RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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RR Auction’s November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 800 incredible lots to auction, featuring a compelling selection of John F. Kennedy items in honor of the 55th anniversary of his death. Highlights include JFK’s iconic presidential bomber jacket, his rocking chair from the Carlyle, and a wealth of important handwritten notes, signed photographs, and letter, including one from Jackie reflecting on her tragic flight home from Dallas on Air Force One. An amazing map annotated by Fidel Castro to show the Bay of Pigs invasion represents one of the greatest foreign policy challenges of Kennedy’s presidency. In addition to these are a diverse selection of outstanding items from throughout history: a letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph document by George Washington using slaves as collateral, a Beatles signed photograph, a compelling archive of Greta Garbo’s letters, and a comprehensive assortment of Napoleonic Marshals round out these fine offerings.
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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Norman Rockwell527 - Norman Rockwell
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Two original color 28 x 40 Office of War information posters published in 1943 by the Government Printing Office, including "Freedom of Worship...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell528 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, February 24, 1976. Letter to art dealer and collector Charles G. Martignette, who later authored a bo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin529 - Auguste Rodin
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LS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7, March 14, 1915. Letter to Joseph H. Moore, discussing portraits of himself and his wife, as well as the Villa Medici
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol530 - Andy Warhol
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Uncommon glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Warhol reading his book 'a: A Novel,' signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ballpoint...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol531 - Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol's personally-owned 14K gold E. Howard pocket watch, measuring 1.75? in diameter, with an ornate engraved pattern to the caseback. Th...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Shepard532 - Ernest Shepard
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ALS signed "Ernest H. Shepard," one page, 5.25 x 7, October 26, 1967. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in part: "I am indeed glad to know of t...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Cartoonists533 - Cartoonists
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Group of seven signatures from influential cartoonists, each signing on cards or sheets ranging in size from 4.75 x 3.25 to 8.5 x 7.25, with five bear
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney signed production cel from Saludos Amigos534 - Walt Disney signed production cel from Saludos Amigos
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1942) Original production cel featuring Pedro the airplane from Saludos Amigos, showing the small aircraft flying through the ai
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Disney: Bob Gurr535 - Disney: Bob Gurr
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Five items signed in felt tip by “R. H. Gurr,” the famed Disneyland amusement ride designer and Imagineer Bob Gurr, including: three color glossy phot
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chris Renaud536 - Chris Renaud
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Terrific trio of original felt tip sketches by Chris Renaud on individual white 5 x 8 sheets, each signed by Renaud and depicting a character from one
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz537 - Charles Schulz
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Fabulous original vintage ballpoint sketch of a seated Snoopy on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed on the right side, "Charles M. Schulz." I...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jerry Siegel538 - Jerry Siegel
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Color limited edition 26.5 x 21.5 artist's proof lithograph entitled 'Superman' issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the iconic...
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Samuel Beckett and Edward Gorey539 - Samuel Beckett and Edward Gorey
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Signed book: Beginning to End. First edition, limited issue, numbered 165/300. NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 32 pages. Signed on the c
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jorge Luis Borges540 - Jorge Luis Borges
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AMS in Spanish, signed "Jorge Luis Borges," one page, 8 x 12.5, no date but likely circa 1945. An untranslated draft of the piece "No...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens541 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Neat ink signature, "Very truly yours, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 slip affixed to a same-size card. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Neal Cassady542 - Neal Cassady
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Major figure (1926–1968) of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. Scarce signed book: On the
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler543 - Raymond Chandler
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Three TLSs, each signed "Ray," totaling seven pages, dated 1957–1958, all to his English lawyer and fellow crime fiction writer Michael Gi...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau544 - Jean Cocteau
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Handwritten poem by Cocteau, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. An untranslated poem entitled "La mort," composed in memory of the you...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Michael Crichton545 - Michael Crichton
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Scarce signed book: Jurassic Park. Uncorrected galley proof of the first edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Softcover, 6 x 9, 413 pages. Signed and i
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Philip K. Dick546 - 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 : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens547 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, Gad's Hill Place letterhead, December 11, 1864. Letter to English lawyer and antiquary Frederic Ouvry, in full: "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming548 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, July 22, 1964. Letter to ornithologist Robert Cushman Murphy, in part:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nathaniel Hawthorne549 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Partly-printed DS, signed “N. Hawthorne,” one page, 7 x 8, December 20, 1853. As consul of the United States at Liverpool, Hawthorne certifies that ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway550 - Ernest Hemingway
