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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Poetry588 - Poetry
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Four poetry books: a slipcased limited edition of Rumor Verified by Robert Penn Warren, numbered 111/250, signed on the colophon in ink by Warren; a f
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Katherine Anne Porter589 - Katherine Anne Porter
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Signed book: The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter. Second printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1970. Hardcover with dust ja
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Katherine Anne Porter590 - Katherine Anne Porter
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 3.25, August 9, 1961. Letter to John A. Fischback, in part: "This is only a word to say I am islanded again, this time up ...
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Jean Ray591 - Jean Ray
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TLS in French,, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, May 8, 1946. Letter to Roland Stragliati, in part (loosely translated): "It is true that one is entitle...
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Anne Rice592 - Anne Rice
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Nine books by Anne Rice, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip, with titles including: a 1996 anniversary edit
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James Whitcomb Riley593 - James Whitcomb Riley
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Signed book: Old-Fashioned Roses. Seventh edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Hardcover, 4 x 6.5, 145 pages. Signed on a free end page in
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J. K. Rowling594 - J. K. Rowling
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Uncommon unsigned book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Advance reader's copy of the first American edition. NY: Arthur A. Levine/Sch...
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Carl Sagan595 - Carl Sagan
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Signed book: The Dragons of Eden. First edition. NY: Random House, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 263 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Jean-Paul Sartre596 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Vintage ink signature, "J. P. Sartre,” on an off-white 4 x 3.25 album page, with two collector's notations; reverse signed by actor Felix M...
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Maurice Sendak597 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie, starring the Nutshell Kids. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Softcover, 10.75 x 8.75, 64 p...
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E. E. Smith598 - E. E. Smith
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Signed book: Skylark of Valeron. First edition, limited issue, numbered 130/500. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7
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James Stephens599 - James Stephens
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Signed book: The Crock of Gold. First edition. London: Macmillan, 1912. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 312 pages. Signed on the title page in ink by Stephens.
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Booth Tarkington600 - Booth Tarkington
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Signed book: In the Arena. Second printing. NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 276 pages. Signed on the first free end pa...
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William Makepeace Thackeray601 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, February 10, 1835. In part: "Allow me to thank you for your propos...
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James Thurber602 - James Thurber
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ALS signed “Jim Thurber,” eight pages, 8.5 x 11, June 28, 1943. Letter of condolences to the widow of Eugene F. Saxton, a longtime editor at Harper ...
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Mary E. Tyler603 - Mary E. Tyler
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Vintage ink signature, "Mary E. Tyler, Somerville, Mass., Oct. 10–1888,” on an off-white 3 x 2 card. Double-matted and framed with a color phot...
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John Updike604 - John Updike
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Signed book: The Coup. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 299 pages. Signed on the first free end page in
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John Updike605 - John Updike
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Signed book: Rabbit Redux. First edition, limited issue, numbered 226/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hardcover with acetate jacket and slipcase, 5.75
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Chris Van Allsburg606 - Chris Van Allsburg
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Signed book: Jumanji. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 10. Signed on the half-title page in black f
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Erich Von Däniken607 - Erich Von Däniken
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Three photos, glossy and satin-finish, ranging in size from 8 x 8 to 10 x 8, each signed in red ink by Erich Von Daniken, who adds the date to each. I
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