Fine Autographs & Artifacts featuring Hollywood

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With more than 1,200 items up for bidding, RR Auction's September sale features an abundance of signed Hollywood photographs, plus a nice selection of awards, props, and costumes. Highlights include a James Dean document dealing with Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, unique Gone With the Wind autographs, and a great Bruce Lee document. Other highlights in the sale are rare and extraordinary autographs of Emily Dickinson, Isaac Newton, The Beatles, John Law, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Abraham Lincoln. A fantastic archive of Alexander McQueen material rounds out the impressive sale. 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 September 2020.
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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William Faulkner656 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: The Town. First edition, limited issue, numbered 237/450. NY: Random House, 1957. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 371 pages. Signed on the coloph
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Faulkner657 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: The Mansion. First edition, limited issue, numbered 160/500. NY: Random House, 1959. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 436 pages. Signed on the col
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William Faulkner658 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: Requiem for a Nun. First edition, limited issue, numbered 564/750. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 286 pages. Signed on t
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F. Scott Fitzgerald659 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Two unsigned first edition hardcover books by F. Scott Fitzgerald, both lacking dust jackets: Flappers and Philosophers, published by Charles Scribner
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John Galsworthy660 - John Galsworthy
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Four limited edition books signed by the Nobel Prize-winning writer: a hardcover edition of The Silver Spoon, numbered 14/265, signed on the colophon
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Andre Gide661 - Andre Gide
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Signed book: If It Die… An Autobiography. Limited edition, numbered LXXII/C. NY: Random House, 1935. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 331 pages. Signed
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Robert Graves662 - Robert Graves
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Three books signed by Graves: a slipcased limited edition of his translation of The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, numbered 1250/2000, signed on the c
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Graham Greene663 - Graham Greene
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TLS signed “Graham,” one page, 6 x 8, La Residence des Fleurs letterhead, August 10, 1990. Letter to Arnold, in full: "Many thanks f
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Wilhelm von Grumbach664 - Wilhelm von Grumbach
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Unsigned early book about Wilhelm von Grumbach: Copeien derer Schrifften so zwischen dem Churfürsten und Hertzog Johansfriedrichen dem Mittler
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Ernest Hemingway665 - Ernest Hemingway
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Unsigned first edition book: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover with dust ...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr666 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Two ALSs, both signed "O. W. Holmes," one page, 4.5 x 7, dated to Boston 1864 and 1893. The Civil War-dated letter, April 29, 1864, in ful...
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L. Ron Hubbard667 - L. Ron Hubbard
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TLS signed “Ron,” one page, 7 x 10, personal letterhead, June 16, 1975. Letter to Kathy Kozmenuik, in full: "Thank you for letting m
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Aldous Huxley668 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Vulgarity in Literature. First edition, limited issue, numbered 254/260. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 59 p...
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Aldous Huxley669 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Essays New and Old. First edition, limited issue, numbered 225/650. London: Chatto & Windus, 1935. Hardcover, 7 x 8.75. Signed on t...
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Aldous Huxley670 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Two or Three Graces. First edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 272 pages. Signed on the first free end p...
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Aldous Huxley671 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Do What You Will. First edition, limited issue, numbered 148/260. London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 310 pages. Sig...
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Aldous Huxley672 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Music at Night and Other Essays. First edition, limited issue, numbered 566/842. NY: The Fountain Press, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 146 p
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Aldous Huxley673 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: The Cicadas and Other Poems. First edition, limited issue, numbered 122/160. London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 63 pa...
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Sinclair Lewis674 - Sinclair Lewis
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 10, 17 Wood End Lane letterhead, March 11, 1937. Letter to John Hessian of Doubleday, Doran, and Co., in part: "According ...
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Charmian London675 - Charmian London
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Collection of 20 TLSs from Charmian London, dated between 1927 and 1931, the majority addressed to book dealer M. L. Herman regarding the acquisition
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jack London676 - Jack London
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Central Bank of Oakland check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Jack London, payable to Walter S. Mackay & Co. for $89.10, December 30, 1904...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow677 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 5, January 10, 1876. Letter to Mrs. Sargent, in part:
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Signature678 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Signature
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Fountain pen signature, "Henry W. Longfellow, 1881,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of...
