RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. 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 2017.
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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Ray Bradbury510 - Ray Bradbury
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Rare mimeographed and hand-stapled Futuria Fantasia 'magazine,' Winter 1940, 8.5 x 11, 19 pages, signed and inscribed on the front cover in ...
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Ray Bradbury511 - Ray Bradbury
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Bradbury crossing a street, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Dear Gil! On to Mars! Ray Bradbury, 4/29/03." ...
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William Cullen Bryant512 - William Cullen Bryant
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ALS signed "W. C. Bryant," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, January 22, 1875. Letter to political journalist George Harvey,...
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Pearl S. Buck513 - Pearl S. Buck
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Two books: Signed book: My Several Worlds. Later printing. NY: The John Day Company, 1954. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 407 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Ernie Bulow514 - Ernie Bulow
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Signed book: Navajo Tribes. First edition, first printing. New Mexico: Buffalo Medicine Books, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.5, 216 pages
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Gelett Burgess515 - Gelett Burgess
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Artist, poet, and humorist (1866-1951) who was an early supporter of modern art in America. Original pen and ink line drawing of a man reading a book
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Edgar Rice Burroughs516 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Burroughs, "E. R. Burroughs," payable to E. R. Andrews DDS for $25, February 2, 1939. In...
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Dr. Seuss517 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: Horton Hatches the Egg. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1940. Hardcover with library binding to spine, 8.25 x 10.25, 54 pages. Signed a
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Dr. Seuss518 - Dr. Seuss
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Glossy 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in black ink, "For Selwyn C. Gamble, with best wishes, Dr. Seuss." In fine c...
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Dr. Seuss519 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. First edition, later printing. NY: The Vanguard Press, 1938. Hardcover, 9 x 12. Signed opposite the
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Alexandre Dumas, fils520 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824-1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. ALS in French, si
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Alex Haley521 - Alex Haley
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Signed book: Roots. NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 688 pages. Signed in black felt tip on a bookplate affixed to a free
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Michael Herr522 - Michael Herr
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American writer and war correspondent (1940-2016) who is best known as the author of Dispatches, a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire m
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr523 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page, 4.5 x 7, February 18, 1886. Written from Boston, in full: "The photograph came in perfect order. ...
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James Jones524 - James Jones
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Felt tip signature, "James Jones,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition of From Here to Eternity,...
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Stephen King525 - Stephen King
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Magazine cover for the October 6, 1986, issue of Time Magazine, 7.5 x 9.5, signed and inscribed in black ink, "For Michael, All best, Stephen K...
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Stephen King526 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Gerald's Game. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 332 pages. Signed on the fir...
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Stephen King527 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Rose Madder. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 420 pages. Signed and inscribed on t
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Stephen King528 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Different Seasons. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 527 pages. Signed on the back of the du
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Stephen King529 - Stephen King
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Signed book: The Dead Zone. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 426 pages. Signed and inscribed on the firs
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Stephen King530 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Christine. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 526 pages. Signed on the back of the dust jacke
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Stephen King531 - Stephen King
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Signed book: The Dark Half. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 431 pages. Signed and inscribed o
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Thomas Mann532 - Thomas Mann
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Highly influential, Nobel Prize-winning German novelist and social critic (1875-1955). Ink signature, "Thomas Mann, 8.I.22," on an off-whi...
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Arthur Miller533 - Arthur Miller
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Group lot consisting of two TLSs, two ALS, an ANS, and a signed envelope, signed "Arthur Miller," "A. Miller," and "Arthur,...
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Henry Miller534 - Henry Miller
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ALS on a 3.25 x 5.5 postal card, one page, no date but circa 1955. Letter to his friend Sheridan Van Dolah, in full, “'The Smile' will follo...
