Online Inventory

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A

Adams, John Quincy - autograph letter signed to a soldier, later a United States Senator, who was brevetted for gallantry in the Battle of New Orleans, 11-19-1847, unframed

Allen, Steve - autographed note signed by the famed comedian and television personality thanking a friend for complimenting his performance on The Steve Allen Show, March 1959, unframed

Anthony, Susan B. - reprint of an article from The Arena entitled “The Status of Woman, Past, Present, and Future,” written and signed by the women's rights activist, unframed

Anthony, Susan B. - autograph letter signed inviting students to “join in our rejoicing over the better times that are for girls & women and because of that – for boys & men also – ,” 12-25-1897, unframed

Arthur, Chester A. - exceedingly rare signed cabinet photograph, unframed

B

Bache, Jules S. - rare typed letter signed to fellow financier S. R. Bertron, 10-24-1921, unframed

Baruch, Bernard M. - typed letter signed by Baruch, as chairman of the War Industries Board, regarding the pending Power Bill necessary to American war production, 6-6-1918, unframed

Queen Beatrix - beautiful photograph of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her consort, the late Prince Claus

Behan, Brendan - typed letter signed to the editor of The Atlantic Monthly expressing his eagnerness to write an article, 5-18-1958, unframed

Black, Hugo L. - rare, extra fine Autograph Note Signed as Associate Justice, unframed

Black, Hugo L. - typed letter signed as Associate Justice to a former Senate colleague, 1-9-1939, unframed

Bridges, Styles - typed note signed

Buchanan, James - autograph letter signed declining an invitation to the wedding of Sam Houston’s niece 5-31-1856, unframed

Buck, Pearl S. - typed letter signed, along with her publishing agent, giving instructions on handling her royalties, July 1956, unframed

Burger, Warren E. - exceptional book containing Burger’s selection of his most significant Supreme Court opinions, boldly inscribed and signed

Busch, August A., Sr. - lease signed by Busch as Vice President of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, 4-16-1900, unframed

Bush, Barbara - mint condition copy of Mrs. Bush’s autobiography, A Memoir, signed on a bookplate

Bush, George H. W. - very fine typed letter signed, declining an interview due to “all the ups and downs with the press” and refusing to comment on President Clinton’s performance, 5-5-1993

Butler, Pierce - autograph letter signed, as Associate Justice, with original autograph envelope, unframed

Byrd, Harry Flood, Sr. - typed letter signed 3-6-1958

Byrd, Richard E. - superb typed letter signed from the famed polar explorer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom he addresses “Dear Franklin,” reporting on his important survey of Southeastern Pacific islands for possible use for airfields in the war against Japan, 10-27-1943, with accompanying autograph note signed to FDR’s secretary Grace Tully, unframed

C

Cabell, Edward Carrington - autograph letter signed 1-5-1851

Campbell, John A. - rare autograph endorsement signed as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War, 3-2-1863, unframed

Capp, Al - typed letter signed by the cartoonist who created L’il Abner to an editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 7-23-1959, unframed

Chandler, Albert B. "Happy" - typed letter signed 2-26-1940

Clark, Tom C. - magnificent 3/4 length portrait photograph of Clark, as Associate Justice, by Fabian Bachrach, inscribed and signed to Truman aide Clark Clifford and his wife, Marny, December 1949

Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - Bold autographed sentiment with dual signatures, S. L. Clemens / Mark Twain, on an album page, unframed

Cleveland, Grover - autograph letter signed, shortly before the start of the Spanish-American War, cautioning “young men” to “do some very hard thinking in these days,” 11-14-1897, unframed

Cleveland, Grover - choice very early legal document, filled out and signed by Cleveland in 1858

Cleveland, Grover  - post-presidential autograph letter signed with excellent content regarding Cleveland’s reluctance to comment on public issues

Corrigan, Douglas “Wrong Way” - vintage autograph letter signed, 1-3-1939, unframed

