RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

German poet (1715–1769) who was one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature. Scarce AQS in Latin on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, sig

Exceptional autograph manuscript in pencil titled at the top, “Ken Ward, the Young Pitcher,” unsigned, 40 pages, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa 1911. Gre

Uncommon matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the Nobel Prize–winning dramatist in a half-length pose, signed in the lower border in fountain pe

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, payable to Portador for $170.00, May 29, 1950. Reverse is endorsed by Hem

Superb 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of a bronze bust sculpture of Hesse, signed in fountain pen, “H. Hesse.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original

ALS in French, signed “Victor,” one page, 4 x 5, no date but circa 1850. Brief letter on helping refugees following the French Revolution of 1848. In

ALS, seven pages, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, November 13, 1894. Letter to poet, philologist, and co-founder of the Society for Psychical Research,

Immensely significant first edition of Johnson’s remarkable A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals,

Rare ANS in pencil in German, signed “Dr. F. Kafka,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Lago di Garda in Punta San Vigilio, postmarked Septemb

Highly esteemed Spanish poet, playwright, and artist (1898–1936) executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. ALS in Spanish, signed “

Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Scarce matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of M

Original painting by Miller, watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 11.5, featuring vaguely female-looking serpentine figures surrounding a square of abstract fi

TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, May 25, 1945. Letter to Mrs. T. J. Busey. In part: “As to the info

Indian activist and poet (1879–1949) who was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state, and the second woman to become the president o

Hand-addressed envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, addressed by O’Neill to actress, “Miss Jeanie Begg, 158 West 106th Street, New York City, c/o Emma Billeb,” and si

Two ALSs in pencil written to Philip Rice, co-editor of The Kenyon Review. The first is a bizarre letter by Ezra Pound sent while confined in St. Eliz

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964. In part: “I am pleased that you liked my books and that you found my phil

Influential poet (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. Magnificent handwritten poem in Germ

French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in

ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 9, August 8, 1923. Letter to J. H. Hooper of New York. In part: “The article on the Communist Experiment i