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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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Charles Dodgson: Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1962)343 - Charles Dodgson: Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1962)
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Unsigned book: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll with Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Later printing. London:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed First Edition of The Beautiful and Damned344 - F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed First Edition of The Beautiful and Damned
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Signed book: The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing (Scribners colophon NOT present on copyright page), Bruccoli A 8.I.a. NY: Charles
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming: Casino Royale (First Edition, Second Impression)345 - Ian Fleming: Casino Royale (First Edition, Second Impression)
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Rare early printing of Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. First edition, second impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Hardcover with crisp black cloth b
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Robert Frost Twice-Signed Book with Autograph Quote from 'Mending Wall'346 - Robert Frost Twice-Signed Book with Autograph Quote from 'Mending Wall'
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Signed book: New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes by Robert Frost with Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. Fourth printing. NY: Henry Holt, 1924. Ha
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Jacob Grimm Autograph Letter Signed347 - Jacob Grimm Autograph Letter Signed
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German philologist, jurist, and mythologist (1785–1863) best remembered as the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Dashiell Hammett Hand-Annotated Outline for 'The Thin Man'348 - Dashiell Hammett Hand-Annotated Outline for 'The Thin Man'
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Hand-annotated typescript of a plot and chapter outline by Dashiell Hammett for the original version of The Thin Man, two pages (both headed "T...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed349 - Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, [February 1930]. Handwritten letter to lawyer Milton S. Leidner, a collector who evidently desired to obtain al
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo Handwritten Draft Poem of 'God'350 - Victor Hugo Handwritten Draft Poem of 'God'
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Magnificent handwritten draft of seven lines of poetry by Victor Hugo, unsigned, no date, penned on an off-white 4.25 x 2 sheet, containing multiple v
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo Autograph Letter Signed351 - Victor Hugo Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Handwritten letter to the lawyer Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, in full (translated): “If you deem i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo: Juliette Drouet Autograph Letter Signed352 - Victor Hugo: Juliette Drouet Autograph Letter Signed
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French actress (1806-1883) who abandoned her career after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and traveling compani
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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