Price: $2,750 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 ]
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Alphonso XI
Price: $47,500 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: $12,500 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 ]
Anthony, Susan B
Price: $8,750 American woman suffrage advocate. Autograph Letter Signed twice, initials, at the conclusion of the letter and after the postscript, five pages, octavo, Rochester, New York, May 31, 1873. To Mrs. Davis, who was apparently acting as treasurer of the National Woman Suffrage Association; she had become discouraged with the suffrage cause and was … [ Read More ]
Babbage, Charles
Price: $3,750 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, three pages, large octavo, East London, [South Africa], February 19, 1927. On his imprinted stationery, to Lt. Col. Smedley Williams. “Just a line to thank you and congratulate you on the success of the Rally today. I was very pleased with all that I saw, … [ Read More ]
Baden-Powell, Robert
Price: $2,250 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: $1,250 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 ]
Bell, Alexander Graham
Price: $8,500 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 ]
Ben-Gurion, David
Price: $1,750 Israeli Prime Minister. Autograph Letter Signed, D. Ben-Gurion, one page, octavo, Tel Aviv, April 20, 1966. In Hebrew, on a thin sheet of lined paper, to Hannah Bentov. “I am in Tel Aviv until Saturday morning. If you can come to me before then, I will talk with you most willingly. Call me … [ Read More ]
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $750 American composer and conductor. Typewritten Letter Signed, “Lenny Bernstein” with a three line post script in his hand, one page, quarto, New York, April 4, 1945. An early letter to a friend, Leonard, who has written from the Philippines where WWII was still going on. He thanks him for his thoughtful comments about … [ Read More ]
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 ]
Borden, Lizzie A.
Price: $7,500 American suspect in the unsolved murders of her wealthy father and step-mother. Autograph Letter Signed, L.A. Borden, two full pages, small octavo, Fall River, Massachusetts, December 9, 1896. To Miss Jennie F. Bras, with the original envelope. “I should be ready to see you Wednesday the sixteenth any time after five in the … [ 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 ]
Brahms, Johannes
Price: $5,750 German composer. Autograph Letter Signed, J. Br., one page, octavo, on the verso of a correspondence card, Vienna, January 20, 1895. In German, to a correspondent in Berlin. “It may perhaps be that I will return your visit in the next few days! Joachim is pressing me to play the sonatas on the … [ 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: $6,750 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 ]
Burke, Edmund
Price: $6,750 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: $2,500 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: $22,500 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 ]
Cagney, James
Price: $1,000 American film actor; starred in The Public Enemy and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Typewritten Letter Signed, Jim, one page, quarto February 14, 1974. On his name imprinted stationary, Beverly Hills, California, to “Dear Anne.” With one line, “This was in other letter” written in his hand. “Your letter was a delight. “The O’Keefe’s I … [ 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: $6,750 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 ]
Cassatt, Mary
Price: $4,750 American painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, oblong small octavo, [Paris, May 21, 1914]. In English, on her imprinted correspondence card measuring 5 3/8 inches wide by 3 5/8 inches high, to Dear Miss Hester. With the original envelope. “Can you bring your work to me some morning … [ Read More ]
Cezanne, Paul
Price: $37,500 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: $5,750 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: $17,500 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 ]
Christie, Agatha
Price: $4,750 English mystery writer; creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Typewritten Letter Signed, one and a half pages, octavo, Greenway House, South Devon, May 5, 1954. To Joyce Lambert, in London. “Thank you for your letter of 23rd February which I have not had time to answer until now. I am so glad … [ Read More ]
Christie, Agatha
Price: $6,750 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: $3,250 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 ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $22,500 Prime Minister of England. CHURCHILL ACCEPTS NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S RESIGNATION FROM THE CONSERVATIVE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, [London], October 31, 1940. On his imprinted stationery, as Prime Minister, to Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Churchill’s War Cabinet. “Neville [Chamberlain] has written to tell me of his wish … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $15,000 British Prime Minister. Typewritten Letter Signed, “Your friend, Winston S. Churchill”, two pages, small quarto, February 20, 1947. On his address-imprinted stationery, To “Dear Mrs. Chandor”. “I feel I would like you to know how much pleased we are with the charming and life-like portrait your husband has painted of Mrs. Churchill. It … [ 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: $2,500 Mark Twain. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Autograph Letter Signed, S.L. Clemens, postcard, Hartford, Connecticut, [January 10, n.y.]. To Arthur Bell, in New York. In pencil. “No — shall lecture nowhere this year.” Matted in celadon and navy blue with a portrait of Samuel Clemens as a … [ Read More ]
