RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Walt Disney624 - Walt Disney
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Signed book: Ferdinand the Bull. Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. Softcover, 9 x 12. Signed and inscribed in black ink on the cover, “To S
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney625 - Walt Disney
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Signed book: Vanishing Prairie. NY: Simon & Schuster, undated. Hardcover, 9 x 11.75, 74 pages. Signed and inscribed in black felt tip on the fir...
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Walt Disney626 - Walt Disney
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Color 11 x 8.5 print of Chip and Dale carrying a model sailboat down a dock under the watchful eye of Donald Duck from the 1956 animation short Chips
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney627 - Walt Disney
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Signed book: The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. First edition. Philadelphia: David MacKay Company, 1931. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75. Boldly signed and inscrib
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney628 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Walt Disney—Special Account for $850.00, sta
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Walt Disney629 - Walt Disney
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Original 15.75 x 15 mat signed and inscribed in artist pencil, “To Curtis—Best Wishes of Walt Disney.” The mat is displayed with a modern-era color pr
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney630 - Walt Disney
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DS, signed “Walter E. Disney, June 16-36,” six pages, 8.5 x 11, June 16, 1936. Disney signs a document detailing the by-laws of Iniskin Bay Associatio
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney631 - Walt Disney
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Original hand-painted studio Art-Prop set-up from The Cold-Blooded Penguin segment of The Three Caballeros prepared at the studio for presentation. Th
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney632 - Walt Disney
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Choice ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5.75 x 4 album page bearing a collector’s date notation of December 11, 1958. In fine condi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night633 - Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
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Animation cel and matching drawing featuring Pinocchio and Igor the Monkey from the 1987 Filmation animated fantasy adventure film Pinocchio and the E
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz634 - Charles Schulz
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TLS signed “Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 7.25 x 11, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates letterhead, June 15, 1993. Letter of thanks for a complimen
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz635 - Charles Schulz
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Desirable large felt tip sketch of Snoopy drawn by Schulz on a blue-green 7.5 x 10 sheet, signed below with his last name, “Schulz.” A collector’s not
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak and Rudolph Wendelin636 - Maurice Sendak and Rudolph Wendelin
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Two items: an FDC with a cachet honoring Christmas, signed in black ballpoint, “With best wishes! Maurice Sendak, Aug ’78”; and a signed felt tip sket
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles637 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Animation cel and matching drawing featuring Donatello from the 1980s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television show. The cel is placed on a color copy
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Honore de Balzac640 - Honore de Balzac
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ALS in French, signed “H. Balzac,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1827. Letter to Madame Lebrun. In part (translated): “I
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly641 - Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
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French author (1808–1889) known for his mysteries that explored hidden motivations and hinted at evil. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, ‘Never More’ le
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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L. Frank Baum642 - L. Frank Baum
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American author (1856–1919) best known for the children’s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Signed book: Father Goose, His Book. First edition, seco
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ray Bradbury643 - Ray Bradbury
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Very rare mimeographed and hand-stapled Futuria Fantasia ‘magazine,’ Winter, 1940, 8.5 x 11, 19 pages, signed and inscribed on the front cover in blac
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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William Cullen Bryant644 - William Cullen Bryant
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ALS and lengthy unsigned handwritten manuscript sent to prominent clergyman and author Edward Everett Hale: ALS signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, 5 x 8
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs645 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 13, December 14, 1914. Contract between Burroughs, the “author and owner of a manuscript entitled The Return of Tarzan,” and the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Heinrich Boll646 - Heinrich Boll
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German writer (1917–1985) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. Glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Boll in an attentive pose, signed in black
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens647 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Wonderful original painting done by artist Arthur K. Miller, mixed media on canvas, 24.5 x 58.5, featuring an impressive head-and-shoulders portrait o
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens648 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 2 slip affixed to the lower portion of a 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet card portrait of Clemens by J. G. Gessford. Quote reads, in ful
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens649 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, payable to his coachman and faithful servant Patrick McAleer for
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad650 - Joseph Conrad
