Price: $950 American nature photographer. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, February 6, 1960. On his name imprinted stationery, to “Dear Nick.” “It was good to talk with you the other day – although I must have sounded very dull indeed! This flu is bad stuff!! I am still in bed with it, and I … [ Read More ]
Addison, Joseph
Price: $3,750 English essayist, poet and statesman; with Richard Steele produced the non-political Spectator. Document Signed, one page, quarto, Whitehall, January 29, 1717/18. Addison, signing on the verso of an account of Henry Worsley’s extraordinary expenses on behalf of the King, makes a two-line statement authorizing payment. The lower left corner has been torn off, … [ Read More ]
Alexander III
Price: $75,000 AN EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT SIGNED BY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POPES OF MEDIEVAL TIMES [1159-1181]. Pope Alexander III. Document Signed, as Pope, one page, folio [28 by 24 inches], on vellum, Rome, May 25, 1163. The Pope’s signature appears beneath the text between the sign of the Rota and the Benevalete sign; countersigned and dated … [ Read More ]
Alphonso XI
Price: $25,000 King Alphonso XI of Castile and Leon [1312-1350]. Royal Charter, one page, 32 by 23 1/2 inches, on vellum, Royal Chancery, Segovia, September 29, 1344. Written in Castilian vernacular with the royal names, the opening device and the King’s seal painted in red, green, blue and biege. Fine condition. An important and exceptionally … [ Read More ]
Anne, Queen of England
Price: $7,500 Queen of England. Letter Signed, Good cousin and friend / and good sister, cousin,/ and friend / AnnaR, two and two-thirds pages, tall quarto, Given at Our Palace at Windsor, July 3, 1709. Countersigned by H. Boyle. To Franz Ludwig, Count Palatine, Bishop of Worms, and Johann Wilhelm, Count Palatine on the Rhine, … [ Read More ]
Architecture
Price: $2,500 Norman Houston, Paul Williams, Walter Gordon. The first black architectural firm. Typewritten Letter Signed, Norman Houston, Paul R. Williams, Walter A. Gordon, one page, quarto, [1943]. On stationery with a colored illustration of a cameraman filming a residential lakefront neighborhood. Two tall palm trees are drawn in the left margin. “Greetings to Walter … [ Read More ]
Armstrong, Louis
Price: $1,750 American jazz trumpet player. Three-quarter length Photograph of Armstrong wearing a white suit, and playing his trumpet, Signed and Inscribed in green ink in the upper right portion, “To Max Turner… Louis Armstrong.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high. Matted in ivory and gray, and framed … [ Read More ]
Astaire and Rogers
Price: $950 Legendary Hollywood dance team. Full-length Photograph of the duo, each posing with their right hand on their right knee and their left hand on their left hip, Signed by each in the light portion of their corresponding image. Astaire’s signature appears in red ink. The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide … [ Read More ]
Astaire, Fred
Price: $375 Legendary Hollywood dancer. Full-length Photograph of Fred Astaire and co-star Joan Leslie, wearing formal attire and dancing in their 1943 RKO film The Sky’s The Limit, Signed by Fred Astaire in the light portion to the left of his image. The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 7 inches high. … [ Read More ]
Astronauts
Price: $12,500 Apollo XI. Signed Photograph of the Apollo XI lunar astronauts crew posing in their space suits against a lunar background, Inscribed by Armstrong and Signed on the mount below, “Best Wishes To James E. Rogan / Neil Armstrong “. Also Signed by M. Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The color photograph measures 14 inches … [ Read More ]
Avery, Oswald T.
