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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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213 - Vladimir NabokovRR Auction
Unsigned first edition book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. First American edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Hardcover with price-clipped dus...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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216 - Charles NodierRR Auction
Influential French author and librarian (1780–1844) who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, a
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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217 - Baroness Emma OrczyRR Auction
British writer and artist (1865–1947) best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Fabulous matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard ph
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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218 - George OrwellRR Auction
Unsigned first edition book: Animal Farm by George Orwell. First American edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Hardcover with clipped dust
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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219 - John Howard PayneRR Auction
American actor and author (1791–1852) who achieved theatrical success in London, best remembered as the creator of the song ‘Home! Sweet Home!’ in 182
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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220 - Walker PercyRR Auction
Signed book: Bourbon. Limited edition, numbered 26/150. Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press, 1981. Hardcover, 6.5 x 10.25, 8 pages. Signed on the coloph
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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221 - Luigi PirandelloRR Auction
Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo postcard of Pirandello in profile, neatly signed across the top in fountain pen. Mounted and matted to a
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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222 - Sylvia PlathRR Auction
Unsigned first edition book: The Colossus by Sylvia Plath. First edition. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1960. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 88 pages. Book
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 600.00 - 800.00
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