstoy who was respected as a writer and artist in his own right (1869–1945). Pencil sketch of his father and famed Russian author Leo Tol

Rare 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of an engraved portrait of the author by G. Heuer & Kirmse, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Leo Tolst...

French writer (1828–1905) whose classic novels, including Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, helped lay the