RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

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Boasting almost 1,000 lots, RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a robust literature section that includes autographs from authors across the ages—from Goethe to Kafka to Hemingway, a wide assortment of great writers and literary movements are represented. Other highlights in the sale include an important letter by Stephen Hawking, an extremely rare Mao Zedong autograph, a fully signed Led Zeppelin album, a wise autograph quote by Albert Einstein, and a letter by Thomas Jefferson on a political economics textbook. 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 September 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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Robert E. Lee245 - Robert E. Lee
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Beautifully engraved partly-printed vellum DS, signed “R. E. Lee,” as superintendent of West Point, one page, 20.75 x 25, June 17, 1853. United States
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer246 - George A. Custer
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Self-contained war-dated endorsement, "G. A. Custer," on a 3 x 2.5 slip, dated "Headquarters…Cav. Div., November 25th, 1864." Th...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jean Lannes248 - Jean Lannes
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Scarce partly-printed DS, in French, signed “Lannes,” one page, 9.25 x 7, December 10, 1805. A pay receipt, in part (translated): "I subscribe ...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Napoleon249 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, March 19, 1808. Letter to "General Clarke," organizing the passa...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon250 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12, September 23, 1809. Official order reorganizing his troops amidst the War of th
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon251 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed vellum DS, in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 22 x 17.5, May 27, 1813. Document for the pardon of an Austrian prisoner of war, signe
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Napoleon252 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS, in French, signed “Np,” one page, 13.75 x 19.25, January 11, 1813. Impressive document authorizing the ship Le Felix to sail and tr
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon253 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12.25, December 18, 1811. Official military document signed by the
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon254 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Accorde, Np,” one page, 8.5 x 13, October 27, 1808. Official document for a legion of honor request made by Marshal
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jozef Poniatowski255 - Jozef Poniatowski
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Manuscript DS, in Polish, one page, 8 x 12, February 19, 1810. Letter to Minister of the Interior Jan Pawel Luszczewski, written in favor of Captain K
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alfred Dreyfus256 - Alfred Dreyfus
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Two items: first-rate 3.5 x 5.5 head-and-shoulders postcard portrait signed "A. Dreyfus" in the lower white border; and a brief untranslat...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Vintage Lead Toy Soldiers257 - Vintage Lead Toy Soldiers
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Mixed and incomplete collection of valuable vintage lead toy soldiers, including: seven horses, two riders, two carts, and two smaller French soldiers
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Augereau258 - Pierre Augereau
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Le Marechal de L'Empire,” one page, 8.75 x 13.75, November 10, 1805. The Prince de Furstenberg having become t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Barrington259 - Samuel Barrington
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Revolutionary War-dated LS, one page, 8 x 12.75, July 13, 1778. Letter to "The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy,&...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Eugene de Beauharnais260 - Eugene de Beauharnais
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ALS in French, signed “Eugene Napoleon,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.25, October 19, 1809. Untranslated letter to Napoleon. In very good to fine condi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte261 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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LS in French, signed “J. Bernadotte,” one page, 8 x 12.5, February 24, 1805. Letter about a sum of 10,000 francs granted to the director of artillery.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier262 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier
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LS in French, one page, 7.75 x 12, December 31, 1806. Letter to Marshal Jean Lannes, advising him that he had sent an order to Brigadier General Girar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Bessieres263 - Jean-Baptiste Bessieres
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Scarce ALS in French, signed “Bessieres,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, April 28, 1809. Letter to an unknown recipient, almost certainly Marshal Jean Lannes,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Omar Bradley264 - Omar Bradley
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Color semi-glossy 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Bradley wearing his military uniform in a bust-length pose, signed and inscribed on the mount in black felt tip
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ambrose E. Burnside265 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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Ink signature, "A. E. Burnside, Maj. Gen'l,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 sheet. Matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 11.2...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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