Price: $4,500 DNA pioneer. Typewritten carbon copy excerpt: “Part of a letter from Dr. O. T. Avery to his brother Roy C. Avery, dated May 13, 1945, just after his retirement from the Rockefeller Institute, when he was considering moving to Nashville, Tennessee. Original in the possession of R. C. Avery, Vanderbilt University Medical School, … [ Read More ]
Aviation
Price: $1,250 Cover Signed by the four crew members of the NC-4, bearing the imprint “Carried by U.S. Navy seaplane NC-4” with the post mark, November, 1919. Signed by Al Reed, M.S.N; James L. Breese U.S.N.R.F; E. S. Rhoades, U.S.N.; & Walter Hinton in the top left portion of the envelope. The NC-4 was the … [ Read More ]
Babbage, Charles
Price: $2,500 English mathematician and mechanical genius; perfected a calculating machine, the forerunner of the modern computer. Autograph Letter Signed, C Babbage, two pages, octavo, Com[mitte]e Room, December 1, 1832. To W. Venning. “I regret exceedingly that on consulting my Committee they advise me not to have a meeting at Holloway on account of the … [ Read More ]
Baden-Powell, Robert
Price: $1,500 Founder of the Boy Scouts. Autograph Letter Signed, four pages, octavo, April 1, 1927. On imprinted stationery of the Union-Castle Line R•M•M•V “Carnarvon Castle,” to Lt. Col. Smedley Williams. Concerning the organization of the Boy Scouts movement in South Africa. Fine condition. “I sent Mansergh a final appeal yesterday to reconsider his view … [ Read More ]
Barnum, P T
Price: $750 American showman; creator of The Greatest Show on Earth. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 24, 1881. On lined paper, imprinted with the name, “Waldemere.” To “My dear Dr. Reid.” “I have just returned from the great show at St. Louis and found your letter. I hope Mr. Wildman has … [ Read More ]
Beatles
Price: $8,500 British rock n’ roll singers. Signatures, on one page in an octavo notebook belonging to a girl named Nicola, [1967] . Inscribed “McCartney loves Nicola (true)”, the inscription annotated by McCartney’s sketch of three flowers. Ringo Starr signs “love Ringo Starr” and John Lennon signs it twice, with the second signature partly deleted. … [ Read More ]
Bell, Alexander Graham
Price: $6,500 American inventor of the telephone. Letter Signed, two and one-half pages, quarto, Northampton, Massachusetts, March 15, 1906. To Dr. A. L. E. Crouter, president of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. Also signed by three witnesses. “As I am about to sail for Europe, and since I … [ Read More ]
Bentham, Jeremy
Price: $3,500 English philosopher and jurist; one of the chief expounders of Utilitarianism; author of Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, full page, small quarto, undated. Fine condition. A portion of the original manuscript of the second edition of Chrestomathia, with corrections and additions in the text by Bentham. “Impracticability, … [ Read More ]
Bentham, Jeremy
Price: $3,500 English philosopher; one of the chief expounders of utilitarianism; noted jurist and author of Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Autograph Manuscript, full page, legal folio, undated, [December 28, 1820.] Twenty-three lines of notes in Jeremy Bentham’s hand concerning interpretations of the law, with additional corrections and revisions, also in his … [ Read More ]
Berlin, Irving
Price: $1,500 American composer. Printed Sheet Music, to his 1913 song That International Rag, signed boldly by Irving Berlin on the front cover, five pages, 13 1/2 by 10 1/4 inches. The brightly colored cover is attractively illustrated with a scene showing Uncle Sam directing a chorus dressed in international costumes Fine condition, bound in … [ Read More ]
Berlioz, Hector
Price: $6,500 French composer of “Symphonie Fantastique.” Autograph Musical Quotation, written on the back flap of an envelop addressed to Monsieur Alizard. Together with an Autograph Inscription Signed, two lines on one page, octavo, [Paris], December 15, 1838, to the violinist Alexandre-Jean Boucher; with the integral address leaf attached. In his Autograph Musical Quotation, Hector … [ Read More ]
Berlioz, Hector
Price: $4,500 French composer of “Symphonie Fantastique.” Autograph Letter Signed, H. Berloiz, one page, small octavo, n. d. To Lindan. “Here are two seats for the concert Sunday. Do try to come.” Framed in sand, dark brown and gilt with a portrait photograph. Framed dimensions: 13 inches wide by 10 inches high.
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $450 American composer and conductor. Half-length postcard Photograph of the maestro conducting, Signed across the light portion of his image. The black and white photograph of Leonard Bernstein measures 6 inches wide by 4 inches high.