Crosby, Bing - typed letter signed, responding to a fan, 11-21-1966, unframed

Custer, George Armstrong - rare vellum military commission appointing a sergeant in the 7th Cavalry, 2-11-1875, with accompanying archive of military and citizenship documents, unframed

D

Daniel, Margaret Truman - rare set of three vintage matching The White House cards signed by Harry S. Truman, Bess W. Truman, and Margaret Truman, unframed

Daniels, Josephus - World War I-dated typed letter signed by the Navy secretary saying that President Woodrow Wilson was giving “most earnest consideration” to a “difficult and perplexing” matter, 7-18-1918, unframed

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 1-12-1959

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 4-16-1962

Duke, Charles M., Jr. - rare autograph letter signed by the 10th man on the moon, 6-6-1984, unframed

E

Edison, Thomas A. - Edison’s own stock certificate for shares in the Edison Portland Cement Company, signed twice, once with the very scarce signature “Thomas A Edison” and once with “Thos A Edison”

Edison, Thomas A. - excellent content autograph letter signed, 1-19-1923, discussing Edison’s storage battery, his most profitable product

Edison, Thomas A. - typed letter signed 9-15-1924

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - virtually mint condition, single-signed official American League baseball signed in person for a Washington Senators pitcher before a game against the New York Yankees 9-26-1964

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - excellent political content typed letter signed as presidential candidate, 8-20-1952, to maverick Oregon Senator Wayne Morse, mentioning Nixon and the “tough fight we are facing,” unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 12-23-1952, referring to the “high privilege” of being President

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 1-14-1953

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - rare post-presidential typed letter signed, “Uncle Ike,” to his great niece, 4-4-1956, unframed

Eliot, T. S. - typed letter signed declining to publish the poems of Howard Nemerov, later a Pulitzer Prize winner, 10-26-1955, unframed

F

Farley, James A. - typed letter signed 3-3-1955

Ford, Gerald R. - typed letter signed as House Minority Leader, 5-11-1971

G

Gardner, Erle Stanley - typed letter signed returning an article proof to the publisher, 1-20-1958, unframed

Garfield, James A. - beautiful signed photograph of Garfield, matted and framed, accompanied by an original glass negative of a photo of the Garfield monument

Garfield, James A. - manuscript letter signed, seeking information about the likely vote in the upcoming Ohio congressional election less than a month before the national election that would make him President, 10-4-1880, unframed

Gatty, Harold, and Wiley Post - photograph signed in person by both Post and Gatty just after their record setting 8-day around-the-world flight in 1931

Glenn, John H., Jr. - inscribed, signed photograph as Mercury astronaut

Göring, Hermann - copy of Carin Göring, the biography of Göring’s first wife, with beautiful World War II-date inscription and signature by Göring, 1944

Grant, Ulysses S. - superb content autograph letter signed, dated 12 days before the 1868 presidential election, in which the Republican Grant addresses the Democrats’ vitriolic condemnation of Radical Reconstruction, 10-22-1868, unframed 

Green, William - typed letter signed by the American Federation of Labor president, addressing a proposal for voluntary wage reduction and the union’s support of beer manufacture during Prohibition, 9-9-1931, unframed

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 2-4-1957

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 4-10-1957

Guinness, Sir Alec - typed letter signed by the Academy Award-winning actor mentioning his role in Hotel Paradiso, 5-12-1956, unframed

H

Harrison, Benjamin - typed letter signed refusing an interview with McClure’s Magazine, probably about the Spanish-American War, 5-28-1898

Hayes, Rutherford B. - autograph letter signed, as President, commenting on civil service appointments, 1-13-1880, unframed

Hayes, Rutherford B. - autograph letter signed, as President, relating to appointments in the Census Bureau, 1-20-1880, unframed

Hershfield, Harry - original cartoon sketches, boldly signed and inscribed

Heydrich, Reinhard - Heydrich’s personal copy of Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, with the bookplate from Heydrich’s library, signed by Heydrich

