RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

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In honor of Washington's Birthday, RR Auction's February Fine Autograph and Artifact sale opens with a remarkable assortment of nearly 200 presidential autographs, highlighted by an excessively rare William Henry Harrison document as president, an autograph letter by LBJ to the Speaker of the House, and a significant selection of free franks. Other top lots include an extraordinary signed portrait of James Joyce, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal ledger, an Einstein letter on a childhood game, and Warren Buffett's personal set of golf clubs. The Beatles, Apollo 11 astronauts, Charles Schulz, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth round out our pop culture offerings. 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 2019.
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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Pierre-Auguste Renoir456 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Incredible hardcover ledger book containing 14 pages filled out in Renoir's hand to record the sales of his paintings, 4.5 x 6.5, marked "T...
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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J. M. W. Turner457 - J. M. W. Turner
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Highly regarded English Romanticist landscape painter (1775-1851). ALS, one page, 3.75 x 5, no date. Short letter to H. Rogers, in full: "I wil...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol458 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol459 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a stylized portrait of Andy Warhol by Leen Alting, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol460 - Andy Warhol
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Very appealing Interview magazine from October 1981, Vol. XI, No. 10, 11 x 17, 102 pages, with Diana Ross on the front cover, signed on the front cove
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright461 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Attractive Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, "Frank Lloyd Wright," payab...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cartoonists462 - Cartoonists
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Wonderful collection of 22 original felt tip sketches by celebrated cartoonists on individual off-white sheets ranging in size from 9 x 12 to 11 x 14,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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V. T. Hamlin463 - V. T. Hamlin
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American cartoonist (1900-1993) best known as the creator of the strip Alley Oop. Desirable grouping of two original hand-inked comic strips and one A
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz464 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Charlie Brown & Charlie Schulz. Second printing. NY: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz465 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Peanuts Lunch Bag Cook Book. First edition. San Francisco: United Feature Syndicate, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 5.75, 90 pa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Cartoon Critters466 - Cartoon Critters
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Original felt tip sketches by four acclaimed comic strip cartoonists on individual off-white sheets ranging in size from 12 x 9 to 11 x 14, including:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cartoonists467 - Cartoonists
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Group of four original hand-inked comic strips by noted American cartoonists, ranging in size from 17 x 6 to 23 x 7.25, including: 'Mickey Finn&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jay N. 'Ding' Darling468 - Jay N. 'Ding' Darling
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American cartoonist (1876–1962) who won two Pulitzer Prizes; he was especially well known for his editorial cartoons in support of the conservation mo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Friz Freleng469 - Friz Freleng
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Original pencil sketch of Bugs Bunny accomplished by Freleng on an off-white 7 x 10 card, signed in the lower right, "Friz Freleng." Doubl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chester Gould470 - Chester Gould
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Original ballpoint sketch of of Dick Tracy in profile on a First Day Cover honoring the newspaper boys of America, signed on the right side, "B...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera471 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Group of three color glossy photos of the Jetsons and the Flintstones, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera472 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Original hand-painted production cel featuring Yogi Bear and Ranger Smith from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, signed at the bottom in black felt tip, &quo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ferd Johnson473 - Ferd Johnson
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American cartoonist (1905–1996) best known for his 68-year stint on the Moon Mullins comic strip. Original ink and watercolor sketch of Kayo Mullins a
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Hank Ketcham474 - Hank Ketcham
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel featuring Dennis the Menace, Margaret, Mr. Wilson, and Ruff, numbered 87/500, signed in the lower right in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz475 - Walter Lantz
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Two items: an original felt tip sketch of Woody Woodpecker accomplished by Lantz on a beige 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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MAD Cartoonists476 - MAD Cartoonists
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Four original felt tip sketches by MAD cartoonists Jack Davis and Bob Clarke on individual off-white sheets ranging in size from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 14,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grim Natwick477 - Grim Natwick
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American artist, animator, and film director (1890–1990) who is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studio's most popular character, Betty Boop...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alex Raymond478 - Alex Raymond
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Esteemed American cartoonist (1909–1956) best known as the creator of the strips Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, and Rip Kirby. Group of four items signed b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chris Renaud479 - Chris Renaud