Bierce, Ambrose
Price: $4,750 American journalist and short story writer; disappeared into Mexico in 1913. Letter Signed Ambrose Bierce, two pages, octavo, Washington, October 30, 1911. To Neale. “Enclosed is Newbegin’s check for $278.47. I hold also his note to you at four months for $536.54 which, with your bill for the books, I will send on … [ Read More ]
Bizet, Georges
Price: $8,750 French composer of “Carmen.” Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, undated. “Here you are — you only need to have the last chorus translated, which had been suppressed and which was successfully reinstated at the last moment. As to the rest, you could request the translation from the Italians.” Framed in soft blue, … [ Read More ]
Blackstone, William
Price: $5,750 English jurist. Partly printed Document Signed, one page, octavo, February 15, 1773. “Let the def[endant’]s attorney or agent attend me at my chambers in Sergeants Inn tomorrow morning at 9 of the clock in the forenoon to show cause why the def[endan]t should not have till ten o’clock same day to plead in … [ Read More ]
Borodin, Alexander Porfir’yevich
Price: $12,500 Russian composer. Autograph Letter Signed, A. Borodin, two and one-half pages, octavo, St. Petersburg, May 6, 1884. To My dear Monsieur Jadoul. “I have just received your letter accompanied by two programs at once. I thank you infinitely for the kindness of having performed my piece and having notified me of its success. … [ Read More ]
Boyle, Robert
Price: $12,500 Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and gentleman scientist. Autograph Document Signed, “Ro Boyle,” one page, oblong octavo, June 26, 1675. Also signed by E Anglesey (Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey). “We doe hereby acknowledge to have recd. of the Countess of Orrery our Severall propo[rt]ions of the ballance of this acco[un]t. … [ Read More ]
Browning, Elizabeth and Robert
Price: $6,500 English poets. Autograph Note Signed Elizabeth and Robert Browning, one page, octavo, London, October 21, 1856. On card stock, to the Women’s Hospital in New York. Written in the hand of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Robert Browning adds the place and date, “London, October 21. ’56” beneath his signature. “With the most earnest wishes … [ Read More ]
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Price: $7,500 English poet. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, octavo, 43 via Bocca di Leone [Rome], Friday, undated. To “My dear Reverend Hanna.” With the original black-bordered mourning envelope addressed in her hand. “Will you allow us to introduce to you Mrs. Hamilton and her daughter, country-women of your own, who will commend themselves to … [ Read More ]
Browning, Robert
Price: $4,750 English poet. Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, octavo, London, February 14, 1882. To “My dear Leighton,” the British painter Sir Frederic Leighton. “I do more indeed than ‘care to have’ a copy of that address which I certainly had ‘interest enough in to listen to.’ I think, did the case relate to any … [ Read More ]
Buck, Pearl S
Price: $1,750 American novelist. Typewritten Manuscript, seven full pages, quarto, undated. Buck’s speech, concerning relations between the United States and the Asian countries and her peoples, is heavily revised and corrected by the author in ink and pencil [these are shown in italic]. With a carbon copy of the corrected draft, six and a half … [ Read More ]
Bulfinch, Charles
Price: $6,750 American architect. Autograph Document Signed, one page, legal folio, Boston, May 17, 1802. “To All whom it may concern, this certifies that Messrs. Richard Chamberlain and Thomas Chase obtained liberty of the selectmen to break ground in the public burying place, south of the common for the purpose of building a tomb therein; … [ Read More ]
Burke, Edmund
Price: $4,750 British statesman and orator; gained a high position among the Whigs through his eloquence on the American question and vigorous opposition to George III’s policy of court domination and arbitrary rule; advocated liberal treatment on the American colonies. Autograph Letter Signed, Edm Burke, one page, oblong small quarto, Westminster, October 6, 1775. To … [ Read More ]
Burke, Edmund
Price: $1,750 British orator and statesman. Autograph Letter Signed, Edm. Burke, one page, quarto, April 24, 1796. To Stephen Thurston Ady, Burke’s friend and banker. Thurston was a partner in the banking house of Boldero, Kendal & Co. Fine condition. “I beg you to pay to a Mr. Chalkley, who will call on you for … [ Read More ]
Byron, George Gordon
Price: $15,000 English poet; wrote Childe Harold. Autograph Note Signed, initials, one page, oblong octavo, July 28, 1813. [To John Murray.] “The enclosed lines you will insert in paragraph named after the line ‘That wakes and wafts the fragrance there.’” The verse quoted by George Byron comes from his poem, The Giaour, which was published … [ Read More ]
Cagney, James
Price: $275 American film actor; starred in The Public Enemy and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Typewritten Letter Signed, Jim, one page, quarto, April 17, 1974. On his name imprinted stationery, Beverly Hills, California, to Ann Ford in Huntington, Massachusetts. “I assume by this time you are happily ensconced at The Wrens. It would be just the … [ Read More ]
California Gold Rush
Price: $975 Group of four illustrations on an oblong quarto sheet, entitled Sundry Amusements in the Mines. Lithographed and published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Each image measures 3 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches; the sheet measuring by 8 3/8 by10 3/4 inches. The first image, A Sunday’s Amusements, shows two miners washing their … [ Read More ]
