RR Auction: Literary Rarities

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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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James Joyce and Henri Matisse4022James Joyce and Henri Matisse
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Signed book: Ulysses. Limited edition, numbered /250. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12, 363 pages. Signed on the colophon in foun
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
James Joyce4023James Joyce
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Two ALSs to Madame Yasushi Tanaka [Louise Gebhart Cann]: an ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.25, November 24, 1920, in full: “I reply to your letter I shall cal
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
Aldous Huxley4024Aldous Huxley
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, May 18, 1960. Letter to Philip Dale, in full: “Thank you for your letter. I find it hard to answer your questions
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
C. S. Lewis4025C. S. Lewis
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TNS, one page, 8 x 2.5, October 11, 1944. From Oxford’s Magdalen College, Lewis writes a note to Miss Herdman, in full: “Thanks for your letter
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
T. H. White4026T. H. White
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English author (1906–1964) best known for his Arthurian tetralogy The Once and Future King, which includes the popular story The Sword in the Stone. A
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
J. R. R. Tolkien4027J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, personal Oxford letterhead, September 4, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of severa
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Maxim Gorky4028Maxim Gorky
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Rare matte-finish 4.5 x 6 portrait of Gorky holding a cigarette, affixed to an 8 x 11.75 mount, boldly signed on the mount in black ink in Cyrillic, “
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Leo Tolstoy4029Leo Tolstoy
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Uncommon high-quality 5 x 7 paperstock photo of the great Russian author in near-profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “A I. Silvestre, Leon
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
Hermann Hesse4030Hermann Hesse
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Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 bust-length photo of Hesse in later age, signed neatly on his collar in fountain pen, “H. Hesse.” In fine con
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Authors4031Authors
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Fine collection of sixteen limited edition softcover books published by Eurographica, each signed by the author, including: William Styron (A Tidewate
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Edith Wharton4032Edith Wharton
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Ethan Frome. First edition, first printing (with “wearily” unbroken on page 135). NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Hardcover, 5 x 7.75, 195 pa...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
James Fenimore Cooper4033James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 7.75 x 7.5, May 30, 1841. Letter to Archibald Campbell, in part: “This morning early, I returned your visit
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Herman Melville4034Herman Melville
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Choice ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page, 5 x 8, December 4, 1857. Letter to a gentleman written from Boston. In full: “Your note is received and in
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Harriet Beecher Stowe4035Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Lengthy AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Harriet Beecher Stowe, April 25, 1892.” Stowe quotes from the preface of Uncle
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Louisa May Alcott4036Louisa May Alcott
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ALS signed “L. M. Alcott,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 17, no year. Letter to Mrs. Lamb, in full: “I shall be glad to see you on
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Samuel L. Clemens4037Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages, 4.5 x 5.75, August 13, 1902. Letter to Colonel Charles Fairchild, in full: “14 W. 10th is well enough, for a da
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Samuel L. Clemens4038Samuel L. Clemens
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Crystal-clear matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Clemens wearing one of his classic white suits in a seated three-quarter-length pose, affixed to an 8 x 11
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Samuel L. Clemens4039Samuel L. Clemens
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 4 x 4.75 slip. In full: “Do your duty to–day, and repent to–morrow, Truly yours, Mark Twain.” In fine condition. A crisp
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Samuel L. Clemens4040Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 10, 1898. Letter to composer Caro Smith Senour, affixed to a free end
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Samuel L. Clemens4041Samuel L. Clemens
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Unsigned book: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. First American edition, first printing (containing all traditional points of issue as well as the erron
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00