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Donald Mitchell535 - Donald Mitchell
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Rare signed book: Reveries of a Bachelor. First edition, presentation copy. NY: Baker and Scribner, 1850. Leather-bound hardcover with slipcase, 5.5 x
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William Nolan536 - William Nolan
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American author (born 1928) best known for his prolific output of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime fiction stories. Appealing brad-bound typ
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Anne Rice537 - Anne Rice
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Five signed books: a first UK edition of Interview with the Vampire, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in purple ink; a limited del
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Jean Richepin538 - Jean Richepin
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French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1849-1926). Untranslated typescript of the poem "Le basier des drapeaux," six pages, 8 x 12, boldly ...
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Walter Satterthwait539 - Walter Satterthwait
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Signed book: The Gold of Mayani. First edition, limited issue, letter 'O' of a lettered series of 26. Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 19...
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Maurice Sendak540 - Maurice Sendak
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Fantastic color limited edition 17 x 20 print of Maurice Sendak waving hello to a reflection of Mickey Mouse in a mirror, entitled 'Mickey and M...
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Maurice Sendak541 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 19, 1972. Response to an autograph request. In full: “You wrote to me last August—telling me how si
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Maurice Sendak542 - Maurice Sendak
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Original signed ink sketch of a young boy with his arms out saying "Sorry" on a tan 5 x 7 sheet of personal letterhead, inscribed above, &...
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Maurice Sendak543 - Maurice Sendak
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Two items: an edition of Herman Melville's Pierre or The Ambiguities, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in black felt ti...
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Maurice Sendak544 - Maurice Sendak
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Dust jacket proof for Down the Rabbit Hole, 23 x 8.75, signed and inscribed in black ink in the lower right corner, "April '71, For Barbara...
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Ernest Thompson Seton545 - Ernest Thompson Seton
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Signed book: Wild Animals I Have Known. Limited edition, ninth impression, numbered 745/1000. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardcover, 5.75...
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Ernest Thompson Seton546 - Ernest Thompson Seton
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Nature writer (1860-1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Collection of three related item
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Michael Shaara547 - Michael Shaara
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Author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction (1928-1988) known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Battle of Gettysbur
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James Thurber548 - James Thurber
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Program for a performance of 'The Cat and the Riddle' presented by The Scarlet Mask Club at Ohio State University's Hartman Theatre from...
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James Thurber549 - James Thurber
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Signed book: The Beast in Me and Other Animals. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 340 pages. Signed and ins
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Charles Dudley Warner550 - Charles Dudley Warner
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Autograph manuscript written in the hand of Warner, unsigned, two pages, each 5.75 x 8.25, no date but circa 1873. Two extracts from the novel The Gil
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Tennessee Williams551 - Tennessee Williams
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Vintage program for a rendition of 'The Two-Character Play,' 5.5 x 8.5, two pages, signed on the front in blue ballpoint by Williams. In fin...
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Tennessee Williams552 - Tennessee Williams
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Playbill for Clothes for a Summer Hotel at the Cort Theatre in March 1980, 66 pages, 5.5 x 9, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Tennessee
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Writers553 - Writers
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Collection of three items signed by authors from around the world, including Anatola France (ALS), James M. Cain (TLS), and Max Pemberton (TLS). Anat
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Writers554 - Writers
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Selection of nine items signed by or related to a notable writer, including: a partly printed DS, filled out and signed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Writers and Illustrators555 - Writers and Illustrators
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Collection of three items signed by writers or illustrators, including Eugene Field (ALS), William Cullen Bryant (AQS), and George Cruikshank (ALS).
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Writers and Musicians556 - Writers and Musicians
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Vintage ink signatures of writers and musicians on both sides of three off-white 5 x 7 album pages (one on an affixed slip). Signers include: writers
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Alban Berg557 - Alban Berg
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Austrian composer (1885–1935) who produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-to...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Claude Debussy558 - Claude Debussy
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ALS in French, two pages, 5 x 6.75, April 29, 1895. Letter replying to a poor review of his String Quartet and referencing the work of Richard Wagner.
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar559 - Edward Elgar
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Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7
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