California Gold Rush
Price: $250 A stock certificate for the Tuolumne Country Water Company, 6 ¼ by 9 ¾ inches, Columbia, [California], September 26, 1862. With a fine vignette of miners working a sluice and a cradle, typical of the California Gold Rush. The one-share certificate is signed by President P.J. Gibbs and Secretary Joseph Pownall. Water was … [ Read More ]
Carnegie, Andrew
Price: $12,500 Scottish-born American industrialist; merged Carnegie Steel Co. with United States Steel Corp. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, New York, January 24, 1913. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Duffield Osborne, a representative of the Authors Club. “I wish to put on record my deep appreciation of, and grateful thanks for, the kind notis … [ Read More ]
Cassatt, Mary
Price: $4,750 American Impressionist paper. Autograph Letter Signed, M. Cassatt, one page, octavo, Paris, undated but circa 1904. To M. Anzoli, in French. “Would you please be kind enough to make for me, as soon as possible, a white frame for a pastel, no. 12, that is to say the frame and its number 12 … [ Read More ]
Catherine the Great
Price: $6,500 Czarina of Russia. Document Signed, Yekaterina, one page, folio, October 11, 1762, Tsarskoe Selo. In Russian. From the Main court chancery, a release to the administrator Udalov of Tsarskoe Selo, of three thousand roubles for the digging of ponds, if the said revenues are not sufficient, then from the Total of the Main … [ Read More ]
Catholic Church
Price: $5,000 Document Signed, by Cardinal St. Praxedis, Antonio Ciocchi del Monte, one page, oblong folio, 330 by 470 mm. [13 by 18 inches], [ca. 1528]. On vellum. Two vertical folds damp-stained in the upper portion, affecting the illuminated border and two letters of the heading; some rubbing of the painted surfaces, otherwise in fine … [ Read More ]
Cezanne, Paul
Price: $27,500 French painter. Autograph Letter Signed, Paul Cezanne, November 30, 1896, two pages, octavo. In French. To Emile Solari. “I am so very sorry I was not at Rue des Dames when you came by. There’s only one way to make up for that, and that is to give me a rendezvous for tomorrow, … [ Read More ]
Chagall, Marc
Price: $3,750 Russian painter. Autograph Letter Signed, one full page, quarto, New York, 1945. In Russian. “She always spoke of you with affection. I always feel your sincerity. I will be happy to see you. I sent you a book. Modesty prevented me from getting in touch with you earlier. She was in art as … [ Read More ]
Chandler, Raymond
Price: $8,500 American author of crime fiction. Typewritten Letter Signed, Ray, one page, large quarto, La Jolla, California, December 15, 1950. On his name-imprinted stationery, to his literary agents, Swanie [H. N. Swanson] and Eddie [Edward Carter]. “Evidently Swanie has not yet heard from Carl Brandt, although I told him a couple of weeks ago … [ Read More ]
Chekhov, Anton
Price: $37,500 Russian dramatist and novelist. “MY PETITION WAS JUST A CRY IN THE DESERT. I AM NOT A FIGHTER, IT’S NOT IN MY NATURE.” Autograph Letter Signed, A. Chekhov, two and one-half pages, octavo, February 11, [no year, but after 1897]. In Russian. To Nikolai Nikolaevich. “Due to my sickness, I am a little … [ Read More ]
Chinese Oracle Bone
Price: $25,000 An extremely rare CHINESE ORACLE BONE, measuring 4 * by 2 * inches (120 mm by 55 mm), from Xiaotun, the site of nearly all known oracle bones, near the ancient capital of the Late Shang Dynasty of Anyang. The oracular use of bones involved the interpretation of the pattern of cracks that … [ Read More ]
Chippendale, Thomas
Price; $12,500 English cabinet-maker. Autograph Document Signed, Thos Chippendale Junr., one page, oblong quarto, June 4, 1766. A receipt for furnishings and services from Mr. Parran, made and done for Thomas Chippendale, Sr. “Feby 22 1766, To making a new Cloaths press shelf and putting edges round two other shelves and lining them with baize … [ Read More ]
Christie, Agatha
Price: $4,750 English mystery writer; creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Typewritten Letter Signed, Agatha Mallowan, one page, octavo, Churston Ferrers, near Brixham, South Devon, June 12, 1972. To Dear Mrs. Frink. “As I will have written 82 books on my 82nd birthday this year and they have been translated into over 80 languages … [ Read More ]
Christie, Agatha
Price: $2,500 English mystery writer; creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Typewritten Letter Signed, Agatha Christie, two pages, quarto, Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire, October 23, 1972. To Michael Underwood, Esq., Riverbank, Datchet, Bucks. “I got your letter this morning. As far as my own personal feelings are concerned I have always enjoyed the private … [ Read More ]
Clemens, Samuel
Price: $7,500 Mark Twain. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Autograph Quotation Signed, Truly yours Mark Twain, two lines on an oblong octavo sheet, dated “Dec./05.” “Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.” Matted in beige and cocoa with a bust-length portrait photograph … [ Read More ]
Clemens, Samuel
Price: $8,500 WRITING IN HIS HEAVENLY BED Mark Twain. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Superb oversize photograph, Signed, “Mark Twain, Jan./06,” showing the author at work on a manuscript, wearing his pajamas and propped up in bed. The black and white photograph, by Underwood & Underwood, New … [ Read More ]
Cody, William F.
