RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 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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W. H. Auden605 - W. H. Auden
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Signed book: Homage to Clio. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 91 pages. Signed on the t
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Willa Cather606 - 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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Agatha Christie607 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, November 26, 1957. Written from Winterbrook House, a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, in full: "Thank you so much ...
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Agatha Christie608 - Agatha Christie
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare, signed in blue ballpoint by Agatha Christie. In fine condition.
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James Fenimore Cooper609 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Two Otsego County Bank checks, 5.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper": one payable to "R. Cooper" fo...
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Theodore Dreiser610 - Theodore Dreiser
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Two items: a TLS signed “T.D.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, The American Spectator letterhead, October 4, 1932, addressed to author and romantic interest Marg
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Zane Grey611 - Zane Grey
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ALS signed “Zane,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, April 4. Letter to "Bill" about Western films based on his work, in part: "The picture Wago...
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John Hersey612 - John Hersey
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and journalist (1914-1993) considered one of the earliest practitioners of 'New Journalism.' Three items: an A...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Cullen Bryant613 - Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Cullen Bryant
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Desirable pairing of ink signatures from New England's great 'Fireside Poets,' "Yours very truly, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Oc...
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Anthony Hope Hawkins614 - Anthony Hope Hawkins
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Novelist and playwright (1863–1933) best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Hawkins by Rockwood, boldly signed
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Julia Ward Howe615 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, January 17, 1876. In part: "I am much obliged for your kind and gratifying note. We are all pa...
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Aldous Huxley616 - Aldous Huxley
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Two ALSs from Aldous Huxley, both addressed to Ken Browne. The earlier letter, dated May 24, 1956, one page, both sides, 5.5 x 7, in part: "My ...
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Washington Irving617 - Washington Irving
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ALS signed “W. Irving,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, February 21, 1820. Letter to Thomas S. Norgate, in full: "I am preparing for an excursion into th...
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Louis L'Amour618 - Louis L'Amour
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TLS signed “Louis,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, February 2, 1966. Letter to "Bill," in part: "Thanks very much for the piece on paper-making...
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Harper Lee619 - Harper Lee
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in black felt tip by Harper Lee. The opening of To Kill a Mockingbird, in part: "When he was ne...
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Harper Lee620 - Harper Lee
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Desirable signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th Anniversary Edition, first printing. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.2
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Jack London621 - Jack London
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Three items: page 15 from the galley proof for London’s classic 1911 work The Cruise of the Snark, 9.25 x 11.75, hand-corrected in pencil by London, w
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Jack London622 - Jack London
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The Merchants National Bank of San Francisco check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Jack London, payable to C. J. Twomey for $10, November 29, 1
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W. Somerset Maugham623 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, "Somerset Maugham." An excerpt from The Summing Up, his lit...
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Iris Murdoch624 - Iris Murdoch
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British novelist and philosopher (1919–1999) whose novels concerned good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. C
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