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 ]
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Price: $3,750 English poet and critic; author of the Ancient Mariner. Document Signed, two pages, legal folio, Malta, June 19, 1805. Headed Affidavit of the Pay Master and signed by Coleridge as Public Secretary to the Governor of Malta. “I…do swear that on the twenty-fourth day of March, 1805 I mustered the Maltese Artillery under … [ Read More ]
Collins, Wilkie
Price: $4,750 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 ]
Cooper, James Fenimore
Price: $17,500 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: $2,250 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 ]
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 ]
Crawford, Joan
Price: $825 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: $17,500 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 ]
Cruikshank, George
Price: $1,250 English caricaturist and illustrator. Several original sketches on the verso of an Autograph Letter, incomplete draft, one page, octavo, April 16, 1850. The sketches include two versions of a man’s head and a woman with a bouffant hairdo and a ring through her nose. The letter concerns George Cruikshank’s plans to attend a … [ Read More ]
Curie, Pierre
Price: 20,000 French chemist; with his wife, Marie, conducted important work on radioactivity leading to the discovery of radium and polonium. Autograph Letter Signed, one full page, octavo, Paris, April 7, 1905. On letterhead of the Faculte des Sciences de Paris. In French. To the secretary of the Royal Society of Surgery and Medicine. “It … [ Read More ]
Cushing, Harvey
Price: $7,500 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 ]
Davis, Jefferson
Price: $67,500 President of the Confederate States of America. Autograph Letter Signed, Jeffn Davis, one and one-third pages, quarto, Montgomery, Alabama, April 18, 1861. As provisional president of the Confederate States, to D. F. Jamison, president of the South Carolina Convention. “I have the pleasure to receive your letter of the 9th inst[ant] enclosing a … [ Read More ]
de Balzac, Honore
Price: $6,500 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 ]
Degas, Edgar
Price: $5,750 French Impressionist painter. Autograph Letter Signed, Degas, one page, octavo, Sunday [February 1896]. On a postal card, to Monsieur Ernest May. “I cannot do it tomorrow nor Tuesday. It will have to be next Sunday and next Monday, Sunday in the morning and Monday in the afternoon. I need these two days in … [ Read More ]
Delaunay, Sonia
Price: $5,750 French artist and illustrator. Autograph Letter Signed, Sonia, full page, post card, no date. “Best wishes for the year 1954. I also often think of you and would like to spend some time together, but life is consuming in Paris, above all if one wants to work. What are you doing? What are … [ Read More ]
Dickens, Charles
Price: $12,500 English author of A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist. “MARCH ON AND FIGHT IT OUT.” Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, Adephia Hotel, Liverpool, October 15, 1868. On imprinted stationery, Gad’s Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent. To “My Dear Muspratt.” “I hope your remarkable discovery will be duly and particularly grateful, by … [ Read More ]
Dietrich, Marlene
Price: $750 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: $35,000 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 ]
Disney, Walt
Price: $17,500 American producer of animated motion-picture cartoons. Typewritten Letter Signed, full page, quarto, Hollywood, California, March 21, 1940. On imprinted stationery of Walt Disney Productions, to Congressman Charles A. Plumley in Washington, D.C. The letterhead, printed in color, carries the bold headline Walt Disney’s Pinocchio and depicts Pinocchio’s head and Jiminy Crickett. “I address … [ Read More ]
Donizetti, Gaetano
Price: $7,500 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 ]
Dore, Gustave
Price: $2,500 French illustrator and painter. Autograph Letter Signed, G. Dore, one full page, octavo, January 28, n.y. “On the request which M. Duvillier had addressed to you on the subject of the letter you mention, I asked him to show it to me and regret very much that in spite of my most sincere … [ Read More ]
Douglas, William O
Price: $650 Supreme Court Justice. Typewritten Letter Signed, Bill, one page, octavo, Washington D.C., May 9, 1961. On his name-imprinted stationary of the Supreme Court of the United States. To Paul Doherty in Gorham, New Hampshire. With the original envelope. “I have your letter of May 2. I would certainly like to get up to … [ Read More ]
