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RR Auction's July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts a wealth of remarkable historic material from the 18th century to the present day: significant letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Paul Cezanne, and Marilyn Monroe; incredible signed photographs of Ernest Hemingway and the Apollo 11 crew; rare mid-century Academy Awards; and marvelous music autographs including the Beatles, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin. To celebrate the Fourth of July, we also have an offering of autographs from patriot luminaries like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Paine. 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 July 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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Samuel Beckett Signed Photograph504 - Samuel Beckett Signed Photograph
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Uncommon satin-finish 3.5 x 6 head-and-shoulders photo of Beckett, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition.
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Samuel Beckett (2) Signed Books505 - Samuel Beckett (2) Signed Books
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Two desirable presentation copies: a softcover edition of Malone Dies, published by Calder & Boyars in 1968, signed and inscribed on the title p...
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Peter Benchley Signed Book506 - Peter Benchley Signed Book
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Signed book: Jaws. Later printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 311 pages. Signed and inscribed on the fi
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Thomas Berger Signed Book507 - Thomas Berger Signed Book
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Signed book: Little Big Man. First edition. NY: The Dial Press, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 440 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half
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Ray Bradbury First Edition Book: 'Dark Carnival'508 - Ray Bradbury First Edition Book: 'Dark Carnival'
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Unsigned first edition book: Dark Carnival. First edition. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 313 pages. Book
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Ray Bradbury Signed Book509 - Ray Bradbury Signed Book
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Signed book: The Golden Apples of the Sun. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 250 pages. Signed and
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Ray Bradbury (2) Signed Books510 - Ray Bradbury (2) Signed Books
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Two books: a first edition of Green Shadows, White Whale (review copy, with review slip and promotional postcard laid in), hardcover with dust jacket,
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Fredrika Bremer Signed Engraving511 - Fredrika Bremer Signed Engraving
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Finnish-born Swedish writer and feminist reformer (1801–1865), whose Sketches of Everyday Life were wildly popular in Britain and the United
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Andre Breton Autograph Letter Signed512 - Andre Breton Autograph Letter Signed
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French writer and poet (1896–1966) best known as the founder of Surrealism. ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, La Revolution Surrealiste
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Pearl S. Buck Signed Photograph513 - Pearl S. Buck Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 5 x 7 head-and-shoulders photo of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Yours very sincerely...
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William S. Burroughs Signed Photograph514 - William S. Burroughs Signed Photograph
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Appealing 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Burroughs in New York City, taken by Gerard Malanga in 1975, neatly signed in the lower border in black ballpoin
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Truman Capote Signed Book515 - Truman Capote Signed Book
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Signed book: Music for Chameleons. First edition, limited issue, numbered 175/350. NY: Random House, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 262 pa
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Willa Cather Signed Book516 - Willa Cather Signed Book
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Signed book: April Twilights and Other Poems. Limited edition, numbered 64/450. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 66 pages. Signed neatly o
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Raymond Chandler Typed Letter Signed517 - Raymond Chandler Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed "R. C.," one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 14, 1952. Letter to James Keddie, Jr., in full: "Thanks ever s...
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Noel Coward Signed Photograph518 - Noel Coward Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5 photo of Coward at work, neatly signed in fountain pen, "With good wishes fro 1946, Noel Coward." In fine co...
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Gabriele D'Annunzio Signed Photograph519 - Gabriele D'Annunzio Signed Photograph
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Italian poet, novelist, and dramatist (1863–1938) who distinguished himself as a heroic aviator in WWI. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 11.5 Ferrari
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Umberto Eco (2) Signed Books520 - Umberto Eco (2) Signed Books
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Two first edition books: The Name of the Rose, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1983, signed on the title page in
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Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay Autograph Manuscript Signed521 - Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay Autograph Manuscript Signed
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Crime fiction writer (1905–1982) who authored the Ellery Queen detective stories along with his cousin, Manfred Bennington Lee. AMS, two page
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William Faulkner Signed Book522 - William Faulkner Signed Book
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Signed book: Requiem for a Nun. First edition, limited issue, numbered 20/750. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 286 pages. Signed on th
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Dick Francis Signed Book523 - Dick Francis Signed Book
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British steeplechase jockey and crime writer (1920–2010) whose novels center on horse racing in England. Signed book: Flying Finish. Uncorrec
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Dick Francis Signed Book524 - Dick Francis Signed Book
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British steeplechase jockey and crime writer (1920–2010) whose novels center on horse racing in England. Signed book: Nerve. First American e
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Erle Stanley Gardner Signed Photograph525 - Erle Stanley Gardner Signed Photograph
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Lawyer-turned-writer (1889-1970) best known as the creator of fictional defense attorney Perry Mason. Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 4.75 photo of Gardne
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Allen Ginsberg (3) Signed Items526 - Allen Ginsberg (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed by the Beat poet: a satin-finish 5 x 8 publicity photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip; a first American edition of Planet
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Allen Ginsberg Signed Photograph527 - Allen Ginsberg Signed Photograph
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Nice 6 x 4.25 postcard photo of Ginsberg in New York City, taken by William Burroughs in 1953, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, "...
