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With more than 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an impressive assortment of historic collectibles. This month includes a special Literature section, with rare and significant items such as an illustrated, autographed manuscript of Hermann Hesse’s "Piktor's Verwandlungen"; Anton Chekhov's “Stories and Tales,” inscribed; a handwritten quotation from Guo Moruo; and many more top authors like Joyce, Tolkien, Orwell, Sartre, Sendak and Whitman. The Music section features incredible original artwork by Frederic Chopin; a 350-page “Who’s Who in Rock & Roll,” signed by hundreds of the genre’s greatest musicians; and a fully signed Beatles autograph with additional, rare signature from Ray Charles. This catalog also includes items from US History, Space, Art, Entertainment and more. 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 May 2018.
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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455Edvard BenesRR Auction
Leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement (1884–1948) who was President of Czechoslovakia at the time of Hitler's incursion. Signed book:...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
456Benazir Bhutto and Klaus KinkelRR Auction
Scarce color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto seated and speaking with then German Minister of Foreign Affairs K
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
457Max BornRR Auction
Signed book: The Restless Universe. Second edition, revised. NY: Dover Publications, 1951. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 315 pages. Signed on the first free
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
458Edouard BranlyRR Auction
French inventor (1844–1940) primarily known for his involvement in wireless telegraphy. ANS in French, signed “E. Branly,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
459Warren E. BurgerRR Auction
Signed book from Burger's personal library: The Search for Understanding by Caryl P. Haskins. First edition. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institutio...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
460Richard E. ByrdRR Auction
Signed book: Discovery. First edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, 405 pages. Signed on a free end pa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
461Andrew CarnegieRR Auction
Signed book: James Watt. First British edition. Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1905. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 164 pages. Signed o...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
462Noam ChomskyRR Auction
Four items: an MIT business card belong to Chomsky, 3.5 x 2, signed in black ballpoint; and three laserprint photos of the noted analytical philosophe
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
463Thomas ClarksonRR Auction
English abolitionist (1760–1846) who was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, May
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
464DNA: James D. WatsonRR Auction
Signed book: The Double Helix. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Leather-bound hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 226 pages. Signed on ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
465Allen DullesRR Auction
American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian director of the CIA (1893–1969). Signed book: The Secret Surrender. First British edition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
466Erik EriksonRR Auction
Psychologist (1902–1994) known for his theories on human development and coining the term 'identity crisis.' Signed book: Toys and Reasons. ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
467Erik EriksonRR Auction
Psychologist (1902–1994) known for his theories on human development and coining the term 'identity crisis.' Signed book: Life History and t...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
468Melville FullerRR Auction
ALS as chief justice, signed “Melville W. Fuller,” one page, 5 x 7.75, December 16, 1903. Letter to George M. Brooke, responding to a letter received
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
469Francis GaltonRR Auction
English Victorian statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
470Gandhi FamilyRR Auction
Three items signed by a member of the Gandhi family: an ink signature, "Indira Gandhi," on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 sheet affixed to a large...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
471V. V. GiriRR Auction
Fourth President of India (1894–1980) who was the only person to be elected as an independent candidate. Following his full term, Giri was honoured by
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
472Mikhail GorbachevRR Auction
Three color glossy 10 x 8 photos of Mikhail Gorbachev alongside Ronald Reagan, each signed in white paint pen or black felt tip by the former presiden
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
474Gustaf V of SwedenRR Auction
DS in Swedish, one page, 8.75 x 14, September 19, 1945. Untranslated document issuing power of attorney for C. H. M. Falkman to be the commander of th
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
475Armand HammerRR Auction
American business manager and owner (1898–1990) who ran the Occidental Petroleum Corporation from 1957 until his death; he is also remembered for his
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
476Hell's Angels: Sonny BargerRR Auction
Group of three color laserprint photos of posters for the outlaw biker films Hell's Angels '69, Angels from Hell, and Hells Angels on Wheels...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
477Edmund HillaryRR Auction
Two collector's edition books from the Easton Press: High Adventure and View from the Summit. Both books are leather-bound hardcover and individ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
