RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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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’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving 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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Bob Kane685 - Bob Kane
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Classic felt tip sketch of Batman and Robin on a beige 4.75 x 3.75 sheet, labeled at the top and signed below, “Batman and Robin, ‘Bats’ wishes, Bob K
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Walt Kelly686 - Walt Kelly
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Collection of items originally sent to Walter Lister of San Francisco, who shared his name with Pogo’s boat. After writing to Kelly about the coincide
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz687 - Walter Lantz
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Collection of three items: a limited edition hand-painted animation cel, signed in black felt tip; an original felt tip sketch of Woody Woodpecker on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom McKimson688 - Tom McKimson
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Red Hot,’ 12.5 x 10, numbered 76/250, showing Yosemite Sam, dressed in a Red Sox uniform, arguing
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Tom McKimson689 - Tom McKimson
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Bash Brothers,’ 9.25 x 12, numbered 62/125, showing Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck in Yankee pinstrip
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Clarence Nash690 - Clarence Nash
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Glossy 8 x 10 Disney publicity photo of Walt Disney and Donald Duck in honor of Donald’s 50th birthday, signed in blue felt tip, “From Donald Duck &...
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Martin Nodell691 - Martin Nodell
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Green ballpoint sketch of the Green Lantern on the reverse of a 4.5 x 5.25 All-American Comics postcard, signed and inscribed in the address area, “To
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Virgil Ross692 - Virgil Ross
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Great felt tip and colored pencil sketch of Bugs Bunny on an off-white 4.5 x 5.25 sheet, signed at the bottom, “‘Virgil Ross.’” Encapsulated in a plas
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Charles Schulz693 - Charles Schulz
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Color 30 x 20 poster entitled ‘The World Famous Metlife Representative’s Map of the U.S.A.,’ signed in black felt tip. Light overall creasing, a tack
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Charles Schulz694 - Charles Schulz
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Collection of three signed items: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Peanuts gang, a program page from the 1979 Crosby Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament,
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Charles Schulz695 - Charles Schulz
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Collection of three signed items: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo; a commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Lakeside Park, California, Outdoor Sta
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Charles Schulz696 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Snoopy: Not Your Average Dog. Limited first edition of 2,000 copies (this being copy No. 693). San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996. H
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Charles Schulz697 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Once You’re Over the Hill (You Begin to Pick Up Speed). First edition, first printing. NY: Harper Collins, 1997. Hardcover with dust jack
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Charles Schulz698 - Charles Schulz
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Exceptionally desirable felt tip sketch of Snoopy on a blue 5.75 x 7.75 sheet, signed at the bottom, “Schulz.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authe
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz699 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Peanuts Jubilee. Later printing. NY: Ballantine Books, 1975. Softcover, 10.75 x 8, 223 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip,
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Garry Trudeau700 - Garry Trudeau
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Color limited edition 15.25 x 16.25 print entitled ‘FM-Lite,’ numbered 192/500, signed in the lower border in pencil by Trudeau. Matted and framed to
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Myron Waldman701 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Flexing for Betty,’ 12 x 10, AP45/50 (from an edition of 500 plus 50 artist’s proofs), depicting
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Myron Waldman702 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel, 12 x 9, 38/500, depicting Popeye flexing his dynamite-laden bicep. Signed in gold ink by Waldman and set a
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Myron Waldman703 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Don’t Feed the Dinosaur,’ 12 x 9, 239/250, depicting Swee’ Pea offering a lollipop to a dinosaur
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Myron Waldman704 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Order Up,’ 12 x 9, AP24/50 (from an edition of 500 plus 50 artist’s proofs), depicting Wimpy serv
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Myron Waldman705 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Anchor Parking,’ 12 x 9, AP46/50 (from an edition of 500 plus 50 artist’s proofs), showing Popeye
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American Authors and Poets706 - American Authors and Poets
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Collection of approximately seventy mostly mid-20th century literary and journalistic autographs, including ANSs, ALSs, TLSs, signed cards, and signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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J. M. Barrie707 - J. M. Barrie
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Scottish author and dramatist (1860–1937) best known for the classic children’s play Peter Pan. ANS signed “J. M. B.,” one page, 5.5 x 2.5, no date. B
