RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Signed book: Obra Poetica. First edition. Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1964. Hardcover, 6 x 8, 279 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black

ALS signed “Byron,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, August 7, 1811. Extensive, unpublished letter to his friend James Wedderburn Webster

Desirable signed book: In Cold Blood. Limited first edition, first printing, numbered 473/500. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 8.

Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS

Detective novelist (1888–1959) best known for The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March

Bank check, 8.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to his coachman and faithful servant Patrick McAleer for $50.00,

ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, 5 x 8, January 17, 1876. Letter to the cashier of the First National bank. In full: “Please send to Chas. E.

Hand-addressed mailing envelope incorporating his signature in the return address area, 6.25 x 3.5, addressed by Clemens in black ink, “For Senator Cu

Dignified 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Clemens in a wooden chair, affixed to a 5 x 7 mount, which is in turn affixed to a slightly larger card. Signed and inscr

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, June 3, [1878]. Letter to English publisher Andrew Chatto. In full: “Won’t you please send me a paper-covered copy of ‘Innoc

Desirable ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, August 19, 1960. Brief letter authorizing a publication. In part (translated): “With my friendship and

ALS in French, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Before leaving Paris, I ascertained that ‘The Vagabond’ is fr

AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet. Cooper pens a quote from chapter 16 of his work The Headsman, in full: “Silenus rolled from his ass, to the great

ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4 x 5, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I regret it will not be in my power to join your little pa

Important early French surrealist author (1900–1935) who committed suicide at age 35. Wonderful ballpoint sketch on a 8.25 x 10.5 sheet showing a crou

Hand-addressed and signed envelope featuring Dickens’s personal monogram on the flap, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Andrew D. White Esquire,”

Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Rare ALS in French, si...

Uncommon 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Dumas in a three-piece suit by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed below the image in black ink. In fine conditio

Signed book: Triumphal March. Limited edition of 300 copies (this being No. 122). London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1931. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75. Signed o

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