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Price: $4,750 English novelist and detective story writer; creator of Sherlock Holmes. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, August 6, 1894. “Very many thanks for the charming book which you have sent me. I shall value it very highly. I have always been intensely interested in the fighting Puritan [Oliver Cromwell] and have endeavoured to … [ 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: $9,500 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: $9,500 American inventor of the phonograph. Mimeograph Letter Signed, Thos A Edison, one page, quarto, New York, March 23, 1881. To the Albany Steam Trap Company in Albany, New York. “Will you oblige by sending me your prices current and catalogues? ” Edison’s letter is remarkable in that the inventor used one of his … [ Read More ]
Edward VIII
Price: $1,500 King of England. Typewritten Letter Signed, Edward Duke of Windsor, one page, quarto, June 16, 1970. On imprinted stationary of The Towers at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, to Mrs. Elsa P. Thern. “I write to thank you very much for the fine pipe carved by your uncle. Both the Duchess … [ Read More ]
Einstein, Albert
Price: $9,500 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 ]
Ellington, Duke
Price: $1,500 American jazz musician. Document Signed, one page, quarto, New York, April 13, 1944. On imprinted stationery of the William Morris Agency. “In connection with my contract, dated March 24, 1944 for my engagement at the Roxy Theatre commencing between July 12 and August 16, 1944, and your option to re-engage me for a … [ Read More ]
Faraday, Michael
Price: $3,750 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 ]
Farrar, Geraldine
Price: $185 American operatic soprano. Autograph Letter Signed, Geraldine Farrar, four full pages, octavo, Ridgefield, Connecticut, n.d. [December 3, 1936]. With original envelope to Mrs. Mabel Webb, mother of the actor Clifton Webb. Fine condition. “It was a most happy gathering, and I thank you for the occasion! Too bad I had to go…for Clifton … [ 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 ]
Fouquet, Nicolas
Price: $17,500 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, Sir John
Price: $4,750 English arctic explorer; explored the present-day Northwest Territories of Canada, the Yukon and Alaska; discovered the Northwest Passage; lost in the Arctic in 1847. Autographed Sir John Franklin, Letter, incomplete, four very full pages, quarto, HMS Rainbow, Corfu, September 12, 1830. To My dear Children. A very fine and lengthy letter about the character, … [ Read More ]
Frederick II
Price: $1,750 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: $12,500 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 ]
Gauguin, Paul
Price: $22,500 French painter. Autograph Letter Signed, full page, octavo, n.d. In French, to Monsieur Dolent. “…Naturally I am pleased by your choice of a sketch-maker. I am going to start reading the work in question, otherwise it would seem difficult for me to suggest an idea, knowing nothing about it. I hope I shall … [ Read More ]
Gauguin, Paul
Price: $28,500 French painter. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, small octavo, n.d. In bold pencil to the painter Camille Pissarro. “Upon receiving your letter I set off for the Grande Athenes, hoping to meet you. Since I am busy tomorrow until Wednesday, I will not be able to make a date with you. Anyhow, I’m … [ Read More ]
George I
Price: $2,750 King of England Letter Signed, Georgius R, two pages, legal folio, Given at our Palace of St. James, February 16, 1721/22. In French and Latin, to Prince Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, March, Calabria and Bar, Marquis of Pont Mousson, Count of Vaudemont…, with the integral address leaf attached. Written by George I … [ Read More ]
George III
Price: $17,500 King of England. Letter Signed, three-quarters page, quarto, Queens House March 24, 1783. To My Lord. Fine condition. “As I shall be extremely glad to see You this morning as early as it may Suit You, I shall not detain You now by a long Epistle. After every sort of Chicanery from the … [ Read More ]
George III
Price: $9,500 King of England Document Signed, one page, oblong quarto, undated [between July and November 1791]. With two tax revenue stamps, in blind, in the left margin. The document, canceled with an “X,” is complete in its text and its thought (except for the last word) though the lower half of the folio sheet … [ Read More ]
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Price: $8,500 German poet; wrote Faust. Autograph Note Signed, G, five lines in German, octavo, Weimar, June 12, 1821. On a rose-colored, floral-embossed sheet of paper, to an unnamed friend. “May the enclosed, as it is written for the love of the friend of my heart, also when sung give her love and pleasure!” Johann … [ Read More ]
Guthrie, Woody
Price: $17,500 American singer-songwriter and folk musician; the “Dust Bowl Balladeer.” Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, Signed vertically, Woody Guthrie, on lightly-lined beige paper measuring 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches high, March 19, 1946. To the legendary record producer Moe Asch who a year later founded Folkways Records. In the upper left … [ Read More ]
Hammett, Dashiell
Price: $3,500 Dashiell Hammett. American writer; creator of ‘hard-boiled’ school of detective fiction, which included novels that were made into movies such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man. Typewritten Letter Signed, Dash, one page, legal folio, [Aleutian Islands], Alaska, October 23, 1943. To Florence [Monash] in Bronx, New York, with the original envelope. … [ Read More ]
