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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Henry de Montherlant587 - Henry de Montherlant
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French essayist and novelist (1895–1972) considered one of the leading French dramatists of the twentieth century. Collection of untranslated letters
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Sean O’Casey588 - Sean O’Casey
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Irish playwright (1880-1964) best known for such working-class dramas as The Plough and the Stars and Juno and the Paycock. ALS, one page, 7 x 9, pers
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Sean O’Casey589 - Sean O’Casey
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Collection of three ALSs, each one page, dated from 1939 to 1956. The first, dated March 20, 1939, in part: “Enclosed is a review of ‘Cavalcade.’ I ho
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George Sand590 - George Sand
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ALS in French, signed “G. Sand,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal monogrammed letterhead, January 1, 1864. Untranslated letter to a friend concerning her
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Mikhail Sholokhov591 - Mikhail Sholokhov
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Russian novelist (1905–1984) who won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his four-volume epic And Quiet Flows the Don. Signed book in C
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William Makepeace Thackeray592 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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Interesting AMS with ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, June 26, no year. Headed “The Pen to the Album by W. M. Thackeray,” the auth
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Dylan Thomas593 - Dylan Thomas
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ALS, four pages, 5.5 x 7, November 22, 1952. Letter written from his residence at the “Boat House, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.” In part: “Many apologi
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Noah Webster594 - Noah Webster
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Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 7 x 4.5,
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Thomas Wolfe595 - Thomas Wolfe
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Influential American writer (1900–1938) known for his poetic autobiographical fiction, best remembered for the 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel. Wonder
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Edith Wharton596 - Edith Wharton
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Ethan Frome. First edition, first printing (with “wearily” unbroken on page 135). NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Hardcover, 5 x 7.75, 195 pa...
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Emile Zola597 - Emile Zola
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, May 9, 1890. In fine condition, with scattered tiny specks of foxing.
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Stefan Zweig598 - Stefan Zweig
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Austrian novelist and playwright (1881–1942). ALS in German, signed “Dr. Stefan Zweig,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to a fellow doctor, in full
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Isaac Asimov599 - Isaac Asimov
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 24, 1966. Letter to Maggie Rose, in part: “The profession of television-writing (or writing for
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Margot Asquith600 - Margot Asquith
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Socialite, author, and wit (1864–1945) who was the wife of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. World War I–dated ALS, three pages on two adjoining s
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Authors601 - Authors
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Collection of three signed items and two unsigned items, including: an ALS by Thomas Carlyle, in part: “In your reference to the United States to prov
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Authors602 - Authors
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Set of five postcard photos, 4.25 x 6 and 6 x 4.25, each signed in black or blue felt tip by the author pictured, including: Edward Albee, John Updike
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Authors603 - Authors
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Two signed books, including: a hardcover first edition of Lord John Ten, numbered 33/250, Lord John Press, 1988, signed inside by Robert Bloch, Ray Br
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James M. Barrie604 - James M. Barrie
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Exceptionally desirable AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3 slip, signed “J. M. Barrie.” Barrie boldly pens a moving quote from Peter Pan, in full: “When the
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Ambrose Bierce605 - Ambrose Bierce
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American writer (1842–c.1914) best known for his vivid short stories (including the classic ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’) and his satirical ‘Th
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William Cullen Bryant606 - William Cullen Bryant
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Matte-finish 9 x 15 photo of a bust sculpture of the revered romantic poet by Rockwood Photography of New York, affixed to its original photographer’s
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