Himmler, Heinrich - rare and important association book, inscribed and signed in 1943 to Adolf Hitler's former bodyguard, SS brigadier general Ulrich Graf, who likely saved Hitler's life

Hitler, Adolf - scarce early Nazi party document expelling a member for failure to attend an SA meeting, signed by Hitler and Nazi party Supreme Court president Walter Buch, 3-31-1927, unframed

Holocaust Letters:

●  Letter from an inmate at the Buchenwald-Weimar concentration camp, recently transferred from the notorious Auschwitz, 9-5-1943, unframed

●  Pre-World War II letter from an inmate at Dachau, saying “My longing for you all is indescribable,” 7-31-1938, unframed

●  Letter from an inmate at Sachsenhausen, saying that he had “already become accustomed to the thought that I will be here for still a longer time,” 4-14-1940, unframed

●  Late-war dated letter from an inmate at Dachau, 12-10-1944, unframed

●  War-dated manuscript letter from a Polish inmate at Dachau, 1-18-1942, unframed

Hoover, Herbert - rare autograph letter signed to a friend about to depart for Europe, unframed

Hughes, Charles Evans - signed formal Harris & Ewing portrait photograph

Hughes, Howard - cordial typed letter signed, with full signature, to the widow of a former employee, likely relating to Hughes’ record-setting flight, 5-31-1944, unframed

I

Irwin, James B. - excellent inscribed, signed color photograph of Irwin, the 8th man on the moon, saluting the American flag on the lunar surface

J

Jackson, Howell E. - extremely rare autograph letter signed as Associate Justice, 6-1-1895, unframed

Jackson, Robert H. - typed letter signed 9-4-1939

Johnson, Lady Bird - extra fine condition signed White House engraving with an inscription promoting her pet beautification projects

Johnson, Lyndon B. - autograph sentiment and signature, signed as Vice President, with an invitation to a reception at the Johnson home, unframed

Johnson, Lyndon B. - typed letter signed as ex-president, from his hospital in San Antonio, thanking a lady for get-well wishes, 3-9-1970, unframed

K

Kennedy, John F. - typed letter signed, as Senator, explaining to a constituent how he has vigorously protested the closing of two Coast Guard bases, 12-8-1955, unframed

Kennedy, John F. - magnificent vintage silver gelatin portrait by famed photographer Philippe Halsman, boldly inscribed and signed by JFK, unframed

Kennedy, John F. - vintage early edition of Profiles In Courage, signed on the title page

Kennedy, Robert F. - uninscribed, signed copy of Just Friends and Brave Enemies, Kennedy’s account of his 1962 world goodwill tour

L

Lyon, Nathaniel - scarce, bold signature, with rank and date, of the first general killed in the Civil War, unframed

M

Marshall, John - autograph letter signed to his nephew, noting that “Almost all the eminent men of our country are lawyers,” 4-10-1820, unframed

Masefield, John - autographed letter signed discussing whaling and mentioning the works of Herman Melville and Frank Thomas Bullen, 2-14-1956, unframed

Mayo, Charles H. and William J. Mayo - pristine dual signed composite photograph of the renowned physicians, co-founders of the world-famous Mayo Clinic, unframed

Mayo, William J. - book inscribed and signed by the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic

McKinley, William - excellent association autograph letter signed to Ohio Senator James R. Garfield, the son of President James A. Garfield, seeking help for McKinley’s presidential bid, 3-5-1896, unframed

McReynolds, James C. - typed letter signed on Supreme Court stationery, 7-10-1917

Mellon, Andrew W. - typed letter signed thanking a correspondent for his approval of Mellon’s work as Secretary of the Treasury, 2-23-1932, unframed

Miller, Arthur - autographed letter signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright sending essay revisions to the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 11-13-1955, unframed

Minton, Sherman - autograph letter signed 12-14-1939

Morgan, J. P., Jr. - manuscript note signed sending thanks for condolences on the death of his wife, 8-25-1925

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