RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Ink signature, “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Jan. 22d, 1878,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.5 card. Nicely double matted and framed with a portrait of Ho

ALS, one page on a government postcard, 5.5 x 3.25, December 13, 1907. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Your book is safe. I was in New York when you s

Author, suffragette, dramatist, poet, and biographer (1819–1910), best remembered as the lyricist of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic.’ Crisp and precise

Glossy 4.5 x 7 photo of Jones at the River Seine, signed and inscribed in black ink “For Robert Merritt Allen, James Jones.” In very good condition, w

ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.5, August 6, [1860]. Letter to poet Achille Millien whose La Moisson (The Harvest) appeared

Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Hugo, by Garnier Arsene of Guernsey, signed at the bottom of the image, “Rule, Britannia! Victor Hugo,” a

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, June 18, 1970. Letter to author P. K. Thomajan. In part: “As to how I became associated with my book, ‘

FDC with a cachet honoring the fine arts, signed in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.

Author (1922–2003) of the bestseller Please Don’t Eat the Daisies. Glossy 7.25 x 9.25 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip

ALS, one page, 3.75 x 6, Bateman’s Burwash letterhead, October 16, 1906. Letter to a gentleman marked at the top, “Private.” In part: “I felt that as

TLS, one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, May 13, 1933. Letter to Sir Francis Peek. In part: “I regret very much that I find it impossible to accept

Ink signature, “Very sincerely, Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 slip clipped from a letter. Remnants of two other words in his hand remain a

TLS signed “Louis,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, Ramada Inn letterhead, February 12, 1968. Letter to a friend. In part: “I used to write a lot of

Signed book: To the Far Blue Mountains. First edition, first printing. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1976. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 287 p...

Popular Swedish painter and illustrator (1853–1919). Rare ALS in Swedish, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, October 14, 1913. Untranslated postcard to an associate

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, November 30, 1926. Letter written from Florence to Edgell Rickword. In full: “Thanks for the Cunninghame Grahame book—I'...

British painter (1769–1830) best known for his portraits of some of the most prominent figures of his day. ALS signed “Thos. Lawrence,” one page both

Artist and illustrator (1926–2009) best known for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Two original signed ink sketches on individual 8 x

Sculptor (1915–2002) who worked primarily in the medium of wire. ALS signed “Richard,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, July 16, 1969. Letter to Alan

Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to White Bros. for $224.31, stamp-dated February 15, 1907. Two vertical folds, one th