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William Golding Signed Photograph and Signature528 - William Golding Signed Photograph and Signature
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Two items: a matte-finish 4.75 x 3.5 photo of the Lord of the Flies author, signed in blue ballpoint, "William Golding"; and a ballpoint s...
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Gunter Grass (2) Signed Postcards529 - Gunter Grass (2) Signed Postcards
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German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927–2015) who received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Two
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Zane Grey Signed Photograph530 - Zane Grey Signed Photograph
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Vintage 3.5 x 5.75 cardstock head-and-shoulders photo of the prolific author, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Zane Grey." In ...
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H. Rider Haggard Autograph Letter Signed531 - H. Rider Haggard Autograph Letter Signed
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Prolific British novelist (1856-1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain. ALS, two pages on two adj...
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Alex Haley Signed Photograph532 - Alex Haley Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Roots author in a half-length pose, nicely signed in black felt tip, "Alex Haley." In fine condition, with a li...
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Alex Haley Signed Book533 - Alex Haley Signed Book
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Signed book: Roots: The Saga of an American Family. NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 688 pages. Signed and inscribed on the f
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Anthony Hope Hawkins Signed Photograph534 - Anthony Hope Hawkins Signed Photograph
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Novelist and playwright (1863–1933) best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Hawkins by Rockwood, bold
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John Hersey Signed Book535 - John Hersey Signed Book
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Uncommon signed book: The Wall. Seventh printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 632 pages. Signed and inscribed neat
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George V. Higgins Signed Book and Robert Mitchum Signed Photograph536 - George V. Higgins Signed Book and Robert Mitchum Signed Photograph
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Signed book: The Friends of Eddie Coyle. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 183 pages. Signed on the title
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Julia Ward Howe Autograph Letter Signed537 - Julia Ward Howe Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, May 9, 1904. Letter to J. M. Ward, in full: "I see no possible objection to your embroidering my name as proposed in your...
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L. Ron Hubbard Typed Letter Signed538 - L. Ron Hubbard Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Ron,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 17, 1978. Letter to Kevin Hollenbeck, in full: "Thank you fo
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Ken Kesey Signed Catalog539 - Ken Kesey Signed Catalog
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Signed counterculture magazine, The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog, published in March 1971, 7 x 10.25, 126 pages, artistically signed on
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Stephen King Signed Photograph540 - Stephen King Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the popular horror author holding a cat, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "For Matt—with best wishes
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Charles Kingsley Signed Photograph541 - Charles Kingsley Signed Photograph
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British clergyman and novelist (1819–1875), best known for the famed children's fairy tale The Water Babies. Uncommon 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-...
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Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed542 - Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, Burwash Etchingham letterhead, October 12, 1926. Private letter sent to a gentleman looking for help naming his boat. In part
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Ira Levin Signed Book543 - Ira Levin Signed Book
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Signed book: This Perfect Day. First edition. NY: Random House, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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Ira Levin (2) Signed Books544 - Ira Levin (2) Signed Books
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Two books: a first edition of The Stepford Wives, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Random House in 1972, signed on the title page in black fel
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Ira Levin Signed Book and Typed Letter Signed545 - Ira Levin Signed Book and Typed Letter Signed
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Signed book: No Time For Sergeants. First edition. NY: Random House, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 176 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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Norman Mailer Signed Book546 - Norman Mailer Signed Book
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Signed book: Marilyn: A Biography. First edition. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x 11, 270 pages. Signed on the half-ti
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Signed Photograph547 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Signed Photograph
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Semi-glossy 6.5 x 5.5 photo of King Carl Gustaf of Sweden presenting Garcia Marquez with the Nobel Prize in Literature on December 10, 1982, signed an
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Larry McMurtry (2) Signed Books548 - Larry McMurtry (2) Signed Books
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Two books signed by McMurtry: a first edition of his first book, Horseman, Pass By, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Harper & Brothers i...
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Arthur Miller Signed Book549 - 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 Signed Book550 - Arthur Miller Signed Book
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Signed book: Timebends: A Life. Limited first edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1987. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 614
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Arthur Miller and Inge Morath (2) Signed Books and Signed Photograph551 - 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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Arthur Miller and Roy Schatt Signed Photograph552 - Arthur Miller and Roy Schatt Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of playwright Arthur Miller taken by Roy Schatt, signed in the lower border in ink by both
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Iris Murdoch Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter Signed553 - Iris Murdoch Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter Signed
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British novelist and philosopher (1919–1999) whose novels concerned good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the uncon
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