Price: $1,750 William Cody, aka Buffalo Bill. American showman; creator of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Double Signature, “W.F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’, 1898” on a sheet of paper measuring 6 3/8 inches wide by 3 ¼ inches high.
Cohan, George M
Price: $975 American composer and lyricist of popular songs including I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Autograph Sentiment Signed, Yankee Doodlefully, Geo M Cohan, on the verso of his business card, 1 1/4 by 3 3/4 inches. This item is associated with the following category in our inventory: Musicians / Composers
Cohan, George M
Price: $950 American composer, producer and actor. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, quarto, October 3, 1925. To Julius [Witmark]. “This will introduce Mr. Murphy of Boston a friend of mine who has written and is writing songs, words and music. He has played over several of his numbers for me and there might be something … [ Read More ]
Collins, Wilkie
Price: $3,750 English novelist; wrote The Woman in White. Autograph Quotation Signed, one page, octavo, London, February 17, 1883. From The Woman in White, Collins writes: “Women can resist a man’s love, a man’s fame, a man’s personal appearance, and a man’s money; but they cannot resist a man’s tongue when he knows how to … [ Read More ]
Cook, Frederick A
Price: $3,750 American arctic explorer; he claimed to have reached the North Pole April 21, 1908 ahead of Peary; denounced by Peary and his claim rejected as fraudulent, on grounds of insufficient evidence, by scientists as Copenhagen. Partly printed Typewritten Document Signed, seven pages, legal folio, Leavenworth, Kansas, July 16, 1926. An Application for Executive … [ Read More ]
Cooper, James Fenimore
Price: $12,500 American author of The Last of the Mohicans. Autograph Letter Signed, J. Fenimore Cooper, four full pages, legal folio, [May 20-27, 1848]. To Messrs Editors [George Pope Morris and Nathaniel Parker Willis] of The Home Journal. The Battle of Long Island that James Cooper discusses in the present letter took place on August … [ Read More ]
Cooper, James Fenimore
Price: $1,750 American author of The Last of the Mohicans. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, quarto, Mansion House, September 29, 1939. To John Jacob Werner Esquire in Philadelphia. “I hear that our friend Bolton sails for the Mediterranean to day, and as he has one of the finest frigates in the service, I trust he … [ Read More ]
Copley, John Singleton
Price: $17,500 American artist. Partly-printed Receipt Signed, J.C.Copley. one page, narrow oblong octavo, April, 2, 1787. Together with a printed prospectus of the subscription for the engraving of Copley’s painting, “The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar,” three and one half pages, large quarto, [London], undated. The receipt is from Mr. John Fornou Tuffen for “the … [ Read More ]
Coward, Noel
Price: $7,500 English actor, playwright and composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, one page, on a 3 by 8 inch sheet, undated. Noel Coward writes seven measures of his song, “I’ll Follow My Secret Heart,” with words to the refrain, “I’ll follow my secret heart my whole life through.” Inscribed to Lionel Aucoin. Noel Coward’s song, … [ Read More ]
Coward, Noel
Price: $6,750 “…THE BIGGEST SMASH HIT IN NEW YORK.” English actor, playwright, and composer best known for highly polished comedies of manners. Typewritten Letter Signed, May 21, 1958, octavo, on stationary with the address 404 East 55th Street, New York. To “My dear Bink” (Hugh Beaumont). “Thanks ever so for your letter. “Yes, I am … [ Read More ]
Crane, Stephen
Price: $12,500 American author of the Red Badge of Courage. Autograph Sentiment Signed and dated by the author: Yours sincerely Stephen Crane Athens May 11, 1897. A fine example. Framed in sand, sienna, and gilt with a studio photo of the author Stephen Crane. Framed dimensions: 13 inches wide by 12 inches high. This item … [ Read More ]
Crawford, Joan
Price: $250 American motion picture actress. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, April 23, 1955. On her address-imprinted stationary, to Sally and Bob Roberts in Forest Hills, New York. With the original envelope. “Thank you so much for your lovely birthday card. I am so deeply grateful to each of you for remembering. “I did … [ Read More ]
