RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many more. 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 January 2018.
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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Georges Rouault455 - Georges Rouault
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French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching (1871–1958). Rouault’s personal calling card printed with his name
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac456 - Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac
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French modernist painter and printmaker (1884–1974) whose work was included in the influential 1913 Armory Show in New York. ALS in French, signed “A.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Paul Signac457 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. ALS in French, one page both side
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Maurice de Vlaminck458 - Maurice de Vlaminck
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French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, whose work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. ALS in French, signed “
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Andy Warhol459 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, "Andy Warhol,” who adds a small sketch of a woman's lips on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with light toni...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Christopher Wren460 - Christopher Wren
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Distinguished and influential British architect (1632–1723) who played a leading role in the rebuilding of London following the devastating Great Fire
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Frank Lloyd Wright461 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Uncommon TMS, eleven onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, dated February 1953, signed and inscribed at the top of the first page in blue ballpoint to Lewis Mumf
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright462 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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TNS, one page, 8 x 3.75, October 9, 1938. Note addressed to Mrs. William G. Laffer, in full: "A floor heated house will keep you comfortable an...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Animation463 - Animation
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Three items: a color semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Mel Blanc surrounded by numerous Looney Tunes characters for which he provided voices, sign
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Crumb464 - Robert Crumb
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Highly appealing color 1990 calendar for the Carlson & Turner Antiquarian and Scholarly Bookstore in Portland, Maine, measuring 9.75 x 14.75, fe...
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Walt Disney465 - Walt Disney
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Vintage felt tip signature, "Walt Disney,” on a light blue 4 x 3 album page. In fine condition. An ideal Disney display piece.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney466 - Walt Disney
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Amusing matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Disney reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to two chimpanzees sitting on his desk, with one chimp in a...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ferdinand production cel from Ferdinand the Bull467 - Ferdinand production cel from Ferdinand the Bull
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Original production cel featuring Ferdinand from Ferdinand the Bull, showing him basking in a flowery meadow. The cel has
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Herge468 - Herge
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Famous Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983) best known for his comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Studios He
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Herge469 - Herge
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Famous Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983) best known for his comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Greeting card featuring a humorous Egyptian-theme
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz470 - Charles Schulz
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Original felt tip sketch of Linus sitting in the grass in a full-length pose, sucking his thumb and holding his blanket, on an off-white 8.5 x 11 card
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Guillaume Apollinaire471 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andre Breton472 - Andre Breton
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French writer and poet (1896–1966) best known as the founder of Surrealism. ALS in French, signed "AB," one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Third...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs473 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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TLS signed “Papa, Edgar Rice Burroughs,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, USS Cahaba letterhead, May 27, 1945. Letter to his daughter Joan, from “somewh
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler474 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 13, 1953. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson, in full: "Herewith some stuff t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens475 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Mark Twain,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, August 28, 1895. Letter to "Jack," written "At Sea." In par...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Stephen Crane476 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871–1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. ALS, one page, 5.25 x
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming477 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed "Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming," one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 13, 1949. Letter to journalist a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maxim Gorky478 - Maxim Gorky
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Tremendous TLS signed “M. Gorky,” one onionskin page, 8 x 13, October 28, 1921. In full: "I presume that you all acknowledge as an undeniable f...
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost479 - Robert Frost
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Exceptional matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 close-up photo of the esteemed poet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To John Ciardi, from, Robert Frost, i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Hardy480 - Thomas Hardy
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Esteemed author (1840–1928) who takes a place among the towering figures of British literature with classic novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry James481 - Henry James
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, 34 De Vere Gardens letterhead, February 23. Letter to Bernard Mallet, in full: "I shall be del...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key482 - Francis Scott Key
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ALS, signed “F. S. Key,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, January 24, 1825. Letter to James Stabler, in full: “I remember the old man mentioned in you
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harper Lee483 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. Thirty-fifth Anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Sig
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Elmore Leonard484 - Elmore Leonard
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Original typescript for the 1987 novel Bandits by Elmore Leonard, 408 pages, 8.5 x 11, with approximately 40 pages featuring ink notations and emendat
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne485 - A. A. Milne
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Archive containing one letter signed by A. A. Milne, plus 21 letters written and signed by his wife Daphne, all sent to their friends Vincent and Barb
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charmian London486 - Charmian London
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Collection of five TLSs by Charmian London, totaling six pages, dated 1920–1922. All are to the psychic Margaret More Oliver, who attempted to pass of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London487 - Jack London
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Fascinating archive of correspondence between Jack London and his friend Spiro Orfans chronicling a complicated relationship over the course of six ye
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Vladimir Nabokov488 - Vladimir Nabokov
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TLS signed “Sincerely yours, Vladimir Nabokov,” one page on a self-contained 7.25 x 12 aerogramme letter, September 13, 1959. Letter to his French lit
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Eugene O’Neill489 - Eugene O’Neill
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The Commercial Trust Company bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by O’Neill, "Eugene G. O'Neill," payable to Mrs. Eugene O'...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau490 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Important Swiss-French philosopher and writer (1712–1778) who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society. Untransla
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery491 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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ALS in French, signed “Antoine,” three pages on two sheets, 8.5 x 10.75, Cafe de la Regence letterhead, no date but circa 1929. A love letter to his f
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery492 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Unsigned technical sketch in pencil accomplished by Saint-Exupery on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet, featuring featuring various measurements and arrows,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger493 - J. D. Salinger
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TLS signed “Jerry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 7, 1976. Letter to Joyce Miller, in full: "Years and years ago, I more or less swore off writing m...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger494 - J. D. Salinger
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ALS signed “Jerry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, postmarked May 21, 1950. Written from Westport, Connecticut, a letter to Joyce Miller, in full: "Just t...
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 11,000.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre495 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, 11 pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Sartre pens his thoughts on French Algeria, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw496 - George Bernard Shaw
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Questionnaire, signed at the conclusion, “’First serial right’ to International News Service, G. Bernard Shaw, 25 Jany 1948,” three pages on two sheet
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Friedrich von Schlegel497 - Friedrich von Schlegel
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German poet, critic, philologist, and scholar (1772–1829). ALS in French, signed “Schlegel, professeur de Cologne,” one page, 5 x 7.25, November 23, 1
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck498 - John Steinbeck
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Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 602 pages. Signed on the colophon in
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy499 - Leo Tolstoy
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Esteemed Russian writer (1828–1910) remembered for his epic realist novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Large and bold ink signature, in Cyrillic,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Verlaine500 - Paul Verlaine
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Unsigned handwritten quote in French by Paul Verlaine, one page, 4.25 x 5.5, no date. Verlaine pens a line from a French translation of Miguel de Cerv
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire501 - Voltaire
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Versatile French Enlightenment writer (1694–1778) best remembered for his satirical work Candide. ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, No
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Wallace502 - Edgar Wallace
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British novelist, playwright, and journalist (1875–1932) who produced popular detective and suspense stories. Handwritten manuscript by Wallace, unsig
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats503 - William Butler Yeats
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Exceptionally clear vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Yeats in a bust-length pose, signed in fountain pen, "W. B. Yeats." Archiva...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Atwood504 - Margaret Atwood
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Signed book: The Handmaid's Tale. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 311 pages. Signed on t...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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