RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction celebrates Presidents’ Day in February 2018! Our featured section boasts autographs from every American president, including a variety of virtually unobtainable examples—an Abraham Lincoln land grant, a James A. Garfield autograph letter as president, and a Theodore Roosevelt speech are among the highlights. Other top items include: Olympic medals and torches; artistic autographs from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, and Renoir; literary letters by Proust, Kafka, Dickens, and Voltaire; and autographs of music icons such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Woody Guthrie. 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 February 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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Don Herold456 - Don Herold
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American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist (1889–1966) who wrote and illustrated many books and was a contributor to various national maga
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Don Herold457 - Don Herold
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American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist (1889–1966) who wrote and illustrated many books and was a contributor to various national maga
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee458 - Stan Lee
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Signed book: Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2009. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Floyd Norman459 - Floyd Norman
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American animator, writer, and comic book artist (born 1935) who has worked for animation companies like Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chris Renaud460 - Chris Renaud
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American illustrator and filmmaker (born 1966) who has worked on films like Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, The Secret Life of Pets, and Ic...
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Charles Schulz461 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown. First edition. NY: Random House, 1978. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 42 pages. Signed and inscribed on the firs
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Bob Singer462 - Bob Singer
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Wonderful set of three Bob Singer production sketches for Yogi Bear valentine's day greeting cards, accomplished in graphite and colored pencil ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Guillaume Apollinaire463 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Jules Amedee Barbey d’Aurevilly464 - Jules Amedee Barbey d’Aurevilly
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French author (1808–1889) known for his mysteries that explored hidden motivations and hinted at evil. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, 'Never M...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Baudelaire465 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 collection Les Fleurs d
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs466 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Signed book: Tarzan and the Leopard Men. First edition. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1935. Hardcover with facsimile dust jacket
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens467 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Signed book: A Horse’s Tale. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1907. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 153 pages. Signed on the front pastedown in black in
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Cowper468 - William Cowper
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English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800) who was one of the most popular poets of his time and an influential forerunner of Romantic poetry. ALS, one pa
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens469 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4 x 4.75, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, January 31, 1861. Letter to George Head and Co., in full: "I beg thank you fo...
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Charles Dickens470 - 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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Arthur Conan Doyle471 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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TLS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 8 x 7, Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex letterhead, June 7, 1930. Letter to Mrs. Dawson Scott, in full: "...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere472 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Prolific French writer (1802–1870) known for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Rare and desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald473 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Beautiful fountain pen signature, "from, F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 3 x 2 slip. Handsomely double-suede-matted and framed with a por...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert474 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. ALS in French, signed “G,” th
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming475 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 5 x 8, 4 Old Mitre Court letterhead, October 17, 1960. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry, in full: &...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming476 - Ian Fleming
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Ian Fleming,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with some light staining, easily matted out. Accompa...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Robert Frost477 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Collected Poems of Robert Frost. First trade edition. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 349 pages.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost478 - Robert Frost
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Wonderful handwritten poem by Robert Frost, entitled "Neither Out Far nor In Deep," one page, 5.5 x 7, no date. The three stanza poem, in ...
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Zane Grey479 - Zane Grey
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Desirable vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 portrait of Grey, signed in green fountain pen. In fine condition. Grey remains extremely scarce in photos
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway480 - Ernest Hemingway
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Hand-addressed airmail envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, addressed in Hemingway's hand to "Miss Kaye Halle, 3001 Dent Place N.W., Washington, D.C.,&quo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe481 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS signed “J. W. Howe,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, which are taped to a fixed position and measure 9.75 x 8, April 11, 1891. Letter to Colo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aldous Huxley482 - Aldous Huxley
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DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, September 11, 1939. Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Pictures contract in which Huxley affirms that he has granted all rights un
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Joyce483 - 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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Harper Lee484 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th Anniversary Edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed on t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Harper Lee485 - Harper Lee
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, January 6, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: "This season has been so hectic for me that I simply cannot remember...
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Franz Kafka486 - Franz Kafka
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Much lauded and influential Czech-born writer (1883–1924) whose man-turned-insect story Metamorphosis (1915) and novel The Trial (1925) have earned a
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Jack London487 - Jack London
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Brilliant vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 head-and-shoulders portrait of London wearing a suit and tie, vertically signed within his shirt area in founta
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London488 - Jack London
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Amusing group lot of four unrelated items, each annotated in ink by London, including: a trimmed 9.25 x 6 sheet bearing London’s personal address stam
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Guy de Maupassant489 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850-1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4 x 6.5, personal l
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Stuart Mill490 - John Stuart Mill
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British philosopher and civil servant (1806-1873) who was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy. ALS si
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Stephane Mallarme491 - Stephane Mallarme
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Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell492 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First edition, first printing (with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page, and "1936" on ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell493 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 4 x 5, July 27, 1943. Letter to "Mr. Orth-Pallavicini," in full: "I was so glad to ha...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Muir494 - John Muir
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 13, November 22, 1890. Superior Court of Contra Costa County legal document, in part: "John Muir is hereby app...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatrix Potter495 - Beatrix Potter
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ALS signed “Beatrix Heelis,” 6.25 x 7.5, January 9, 1943. Written from Castle Cottage, a letter to Margaret "Hetty" Douglas, in full: &quo...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Marcel Proust496 - Marcel Proust
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French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand497 - Ayn Rand
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Signed book: The Fountainhead. Later printing. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.5, 754 pages. Signe
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland498 - Romain Rolland
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French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian, and mystic (1866–1944) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. ALS in French, one
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Francoise Sagan499 - Francoise Sagan
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Important French writer (1935–2004) who attained international prominence with the publication of her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at the age of 18
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery500 - 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 : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery501 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Magnificent handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. An interesting collection of handwritten mathematical expressio
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre502 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Grand Bar de la Poste letterhead, no date but annotated in penci
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak503 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Nutcracker. Sixth printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 1984. Softcover with dust jacket, 10 x 9.75, 102 pages. Signed and inscribed on the tit
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak504 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-title...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak505 - Maurice Sendak
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Original ink sketch by Sendak of Carol from Where the Wild Things Are on a white 10 x 8 piece of heavy cardstock, signed below by Sendak. In very fine
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