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 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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Stan Lee580 - Stan Lee
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Color 24 x 36 poster of a Wolverine comic book cover, signed in black felt tip. Rolled and in fine condition, with a PSA/DNA authentication label affi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee581 - Stan Lee
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Color 27 x 40 one sheet movie poster for Iron Man 3, signed in silver ink. Rolled and in fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee582 - Stan Lee
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the Iron Man, prominently signed at the bottom in silver ink. In fine condition, with a Stan Lee authentication la
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Seth MacFarlane583 - Seth MacFarlane
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Original signed felt tip sketch of Stewie Griffin on a white 5.5 x 4 card. Suede-matted and framed with a small plaque to an overall size of 12.5 x 14
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom McKimson584 - Tom McKimson
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘World Champs,’ 16.5 x 14, numbered AP 6/20, showing the Looney Tunes characters celebrating the b
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Charles McKimson585 - Charles McKimson
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Four limited edition hand-painted, baseball-related, animation cels, various sizes, each set against a printed color background, and each signed in bl
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Peanuts586 - Peanuts
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Original production cel of Charlie Brown and Lucy from a Peanuts animated program. The two-layered cel (one having only Lucy’s mouth painted on it) is
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit?587 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1988) Original production cel featuring Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The cel is placed on a matching copy backgrou
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Simone de Beauvoir590 - Simone de Beauvoir
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French existentialist, writer, and social essayist (1908–1986). AQS in French on an off-white 8.25 x 11.5 card bearing an affixed biographical blurb,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson591 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
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Norwegian writer and the recipient of 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. Scarce 3.25 x 5.25 photo, signed vertically in purple fountain pen and dated “Ro
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Jorge Luis Borges592 - Jorge Luis Borges
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Signed book: Obra Poetica. First edition. Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1964. Hardcover, 6 x 8, 279 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Lord Byron593 - Lord Byron
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ALS signed “Byron,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, August 7, 1811. Extensive, unpublished letter to his friend James Wedderburn Webster
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Truman Capote594 - Truman Capote
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Desirable signed book: In Cold Blood. Limited first edition, first printing, numbered 473/500. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 8.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Baldassare Castiglione595 - Baldassare Castiglione
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Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler596 - Raymond Chandler
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Detective novelist (1888–1959) best known for The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March
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Samuel L. Clemens597 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Bank check, 8.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to his coachman and faithful servant Patrick McAleer for $50.00,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens598 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, 5 x 8, January 17, 1876. Letter to the cashier of the First National bank. In full: “Please send to Chas. E.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens599 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope incorporating his signature in the return address area, 6.25 x 3.5, addressed by Clemens in black ink, “For Senator Cu
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens600 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Dignified 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Clemens in a wooden chair, affixed to a 5 x 7 mount, which is in turn affixed to a slightly larger card. Signed and inscr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens601 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, June 3, [1878]. Letter to English publisher Andrew Chatto. In full: “Won’t you please send me a paper-covered copy of ‘Innoc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau602 - Jean Cocteau
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Desirable ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, August 19, 1960. Brief letter authorizing a publication. In part (translated): “With my friendship and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Colette603 - Colette
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ALS in French, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Before leaving Paris, I ascertained that ‘The Vagabond’ is fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper604 - James Fenimore Cooper
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet. Cooper pens a quote from chapter 16 of his work The Headsman, in full: “Silenus rolled from his ass, to the great
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper605 - James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4 x 5, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I regret it will not be in my power to join your little pa
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rene Crevel606 - Rene Crevel
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Important early French surrealist author (1900–1935) who committed suicide at age 35. Wonderful ballpoint sketch on a 8.25 x 10.5 sheet showing a crou
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens607 - Charles Dickens
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Hand-addressed and signed envelope featuring Dickens’s personal monogram on the flap, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Andrew D. White Esquire,”
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert608 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Rare ALS in French, si...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere609 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Uncommon 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Dumas in a three-piece suit by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed below the image in black ink. In fine conditio
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot610 - T. S. Eliot
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Signed book: Triumphal March. Limited edition of 300 copies (this being No. 122). London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1931. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75. Signed o
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Robert Frost611 - Robert Frost
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ALS, one page, 6 x 8, August 25, 1938. Letter to John Montgomery of Laramie, Wyoming. In full: “I can’t refrain from answering a letter that will be o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Christian Furchtegott Gellert612 - Christian Furchtegott Gellert
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German poet (1715–1769) who was one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature. Scarce AQS in Latin on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, sig
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Zane Grey613 - Zane Grey
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Exceptional autograph manuscript in pencil titled at the top, “Ken Ward, the Young Pitcher,” unsigned, 40 pages, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa 1911. Gre
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gerhart Hauptmann614 - Gerhart Hauptmann
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Uncommon matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the Nobel Prize–winning dramatist in a half-length pose, signed in the lower border in fountain pe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway615 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, payable to Portador for $170.00, May 29, 1950. Reverse is endorsed by Hem
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse616 - Hermann Hesse
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Superb 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of a bronze bust sculpture of Hesse, signed in fountain pen, “H. Hesse.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo617 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, signed “Victor,” one page, 4 x 5, no date but circa 1850. Brief letter on helping refugees following the French Revolution of 1848. In
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry James618 - Henry James
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ALS, seven pages, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, November 13, 1894. Letter to poet, philologist, and co-founder of the Society for Psychical Research,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Johnson619 - Samuel Johnson
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Immensely significant first edition of Johnson’s remarkable A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franz Kafka620 - Franz Kafka
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Rare ANS in pencil in German, signed “Dr. F. Kafka,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Lago di Garda in Punta San Vigilio, postmarked Septemb
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Federico Garcia Lorca621 - Federico Garcia Lorca
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Highly esteemed Spanish poet, playwright, and artist (1898–1936) executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. ALS in Spanish, signed “
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann622 - Thomas Mann
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Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Scarce matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of M
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henry Miller623 - Henry Miller
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Original painting by Miller, watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 11.5, featuring vaguely female-looking serpentine figures surrounding a square of abstract fi
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell624 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, May 25, 1945. Letter to Mrs. T. J. Busey. In part: “As to the info
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sarojini Naidu625 - Sarojini Naidu
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Indian activist and poet (1879–1949) who was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state, and the second woman to become the president o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Eugene O’Neill626 - Eugene O’Neill
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Hand-addressed envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, addressed by O’Neill to actress, “Miss Jeanie Begg, 158 West 106th Street, New York City, c/o Emma Billeb,” and si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams627 - Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
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Two ALSs in pencil written to Philip Rice, co-editor of The Kenyon Review. The first is a bizarre letter by Ezra Pound sent while confined in St. Eliz
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand628 - Ayn Rand
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964. In part: “I am pleased that you liked my books and that you found my phil
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke629 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Influential poet (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. Magnificent handwritten poem in Germ
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery630 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw631 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 9, August 8, 1923. Letter to J. H. Hooper of New York. In part: “The article on the Communist Experiment i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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