RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Felt tip signature, “Chuck Yeager,” on a painted 8.25 x 2 card. Card is affixed to an original Raymond Waddey acrylic painting of Yeager piloting his

Signed book: The Pageant of History in Northern California. San Francisco: American Trust Company, 1954. Spiralbound softcover, 11 x 14. Signed on the

Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Special edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dustjacket, 15.5 x 12.5. Signed

American poet (1842–1918). ALS signed “Chas Follen Adams,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Burton Stock Car Co. letterhead, April 26, 1892. Letter to Claribel

Signed book: Addams and Evil. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1947. Hardcover with dustjacket, 8 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed on the firs...

Writer (1909–1981) best known for his book, The Man With the Golden Arm. TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, October 16. Letter to a woman. In part: “I doubt th

Ink signatures of 16 authors on individual cards and slips, each affixed to a separate 6.25 x 4 album page. Signers are: Katharine Lee Bates, Henry Va

Hardcover birthday date book, 6 x 7, published in 1977 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, signed inside in ink and felt tip by 52 celebrities, all sig

ALS, three pages of two sheets, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, September 24, 1972. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I've been so busy all summer pai...

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, of the first page of Chapter One of Jaws, beginning “The great fish moved silently through the night water, p

Glossy 9 x 8 Warner Bros. promotional photo from the set of The Exorcist, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with lightly trimmed edges and

Four hardcover first editions of Death has Lost Its Charm For Me, each signed on an opening page in black ink by Bradbury. In very fine condition.

English poet and playwright (1812–1889) who perfected the dramatic monologue in such works as My Last Duchess and Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister. I

Signed book: The Roominghouse Madrigals. Limited edition of 500 copies (This being No. 54). Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.

Eminent Scottish poet and songwriter (1759–1796) who was a seminal figure of the Romantic movement and whose verses and songs (including ‘Auld Lang Sy

Personal check, 8.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Burroughs, “E. R. Burroughs,” payable to E. R. Andrews. DDS for $25.00, February 2, 1939. In fine co

ANS, one page, 5 x 3, no date. Brief note to an unidentified recipient. In full: “Kerouac died of liver cirhossis brought on like most cases of

Signed book: Music for Chameleons. First edition, later printing. NY: Random House, 1980. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 262 pages. Signed and

Felt tip signature, “T. Capote,” on an off-white 3 x 5 card with typed collector’s notations along bottom. In fine condition.

Collection of 34 hardcover books, each signed inside on an opening page in ink or felt tip by the respective celebrity author or actor(s) related to t

Sixteen color photos, ranging in size from 4 x 6 up to 10 x 8, each signed in ink or felt tip by Christo and Jeanne Claude; a 9.5 x 4 commemorative co

Souvenir typescript of the beginning of 2061 Odyssey Three, one page, 8.5 x 11. In part: “Dr. Heywood Floyd stared thoughtfully at the ever-changing p

Commanding 3.5 x 5.5 German postcard photo, signed in ink, “Very truly yours, Mark Twain, 1905.” In good condition, with light toning, scattered soili

ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, June 23, 1889. From Hartford, Clemens writes to an unidentified gentleman. In full: “It is all right

Crystal clear vintage lightweight matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Clemens, clad in a light-colored suit, sitting in a rocking chair on a porch, with a cig

Exceptional ink signature, “Truly yours, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” on an off-white card. Nicely cloth matted and framed with a photo of Clemens writ

German commemorative cover bearing a cachet of one of Cocteau’s works, signed in orange felt tip, “Souvenir amical de Jean Cacteau,” and dated 1961. I

American writer (1789–1851) best known for his series of Leatherstocking Tales and the novel The Last of the Mohicans. ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,

Bank check, 5.5 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to B. Cook for $4.31, May 3, 1837. In fine condition, with bank

British caricaturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Char

Signed book: Essays of Michel de Montaigne. Limited edition of 1000 copies (This being No. 605). NY: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 9.7

Science fiction and fantasy author (1907–2000). TLS, one page, 7.5 x 11, ornate dinosaur-themed personal letterhead, May 4, 1971. In part: “I should i

French poet and writer (1889–1941). ALS in French, on both sides of a 3.25 x 5.25 photo postcard, March 10, 1937. Lengthy untranslated letter on both

Prolific writer (1909–1971), known for his contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, a shared fictional universe based on the writings of H

French playwright and director (1895–1972). His most famous work is the play Tovaritch, later adapted into English as the film Tovarich. ANS in French

Ink signature, “Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens, Harrisburgh, Twenty fifth March 1842,” on an off-white 7.5 x 2.5 slip. Slip has been tipped in to t

Ink signature, “Yours sincerely, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mar 7/14,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 trimmed card. In very good condition, with light block of to

Swiss painter and sculptor. Nine original ink and pencil sketches of of birds, horses, and two human heads, on individual off-white cards and envelope

Russian-born French artist and designer (1892–1990) who was one of the leading figures of the Art Deco movement. Program page from a Circle Gallery sh

Signed book: My Life My Art. Limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 615). NY: E. P. Dutton, 1989. Hardcover with clamshell case, 10.5 x 14, 23

French engineer (1832–1923) best remembered for designing the tower that bears his name. ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page both sides, 5.25

German philosopher (1846–1926) and the recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature. ALS in German, one page, 5.75 x 7.25, August 30, 1924. Length

Ink signatures of John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Wendell Holmes on individual off-white album pages, 7 x 4, still con

American writer (1850–1895) best known for his poems of childhood, including ‘Wynken, Blynken, and Nod’ and ‘Little Boy Blue.’ ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11

Signed book: Come In and Other Poems. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 192 pages. Signed and

Signed book: A Witness Tree. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 8.75, 91 pages. Boldly signed and inscri

Matte-finish 4 x 5.75 photo of Grass smoking a cigarette, signed in blue ink. In fine condition.

Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Grey, payable to Bell & Howell Co. for $2.00, August 1, 1935. In fine condition, with central ver...

Red baseball cap, manufactured by Pop Shop, featuring an embroidered Haring figure on its hands and knees, signed and inscribed along the edge of the

ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, postmarked February 4, 1930. Early letter from Florida to the journalist Robert de Saint Jean in Paris, who planne