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Terrific trio of original ink and felt tip sketches by Chris Renaud on individual white 5 x 8 sheets, each signed by Renaud and depicting a character
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virgil Ross480 - Virgil Ross
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Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Daffy Duck and the Tasmanian Devil side-by-side, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graph
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Superman: Shuster and Siegel481 - Superman: Shuster and Siegel
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Desirable unissued color "Superman of Metropolis Award" certificate, 10.75 x 14, signed in ballpoint by Superman creators Joe Shuster and ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Baudelaire482 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 collection Les Fleurs d
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler483 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 8. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: "I think...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens484 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Truly yours, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” one page, 5.75 x 9, Charles L. Webster & Co., Publisher letterhead, March 26, 1886. Letter ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens485 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Program for a benefit concert held for "The Seamen's Orphanage" aboard the SS Minneapolis on June 15, 1907, two pages, 4.5 x 7, boldly...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Philip K. Dick486 - Philip K. Dick
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American writer (1928-1982) known for his works of science fiction, including The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald487 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Uncommon ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1922. Letter to "Miss Marshall," the journalist Marguerite Mooers Marshall, who publi...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming488 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, September 22, 1954. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry of the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Joyce489 - James Joyce
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Amazing and exceedingly rare vintage glossy 6.5 x 9 close-up photo of Joyce wearing his polka-dot bow tie and round spectacles, neatly signed in fount
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Alex Haley490 - Alex Haley
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Unsigned handwritten notes on an unfolded 12.75 x 12.75 pink napkin, recording fragments of an oral family history recounted by an elderly relative (C
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell491 - Margaret Mitchell
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Sought-after unsigned first edition book: Gone With the Wind. First edition, first printing (with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright p...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell492 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” two pages, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 4, 1949. Interesting letter to "Doctor Mayos," i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak493 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition, with "Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" on title page. NY: Harper ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein494 - Shel Silverstein
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Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter's contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Paul Verlaine495 - Paul Verlaine
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Unsigned handwritten quote in French by Paul Verlaine on an off-white 4.5 x 5.5 sheet, which features Verlaine writing a line from Don Quixote, in ful
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman496 - Walt Whitman
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Bold vintage ink signature, "Walt Whitman,” on an off-white 5.5 x 8.25 album page, which is also signed by John Jay Knox, who adds "Acting...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats497 - William Butler Yeats
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ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, March 6. [1921]. Letter to writer Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, referencing fellow
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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W. H. Auden498 - W. H. Auden
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British-American poet (1907-1973) best known for such classic verses as 'September 1, 1939' and 'The Age of Anxiety' and for his mus...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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W. H. Auden499 - W. H. Auden
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, April 2, 1948. Official letter directed to German playwright Bertolt Brecht, in full: "I have therefore given sugges...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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W. H. Auden500 - W. H. Auden
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Souvenir typescript of his oft-anthologized poem "Musee des Beaux Arts," one page, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in blu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ludwig Bemelmans501 - Ludwig Bemelmans
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Belgian-born American author and illustrator (1898-1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children's books. ALS signed “Ludwig...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virginia Lee Burton502 - Virginia Lee Burton
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Unsigned first edition book: Katy and the Big Snow. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10 x 9, 36 pages. Book
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Willa Cather503 - Willa Cather
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Typescript of a poem entitled "Aspirations," one page, 8 x 13, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, "Willa Sibert Cather." ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paulo Coelho504 - Paulo Coelho
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Signed book: The Alchemist. First English edition. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 177 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Michael Crichton505 - Michael Crichton
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Two books: a 'gift edition' of Jurassic Park, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A, Knopf in 1993, signed on a free end page in...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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