Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents

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RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts over 850 rare and remarkable items, and celebrates Presidents' Day with a special section featuring incredible presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia. Among these are a letter signed by Gen. George Washington four days prior to the Treaty of Paris, a handwritten letter by Mary Todd Lincoln implicating Andrew Johnson in her husband's assassination, and important letters and documents signed by John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Other highlights in the sale include a scarce Franz Kafka autograph letter, an ultra-rare 1765 Stamp Act blue-gray stamp, and several early and important Disney production drawings by by acclaimed character animator Preston Blair. 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 2023.
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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European Writers (10) Cartes-de-Visite504 - European Writers (10) Cartes-de-Visite
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Group of 10 carte-de-visite portraits of noted European authors, including a combination of real photographs and images of artworks portraying the wri
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Female Authors (6) Carte-de-Visite Photographs505 - Female Authors (6) Carte-de-Visite Photographs
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Group of six 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photos of female authors of the 19th century, with most being real photographs. Subjects include: Louisa May Alco
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Edna Ferber Typed Letter Signed506 - Edna Ferber Typed Letter Signed
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Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (1885-1968) of such classics as Show Boat, So Big, and Cimarron. TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 3.
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Robert Frost Signed Book507 - Robert Frost Signed Book
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Signed book: A Masque of Reason. First edition, limited issue, numbered 752/800. NY: Henry Holt, 1945. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10.25, 30 pages
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Zane Grey Signed Book, Signed Check, and Typed Manuscript508 - Zane Grey Signed Book, Signed Check, and Typed Manuscript
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Interesting archive of Zane Grey materials, including a signed first edition book, a signed check, a typed manuscript for his short story "The ...
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Bret Harte (3) Signed Items509 - Bret Harte (3) Signed Items
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American author (1836-1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Pok...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Signature510 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Signature
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Crisp ink signature, "Yours very truly, O. W. Holmes, Beverly Farms, Mass., Oct. 7th, 1884,” on an off-white 5 x 2.25 slip. I...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Autograph Letter Signed511 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.5 x 7, February 3, 1883. Handwritten letter to writer and editor Charles ...
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Robert Howard Signature512 - Robert Howard Signature
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English playwright and politician (1626-1698) who co-wrote The Indian Queen with John Dryden. Scarce ink signature, "Ro: Howard,‚Ä&#...
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William Dean Howells Autograph Poem Signed513 - William Dean Howells Autograph Poem Signed
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American author and editor (1837–1920), nicknamed 'The Dean of American Letters,' best known as the editor of the influent...
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Langston Hughes Signed Booklet514 - Langston Hughes Signed Booklet
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Signed booklet: Freedom's Plow. NY: Musette Publishers, 1943. Paperback, 5.25 x 7.75, 14 pages. Signed and inscribed on the inside of the front ...
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Helen Hunt Jackson Document Signed515 - Helen Hunt Jackson Document Signed
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American poet and writer (1830–1885) who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United Stat...
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Sarah Orne Jewett Autograph Letter Signed516 - Sarah Orne Jewett Autograph Letter Signed
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American writer (1849-1909) known for her local color works set in New England. ALS signed “S. O. Jewett,” one p...
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Robert Underwood Johnson (2) Typed Letters Signed517 - Robert Underwood Johnson (2) Typed Letters Signed
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American writer, poet, and diplomat (1853–1937) who helped to develop international copyright laws and is remembered for his cultu...
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Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed518 - Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, Burwash letterhead, August 4, 1926. Letter to Major G. Benson-Scott, headed "Private." In full: "Many thank...
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Alphonse de Lamartine Autograph Letter Signed519 - Alphonse de Lamartine Autograph Letter Signed
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French writer (1790–1869) best known for his autobiographical poem 'The Lake,' who also worked as a diplomat and politicia...
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W. Somerset Maugham Autograph Letter Signed520 - W. Somerset Maugham Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7, Ormonde House letterhead, September 25. [no year]. Handwritten letter to Miss Breelman, in full: "Thank you for writing...
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Joaquin Miller (3) Autograph Letters Signed521 - Joaquin Miller (3) Autograph Letters Signed
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Pen name of the colorful American poet, essayist, and fabulist Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (1841-1913), nicknamed the 'Poet of the Sierr...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books522 - 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, pu...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books523 - Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books
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Two first edition books by Toni Morrison—Beloved and Paradise—both hardcovers with dust jackets, both signed on ...
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