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Algernon Blackwood708 - Algernon Blackwood
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English short story writer and novelist (1869–1951) best known for his many ghost stories and ‘weird’ fiction. ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 8.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ludwig Bemelmans709 - Ludwig Bemelmans
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Belgian-born American author and illustrator (1898–1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children’s books. Signed book: Father, Dea
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Pearl S. Buck710 - Pearl S. Buck
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 16, 1946. Letter to a charitable donor. In full: “How generous of you to send this check for $1
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs711 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Two original mimeograph brad-bound scripts for the motion picture Jungle Girl, loosely based on the Burroughs novel of the same title, an Estimating S
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edgar Rice Burroughs712 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Signed book: Tarzan and the City of Gold. Second edition. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5, 316 p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Carlyle713 - Thomas Carlyle
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Influential Scottish-born Victorian philosopher, essayist, and historian (1795–1881). Hand-addressed envelope panel, 4.5 x 2.5, filled out by Carlyle
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler715 - Raymond Chandler
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, May 16, 1946. Agreement between Chandler and Paramount Pictures for him to render services “in connection with an assignmen
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Truman Capote716 - Truman Capote
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.75 x 10, personal letterhead, August 1, 1963. Letter to William Gray in England. In full: “What is one to make of a fellow
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Samuel L. Clemens717 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Sam’l L. Clemens,” payable to O. D. Glazier & Co. for $233.25, July 2, 1875. In fine co...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens718 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, May 15, 1875. Brief letter to an unidentified recipient, but probably the cashier at th
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Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens719 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Wonderful ink signature, “Truly yours, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper720 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Bank check, 5.5 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to taxes for $22, January 14, 1840. Nicely double-matted and frame
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens721 - Charles Dickens
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Magnificent matte-finish 4 x 5.75 cabinet-type portrait of Dickens affixed to a 5 x 7.75 mount, showing the author wearing a distinguished robe in a t
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson722 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Third-person ALS, one page, 6.75 x 4.25, October 19, 1892. In full: “Mr. C. L. Dodgson is happy to inform Mr. Doroning that he has found the ‘Dante.’
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson723 - Charles L. Dodgson
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ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 3.25 x 5.25, June 4, 1879. Letter to Miss Willets. In part: “I have hunted in vain: there are no daughters of Ev
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle724 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, September 6. Letter to Colonel Green. In part: “I rather fancy I mention
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle725 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, March 23, no year. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “Do not disclose Judge Chitty
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T. S. Eliot726 - T. S. Eliot
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Fantastic TQS, one page, 4 x 6, signed at the conclusion, “T. S. Eliot, 17.XII.61.” A souvenir typed quote from the beginning of Eliot’s iconic poem “
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T. S. Eliot727 - T. S. Eliot
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Two TLSs, each one page, 6.75 x 8, Faber and Faber Publishers letterhead, June 9 and July 13, 1948. Letters to German journalist and writer Hans Eberh
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming728 - Ian Fleming
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Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson729 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Autograph manuscript, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, no date. Emerson pens an interesting moralistic passage on the subject of marriage. In full: “I told Emily
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald730 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Ink signature, “F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 6 x 1.5 slip clipped from the closing of a document dated December 29, 1938. Double-matted and f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost731 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Our Hold on the Planet. Privately printed Christmas edition, 1940. Stitched softcover, 4.75 x 3.75, 12 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Robert Frost732 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Mountain Interval. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 76 pages. Signed on the first fre
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Buckminster Fuller733 - Buckminster Fuller
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Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal deve
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe734 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Maxim Gorky735 - Maxim Gorky
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Important Russian/Soviet author and activist (1868–1936). Though his criticism of the Communist government led to a relationship marked by conflict an
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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