A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JONAS SALK: (1914 - 1995) American physician and epidemiologist who developed the first vaccine against poliomyelitis. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, ...

ALBERT SCHWEITZER: (1875 - 1964) Nobel Prize-winning French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. A.N.S. at the bottom of a let

ELMER A. SPERRY: (1860 - 1930) American engineer and industrialist, inventor of the gyroscopic compass and stabilizer which revolutionized navigation,

KLIMENT TIMIRYAZEV: (1843 - 1920) Russian physician, a pioneer of physiology. S.P. a small printed photograph on a 6" x 8" page, boldly si...

CLYDE W. TOMBAUGH: American astronomer and the discoverer of Pluto. S.P. 10" x 8" b/w, a reprint of a very early photo showing Tombaugh as...

(SCIENTISTS): A nice lot of three signed postal covers, includes: a cover honoring Albert Einstein with attractive image, signed by JONAS SALK and ALB

(SCIENTISTS): A nice lot of eight vintage scientific autographs in various formats, includes: FRIDJOF NANSEN (bold pencil sig, mounted); HENRY A. WARD

(SOVIET PHYSICISTS): Scarce war-date D.S. 1p. 4to., "Institute of Problems of Physics of the Academy of Science", Moscow, Apr. 26, 1944, a...

ORVILLE WRIGHT: (1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-

ORVILLE WRIGHT: (1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-

AMELIA EARHART: (1897 - 1937) American aviator, the first woman to cross the Atlantic, first solo across the Atlantic and first Hawaii-Mainland solo;

BEN ABRUZZO AND MAXIE ANDERSON: Aviators who made the first round the world trip in a balloon. Signed book, Double Eagle, by Charles McCarry, Boston,

RICHARD E. BYRD: (1888 - 1957) American aviator and explorer, first to fly over the South Pole and established the base "Little America". ...

DOUGLAS CORRIGAN: "Wrong-Way Corrigan", American aviator of the Thirties who set out in his plane promising to fly west and ended up makin...

JAMES H. DOOLITTLE: (1896 - 1993) American aviator who gained fame both as a racing pilot and as leader of the first air raid on Tokyo during World Wa

JAMES DOOLITTLE: (1896 - 1993) American aviator who gained fame both as a racing pilot and as leader of the first air raid on Tokyo during World War I

PAUL DU CHAILLU: (1831 - 1903) American explorer of Central Africa who brought back numerous specimens, including the first gorillas to come to the Un

GORDON FULLERTON: (b. 1936) American pilot Fullerton who also served on the support crews for the Apollo 14, 15, 16, and 17 lunar missions. D.S. 1p. 8

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

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH: (1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "Spirit of St. Louis", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atla...