RR Auction: Literary Rarities

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Ezra Pound4112 - Ezra Pound
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TLS, five pages, 9 x 11.5, personal Rapallo letterhead, March 26, 1927. Letter to English writer Sir Henry Newbolt. In part: “All right. I suppose a m
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Ezra Pound4113 - Ezra Pound
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Scarce signed book: Selected Poems. Limited edition, numbered 75/100. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 184 pages. Boldly signed ...
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William Carlos Williams4114 - William Carlos Williams
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Signed book: The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Robert Frost4115 - Robert Frost
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Exceptional matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 close-up photo of the esteemed poet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To John Ciardi, from, Robert Frost, i
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Robert Frost4116 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Collected Poems of Robert Frost. First edition, first printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 349 pages. Signed
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Robert Frost4117 - Robert Frost
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Robert Frost’s personally-owned and -used knotty wooden walking stick, measuring approximately 39? long, carved along one side with “R. Frost” and alo
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Carl Sandburg4118 - Carl Sandburg
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Uncommon matte-finish 13.25 x 10 photo of musician Ethel Smith playing guitar alongside Sandburg, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Dear Ethel—We ar
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Charles Bukowski4119 - Charles Bukowski
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Oversized limited edition matte-finish 19.5 x 15.5 photo entitled ‘The Loot,’ numbered 4/50, signed in the lower border in red felt tip by Bukowski an
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Beat Poets4120 - Beat Poets
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Tremendous 6 x 4.25 postcard group photo showing seven of the Beat Generation’s most influential poets and writers posing together in 1961 Tangier, Mo
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Jack Kerouac4121 - Jack Kerouac
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 24, 1968. Short letter to American Literature teacher Mr. Knight, in full: “Tell Miss Scarmazzi Grandpa also gives her
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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