A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING: (1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. D.S. ...

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

DAVID SARNOFF: (1891 - 1971) American businessman, President of RCA, proposed first commercial radio receiver, and founder of NBC. T.L.S. on Radio Cor

CHARLES M. SCHWAB: (1862 - 1939) American industrialist, President of Carnegie Steel who sold the firm to J. P. Morgan and then headed Morgan's ...

WILLIAM L. SCOTT: (1828 - 1891) American railroad and coal magnate, also the first to build an elevated railroad in New York. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Washin

ADOLPH SUTRO: (1830 - 1898) American-Jewish financier and politician who made a fortune as an engineer in the Nevada silver mines which he invested in

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN: (1829 - 1904) Eccentric American financier, author, and independent candidate for President who spent his later years in New Yor

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT JR.: (1843 - 1899) American businessman, president of the N.Y. and Harlem Rail Road, and grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt. Partly

THOMAS P. WHEELOCK: Arms designer and manufacturer who specialized in small pistols, including the pepperbox. Uncommon A.L.S. "Allen & Thur...

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

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

RUDYARD KIPLING: (1865 - 1936) English writer and Nobel Prize winner. Among his works are The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous and Kim. A.L.S. 1p. 12m

(LOUISA M. ALCOTT): (1832 - 1888) American author and Civil War nurse who wrote Little Women and Little Men. A great Americana relic from the home of

CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK: (1873 - 1934) Hebrew poet, called the national poet of his day. Uncommon A.L.S. in Hebrew on a postcard, 1p. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.],

NELLIE BLY: (1864 - 1922) Trail-blazing journalist considered to be the "best reporter in America", pioneered investigative journalism, an...

EDWARD BOK: (1863- 1930) American Pulitzer Prize-winning author, reformer and editor of Ladies Home Journal, through which he campaigned for suffrage.

THOMAS CARLYLE: (1795 - 1881) Scottish author and historian who stressed the need for a strong, paternalistic government and a believer that "h...

PAUL CLAUDEL: (1868 - 1955) French poet and dramatist. Excellent A.Ms.S. 2pp. 4to., Mount Kisco, Sep. 11, 1929, a lengthy discourse titled "The...

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER: (1789 - 1851) American novelist. When challenged by his wife to write, he created the classics The Last of the Mohicans and The

NOEL COWARD: (1899 - 1973) English actor, author and playwright, he wrote "Mad About the Boy" and "Some Day I'll Find You" S...

CHARLES DICKENS: (1812 - 1870) English novelist and the author of such classics as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and David Copperfield. Early fu

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

NATHANIEL] [HAWTHORNE: (1804 - 1864) American writer, author of The House of the Seven Gables and Twice-Told Tales. A great Americana relic from the b

HENRY JAMES: (1843 - 1916) American author of The Awkward Age and The Turn of the Screw, among any novels. Third-person A.L.S. signed in text, 1p. 4to

JACK LONDON: (1876 - 1916) American novelist and short-story writer, author of The Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and White Fang. D.S., a check in hi

HENRY W. LONGFELLOW: (1807 - 1882) American poet and author whose works include The Song of Hiawatha, The Psalm of Life and Paul Revere's Ride. ...

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY: (1890 - 1957) American writer, author of Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Book Shop. A.L.S. on his Rosalyn Heights letterhead,

EUGENE O`NEILL: (1888 - 1953) American author who rose from being a derelict seaman to write The Iceman Cometh and Emperor Jones and to win a Pulitzer

EUGENE O`NEILL: (1888 - 1953) American author who rose from being a derelict seaman to write The Iceman Cometh and Emperor Jones and to win a Pulitzer

NOAH PORTER: (1811 - 1892) American clergyman and author, editor of Webster's Dictionary. Nice L.S. 1p. 8vo., Yale University, May 19, 1891, to ...

WILLIAM S. PORTER: (1862 - 1910) "O. Henry", American short-story writer whose stories are remembered for their strange twists and surpris...

GEORGE SAND: (1804 - 1876) French novelist best known for her rustic tales of love that transcends convention and class. She too led an unconventional

JARED SPARKS: (1789-1866) American historian, bought and edited North American Review and published the writings of Washington and Franklin. Lot of th

HERBERT SPENCER: (1820 - 1903) English philosopher and evolutionary theorist, a champion of Darwin's Origin of Species. L.S. 1p. 8vo., Lancaster...

FRANCIS THOMSON: (1859- 1 907) English Catholic poet, remembered for his powerful verse "The Hound of Heaven". Nice A.Ms., unsigned, 1p. 8...

P. G. WODEHOUSE: (1881 - 1975) English novelist and humorist, creator of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. D.S., a check issued to Wodehouse by the

STEFAN ZWEIG: (1881 - 1942) German author, biographer and essayist who advocated the idea of a united Europe under one government. S.P. 3 1/4" ...

(AUTHORS): A huge lot of over 80 autographs in various formats by prominent nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century authors and editors, includ

JOHN FLAXMAN: (1755 - 1826) English neoclassical sculptor and designer for the Wedgwood porcelain company. Fine and rare original drawing, 5 1/2&quo...

ANDY WARHOL: (1928 - 1987) American artist and the founder of pop art who gained instant notoriety with his depictions of the Campbell soup can and Br

ANSEL ADAMS: (1902 - 1984) American photographer whose sharply focused black and white landscapes gained photography recognition as an art form in its

ANSEL ADAMS: (1902 - 1984) American photographer whose sharply focused black and white landscapes gained photography recognition as an art form in its

FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI: (1834 - 1904) French sculptor known for his colossal figures, most notably the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Fine

CECIL BEATON: (1904 - 1980) English photographer featured in "Vanity Fair" and "Vogue" and theatrical designer. D.S., a quarto c...

DAVID BURLIUK: (1882 - 1967) Important Russian artist and poet, considered the father of Russian futurism. A.L.S. on his personal letter "David...

ALEXANDER CALDER: (1898 - 1976) American sculptor most remembered for his invention of the mobile and stabile. Boldly penned A.L.S. on the verso of a

JEAN COCTEAU: (1889 - 1963) French poet, novelist and playwright, author of Les Enfants Terribles, and one of the most creative artists of this centur

EUGENE DELACROIX: (1798 - 1863) French painter whose innovative style preceded the advent of Impressionism. His works also grace the wall of the Louvr

ARNOLD GENTHE: (1869 - 1942) American photographer who gained fame for his influential portraits of Chinatown in San Francisco. Fine vintage S.P. 7&...

R. C. GORMAN: (b. 1933) American painter whose works typically portray western Indians and landscapes. Good lot of five signed color reproductions on