Cromwell, Oliver
Price: $12,500 Lord Protector of England. Letter Signed, Oliver P, one page, folio, May 16, 1654. To his old army comrade, Colonel Alured, requiring him to give up his command in Scotland to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood. With the integral address leaf attached. “I desire you to deliver up unto the hande of Lieutenant General Fleetwood such … [ Read More ]
Currier, Nathaniel
Price: $3,750 American lithographer; Currier and Ives. Autograph Document Signed, Nathl Currier, two lines on a sheet of paper measuring 8 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high, New York, March 4, 1836. “Received New York March 4th 1836–from A.J. Davis…Twenty dollars…” This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Americana Art
Cushing, Harvey
Price: $5,750 American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. Typewritten Letter Signed, Harvey Cushing, quarto, one page, November 11, 1936, on his letterhead for The School of Medicine at Yale University. To Dr. Glanville Y. Rusk, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California. With two photographs of brain lesions, mounted on heavy card stock. “Dear … [ Read More ]
Custer, George Armstrong
Price: $12,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Letter Signed, G.A. Custer, full page, quarto, West Point Barracks, [New York], September 20, 1857. As a cadet of the U.S. Military Academy, to Cha[rle]s C. Wil[l]son. “In my conversation with you on the cars … [ Read More ]
Custer, George Armstrong
Price: $17,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Document Signed, G.A. Custer, one page, oblong octavo, Boonsboro, Maryland, July 10, 1863. In pencil. “Recd from William Miller (2) two tons of hay for the war of the United States.” Appointed Brigadier General on … [ Read More ]
Dali, Salvador
Price: $4,750 Spanish painter; associated with the Ultra-Modern schools, notably Futurism, Constructivism, Cubism, Abstract Irrationalism, and Surrealism. Original pen and ink sketch, unsigned, full page, large quarto, n.d. Three abstract reclining forms, each propped up on a bent elbow and each extending a hand holding a bowl. A fine example. Framed in russet, caramel and … [ Read More ]
Dali, Salvador
Price: $3,750 Spanish surrealist painter. Signed Book. “Dali…Dali…Dali…” by Max Gerard. Signed, inscribed and dated on the first page of the text, A Richman, Dali, 1979. The painter has elaborated his initial D with a drawing of a snail on a leaf, from which three drops of liquid fall from its point. New York, Harry … [ Read More ]
Davis, Martin
Price: $1,250 American mathematician. “The Theory of Recursive Unsolveability”. Typed dissertation accepted by Princeton in May 1950. 96 pps of text plus front matter, end notes, and bibliography. A carbon copy made along with the original typescript. Mathematical symbols not available on the typewriter were inserted by hand by Martin Davis. This item is associated … [ Read More ]
de Balzac, Honore
Price: $5,750 French novelist; author of La Comédie Humaine. Autograph Letter Signed, de Balzac, one page, small octavo, n.d. In French, to a lady. “Would it be a great disturbance to you if I paid you a call on Sunday? I have a good memory for all good things, and I know you told me to … [ Read More ]
Dietrich, Marlene
Price: $350 Actress; starred in The Blue Angel. Typewritten Letter Signed, Marlene Dietrich, two pages, quarto, Paris, April 23, 1987. With the word “COPIE” stamped in orange in the top right corner of the first page, and a phone number handwritten on the top left corner of the first page. Addressed from Marlene Dietrich to … [ Read More ]
Dillinger, John
Price: $25,000 American gangster and bank robber; known as “Public Enemy Number One,” killed by police as he was leaving Chicago’s Biograph Theater, subject of the blockbuster movie, “Public Enemies,” starring Johnny Depp. Extremely rare Autograph Letter Signed, “John Dillinger #14395,” one page, small oblong octavo, undated [circa 1929-1933]. Written while in the Indiana State … [ Read More ]
Donizetti, Gaetano
Price: $5,750 Italian operatic composer. Autograph Letter Signed, Donizetti, one page, quarto, Monday, undated. Fine condition. “Last night, Mr. Scribe set the rehearsal of the production of my opera for tomorrow night; you find me thus forced to refuse, in spite of my wishes, to accept your dinner invitation, and I shall say, as does … [ Read More ]
