RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

ALS signed “T. N.,” one page both sides, 6 x 7, August 18, 1972. Letter to author James Herlihy, in part: "Sorry to have missed you on July 5. ...

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, "Tennessee Williams," payable to Washing Well for $30.71, January 24, 1978. E...

Signed book: Selected Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 565 page

Signed book: The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8

American writer (1903–1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1...

ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, April 18, 1826. Letter written from Monticello, in full: "I received yesterday your favor of t...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15.25, ...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 9.5, October 6, 1817. Desirable military land grant by which President Monroe, "in pursua...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.25 x 8.75, March 30, 1825. President Adams grants Peter Mills, "assig...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.5, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John Munroe of Muskingum County, Ohio, a tract of...

ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, November 16, 1826. Letter to American lawyer and politician John Vernon Henry, in part: &qu...

Free franked mailing envelope, presumed as president, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed in Pierce's hand to his brother at the family homestead and preside...

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, October 16, 1846. Letter to W. Burke, in full: "I should be glad to see you for a few moments before approving...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, June 24, 1864. President Lincoln authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix the ...

Autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 4.25, March 18, 1862. In full: "To-day, March 18, 1862, Major Joseph H. ...

Civil War-dated manuscript DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 6.5, October 17, 1864. In full: "George Harrington, is hereby appointed to dischar...

Handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, one page, 8 x 6, September 18, 1852. An affidavit submitted in the "State of Illinois, Tazew...

Civil War–dated ALS signed “William M. Cooper,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 25, 1865. Letter by a Union hospital worker to his mo

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 8.5, July 3, 1865. President Johnson authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix t...

Original 3.5 x 3 green gallery ticket stub to the US Senate Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson on April 9, 1868. Reverse bears a notation from a

Neat ink signature, "U. S. Grant, Feb'y 9th 1881,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 sheet. In fine condition, with very faint toning over the lef...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7 x 8, January 29, 1876. President Grant authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix the ...

Signatures of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes: an ink signature, "With best wishes, Sincerely, R. B. Hayes, Spiegel Grove, 26 Oct. 1886," on an ...

ALS as president-elect, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, Mentor, Ohio letterhead, February 28, 1881. Letter to Senator William B. Alliso

LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 9, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison, in part: "I determined to l...

Signed book: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses by Alan Stevenson. London: John Weale, 1850. Hardcov

Annotated book: Ray's Algebra, Part Second: An Analytical Treatise, Designed for High Schools and Colleges. Stereotype edition. Cincinnati: W. B...

Partly-printed DS, signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 8 x 11.75, May 1870. Receipt from the Collector's Office in the New York Custom House, in fu...

LS as president, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 21, 1897. Letter to Mr. W. W. Armstrong, in full: "I deeply appr...

Desirable matte-finish 7.25 x 11.25 half-length portrait of Roosevelt in a terrifically confident pose by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., si...

Handsome engraving of the exterior of the White House, 10.5 x 8, signed below the vignette in ink as president, "Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 5th, ...

ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 5.25 x 6.75, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to his personal secretary Charles D. Hilles, in

Appealing matte-finish 9 x 12.25 portrait of Taft by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For Mr. J. ...

Signed book: The Avenue of the Allies and Victory. NY: The Book Committee of the Art War Relief, 1918. Hardcover, 7.75 x 11.5, 23 pages. Signed on the

Exceptional matte-finish 9.5 x 13 portrait of President Wilson and his private secretary Joseph Patrick Tumulty by the David B. Edmonton Studio of Was

Fantastic matte-finish 9.25 x 12.75 portrait of Wilson by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., signed boldly in fountain pen, "Sincerely you...

White House card crisply signed in fountain pen, "Calvin Coolidge." In fine condition.

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 9, 1943. Letter to Frank Walker, the postmaster general of Washington, D.C. In f

Fascinating collection of items related to the 'Eyes for the Navy' program during World War I, highlighted by a TLS by Roosevelt as assistan...

TLS as president, one page, 6.25 x 7, White House letterhead, November 8, 1940. Letter to J. Butler Wright, in full: "I am deeply grateful for ...

War-dated TLS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 14, 1944. Letter to "Polly," Roosevelt's ...

Program for a celebration of St. Patrick's Day by the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, March 17, 1945, 20 pages, 8.5 x 7.25 signed and inscribe...

Uncommon matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of the Trumans waving from the steps of their private plane, the 'Sacred Cow,' signed neatly in fountain...

Impressive oversized matte-finish 19.75 x 15.25 photo of Truman signing documents at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Rear A...

TLS signed “D. D. Eisenhower,” one page, 8 x 10.5, War Department letterhead, no date. A letter of recommendation, in full: "Mr. Adolph Braemer...

World War II–era broadside in French, featuring a facsimile signature of Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, one page, 15 x 20, circa 1942. An order direct

John F. Kennedy's personally-owned brick-red polyester swimming trunks, featuring a gold-tone dual metal clasp on the front, small right pocket ...

Fantastic original vintage circa 1942 glossy 5.75 x 3.5 deckle-edge photo of the young John F. Kennedy reclining with a small dog on a pile of pillows

Original vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.25 photo of Congressman Kennedy meeting with Boy Scouts in his Boston office. Framed and in very good to fine conditi

Two original vintage glossy 10 x 8 photographs, each marked with a "Fay Foto Service" credit stamp on the reverse. One shows John F. Kenne...