RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with autographs from icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Herman Melville, J. R. R. Tolkien, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dali. Other top offerings include an exceedingly rare signed pair of Air Jordan 1 'Player Sample' Sneakers, Albert Einstein's remarkable musings on the meaning of life, a supremely rare set of oversized Wizard of Oz portraits inscribed to the producer's assistant, and a selection of excellent John F. Kennedy material. 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 June 2021.
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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Miguel de Unamuno Autograph Letter Signed522 - Miguel de Unamuno Autograph Letter Signed
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Very rare ALS in Spanish, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 26, 1923. Lengthy handwritten letter to writer and critic Lewis Mumford,
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H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed523 - H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9, 120 Whitehall Court letterhead, September 30, 1921. Handwritten letter to Fran Duschinsky, in full: "I'd like to get ...
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Virginia Woolf Typed Letter Signed524 - Virginia Woolf Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, 52 Tavistock Square letterhead, December 3, 1930. Letter to Mr. Hapgood, presumably editor and author Norman Hapgood, in f
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Conrad Aiken Autograph Letter Signed525 - Conrad Aiken Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, June 25, 1917. Handwritten letter to American poet Orrick Johns, responding to a comparison of his
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W. H. Auden Signed Printed Poem526 - W. H. Auden Signed Printed Poem
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Printed copy of W. H. Auden's 1969 poem 'Natural Linguistics (for Peter Salus),' one page, 6.25 x 10.25, signed at the bottom in black b...
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Beat Generation Book Lot527 - Beat Generation Book Lot
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Group of 11 softcover books from the Beat Generation, including: - Seven issues of The Evergreen Review (issue no. 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 25) - The
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S. N. Behrman Typed Letter Signed528 - S. N. Behrman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Fond love, Sam,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 28, 1970. Letter
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Saul Bellow Typed Letter Signed529 - Saul Bellow Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “S. Bellow,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, University of Chicago letterhead, January 19, 196
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Ray Bradbury Typed Letter Signed530 - Ray Bradbury Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 18, 1961. Letter to poet and critic John Ciardi, dire
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Charles Bukowski Signed Book531 - Charles Bukowski Signed Book
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Signed book: Septuagenarian Stew. First edition, limited issue, numbered 89/225. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Hardcover handbound in boards
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Charles Bukowski Autograph Note Signed with Sketch532 - Charles Bukowski Autograph Note Signed with Sketch
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ANS signed “Henry,” one page, 8.5 x 8, Black Sparrow Press letterhead, July 23, 1982. Brief hand
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Charles Bukowski Signed Book533 - Charles Bukowski Signed Book
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Signed book: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense. First edition, limited issue, numbered 81/100. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.
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James M. Cain Typed Letter Signed534 - James M. Cain Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 29, 1944. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, in full: "I have an inquiry from my wife, w...
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Raymond Chandler: First Edition of The High Window535 - Raymond Chandler: First Edition of The High Window
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Desirable unsigned book: The High Window. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket (publisher's printed price of $2....
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Noel Coward Autograph Letter Signed536 - Noel Coward Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Noel,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, no date but postmarked August 2, 1947. Lett
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Michael Crichton Signed Book537 - Michael Crichton Signed Book
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Signed book: The Andromeda Strain. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 295 pages. Signed on the title page
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Michael Crichton Signed Book538 - Michael Crichton Signed Book
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Signed book: Eaters of the Dead. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193 pages. Signed on the title pag
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Michael Crichton Signed Book539 - Michael Crichton Signed Book
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Signed book: The Great Train Robbery. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed
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Michael Crichton Signed Photograph540 - Michael Crichton Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of author Michael Crichton in an up-close pose, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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E. E. Cummings Autograph Letter Signed541 - E. E. Cummings Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, July 15, 1946. Letter to poet Sanders Russell, stylishly written with parentheticals and line breaks evocative of his poet
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