Donizetti, Gaetano
Price: $5,750 Italian operatic composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, Mr. Joelsson et Mr. Gaetano Donizetti, four measures on two lines of music paper, with lyrics, inscribed “Here is the theme which struck you.” Undated. A fine musical example. Framed in antiqued beaded gilt; matted in gray and umber. Framed with a vintage postcard photograph of … [ Read More ]
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Price: $2,750 English novelist and detective story writer; creator of Sherlock Holmes. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, octavo, undated. Fine condition. “From the Uncle Remus story of talking snakes at the beginning of Genesis down to the absolute raving lunacy of the Apocalypse at the end of the volume, what a singular collection of documents. … [ Read More ]
du Pont de Nemours, Pierre-Samuel
Price: $15,000 French economist; leading member of the Physiocratic school and author of many economic treatises. Autograph Letter Signed, du Pont de Nemours, one full page, octavo, New York, December 24, 1800. In French, to Félix Faulcon, an old friend in Paris. On the verso is a letter written by one of his daughters-in-law. “You … [ Read More ]
Durant, Henry Fowle
Price: $350 Founder of Wellesley College. Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, small octavo, Wellesley, Massachusetts, August 15, 1887. “I want for immediate use at College about 200 feet in length glazed drain pipes. I can use 9, 10, or 12 caliber – I prefer 10 inch. Have you got it on hand so that I … [ Read More ]
Eames, Charles and Ray
Price: $5,750 Inventive designers of the post World War II period; created the “Eames Chairs.” Typewritten Letter Signed by Charles, C, one page, quarto, May 14, 1952. To Alexander Girard (in Grosse Pointe, Michigan). With one word and two corrections in his hand, and one sentence, written in red crayon, in Ray’s hand: ” will … [ Read More ]
Edison, Thomas A
Price: $4,750 American inventor of the phonograph. Autograph Letter Signed, Thomas Edison, in pencil, two pages, octavo, undated. To Fagan. “Call Patterson’s attention to the fact that if 90 grams of Lithia is right for say an A4 it is not right for any other size as we have found out at Lab. There is … [ Read More ]
Edward VI
Price: $40,000 King of England. Signature and top portion of a document, 21 1/2 by 2 inches, on vellum. Edward VI, the long-awaited male heir of Henry VIII and his third wife Jane Seymour, was a delicate child who ascended the throne at the age of ten and ruled through a regency until his death … [ Read More ]
Einstein, Albert
Price: $7,500 German-born theoretical physicist; enunciated Theory of Relativity. “THE THOUGHT OPPRESSES ME; HOW SMALL MUST BE THE SELECTION, IF IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR HUMANITARIAN WORK YOU BECOME AWARE OF [ME]….” Typewritten Letter Signed, A. Einstein, one page, quarto, Huntington, Long Island, June 21, 1937. In English, to members of the Rho Pi Phi … [ Read More ]
Einstein, Albert
Price: $27,500 German-born theoretical physicist; enunciated the Theory of Relativity. Document Signed, two pages, quarto, New York, December 5, 1936. Also signed by Gustav Bucky. Together with a copy of the patent. Einstein signs a patent assignment for the only U.S. patent he ever received – “A light intensity self-adjusting camera” – an invention tangentially … [ Read More ]
Emmett, Daniel D
Price: $12,500 American minstrel and song writer. Autograph Inscription Signed, Daniel D. Emmett / author of / Dixie’s Land. (1859) / “Den I wish I was in Dixie!”; one page, quarto, undated. On a sheet apparently from an autograph album; verso with an inscription dated 1904. Daniel D Emmett writes a line from the refrain … [ Read More ]
Faraday, Michael
Price: $2,750 English inventor and scientist; noted for his experiments with electricity. Autograph Letter Signed, Michael Faraday, one and two-third pages, octavo, Royal Institution, June 2, 1843. To John Hennell. “The water you describe must I conclude be very hard principally from Carbonate of lime. I do not remember what Lep[uan]tes Patent filter is but … [ Read More ]
Farragut, David G
Price: $1,750 American admiral; served extensively in the Civil War. Autograph Letter Signed, D.G. Farragut, two full pages, quarto, U.S. Ship Brooklyn Pensacola N[aval] Yard, July 19, 1859. To Ed. G. Tilton, with the integral blank leaf attached and the original envelope. Together with Tilton’s letter to T. Carroll’s father informing him of David Farragut’s … [ Read More ]
