RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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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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Easton Press153 - Easton Press
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Splendid collection of 17 special edition books published by the Easton Press of Norwalk, Connecticut, all leather-bound hardcover copies, with each s
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Umberto Eco154 - Umberto Eco
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Italian novelist and literary critic (1932–2016) who is best known for his novels The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the D...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ralph Ellison155 - Ralph Ellison
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American novelist, literary critic, scholar, and writer (1914-1994) best known for his novel Invisible Man. Souvenir typescript, one page, 7.25 x 10.5
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Philip Jose Farmer156 - Philip Jose Farmer
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Signed book: The Lovers. First edition thus, first printing. NY: Del Rey, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 219 pages. Signed on the title pa
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Franklin Library157 - Franklin Library
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Group of five limited first edition books from The Franklin Library, each leather-bound hardcover and signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip by
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Robert Frost158 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: The Book of Knowledge, Vol. XVII. Later printing. NY: The Grolier Society, 1947. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 802 pages [page numbers 6037-683
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Robert Frost159 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: North of Boston. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 137 pages. Signed on the title page in fountain p
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Gao Xingjian160 - Gao Xingjian
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Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1940) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. Glossy 8.25 x 11.5 close-up photo of Gao
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Jean Genet161 - Jean Genet
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Prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist (1910–1986). ALS in French, signed “Genet,” one page,
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Allen Ginsberg162 - Allen Ginsberg
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Souvenir typescript of the opening from Howl, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in black ink, "Allen Ginsberg, 1/31/95." In part: "I saw the...
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