RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in October 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Chuck Jones454 - Chuck Jones
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Original production drawing by Chuck Jones of Bugs Bunny in a confused full-length stance. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on trimmed 7.75
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Kelly455 - Walt Kelly
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Two items: a TLS signed "Walt Kelly," one page, 7.75 x 10.5, Post-Hall Syndicate, November 9, 1951, in full: "It is most flattering t...
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Hank Ketcham456 - Hank Ketcham
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Original production drawing for a Dennis the Menace comic strip, accomplished in graphite on a 7.75 x 10.5 sheet of tracing paper, signed in the upper
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Lady and the Tramp457 - Lady and the Tramp
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Desirable original production cels featuring Trusty, Toughy, and Bulldog from Lady and the Tramp, showing the three dogs t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz458 - Charles Schulz
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Uncommon original full-length sketch of Snoopy dancing next to a musical note, 5 x 8, accomplished in blue ballpoint on the half-title page for the bo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz459 - Charles Schulz
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Early vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Schulz in front of a Charlie Brown sketch by photographer Earl Seubert, signed in blue ballpoint, "Best wi...
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J. Stuart Blackton460 - J. Stuart Blackton
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Film producer, director, and founder of Vitagraph Studios (1875-1941) who is considered the father of American animation for his role in making The En
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Mel Blanc461 - Mel Blanc
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Original production cel showing Bugs Bunny eating a carrot, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip by the iconic character's legendary voice acto...
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Bugs Bunny462 - Bugs Bunny
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Sericel showing Bugs Bunny kicking back at the theater, created in 1990 to commemorate his 50th birthday. The sericel is set against a color litho bac
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Ernie Bushmiller463 - Ernie Bushmiller
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Interesting partly-printed, heavily hand-embellished ink sketch of Nancy on an off-white 8.5 x 11 card, signed and inscribed below, "To My Frie...
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Bob Camp464 - Bob Camp
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American animator, cartoonist, and comic book artist (born 1956) best known for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show, ThunderCats, The Real Ghostbu...
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Disney: Mary Costa465 - Disney: Mary Costa
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Five color glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each showing images of Princess Aurora from the 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty, each photo signed in go
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Matt Groening466 - Matt Groening
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Stupendous original felt tip sketch by Matt Groening on a white 16 x 20 cardstock sheet, which shows Homer Simpson with a decidedly alert expression,
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Matt Groening467 - Matt Groening
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Wonderful color 31 x 22 poster of The Simpson family and pets reading together in their living room, signed in silver ink, "Your pals, Bart Sim...
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Burne Hogarth468 - Burne Hogarth
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American cartoonist, illustrator, and author (1911–1996) who is best known for his work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy
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The Lion King469 - The Lion King
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Limited edition sericel featuring Simba and Rafiki from The Lion King, produced by The Walt Disney Company in an edition of 5000, with a mat opening o
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Chris Renaud470 - Chris Renaud
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Fantastic foursome of original felt tip sketches by Chris Renaud on individual white 5 x 8 sheets, each signed by Renaud and depicting a character fro
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long Coyote471 - Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long Coyote
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(Hanna-Barbera, 1964) Original production model drawing of Ricochet Rabbit, Droop-a-Long Coyote, and an outlaw from The Magilla Gorilla Show. Accompli
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Charles Schulz472 - Charles Schulz
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Glossy 9 x 7 CBS promotional photo for What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown, signed in black felt tip, "Charles M. Schulz." A promotional capti...
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Charles Schulz473 - Charles Schulz
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Peanuts gang trimming a Christmas tree, signed in black felt tip by Charles Schulz, studio artist Bill Melendez, and
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Charles Schulz474 - Charles Schulz
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Time Magazine cover featuring a quintet of Schulz's beloved Peanuts characters, 7.25 x 10, signed in blue ballpoint, "Best wishes, Charles ...
