RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

TLS signed “Buk,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, April 29, 1975. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “everything is quite simple. your own bellybutton is

One of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century (1890–1938) who introduced and made popular the word ‘robot,’ which first appeared in hi

Two lengthy documents: the first DS, 28 pages, 8.5 x 11, November 17, 1944, in which Chandler makes an agreement with Paramount Pictures to write six

Exquisite matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 portrait of Twain sitting on a small boulder holding a kitten, taken by Underwood & Underwood in 1907, signed...

Bold ink signature, “S. L. Clemens,” on an off-white 12 x 4.5 partly-printed document for a ship voyage scheduled to sail on November 12, 1903. Three

Ink signature, “Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with light toning and a bit of skipping to ink.

Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, payable to H. W. Bergen for $700, July 13, 1875. In fine condition, with a few vertical fol

Signed book: Eve’s Diary. First edition. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 109 pages. Boldly signed on the fr...

Pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954), best known for such works as the Claudine series, La Chatte, and Gigi. Rare vin

Hand-addressed and signed envelope, 3.75 x 2.25, addressed by Dickens to a gentleman at “Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London” and signed below, “Char