RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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RR Auction’s June Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 800 lots, headlined by special Science & Technology and Animation sections. We begin by tracing the history of science in a series of over fifty items, to include an autograph of Isaac Newton, a letter from Albert Einstein on the Unified Field Theory, a celestial map flown to the moon on Apollo 15, and an archive from the career of Carl Sagan. Our robust Animation feature boasts a wealth of production art from Walt Disney Studios, used for classics like Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, and Sleeping Beauty. All this is in addition to our typical diverse selection of items—from presidents to pop stars. 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 June 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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Alan Shepard405 - Alan Shepard
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Limited edition color 9.25 x 7.25 cardstock photo of Shepard receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy, numbered 817/25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab406 - Skylab
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Model of the Skylab space station with removable solar panel arrays, measuring approximately 10.5? long and 2? in diameter, signed on the body in gold
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab407 - Skylab
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Ring-bound flight plan manual entitled "Reference, Skylab Flight Plan, SL-1/SL-2, SL-3, and SL-4, (April 30, 1973 SL-1 Launch)," 8 x 10.5,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab Astronauts408 - Skylab Astronauts
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Seven items: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Skylab Space Station hovering over Earth, signed in black felt tip, “Bill Pogue, PLT,” “E
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space409 - Space
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Four items: A 9.5 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3? diameter Apollo 12 mission insignia in the center, signed in black ink, "Richard Gordo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Miscellany410 - Space Miscellany
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Group lot of items honoring various NASA programs and events, including: a laminated 1 x 1 swatch of payload bay liner flown on STS–125; appealing RCA
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle411 - Space Shuttle
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Appealing grouping of five flown artifacts from various Space Shuttle missions: a 1 x 1.25 swatch of strap segment from STS–118 Spacehab; a .5 x .5 sw
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle412 - Space Shuttle
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Impressive collection of 30 color semi-glossy or satin-finish photos of various Space Shuttle astronauts, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle413 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of Kennedy Space Center visitor complex vehicle passes for various Space Shuttle missions, ranging in size from 8.5 x 5.5 to 11 x 8.5, incl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Enterprise414 - Space Shuttle Enterprise
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Flown American flag carried aboard the Space Shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Test Landing Program, 5.75 x 4, affixed to a trimmed 9.5 x 13
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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STS-41-C415 - STS-41-C
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Unusual NASA presentation featuring a flown American flag, Washington Redskins team patch, and STS-41-C crew patch carried on the STS-41-C mission, ma
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STS–1416 - STS–1
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Color semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.75 composite photo celebrating 25 years of Space Shuttle missions, signed in silver ink by the crew of STS–1, John Young an
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Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky417 - Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky
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Two semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photos of Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky, individually signed in blue felt tip by the cosmonaut pictured, w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Anthony Blunt418 - Anthony Blunt
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British art historian (1907–1983) who was stripped of his knighthood when he confessed to having been a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pierre Bonnard419 - Pierre Bonnard
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French painter and lithographer (1867–1947) who trained at the Academie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis and Vuill
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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George Cruikshank420 - George Cruikshank
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British caricaturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Char
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Salvador Dali421 - Salvador Dali
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Rare signed book: Salvador Dali: Le Mythe Tragique de L'Angelus de Millet. Limited edition. France: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1963. Clothbound hardc...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Tsuguharu Foujita422 - Tsuguharu Foujita
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Japanese painter and printmaker (1886–1968) whose work combined Japanese techniques with Western style. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Foujita,”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Keith Haring423 - Keith Haring
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Lithograph published in 1984 by the New Arts Program entitled 'The Kutztown Connection,' 20 x 33, signed vertically on the right side in pen...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Wassily Kandinsky424 - Wassily Kandinsky
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Pioneering Russian artist (1866–1944) who takes a place among the seminal figures in the development of abstract art. ALS in German, signed “Kandinsky
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Marie Laurencin425 - Marie Laurencin
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French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal monogrammed letterhead,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso426 - Pablo Picasso
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Signed book: Picasso A Son Image. Limited edition, numbered 20/100. Nice, France: Galerie H. Matarasso, 1956. Softcover, 5.75 x 7.25. Signed on the co
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso427 - Pablo Picasso
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Attractive pencil signature, "Picasso,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 trimmed sheet. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro428 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered stationery, January 26, 1899. Letter to a doctor conc
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir429 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Superb matte-finish 7.25 x 10 photo of an image of a seascape painting, signed in the lower border in black ink, "Renoir," and signed and ...
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell430 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. Limited special edition, numbered AP J/3. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970. Leatherbound hardcove
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell431 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator. First edition. NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Signac432 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Fabulous original pencil sketch o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Paul Signac433 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Untranslated ALS in French, two p
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theo Van Gogh434 - Theo Van Gogh
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Renowned Dutch art dealer (1857–1891) widely remembered for the significant emotional and financial support of his older brother Vincent van Gogh. Exc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol435 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a stylized portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens436 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 7 x 4 album page, signed "Mark Twain, Dec. 1881." Clemens pens one of his famous witty maxims, in full: "Never pu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens437 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Weatherby, Knous & Co. for $18...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens438 - Charles Dickens
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Uncommon check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Mrs. Alfred for £14, September 19, 1862. In very good condition, with overa...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere439 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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AMS in French, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1862. Dumas's handwritten manuscript for an article on the political situation in Italy, ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot440 - T. S. Eliot
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Sought-after TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, May 22, 1951. Letter to Alan Neame of Cheltenham College, in full: "I h...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson441 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Boldly penned AQS on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card, signed "R. W. Emerson." Emerson pens the opening lines of his quatrain 'Nature in Lea...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway442 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. First edition, second state. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover with m...
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee443 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” three pages on two sheets, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed stationery, April 17, 2009. Letter to her close friend and New York ne
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Norman Mailer444 - Norman Mailer
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Four letters, consisting of one ALS and three TLSs, each one page, dated from 1981–2006. The ALS, in part: “I believe I will be in Paris for a few day
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger445 - J. D. Salinger
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Desirable DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, June 17, 1981. Memorandum of agreement between Salinger and Ediciones Grijalbo SA, in which the former gr
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger446 - J. D. Salinger
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Signed book: The Catcher in the Rye. Fourteenth printing. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover with later issue dust jacket (pric
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Estimate : 45,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker447 - Bram Stoker
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Irish author (1847–1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Hotel Vendome letterhead, March 16, 1894. Letter to H. H.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy448 - Leo Tolstoy
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Sought-after ink signature, "Leo Tolstoy.,” on an off-white 5.25 x 8.5 sheet. In fine condition, with several folds (one touching the tall lett...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells449 - H. G. Wells
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ALS signed “The good-not-great Wells,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date. An interesting letter to H. E. Hadley featuring a large sketch of a party
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Douglas Adams450 - Douglas Adams
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Three books: a first American edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in blue ball...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James M. Cain451 - James M. Cain
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American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. TLS signed
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Erskine Caldwell452 - Erskine Caldwell
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Unique handwritten poem in the form a tree, accomplished in black felt tip on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed and titled at the bottom, "Co...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie453 - Agatha Christie
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.75, Ashfield letterhead, December 10 [no year, but likely 1930]. Letter to Mr. Sullivan, in part: &q...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens454 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Clean ink signature, "Yours sincerely, S. L. Clemens,” on an off-white 3 x 1 sheet. Double-matted and framed to 12.75 x 17. 5. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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