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Ink signature, "Ernest Hemingway,” on an off-white 4 x .75 slip affixed to a 5 x 3 card. The slip derives from a Waterman's autograph album...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway551 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. First edition, limited issue, numbered 498/510. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 355 p...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Washington Irving552 - Washington Irving
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A page of Washington Irving's handwritten draft for his popular 1828 work A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 4.5 x 7.5, ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London553 - Jack London
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Two items, comprising two hand-corrected pages of London's manuscript for The Cruise of the Snark, along with a signed check from the author. Th...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell554 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Peggy Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 14, 1937. Letter to Doctor Boland, in part: "I thank you an...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Marcel Proust555 - Marcel Proust
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French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand556 - Ayn Rand
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 13, 1938. Official letter addressed to Sidney R. Fleischer concerning the disposition of money to R.K.O Pictures from th
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling557 - J. K. Rowling
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Desirable TLS signed “With love from, J. K. Rowling (Jo to you) X",” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal embossed 'owl' letterhead, Januar...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Algernon Swinburne558 - Algernon Swinburne
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Important Victorian British poet (1837–1909) whose ‘decadent’ subject matter (including sadomasochism and lesbianism) made him one of the most controv
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde559 - Oscar Wilde
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1887. Letter to "Mrs. Ewing," the much-admired children's writer Julia...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Atwood560 - 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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Ray Bradbury561 - Ray Bradbury
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ANS on the inside of a greeting card featuring artwork inspired by Bradbury's 1972 novel The Halloween Tree, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, in full: &quo...
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William Cullen Bryant562 - William Cullen Bryant
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AQS on an off-white 5.25 x 8.25 sheet, neatly signed at the conclusion, "William Cullen Bryant, Copied February 10th, 1874." Bryant pens t...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs563 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Two unsigned first edition books: Carson on Venus, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in 1939; and Escape on Venus, h
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Taylor Caldwell564 - Taylor Caldwell
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British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction (1900–1985), also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, whose be
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Padraic Colum565 - Padraic Colum
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Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (1881–1972) considered one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival. ALS pen
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James Fenimore Cooper566 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Handwritten manuscript fragment by James Fenimore Cooper, one page, 7.75 x 1.75, headed "On Language." In full: "Language, the fit at...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Female Writers567 - Female Writers
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Collection of 16 items signed by notable female authors, poets, historians, and essayists, with the majority signing in ink or ballpoint on individual
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Gaddis568 - William Gaddis
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Signed book: J R. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 726 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title p
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Elizabeth Gaskell569 - Elizabeth Gaskell
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Victorian-era author (1810–1865) whose works detailed the lives of people in all classes of society, best known for her novel North and South. ALS sig
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Graham Greene570 - Graham Greene
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7.75, personal letterhead, February 26, 1986. Letter to "Mr. and Mrs. Browne," in full: "Many thanks for your cong...
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Graham Greene571 - Graham Greene
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Two unsigned first edition books: Monsignor Quixote, hardcover with dust jacket, published in 1982 by Simon & Schuster; and The Human Factor (wi...
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Zane Grey572 - Zane Grey
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Signed book: Arizona Ames. Later printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 310 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free ...
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Stephen King573 - Stephen King
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Attractive glossy 5 x 7 head-and-shoulders photo of the best-selling horror novelist, signed in black ink, "Best wishes, Stephen King." In...
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Rudyard Kipling574 - Rudyard Kipling
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Neat ink signature, "Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip, affixed to a slightly larger slip cut from a scrapbook. In fine condition...
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Harper Lee575 - Harper Lee
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 15, 1990. Letter to Don Salter, in full: "What a beautiful book! I know about Alabama Memories but did not ow...
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Larry McMurtry576 - Larry McMurtry
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Signed book: The Last Picture Show. First edition. NY: The Dial Press, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 280 pages. Signed on the first fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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