A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

(NAVAL COMMANDERS): A nice lot of nine autographs by vintage Naval commanders in various formats, includes: O. O. HOWARD (L.S.); ELLBRIDGE T. GERY (T.

(SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR EXECUTION): Stereoview photograph of the execution by strangulation of a prisoner in Havana, a grisly image of the condemned sea

(THE ARMY AND NAVY): An interesting set of oversize, extra-illustrated books entitled The Army & Navy of the United States, by William Walton, B...

(TERMS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES): An exceedingly rare proof edition of the Conditions of Peace forced on the Axis Powers of World War I. The entire

(WORLD WAR I CORRESPONDENCE): A large grouping of material relative to the wartime experiences of Frank and Lynn Wadsworth. Frank Wadworth was a membe

WOODROW) (WILSON: A pair of rare newspapers printed onboard the U.S.S. GEORGE WASHINGTON as it carried a triumphant Woodrow Wilson from France to the

[WORLD WAR I]: A neat World War I trench relic, half-dollar size French solid-silver coin depicting a maiden sowing seeds across the earth. On the ver

HYMAN G. RICKOVER: (1900 - 1986) American admiral responsible for the construction of the "Nuclear Navy", starting with the submarine Naut...

HYMAN G. RICKOVER: (1900 - 1986) American admiral responsible for the construction of the "Nuclear Navy", starting with the submarine Naut...

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: (1864 - 1943) Black-American botanist and the son of slaves, Carver worked his way through school to become a leader in agri

JONAS SALK AND ALBERT SABIN: (1914 - 1995) American physician and epidemiologist who developed the first vaccine against poliomyelitis. Good content T

JAMES GORDON BENNETT: (1841 - 1918) American editor of The Herald responsible for sending Stanley to Africa in search of Dr. Livingstone. Lot of two T

EDOUARD BRANLY: (1844 - 1940) French physicist whose invention of the coherer made wireless telegraphy possible. A.N. unsigned on his visiting card, 1

FERDINAND RUDOLF HASSLER: (1770 - 1843) Swiss scientist, the superintendent of the United Coast Survey from 1815-1817, and U.S. gauger under Andrew Ja

ISAAC ISRAEL HAYES: (1832-1881) American explorer who led an Arctic expedition aimed at proving the existence of open seas around the North Pole. Good

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: A neat grouping of eight commemorative FDC's honoring the Mayo Brothers, cancelled Rochester, Sept. 11, 1964, signed by pro...

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b