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Rare vintage 7 x 10.75 photo supplement from the T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly periodical, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. Aff...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens651 - Charles Dickens
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Desirable ink signature, “Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition, w
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson652 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Scarce and desirable drawing of two young girls accomplished by Dodgson in ink with light pencil touches on an off-white 6.5 x 7 sheet, signed with hi
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, fils653 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Highly desirable collection of ten lengthy ALSs in French, signed “A. Dumas,” totaling 63 pages, dated between 1845 and 1877. All are to his lifelong
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert654 - Gustave Flaubert
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Rare ALS in French, signed “Gv. Flaubert,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa early 1870s. Letter to his friend, the Baroness Adele Lepic, in pa
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Fontane655 - Theodor Fontane
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German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer (1819–1898). Choice ALS in German, signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost656 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: A Masque of Mercy. Limited edition, numbered 27/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10, 46 pages. Sign
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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German Writers657 - German Writers
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Impressive assemblage of nine ink signatures on a single off-white 7.5 x 9.25 sheet bearing a skillful pencil drawing of Christiane Vulpius, dated 192
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Zane Grey658 - Zane Grey
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Nice collection of three photos. First, a vintage 3.5 x 5.75 cardstock head-and-shoulders portrait of Grey, signed in the lower border in fountain pen
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway659 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $100, June 29, 1950. Endo
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway660 - Ernest Hemingway
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Fountain pen signature, “With all best wishes, Ernest Hemingway,” on an off-white 8.25 x 2.75 slip clipped from a letter responding to an autograph re
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway661 - Ernest Hemingway
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Original roll of 8mm Kodak Kodachrome color movie film, approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds long, containing silent footage of Hemingway on a hunti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse662 - Hermann Hesse
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Desirable matte-finish 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of Hesse, signed and inscribed on the front in fountain pen (translated), “H. Hesse, Greetings for Mr.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse663 - Hermann Hesse
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Attractive vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of a bust of Hesse, signed in black ink, “H. Hesse.” In fine condition, with a small piece of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aldous Huxley664 - Aldous Huxley
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ALS, one page, 8.25 x 5.25, La Gorguette letterhead, October 9, 1933. Letter to novelist Pauline Frances Stephens. In full: “I’d certainly think two o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pierre Klossowski665 - Pierre Klossowski
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French writer, translator and artist (1905–2001). ALS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, February 2, 1970. Letter to an unnamed recipient, in part (tr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence666 - D. H. Lawrence
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Interesting ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, November 28, 1918, from Mountain Cottage, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derby. Letter to publisher Cyr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Russell Lowell667 - James Russell Lowell
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ALS signed “J. R. Lowell,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, December 5, 1853. Letter to attorney and editor Francis Henry Underwood. In part
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Miller668 - Henry Miller
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Wonderful ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 14, 1967. Letter to a photographer named Bishop, in part: "Got your...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Boris Pasternak669 - Boris Pasternak
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ALS in French, signed “B. Pasternak,” one page, 5 x 8, February 25, 1934. A brief note apologizing for his delay, which was caused by illness. In fine
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell670 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First edition, first printing (with “Published May, 1936” on the copyright page, “1936” on the title page, and a pric
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Beatrix Potter671 - Beatrix Potter
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British author and illustrator (1866–1943) whose Edwardian-era tales of naughty rabbits, ‘bad’ mice, and other amusingly mischievous animals take a pl
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Alain Robbe-Grillet672 - Alain Robbe-Grillet
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French writer and filmmaker (1922–2008) associated with the Nouveau Roman. ALS in French, signed “Robbe-Grillet,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, March 1, 1973
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland673 - Romain Rolland
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, October 3, 1927. Letter to Monsieur Schluter, the editor of Pantheon: Werke der Nobelprei
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland674 - Romain Rolland
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.25, October 2, 1924. Letter to Sridhar Rana, informing him that his Indian friends had sugge
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Leopold Sacher-Masoch675 - Leopold Sacher-Masoch
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LS in French, signed “Sacher Masoch,” one page, 4.25 x 7, July 15, 1886. Letter to a publisher from Republique Francaise, in part (translated): “Pleas
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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