RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. 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 May 2017.
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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Andy Warhol459 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of Warhol’s 1964 work entitled ‘Flowers,’ 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition, with faint haloing
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol460 - Andy Warhol
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Superb color 18.25 x 25.75 poster depicting a cow, advertising Warhol's exhibition at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, December...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Stanford White461 - Stanford White
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Distinguished American architect (1853–1906) who was a leading figure of the ‘Beaux Arts’ movement, best known for his opulent mansions and for the se
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Balthus462 - Balthus
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Important Polish-French modern artist (1908–2001) perhaps best known for his resistance against building a biographical profile. Rare ALS signed “Bal
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cecil Beaton463 - Cecil Beaton
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Academy Award-winning British photographer and costume and production designer (1904–1980). ALS signed “Cecil,” one page, 6.75 x 9, The Castle, Lismor
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Helen Frankenthaler464 - Helen Frankenthaler
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American abstract expressionist painter (1928-2011) who was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting for over six decades. TLS,
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Emile Galle465 - Emile Galle
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Renowned French glassmaker (1846–1904) considered to be one of the driving forces behind the Art Nouveau movement. Rare ANS in French, signed “E. G.,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Childe Hassam466 - Childe Hassam
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Painter (1859–1935) who helped introduce Impressionism to Americans, best known for his urban and coastal scenes. Attractive promotional card for an...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oskar Kokoschka467 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright (1914–1980) known for his intensely vivid expressionistic portraits and landscapes. Signed book: Oskar Kokoschka
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jose Clemente Orozco469 - Jose Clemente Orozco
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Mexican painter (1883-1949) who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance along with the likes of Diego Rivera and Dav
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Adey Repton470 - John Adey Repton
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English architect and designer (1775–1860) who developed a commitment to antiquarian study and the Gothic style, and later became an apprentice to Joh
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell471 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: The Norman Rockwell Storybook. Third printing. NY: Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster, 1969. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25. Signed on the fi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell472 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 6.75, personal letterhead, November 2, 1950. Letter to William Sandeson, an editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Star–Times, i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jessie Willcox Smith473 - Jessie Willcox Smith
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Prolific female illustrator (1863–1935) who contributed to publications including Century, Collier's, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edouard Vuillard474 - Edouard Vuillard
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French painter and printmaker (1868–1940) associated with the Les Nabis post-impressionist avant-garde artists. ALS in French, signed “E. Vuillard,” o
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Andrew Wyeth475 - Andrew Wyeth
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Signed book: The Brandywine. Second large printing. NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 285 pages. Boldly signe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Barks476 - Carl Barks
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Fantastic original graphite and colored pencil sketch on a yellow 8.5 x 7 sheet, depicting a wrench-wielding flight instructor and his distraught pupi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney477 - Walt Disney
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Original hand-painted animation cel depicting Pablo from the 'Cold-Blooded Penguin' segment of the beloved 1944 Disney film The Three Caball...
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Estimate : 3,300.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney478 - Walt Disney
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Souvenir program from the world premiere of the live-action Disney film Darby O’Gill and the Little People at Dublin’s Theatre Royal on June 24, 1959,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney479 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, "Walter E. Disney," payable to the Walt Disney Special Acct. fo...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Fantasia480 - Fantasia
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Limited edition Fantasia boxed portfolio from the Disney Art Program, numbered 292/500, containing 50 images of conceptual artwork prepared by Disney
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chester Gould481 - Chester Gould
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Wonderful original vintage sketch of Dick Tracy with his adopted son Junior, accomplished in graphite, ink, and watercolor on an off-white 4.25 x 9.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Kelly482 - Walt Kelly
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Two items: a first edition softcover book entitled The Pogo Stepmother Goose published by Simon and Schuster in 1954, signed and inscribed on the firs
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz483 - Charles Schulz
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Uncommon 1967 United Features Syndicate theater program for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 11 x 8.5, signed on the front cover in black ballp...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee484 - Stan Lee
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Spectacular original hand-inked three-panel Spider-Man daily comic strip, dated "Saturday 11–8–97," on an off-white 13.5 x 5.5 sheet of ar...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sholem Aleichem486 - Sholem Aleichem
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Pseudonym of Russian-born Jewish author and playwright Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (1859–1916) whose stories about Tevye the Dairyman served as the b
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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J. M. Barrie487 - J. M. Barrie
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Scottish author and dramatist (1860–1937) best known for the classic children's play Peter Pan. Handsome matte-finish 4.25 x 6 close-up portrait...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler488 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 8, 1948. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson, in full: "Thanks for your letter o...
