RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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Jean-Paul Sartre470 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Signed book: Five Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 484 pages. Signed on the first free end pa
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Dorothy Sayers471 - Dorothy Sayers
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British author (1893–1957) best known for her series of mysteries featuring fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Fountain pen signature, “Dorothy Sa
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Samuel Francis Smith and James R. Randall472 - Samuel Francis Smith and James R. Randall
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Two items by the writers known for their patriotic lyrics: an ALS signed “S. F. Smith,” one page, 5 x 8, November 13, 1893, in part: “Your two letters
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Harriet Beecher Stowe473 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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AQS on an off-white 4 x 3.25 lightly-lined slip, in full: “A Direction Sure to produce Happiness, Here & Forever. Trust in the Lord, And do Good...
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William Makepeace Thackeray474 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, July 16. Letter to the secretaries of the Literary & Philosophical Institution, Newcastle. I...
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Alice B. Toklas475 - Alice B. Toklas
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Companion of writer Gertrude Stein who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered (1877–1967). Collection of three ALSs, each one page, dat
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Kurt Vonnegut476 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Signed book: Sun Moon Star. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 12, 64 pages. Signed on the first free end...
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P. L. Travers477 - P. L. Travers
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Signed book: Mary Poppins from A to Z. First edition. London: Collins, 1963. Hardcover, 6 x 7.75. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in b
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Robert Penn Warren478 - Robert Penn Warren
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 26, 1965. Letter to a professor at Olivet College in Michigan. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Of course, I
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H. G. Wells479 - H. G. Wells
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Signed book: The Dream. First edition, second issue. London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 320 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free en
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