A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN: (1837 - 1913) American banker and financier who founded J.P. Morgan & Co., reorganized American railroads and founded U.S....

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER: (1839 - 1937) American industrialist and philanthropist who organized Standard Oil and virtually monopolized the industry until h

NATHAN MEYER ROTHSCHILD: (1777 - 1836) British banker and politician who founded the London branch of the family's banking business, a member of...

HEINRICH HEINE: (1797-1856) German Romantic poet and writer, author of Der Buch der Leider. A.L.S. "H. Heine" 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Mar. 20, 1...

MARGARET MITCHELL: (1900 - 1949) American author, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her epic novel "Gone With the Wind". Fine content T.L.S. &qu...

MARGARET MITCHELL: (1900 - 1949) American author, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her epic novel "Gone With the Wind". Good content T.L.S. &qu...

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: (1805 - 1875) Danish poet and author of children's tales, including "The Princess and the Pea", "The Ugl...

KATHERINE LEE BATES: (1859 - 1929) American author who penned our national hymn "America the Beautiful". Uncommon A.L.S. signed in full 2p...

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: (1859 - 1930) English author and spiritualist remembered for his creation of the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watso

MAXIM GORKY: (1868 - 1936) Russian novelist and dramatist, the father of Soviet literature and a founder of Socialist Realism. Scarce good content A.D

LANGSTON HUGHES: (1902 - 1967) Black American writer and poet who gained recognition with his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". A nice lo...

MARGARET MITCHELL: (1900 - 1949) American author, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her epic novel "Gone With the Wind". Interesting T.L.S. &quo...

IVAN TURGENEV: (1818 - 1883) Russian writer estranged from Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and most of Russian literary life, his most recognized work is Fathers

PABLO PICASSO: (1881 - 1973) Spanish painter and sculptor whose changing, powerful thematic style made him the foremost artist of the 20th century. A

FREDERIC REMINGTON: (1861 - 1909) American painter, illustrator and artist remembered for his works based on western themes, most notably his sculptur

MARC CHAGALL: (1887 - 1985) French artist whose naive style incorporating subjects of Russian and Jewish life made him one of the foremost artists of

HENRI MATISSE: (1869 - 1954) French painter and sculptor greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionists, and who gave up pointillism and became a leade

HENRI MATISSE: (1869 - 1954) French painter and sculptor greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionists, and who gave up pointillism and became a leade

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR: (1841 - 1919) French painter and, with Monet, a leader of the Impressionists. He later changed his style, adopting a more forma

AUGUSTE RODIN: (1840 - 1917) French sculptor among whose most notable works are The Thinker and The Kiss. Fine S.P. 6 1/2" x 8" b/w, a pho...