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Samuel L. Clemens489 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Distinguished matte-finish 5.75 x 7.5 portrait by Ernest H. Mills affixed to its original 7.25 x 9.25 mount, signed and inscribed in ink, "To R...
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Estimate : 3,400.00 - 3,600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens490 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Handwritten manuscript by Clemens, signed within the text, “Mark Twain,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, circa 1908. Clemens writes down a ‘compliment’ on a sh
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Hart Crane491 - Hart Crane
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Rare ALS signed "Hart Crane," one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Cunard RMS Tuscania, no date but circa mid-December 1928. Let...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens492 - Charles Dickens
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ALS signed “CD,” one page, 5 x 6.25, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, October 20, 1865. In part: "I congratulate you on having run the ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Faulkner493 - 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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Gustave Flaubert494 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Scarce ALS in French, signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming495 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 25, 1949. Letter to journalist and spy Anton
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe496 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, January 17, 1876. In part: "I am much obliged for your kind and gratifying note. We are all pa...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Joyce497 - James Joyce
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Sought-after ink signature, "To wish you a happy Xmas, James Joyce, Paris 1920,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip. Double-matted with a portrait o...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld498 - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Noted French author of maxims and memoirs (1613–1680) known for his clear-eyed and urbane worldview. Rare ALS in French, signed “Larochefoucauld,” one
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Miller500 - Arthur Miller
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ALS signed “Art,” one page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 10.75, no date but circa 1956. Letter to actress Marilyn Monroe, affectionately addressing her as &...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Guy de Maupassant501 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850–1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 3.5 personal stationer
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne503 - A. A. Milne
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World War II-dated ALS signed “Blue,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, December 20, 1942. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman, in part: “This is to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Flannery O'Connor504 - Flannery O'Connor
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Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 3, 1956. Letter to Miss Abbott, in full: "Thanks so much for your letter. I see now what you were getting at ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatrix Potter505 - Beatrix Potter
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Signed book: The Tale of Pigling Bland. First edition. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1913. Hardcover, 4 x 5.5, 94 pages. Signed on the half-tit...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling506 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed set of two books: Harry Potter’s School Books, including Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. First edit...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery507 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet, writer, and pioneering aviator (1900–1944) best known for The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa d
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells508 - H. G. Wells
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9, Whitehall Court letterhead, February 17, 1924. Letter to French writer Paul Reboux about a tribute to Anatole France. In part:...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe509 - Thomas Wolfe
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Rare TLS signed “Tom Wolfe,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, December 27, 1937. Letter to Anne W. Armstrong, in part: "I am so glad you spoke as you di...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde510 - Oscar Wilde
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Desirable ALS, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, 16 Tite Street letterhead, no date but circa 1889. Letter to Arthur Fish, his sub-editor at The Woman’s World mag
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf511 - Virginia Woolf
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TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Tavistock Square letterhead, May 14, 1926. Letter to "Miss Mcafee," in part: "It was a great pleasure to ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf512 - Virginia Woolf
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Fascinating ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, Hogarth House, Paradise Road letterhead, January 11, 1923. Letter to Paul Colin, editor of the French
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Estimate : 3,800.00 - 4,200.00
 
 
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