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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Allen Ginsberg163 - Allen Ginsberg
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Box set of four CDs entitled Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems and Songs, 1949–1993, 6 x 10.25, signed inside the cover in black felt tip, "Allen Gin...
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Allen Ginsberg164 - Allen Ginsberg
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Uncommon 4.25 x 5.5 postcard showing a facsimile music and poetry manuscript for The Rune, signed below in black ink, "Allen Ginsberg, 1/2/84.&...
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William Golding165 - William Golding
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Signed book: Lord of the Flies. Later printing. NY: Coward-McCann, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 243 pages. Signed and inscribed on a fre
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Zane Grey166 - Zane Grey
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Signed book: The Vanishing American. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5, 308 pages. Signed and i...
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Zane Grey167 - Zane Grey
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Typed manuscript draft edited in purple ink by Grey, unsigned, seven pages, 8.5 x 11, September 24, 1932, personal stationery. The draft is entitled...
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Zane Grey168 - Zane Grey
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Vintage pearl-finish 6.25 x 10.5 full-length photo of Grey with rod and reel posing next to a huge suspended tuna during a Nova Scotia fishing trip in
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Thom Gunn169 - Thom Gunn
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Three books by Thom Gunn: a softcover first edition of Fighting Terms published by Hawk's Well Press in 1958, signed and inscribed on the title ...
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Thom Gunn170 - Thom Gunn
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Two first edition poetry books by Thom Gunn, paired with their respective uncorrected proofs: a first edition of Touch, hardcover with dust jacket, pu
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H. Rider Haggard171 - H. Rider Haggard
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Prolific British novelist (1856-1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain. LS, one page both sides, ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson172 - Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Two sharp carte-de-visite portraits of great American authors: a 2.25 x 4 portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Warren's of Boston; and a 2.5 x 4 p...
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Robert Heinlein173 - Robert Heinlein
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Unsigned book: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 424 p...
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Zbigniew Herbert174 - Zbigniew Herbert
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Group of three books signed by Herbert: a softcover edition of Ein Barbar in einem Garten 2, published by Suhrkamp in 1970, signed on the first free e
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Hermann Hesse175 - Hermann Hesse
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ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 13, 1927. An untranslated letter written from the Hotel Verenahof in Baden, Switzerland. In fine conditio
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Anthony Hope176 - Anthony Hope
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Prolific English novelist and playwright (1863–1933) who is best remembered for the minor classic The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentz
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William Dean Howells177 - William Dean Howells
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American author and editor (1837–1920) best known as the editor of the influential periodical Atlantic Monthly. ALS signed “W. D. Howells,” one page,
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L. Ron Hubbard178 - L. Ron Hubbard
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Pulp and science-fiction author (1911–1986) who became a lightning rod for controversy as the founder of the Church of Scientology. TLS, one page, 8 x
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Ted Hughes179 - Ted Hughes
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Limited edition signed booklet: The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar. First edition, limited issue, numbered 59/100. Devon, England: Richard Gilbertson, 197
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Victor Hugo180 - Victor Hugo
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Rare original 9.5 x 7.25 albumen photo of the famous funeral procession of Victor Hugo, attended by more than two million people on June 1, 1885 in Pa
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Aldous Huxley181 - Aldous Huxley
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Signed book: Vulgarity in Literature. First edition, limited issue, numbered 113/260. London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 59 page
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Vicente Blasco Ibanez182 - Vicente Blasco Ibanez
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Spanish writer and politician (1867–1928) who achieved renown for his novels dealing with WWI, the most famous of which is The Four Horsemen of the Ap
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