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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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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