RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s August Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 900 lots, headlined by a special World War II section that tells the story of a war that defined a generation. In addition to this historic offering, headlining items include an important letter by King Henry VIII related to a treaty negotiation, a 1919 letter from Einstein to his ex-wife and children, a remarkable pair of letters by John Lennon about his breakup with Cynthia, and a flag fragment from Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory. 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 August 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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Eugene Viollet-le-Duc519 - Eugene Viollet-le-Duc
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French Gothic Revival architect and theorist (1814–1879) famous for his interpretive 'restorations' of medieval buildings. Untranslated ALS ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Maurice de Vlaminck520 - Maurice de Vlaminck
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French artist (1876-1958) and a member of the Fauvists, his work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. Untransated ALS in French
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol521 - Andy Warhol
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Uncommon glossy 9 x 7 photo of Warhol during an impromptu photo session with Anne Ford Uzielli and Charlotte Ford outside New York's Katja Restu...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
 
 
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Roy O. Disney522 - Roy O. Disney
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DS, three pages on adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11.5, December 31, 1959. Pledge and assignment of mortgage and chattels between Walt Disney Productions and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney523 - Walt Disney
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring two fawns blowing horns from the 'Pastoral Symphony' segment of Fantasia, sign...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney524 - Walt Disney
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Fantastic red crayon signature, "Walt Disney,” on an off-white 8.75 x 2.5 cardstock sheet, mounted and matted with a photo of Disney to an over...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney525 - Walt Disney
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DS, signed “Walter E. Disney,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 17, 1953. Document headed "Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney526 - 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 Account ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney527 - Walt Disney
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Desirable ballpoint signature, "Walt Disney,” on a beige 5.25 x 2.75 slip clipped from a music booklet featuring a small affixed image of Disne...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Matt Groening528 - Matt Groening
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Color glossy 10 x 8 cardstock 20th Century Fox publicity photo for The Simpsons, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "Your pals, [The...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera529 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Two photos: a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Flintstones and the Rubbles, signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera; and a color glossy
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera530 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Two photos: a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Barney and Betty Rubble, signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barber
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Hurtz531 - Bill Hurtz
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Original signed graphite and ink sketch of Bullwinkle on a green 6 x 4 card, signed below in ink, “Bill Hurtz, 1-97,” who adds “Hi!” above the moose...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz532 - Walter Lantz
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Two photos: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of a Walter Lantz New Funnies comic book showing Woody Woodpecker as a fireman, signed on the fire hose in bla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virgil Ross533 - Virgil Ross
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Original drawing by Virgil Ross of the Grinch in a Santa outfit, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pen
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz534 - Charles Schulz
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Glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Schulz, signed in red felt tip, "Best wishes, Charles M. Schulz." In fine condition. Reverse bears a Wide ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz535 - Charles Schulz
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Snoopy, Lucy van Pelt, Charlie Brown, and Linus van Pelt, signed in black felt tip, "Charles M. Schulz." In f...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Simpsons536 - The Simpsons
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Simpsons decorating a Christmas tree, signed in blue felt tip, "Dan Castellaneta," "Peace, Julie Kav...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Voice Actors and Animators537 - Voice Actors and Animators
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Fantastic collection of 24 items, consisting mostly of signed photos, each signed by a famous voice actor or animation legend, including: Carl Barks (
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ambrose Bierce538 - 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 sat...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens539 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Appealing program for the Pleiades Club dinner honoring Mark Twain held at the Hotel Brevoort on December 22, 1907, measuring 17.5 x 7.5 open, signed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Stephen Crane540 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871-1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. Rare ALS, one page, 5
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens541 - Charles Dickens
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Uncommon check, 7.25 x 3.75, filled out and signed by Dickens, "Charles Dickens," payable to Higham Church for £5, April 3, 1866. Pro...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens542 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, July 7, 1842. Letter to his publisher, "William Hall Esquire," in part: "I inclose you the proof, to which...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle543 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Two items: an ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere letterhead, May 10, 1906. Letter to Gotts, in "Congratulations on the cha...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Fenimore Cooper544 - Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Fenimore Cooper
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Two checks: an Atlantic National Bank check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Emerson, "R. W. Emerson," payable to H. J. Walcott for ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot545 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 6.75 x 8, Faber and Faber letterhead, March 24, 1949. Letter to poet Norman Nicholson, in part: "I am delighted to hear of what ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William Faulkner546 - William Faulkner
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Desirable twice-signed DS, one page, 8.5 x 7, January 4, 1937. Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation employee payroll information form filled out in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming547 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed "Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming," one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 13, 1949. Letter to journalist a...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming548 - Ian Fleming
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Signed book: The Diamond Smugglers. Later printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8, 160 pages. Signed on the first fr
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alex Haley549 - Alex Haley
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Unsigned handwritten notes on an unfolded 12.75 x 12.75 pink napkin, recording fragments of an oral family history recounted by an elderly relative (C
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway550 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway551 - Ernest Hemingway
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Allied Military Currency issued in France in 1944 for 5 francs, 3 x 2.75, signed in the center in fountain pen, "Ernest Hemingway." In fin...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway552 - Ernest Hemingway
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Original vintage circa 1934–35 glossy 4.75 x 3.75 candid photo of his second wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, with a fallen gazelle on the Serengeti Plai
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe553 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable AQS, one page, 8.5 x 4.75, June 1908. Ward pens the opening four lines from her poem ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ in full: “Mine eyes
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo554 - Victor Hugo
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Early ALS in French, signed “V'r Hugo,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 4, 1829. Untranslated letter to Mr. Vaillant, director of the literary mag...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Aldous Huxley555 - Aldous Huxley
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 10, 1959. Letter to Robert S. McCleery, in full: "Thank you for your letter which finds me, unfortunately wit...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Henry James556 - Henry James
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Bold ink signature, "Henry James, Boston Feb. 23d 1882,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 sheet, likely trimmed from a guest book or album, which als...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key557 - Francis Scott Key
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Short AMS signed "F. S. Key, Esqr," one page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stan...
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Harper Lee558 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogram letterhead, June 26, [2009]. Letter to longtime friend Bruce Higgison, in full: "Yo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell559 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 10, 1938. Letter to Mr. Sickel, in full: "I appreciated yo...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Muir560 - John Muir
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, February 26, 1908. Letter to artist David Pell Secor, in full: “I thank you very much for your letters & bo...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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O. Henry561 - O. Henry
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Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. ALS signed “Sydnee Porter,” two pages, 5.25 x 8.25
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand562 - Ayn Rand
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Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: New American Library, 1966. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery563 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet and writer (1900-1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger564 - J. D. Salinger
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Rare personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Salinger, "J. D. Salinger," payable to Hirsch's for $43, October 23, 1992. In ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak565 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: The Art of Maurice Sendak. First edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover with lettered acetate dust jacket, 11.75 x 10.75, 278 page
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith566 - 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 : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein567 - Shel Silverstein
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Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter's contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to ...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck568 - John Steinbeck
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DS, three onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, January 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick granting rights to turn his Viva Zapata! screenpl
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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