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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August Strindberg632 - August Strindberg
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Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849–1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. ALS i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Rabindranath Tagore633 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Exquisite m
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jules Verne634 - Jules Verne
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4 x 3, February 1890. Nicely triple-matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Verne to an overall size of 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry David Thoreau635 - Henry David Thoreau
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Important and extremely early handwritten manuscript draft for Thoreau's first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, unsigned, one p...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien636 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, five pages on three sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, no date. Letter to admirer H. Cotton Minchin regarding publication of The Lord of the Rings, his interests
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Laura Ingalls Wilder637 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Author (1867–1957) famous for writing Little House on the Prairie. Uncommon ALS, one page, 5 x 8, June 28, 1949. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I am
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Laura Ingalls Wilder638 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Uncommon ALS, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Harwood Hotel, April 2, 1940. Letter to Patricia Newman. In part: “The copy of Child Life
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Wordsworth639 - William Wordsworth
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LS signed “Wm Wordsworth,” one page, 4.5 x 7.5, September 9, 1840. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “In reply to yr application for payment of a small
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Wilkie Collins640 - Wilkie Collins
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British author regarded as the first British detective story writer (1824–1889). Bold ink signature, “Very sincerely yours, Wilkie Collins, May 14th,
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Alexandre Dumas, fils641 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Untranslated ALS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Frost642 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Complete Poems of Robert Frost. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 666 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nadine Gordimer643 - Nadine Gordimer
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South African writer, political activist, and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature (1923–2014). Color glossy 5 x 7.25 photo of Gordimer in
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Zane Grey644 - Zane Grey
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Four bank checks, all 5.5 x 2.5, including three filled out by Grey, all dated from the 1920s, and each signed by Grey. In fine condition, with expect
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zane Grey645 - Zane Grey
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Signed book: Zane Grey’s Book of Camps and Trails. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.25, 211 pages. Signed on the half-ti
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Paul Heyse646 - Paul Heyse
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German writer and translator (1830–1914) who wrote novels, poetry, and short stories and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910. ALS in Ge
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Stephen King647 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Cujo. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 319 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue
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Rudyard Kipling648 - Rudyard Kipling
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TLS, one page, 8 x 7, personal letterhead, July 24, 1923. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I…am much honoured by your proposal that I should contribut
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Arthur Miller649 - Arthur Miller
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Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Limited edition, numbered 238/500. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.75, 139 pages. Signed o
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Eugene O’Neill650 - Eugene O’Neill
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Signed book: The Complete Works of Eugene O’Neill, Volume I. Limited edition, numbered 1097/1200. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1924. Hardcover, 6.25 x ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kenzaburo Oe651 - Kenzaburo Oe
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Japanese author (born 1935) who won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature. Color glossy 5 x 7 photo, signed in blue felt tip in English and Japanese. In
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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