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Lord John Press679 - Lord John Press
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Signed book: Lord John Ten. First edition, limited issue, numbered 86/250. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1988. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75, 240
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Norman Mailer680 - Norman Mailer
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Three books signed by Mailer, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: a first edition of Prisoner of Sex, signed on the half-title page in black
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James A. Michener681 - James A. Michener
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Five books signed by Michener, including: a slipcased limited edition of Mexico, numbered 343/400, signed on the colophon in blue ballpoint by Michene
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Arthur Miller682 - Arthur Miller
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Two signed books: a book club edition of Focus, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black ballpoint by Arthur Miller; and a first
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Mystery Authors683 - Mystery Authors
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Six books signed by mystery novelists, including Elmore Leonard (2), Robert B. Parker (2), and Lawrence Block (2). Includes: a slipcased limited editi
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Newspaper Publishers and Journalists684 - Newspaper Publishers and Journalists
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Collection of 12 items signed by newspaper publishers, editors, and journalists, including: Adolph S. Ochs (two signatures), Arthur Hays Sulzberger (s
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Nobel Prize in Literature: Scandinavia685 - Nobel Prize in Literature: Scandinavia
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Three vintage ink signatures, "Knut Hamsun," "Halldór Laxness," and "Selma Lagerlöf, Falun, 29. 1. 1923," on...
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Eugene O'Neill686 - Eugene O'Neill
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Signed book: Strange Interlude. First edition, limited issue, numbered 647/775. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, 8 x 10.5, 298 pages. Cris...
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Eugene O'Neill687 - Eugene O'Neill
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Ink signature, “With all good wishes, Eugene O’Neill, Sept. 1949,” on an off-white 4.75 x 6.75 album page with affixed capt
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Popular American Novelists688 - Popular American Novelists
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Four books signed by popular American novelists, including: a slipcased limited edition of World's Fair, numbered 226/300, signed on the colopho...
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Realist Novelists689 - Realist Novelists
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Three limited edition books signed by realist American novelists Theodore Dreiser, John O'Hara, and Irwin Shaw, including: Chains, published by ...
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J. K. Rowling690 - J. K. Rowling
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TLS, one page, 8 x 11.5, personal letterhead with her facsimile signature letterhead, November 21, 2008. Letter to "Freyja," in part: &quo...
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J. K. Rowling691 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 607 pages. Signed o
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J. K. Rowling692 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8, 766 pages. Sign
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J. K. Rowling693 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: The Tales of Beedle the Bard. First edition. London: Children's High Level Group, 2008. Hardcover, 5 x 7.25, 108 pages. Signed on t...
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Damon Runyon694 - Damon Runyon
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Signed book: In Our Town. First edition. NY: Creative Age Press, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 120 pages. Signed and inscribed on the fi
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Salman Rushdie695 - Salman Rushdie
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Signed book: The Satanic Verses. First edition. London: Viking Press, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 547 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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J. D. Salinger696 - J. D. Salinger
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Receipt for a purchase of three books from the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, NH, on September 26, 2001, 2.75 x 7.75, signed quickly in black ballpoi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Carl Sandburg697 - Carl Sandburg
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Signed book: Lincoln Collector: The Story of Oliver R. Barrett's Great Private Collection. First edition, limited issue, numbered 1650/2425. NY:...
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Carl Sandburg698 - Carl Sandburg
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Appealing typescript signed by Carl Sandburg, one page, 5 x 7.5, concerning Abraham Lincoln and his referencing of the Declaration of Independence, in
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Dr. Seuss699 - Dr. Seuss
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TLS, one page, 6 x 10, personal Dr. Seuss letterhead, July 25, 1975. Letter to Ms. Attisani, in full: "Over a month ago I wrote you a letter wi...
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John Steinbeck700 - John Steinbeck
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Unsigned first edition book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. First edition, with points of issue including "First published in April 193...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker701 - Bram Stoker
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Attractive fountain pen signature, "Bram Stoker 1884," on an off-white 6.75 x 4 album page. In fine condition.
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Theater702 - Theater
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Four books associated with drama, including: an oversized slipcased limited edition of Journeys Among the Dead published by the Limited Editions, numb
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Thrillers703 - Thrillers
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Five signed first editions of thrillers, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Stopover: Tokyo, signed and inscribed on the first free end page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kurt Vonnegut704 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Signed book: Slaughterhouse Five. Limited edition. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 8.75, 173 pages. Sig
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Kurt Vonnegut705 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Two books: a later printing of Galapagos published in 1985 by Delacorte Press, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the title page in b
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