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Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature

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RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a wealth of important literary letters and Revolutionary rarities, highlighted by an autograph letter signed by Edgar Allan Poe, a handwritten poem by Emily Dickinson, an original manuscript by Beatrix Potter, a Charles Dickens draft for 'David Copperfield,' and remarkable letters by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and Louisa May Alcott. Other top items include a letter by Benjamin Franklin regarding the mutinous crew of John Paul Jones's flagship, outstanding letters by John Hancock, and autographs of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. The sale is rounded out by a fine selection of important antiquarian books, numerous signed photographs, and other historic memorabilia. 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 October 2022.
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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Cormac McCarthy Signed Receipt405 - Cormac McCarthy Signed Receipt
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American writer of Western and post-apocalyptic genres (born 1933) who is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. He is
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Arthur Miller Signed Book406 - Arthur Miller Signed Book
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Signed book: The Misfits. First edition. NY: The Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.25, 132 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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Arthur Miller and Inge Morath (2) Signed Books and Signed Photograph407 - Arthur Miller and Inge Morath (2) Signed Books and Signed Photograph
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Three items: a first edition of Chinese Encounters (1979), hardcover with dust jacket, review copy with review slip from Farrar, Straus & Giroux...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books408 - Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books
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Two books signed on the title page in black felt tip by Toni Morrison—a later printing of Paradise, hardcover with dust jacket, published by
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Philip Roth Signed Book409 - Philip Roth Signed Book
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Signed book: The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography. First edition, limited issue, numbered 116/250. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hardcov...
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Carl Sandburg Signed Book410 - Carl Sandburg Signed Book
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Signed book: Remembrance Rock. First regular edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 1067 pages. Signed in fountain on the
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book411 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: The Cunning Little Vixen. First edition, limited issue, numbered 47/250. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. Hardcover with slipcase...
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book412 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: Kenny's Window. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8 x 9.25. Signed on the title page in blue ...
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book413 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie, starring the Nutshell Kids. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Softcover, 10.75 x 9, 64 page...
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Ernest Thompson Seton Signature with Sketch of a Bear Cub414 - Ernest Thompson Seton Signature with Sketch of a Bear Cub
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Nature writer (1860-1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Vintage ink signature and inscri
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Georges Simenon (4) Signed Items415 - Georges Simenon (4) Signed Items
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Belgian author (1903-1989) best known for his Inspector Maigret detective novels. Four signed items: a satin-finish 5.5 x 4.25 photo of Simenon smokin
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Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book416 - Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book
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Signed book: The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. First edition, limited issue, numbered 381/450. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Hard
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Samuel Francis Smith Autograph Quote Signed417 - Samuel Francis Smith Autograph Quote Signed
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AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, signed at the conclusion in ink, “S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, July 10, 1893.” Smith neatly pens
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Samuel Francis Smith Signed Broadside of 'America'418 - Samuel Francis Smith Signed Broadside of 'America'
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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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John Updike Signed Book419 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: S. First edition, limited issue, numbered 175/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.25, 279 pages. Signed on
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John Updike Signed Book420 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Rabbit at Rest. First edition, limited issue, numbered 39/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.25, 512 pages
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John Updike Signed Book421 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. First edition, limited issue, numbered 163/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8
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Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book422 - Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book
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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 Vonnegut Signed Photograph423 - Kurt Vonnegut Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Vonnegut holding a cigarette, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book424 - Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book
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Signed book: Bluebeard. Limited first edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1987. Leatherbound hardcover, 6 x 8.25, 300 pages. Signed on the
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