Faulkner, William
Price: $7,500 American novelist Document Signed, two and a half pages, legal folio, April 9, 1936. An agreement between Faulkner and RKO Studios, Inc. in which RKO engages William Faulkner “…to write, compose, prepare and/or revise a treatment and/or adaptation and/or continuity, with dialogue, of a story presently entitled ‘Gungha Din,’ suitable for reproduction as … [ Read More ]
Ferdinand I
Price: $12,500 King of Naples, gained complete supremacy over disputed throne in 1464; intrigued with Pope Sixtus IV against Lorenzo de’Medici; quelled a revolt of Neapolitan nobles in 1485; died on the eve of the French invasion of Charles VII in 1494. Document Signed, Rex Ferd, one page, folio, 15 1/4 by 17 1/4 inches], … [ Read More ]
Fielding, Henry
Price: $17,500 English novelist and playwright. Document Signed, one page, oblong octavo, June 27, 1750. Fielding attests that “William Moncke late of Northend in the parish of Fulham and county of Middlesex Esq. maketh oath that his son John Moncke and his daughters Anna-Marie and Dorothy nominees in three annuity orders 1745 and also nominees … [ Read More ]
First Presidential Inauguration
Price: $75,000 THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY OWNED COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INAUGURATING GEORGE WASHINGTON THE THIRD DOCUMENT PRINTED BY THE NEW UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Printed Broadside, The Committees of Both Houses of Congress, appointed to take order for conducting the ceremonial of the formal reception, & of the President of … [ Read More ]
Fleming, Ian
Price: $8,750 Creator of James Bond. “I BARELY BUDGE WHEN I AM WRITING. OTHERWISE I JUST DON’T GET ON WITH IT.” Autograph Letter Signed, “Yours Ever, Ian,” one page, quarto, undated. On imprinted stationery, Goldeneye, Oracabessa, Jamaica, to “Dear Allou”. “A thousand thanks but I barely budge when I am writing. Otherwise I just don’t … [ Read More ]
Florida
Price: $6,750 American author Henry O’Reilly; prominent in early Rochester affairs, including the Anti-Masonic Excitement. Autograph Letter Signed Henry O’Reilly, one and a quarter pages, legal folio, [Rochester, New York], August 5, 1836. To Moses King in Attica, New York. Fine condition. …the plan adopted for our settlement in East Florida, is to have a … [ Read More ]
Ford, Henry
Price: 7,500 American automobile manufacturer. Superb oversize Photograph, showing Ford examining an automobile engine, signed and inscribed to “Mrs. Cameron” in the light lower portion. The black & white photograph measures 11 inches wide by 14 inches high. Henry Ford’s aversion to farm work and his interest in mechanical things, caused him to leave home … [ Read More ]
Fouquet, Nicolas
Price: $12,500 French finance minister; confidential agent of Cardinal Mazarin; the last surintendant whose career ended with his conviction for embezzlement. Document Signed, Foucquet N, one page, Paris, March 15, 1661. “Order is given to Mr. Nicolas, carpenter contractor of the Paris dams, to pay cash with the funds he was allocated for the year … [ Read More ]
Franklin, Benjamin
Price: $12,500 Statesman; Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Document Signed, one page, folio, [12 by 14 1/2 inches], Philadelphia, September 30, 1787. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, Franklin signs a land grant to Lieutenant John Harper for 200 acres in Westmoreland County. Framed in stone, sienna and gilt with a … [ Read More ]
Frederick II
Price: $1,250 Frederick II the Great; King of Prussia. Letter Signed, Frederic, one quarter page, quarto, Potsdam, February 24, 1749. With the integral blank leaf attached. In French. “The King having received the presentation of the [Berlin] bookseller Neaulme of the 18th of this month regarding a bill for books he purports to have delivered … [ Read More ]
Freud, Sigmund
Price: $9,500 Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. Autograph Letter Signed, freud, one page, on his name-imprinted correspondence card, Vienna, October 14, 1933. In German, to Frau Hedwig Abraham (widow of the influential German psychoanalyst Karl Abraham) in London, England. With the original envelope. “Just got your notification of where you have settled. My most … [ Read More ]