478Alger HissRR Auction
Signed book: Recollections of a Life. Later printing. NY: Seaver Books, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 240 pages. Signed and inscribed
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
479Alger HissRR Auction
Signed book: Alger Hiss: The True Story. First edition, first printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
480Johns HopkinsRR Auction
American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist (1795–1873) whose legacy lives on in numerous foundations and institutions, such as Johns Hopki
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
481Internet PioneersRR Auction
Group of four business cards, each 3.5 x 2, signed in ink of felt tip by the respective Internet pioneer, including: Vint Cerf, one of 'the fath...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
482Kaiser Wilhelm IIRR Auction
Untranslated manuscript DS in German, signed “Wilhelm R,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 24, 1897. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
483King Edward VIIIRR Auction
Blue fountain pen signature, "1934, Edward P. 9–iii–34,” on an off-white 10.75 x 8.25 guest book sheet, marked above in another hand, "Adm...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
484King Gustaf V of SwedenRR Auction
King of Sweden (born 1858) from 1907 until his death in 1950, who holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden. DS in Swedish, five pages, 8
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
485Alfred KinseyRR Auction
Biologist (1894–1956) who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, and whose research on human sexuality created the mode
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
486Phil KnightRR Auction
Set of 12 business cards belonging to Nike cofounder Phil Knight, 3.5 x 1.75, each signed in ink or ballpoint by Knight. Also is included is a TLS, on
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
487Austen Henry LayardRR Auction
British historian and archaeologist (1817–1894) best known as the excavator of Nimrud. ALS signed “A. H. Layard,” three pages on two adjoining sheets,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
488Leopold Saxe-CoburgRR Auction
Duke of Albany (1853–1884) and son of Queen Victoria who died of hemophilia following a fall. ALS signed “Leopold, Hon. Sec. to the Committee,” one pa
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
489Joseph ListerRR Auction
British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS signed “Lister,”
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
490Manhattan ProjectRR Auction
Signed book: An American Genius by Herbert Childs. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 576 pages...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
491Aimee Semple McPhersonRR Auction
Signed book: Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism. Los Angeles: Aimee Semple McPherson Publishing Co., 1938. Hardcover, 6 x 8.25, unpagin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
492Angela Merkel and Peter MaffayRR Auction
Color glossy 11.5 x 8 photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her office with rock musician Peter Maffay, signed in black felt tip by both. In fin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
493Gamal Abdel NasserRR Auction
Signed German booklet: Die Philosophie der Revolution. Cairo: Mondiale Press. Paperback, 5.25 x 7.75, 78 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
494Jawaharlal NehruRR Auction
Signed book: The Discovery of India. First edition. NY: The John Day Company, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 595 pages. Signed on the firs
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
495Reinhold NiebuhrRR Auction
Protestant theologian and philosopher (1892-1971) who reshaped much of American thought concerning society, politics, and the meaning of history. Sign
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
496Martin NiemollerRR Auction
Signed book: Dachau Sermons. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 97 pages. Signed on the first...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
497The Palm Coast SymposiumRR Auction
Program for The Palm Coast Symposium, held on November 15–16, 1974, 12 pages, 5.75 x 8.5, signed inside by the event's speakers: Saul Bellow, Gu...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
498Queen VictoriaRR Auction
Memorial booklet honoring Queen Victoria, entitled "Our Mother-Queen, Black & White Budget, Memorial Number," 7.5 x 11, 32 pages. In f...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
499Yitzhak RabinRR Auction
Signed book: The Rabin Memoirs. First English edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 344 pages. Sign
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
500William RamsayRR Auction
Scottish chemist (1852-1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Signed book: The Gases of the Atmosphere: The H
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
501Samuel RemingtonRR Auction
American firearms manufacturer (1819–1892). Cashier of Ilion Bank check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Remington, "S. Remington," pa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
502Bertrand RussellRR Auction
Signed book: The Impact of Science on Society. First edition. NY: Columbia University Press, 1951. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 64 pages. Signed on the firs
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
503Bertrand RussellRR Auction
Glossy 4 x 6 photo of Russell holding a pipe, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. Reverse bears a Keystone Press Agency stamp. In fine condi
504Anwar SadatRR Auction
Signed book: In Search of Identity. First English edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 360 pages. Signed and...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00