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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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand22 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768-1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. ALS in French, signed “Chateaubria
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Samuel L. Clemens23 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Exceptional 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Clemens by W. & A. H. Fry, circa 1872, signed below the image in black ink, “Yours truly, Mark T...
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Jean Cocteau24 - Jean Cocteau
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Small archive comprising four ALSs in French and one original sketch, totaling seven pages, most undated. In a letter to Rene Philipon, he writes, in
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Joseph Conrad25 - Joseph Conrad
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ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 5, Capel House letterhead, April 16, 1914. Letter to Mr. Doubleday, in full: "Many thanks for your letter and the...
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James Fenimore Cooper26 - James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS in French, signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, March 22, 1827. Letter to the engineer Pierre-Alexandre Adolphe Jullien, thanking hi
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Marquis de Custine27 - Marquis de Custine
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French aristocrat and travel writer (1790–1857) known for the work entitled Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia, a detailed account o
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Charles Dickens28 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, October 7, 1857. Letter to journalist and writer John Hollingshead, in full: "I am proceeding on a new plan with the Ch...
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Vincenzo da Filicaja29 - Vincenzo da Filicaja
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Italian poet (1642–1707) who studied under the Jesuits of Florence and at the University of Pisa. ALS in Italian, one page, 7.75 x 10.75, 1705. Letter
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T. S. Eliot30 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 25, 1948. Letter to the principal of the University College of the South West in Exeter, England, in part: "I ...
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William Faulkner31 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: Notes on a Horsethief. First edition, limited issue, numbered 764/975. Greenville, MI: The Levee Press, 1950. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 71 page
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Eugene Field32 - Eugene Field
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Attractive booklet of The Symbol and the Saint; A Christmas Tale, apparently an offprint prepared for the author, 10 pages, 5.5 x 7, hole-punched and
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F. Scott Fitzgerald33 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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TLS signed in pencil, “Scott Fitz,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 19, 1939. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, casually addressing him, "D...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald34 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Script for the motion picture Life Begins at Eight-Thirty, 84 pages, 9.25 x 11.5, July 11, 1942, with blue revision pages dated July 18, 1942. Bound i
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Gustave Flaubert35 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. ALS in French, signed “Gu. Fl
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Gustave Flaubert36 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821-1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Lengthy handwritten manuscrip
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Ian Fleming37 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, April 11, 1950. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry
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Robert Frost38 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Mountain Interval. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Hardcover in original green cloth with gilt lettering, 6 x 9, 75 pag
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German Literature39 - German Literature
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Important manuscript DS in German, signed “Carl Busse," "Dehmel," "Gustav Falke," "Arno Holz," "Paul Heyse,&...
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[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]40 - [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
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ALS in German, signed “H. Krauter,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, October 17, 1853. Letter from Goethe’s secretary Theodor Kräuter, in part (translate...
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Ottilie von Goethe41 - Ottilie von Goethe
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Daughter-in-law of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1796–1872). Lengthy handwritten manuscript in German by Ottilie von Goethe, unsigned, 130 pages, 6.5 x
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