Hancock, John
Price: $12,500 Autograph Letter Signed, initials, one page legal folio, Council Chamber, Boston, February 18, 1783. As governor of Massachusetts, to the Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. “I am exceedingly Sorry that a Bill upon so important a matter as the Sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court of the … [ Read More ]
Hancock, John
Price: $15,000 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Letter Signed, J Hancock, as president of the Continental Congress, five lines on an oblong octavo sheet, [January 1776]. To Timothy Matlack, a Pennsylvania merchant, militia officer and assistant to Secretary Charles Thomson. Matlack had written to John Hancock on January 20, 1776, that he did … [ Read More ]
Harte, Bret
Price: $1,750 American short story writer. Autograph Letter Signed, one and one-half pages, octavo, [Scotland], July 14, 1880. To M. D. [Conory]. Fine condition. “Many thanks for your flattering and most kind suggestion. But I am not yet pregnant with any English novel, at least, sufficiently to be an object of solicitude to any publishing … [ Read More ]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Price: $5,000 American novelist; author of The Scarlet Letter. Autograph Letter Signed, Nathl. Hawthorne, one full page, octavo, Liverpool, October 17, 1853. To Thomas George Morton, in Philadelphia, sending his autograph. “Your note, addressed to me at Concord, has just reached me on this side of the Atlantic. I take pleasure in complying with your … [ Read More ]
Hepburn, Katharine
Price: $1,250 American movie actress; starred in “The African Queen” and “The Philadelphia Story.” Typewritten Letter Signed, “Katharine Hepburn (with her phone number, 203-388-9705),” August 13, 1985, one page, octavo, on her personal stationery with her name engraved in red. To fashion designer Perry Ellis. “Dear Perry Ellis / Why don’t you call me: PL … [ Read More ]
Herzl, Theodor
Price: $12,500 Founder of Zionism. Autograph Letter Signed, Th. Herzl, one page, octavo, January 4, 1889. To Esteemed Doctor. “If it’s all right with you, I’ll come to you this afternoon at half past three, to work a little. If my messenger doesn’t find you at home, but hears that you are already in Vienna, … [ Read More ]
Housman, A E
Price: $5,000 English poet. Autograph Letter Signed A E Housman, octavo, Cambridge, June 25, 1935. On stationery of “The Evelyn Nursing Home.” With original envelope. To J.R. Brussell. “I must postpone answering your letter till I am out of this place.” In fine bold pencil. This item is associated with the following category in our … [ Read More ]
Hughes, Langston
Price:$ 2,250 “…A SONG I HAVE JUST WRITEN…‘YOUNG BLACK JOE’ – Black American author. Typewritten Letter Signed, Langston, one page, quarto, Los Angeles, California, November 29, 1940. To Dan Burley, as accomplished musician and journalist with a lengthy career in the African-American press. With a handwritten postscript, and a few handwritten corrections. Fine condition. “Our … [ Read More ]
Ingres, Jean
Price; $2,250 French painter; recognized as the leader among the Classicists. Autograph Letter Signed, Ingres, one page, octavo, February 19, 1861. Jean Ingres tells his correspondent that he has been sick for a month, but has finally returned to work, and is now writing to let him know that he can “be sure to find … [ Read More ]
Isabella I
Price: $9,500 Queen of Castile; joint sovereign with Ferdinand V; patron of Columbus. Document Signed, yo la Reyna, [I the Queen], one page, legal folio, May 17, 1501. The Queen orders her chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, to pay the sum of 530 maravedis, or two florins, to a silversmith named Anton de Carrion for work … [ Read More ]
Jackson, Andrew
Price: $17,500 President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hermitage, November 30, 1844. To William Prescott, the American historian and conservative Whig, defending James K. Polk, the Democratic president-elect, against false accusations made by the Whigs concerning his slave holdings in Mississippi. “Your letter of the 7th instant reached me under course of mail, and … [ Read More ]
James II
Price: $4,750 King of England. Letter Signed, James, as Duke of York, one page, legal folio, Whitehall, June 19, 1665. “…I directed you concerning an account of John Pit…. But once understanding that my said letter is lost. I think fit…to renew my said directions. I desire you will examen and state the account of…John … [ Read More ]
James II
Price: $5,750 King of England. Autograph Letter Signed, “J”, two full pages, quarto, Windsor, July 9, [1682]. To his niece, the Countess of Lichfield, the illegitimate daughter of Charles II. “I had but yesterday yours…and came away from London so soon after dinner that I could not till now let you know I had received … [ Read More ]
James IV
Price: $17,500 King of Scotland. Letter Signed James IV, one page, 11 by 13 3/4 inches, Edinburgh, June 14, 1494. To Pope Alexander VI. The King writes a letter of recommendation for his ambassador, William, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Primate of Scotland. Despite the rebellion of the Scottish nobility, the eleven-year old James IV succeeded … [ Read More ]