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Paul Terry475 - Paul Terry
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American cartoonist, screenwriter, and film director (1887–1971) who produced over 1,300 cartoons between 1915 and 1955, including the many Terrytoons
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Frances Hodgson Burnett476 - Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Unsigned book: The Secret Garden. First American edition. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 375 pages. Book condition: VG+/None,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler477 - Raymond Chandler
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Three TLSs, each signed "Ray," totaling seven pages on five sheets, dated 1956–1957, all to his English lawyer and fellow crime fiction wr...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Lord Byron478 - Lord Byron
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Highly influential British poet, politician, soldier, and adventurer (1788–1824) who takes a place as the most colorful literary figure of the Romanti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler479 - Raymond Chandler
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, May 16, 1946. Agreement between Chandler and Paramount Pictures for him to render services "in connection with an as...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie480 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, February 19, 1966. Letter to Miss Evelyn B. Bryne, in part: "I...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens481 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Desirable ink signature, "Mark Twain,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip, affixed to the first free end page of the first volume of the 'Auth...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau482 - Jean Cocteau
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French writer and artist (1889–1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. Original colored pen
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Crumb483 - Robert Crumb
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Early and original complete comic strip, signed "R. Crumb," on both sides of a 6.75 x 8.5 off-white lightly lined sheet, titled "A Sa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad484 - Joseph Conrad
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Magnificent TLS from Joseph Conrad to his friend and biographer, Elbridge L. Adams, accompanied by a typescript draft of the latter’s article, “Joseph
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper485 - James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, March 24, 1844. Written from Cooperstown, New York, a letter to Commodore Shubrick in Wa
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Charles Dickens486 - Charles Dickens
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Crisply penned ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Gad's Hill Place letterhead, July 18, 1862. Letter to Annabella Monckton Milnes, the wife of English poet...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens487 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Tavistock House, January 16, 1854. Brief letter to Sir James Emerson Tennent, in full: “You may rely on me most implicitly.”
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Charles Dickens488 - Charles Dickens
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Off-white 5.25 x 3.25 envelope panel addressed to his publisher and signed in dark blue ink, "Charles Whiting Esquire, Beaufort House, Charles ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle489 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page both sides, 5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a gentleman concerning his spiritualist beliefs, in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Eliot490 - George Eliot
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Pseudonym of Marian Evans Lewes (1819–1880) who, as the author of Silas Marner and Middlemarch, is remembered as one of the great figures of English l
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson491 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Two autograph letters by Emerson, one unsigned and one signed "R. W. Emerson," totaling eight pages on four sheets, 4.5 x 7, dated 1862. T...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Faulkner492 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: A Green Bough. Limited edition, numbered 203/360. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. Hardcover, 6.5 x 8.75, 67 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald493 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Uncommon ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1922. Letter to "Miss Marshall," the journalist Marguerite Mooers Marshall, who publi...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming494 - Ian Fleming
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, no date but circa June 1964. Letter to Max, the son of British-Canadian politician and busines
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming495 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 11, 1962. Letter to Albert D. Cohen, in full: “Thank you very much inde
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost496 - Robert Frost
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ALS, two pages, 6 x 8, October 22, 1937. Letter to Mary Hotson, wife of noted Elizabethan scholar J. Leslie Hotson, concerning a poetry reading at Hav
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg497 - Allen Ginsberg
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Lengthy and remarkable TLS signed “AG,” six pages on five sheets, 8.5 x 11, December 12, 1959. Letter to Donald Cook, research psychologist at the Nat
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacob Grimm498 - Jacob Grimm
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German philologist, jurist, and mythologist (1785–1863) best remembered as the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway499 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed “Love, Papa,” one page, 8 x 10.5, June 27, 1959. Letter to his close friend A. E. Hotchner, an integral member of Hemingway’s entourage dur
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway500 - Ernest Hemingway
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Extraordinary booklet entitled "Hemingway's First Picture Story," reprinted from Look Magazine, January 26, 1954, 16 pages, 10.5 x 13....
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway501 - Ernest Hemingway
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Fantastic color 5.5 x 3 ticket stub for a bullfight at the Plaza de Toros in Alicante, Spain, on June 28, 1959, signed neatly on the reverse in black
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr502 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.5 x 7, November 22. Letter to "Mr. Osgood," in part: "My nephew, a son of Hon. C. W. Upham of ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Henry James503 - Henry James
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Significant collection of seven ALSs and one TLS from Henry James, signed “H. J.,” “H. James,” or “Henry James,” 27 total pages, dated between 1895 an
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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