RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Bob Kane356 - Bob Kane
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Signed book: Batman & Me. First edition, first printing. Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1989. Hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25, 155 pages. Signed and in...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Glen Keane357 - Glen Keane
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American animator, author and illustrator (born 1954) who is best known for his character animation for Walt Disney films like The Little Mermaid, Bea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee358 - Stan Lee
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Amazing color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Spider-Man leaping at the camera, signed in silver ink. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee359 - Stan Lee
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Spectacular original hand-inked three-panel Spider-Man daily comic strip, dated "Monday 10–25–99," on an off-white 13.5 x 5.5 sheet of art...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sebastian production cel from The Little Mermaid360 - Sebastian production cel from The Little Mermaid
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1989) Original production cel featuring Sebastian from The Little Mermaid. Image measures 10 x 6.25, with a mat opening of 12 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Seth MacFarlane361 - Seth MacFarlane
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Blue felt tip signature, "Seth MacFarlane,” who adds an excellent facial sketch of Stewie Griffin on a white 12 x 9 cardstock sheet. In very fi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virgil Ross362 - Virgil Ross
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Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny playfully harassing a row of theatergoers, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs363 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Signed book: Jungle Tales of Tarzan. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. Hardcover with modern dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 319 pages. Signed and inscribed ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie364 - Agatha Christie
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, July 20, 1964. Letter to Ian R. Pepper, in part: "I am sorry th...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens365 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Signed book: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 398 pages. Signed and inscribe...
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Estimate : 3,400.00 - 3,600.00
 
 
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Stephen Crane366 - Stephen Crane
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Extremely rare ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Ravensbrook letterhead, June 18, 1897. In full: “I cannot understand that a sentence from me would be of intere
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens367 - Charles Dickens
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Uncommon check, 7.25 x 3.75, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Higham Church for £5, April 3, 1866. Professionally inlaid into a lar...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens368 - Charles Dickens
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Crisp white 3.25 x 1.75 envelope panel addressed in blue ink by Dickens, "The reverend H. M. Wagner, Vicarage, Charles Dickens." Matted wi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens369 - Charles Dickens
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Bold ink signature, "Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 2.25 x 1.5 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with a central ver...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, fils370 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824-1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Superb 4.25 x 6.5
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming371 - Ian Fleming
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ANS signed “Ian F.,” one page, 8 x 10, no date. Note to "Tony," journalist and spy Antony Terry of the British Press Centre, below a typed...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway372 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS, two onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, March 13, 1959. Written from Ketchum, Idaho, a letter to James Starnes, a sixteen-year-old schoolboy who began a c
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe373 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 9 x 5.75 sheet, dated April 4, 1887. Ward pens the stirring opening line from her Battle Hymn of the Republic, in full:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Joyce374 - James Joyce
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Rare ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, no date. Hastily penned letter to opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, in part: “Many thanks for you
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James Joyce375 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Anna Livia Plurabelle. Limited first edition, numbered 69/800. NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Gilt-embellished hardcover, 4.75 x 7, 60 pages. Si
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Harper Lee376 - Harper Lee
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, May 20, 1967. Letter to Judy James, in full: "Thank you so much for your invitation to be with you at Southwestern. ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harper Lee377 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, August 9, 2009. Letter to her close friend and New York neighbor Bruce Higgi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne378 - A. A. Milne
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, Cotchford Farm letterhead, September 1, 1929. Letter to his friend Vincent Seligman, in part: "I take my pen (or rath...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack London379 - Jack London
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Incomplete hand-corrected galley proof for the classic 1911 work The Cruise of the Snark, totaling 75 sheets, 9.25 x 11.75, with periodic pencil corre
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Herman Melville380 - Herman Melville
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Rare ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, January 29, 1853. Letter to his publishers, George P. Putnam & Co., in full: “Your...
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Estimate : 18,000.00 - 22,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell381 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Peggy Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 14, 1937. Letter to Doctor Boland, in part: "I thank you an...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand382 - Ayn Rand
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Rare unsigned book: Atlas Shrugged. First edition, first printing; in original dust jacket (with "10/57" on front flap and publisher's...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak383 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover, 10 x 9.25, 19 pages. Signed and inscribed opposite the...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Mary Shelley384 - Mary Shelley
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Rare ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7.25, August 1, 1839. Written from Putney, a letter to friend and musician Vincent Novello, in f
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein385 - Shel Silverstein
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Two items, including handwritten notes and a document: the handwritten notes are unsigned, one page both sides, 9 x 12, in part: "If you are cu...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith386 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808-1895) best known as the lyricist of 'America' ('My Country, 'Tis of Thee'), writ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck387 - John Steinbeck
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 13, 1963. Letter to Rev. Gordon Gilsdorf, head of the English Department at Sacred Heart Semina
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Stendhal388 - Stendhal
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ALS in French, signed with a pseudonym, "Gal. Terre," one page, 7.25 x 9.25, April 1, [1814]. Letter to his sister Pauline Perier, in full...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Henry David Thoreau389 - Henry David Thoreau
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Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Ambrose Bierce390 - Ambrose Bierce
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American writer (1842–c.1914) best known for his vivid short stories (including the classic ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’) and his satirical ‘Th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Umberto Eco391 - Umberto Eco
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Two first edition books: a first edition of The Name of the Rose, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1983, signed o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg392 - Allen Ginsberg
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Fantastic original pen-and-ink sketch entitled "Big Mouth Buddha" accomplished by Ginsberg on a white 11 x 14 canvas board, signed in the ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Goldman393 - William Goldman
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Blue ink signature, "William Goldman," on a 4 x 3 bookplate loosely laid in to a first edition of The Princess Bride, hardcover with dust ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gunter Grass394 - Gunter Grass
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Color glossy 5 x 7.25 photo of Grass sitting down during an interview, signed in black ballpoint. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Washington Irving395 - Washington Irving
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25. Written from Argyle Street, a letter to Dr. Robert Ferguson, in full: "I regret extremely that I am already engaged ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack London396 - Jack London
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Hotel Sacramento for $50, February 20, 1913. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA au
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne397 - A. A. Milne
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Signed book: The Secret and Other Stories. Limited edition, numbered 192/742. NY: The Spiral Press, 1929. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 70 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernie Pyle398 - Ernie Pyle
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Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist (1900–1945) who was best known for his wartime columns about ordinary GIs; he was killed during the Okinawa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw399 - George Bernard Shaw
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Vintage autograph book, 6.25 x 7.75, signed inside in black ink, "G. Bernard Shaw, Stratford-upon-Avon, 30th April 1926," with a pair of c...
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Ernest H. Shepard400 - Ernest H. Shepard
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English artist and book illustrator (1879–1976) known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. Chris
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Bram Stoker and Henry Irving401 - Bram Stoker and Henry Irving
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LS signed "Henry Irving," written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, J...
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William Makepeace Thackeray402 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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ALS signed "W. M. Thackeray," one page, 4.5 x 7.25, July 16. Letter to the secretaries of the Literary & Philosophical Institution, Ne...
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H. G. Wells403 - H. G. Wells
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Original amateur pencil sketch of H. G. Wells on an off-white 5 x 7 card, signed below in fountain pen by the pioneering author. Matted and framed to
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Eudora Welty404 - Eudora Welty
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Signed book: The Golden Apples. First edition, first printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 244 page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams405 - Tennessee Williams
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DS, signed "Tennessee Williams" in cursive and "Tenn. Williams" in block letters, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 2, 1979. Consent ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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