A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

NIKITA KHRUSCHEV: (1894 - 1971) Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union who crushed the Hungarian Revolution and "blinked" when thr...

NIKITA KHRUSCHEV: (1894 - 1971) Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union who crushed the Hungarian Revolution and "blinked" when thr...

NIKITA KHRUSCHEV: (1894 - 1971) Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union who crushed the Hungarian Revolution and "blinked" when thr...

ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAY: (1872 - 1952) Russian revolutionary and personal friend of Lenin, one of the first feminists of Russia and the first female ambas

GLEB KRZHIZHANOVSKY: (1872 - 1959) Bolshevik revolutionary leader and friend of Lenin. His biography in Russian, Moscow, 1953, boldly inscribed and si

MAXIM LITVINOV: (1876 - 1951) Soviet diplomat, ambassador to the United States during World War II. T.L.S. 1p. legal folio, Moscow, May 23, 1925, on o

GEORGI M. MALENKOV: (1902 - 1988) Soviet politician and Personnel Chairman of the Central Committee, largely responsible for carrying out Stalin'...

GEORGI M. MALENKOV: (1902 - 1988) Soviet politician and Personnel Chairman of the Central Committee, largely responsible for carrying out Stalin'...

JULIUS MARTOV: (1873 - 1920) Russian Menshevik leader and editor, a friend of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky who was defeated by the former in 1905.

ANASTAS IVANOVICH MIKOYAN: (1895 - 1978) Soviet politician, a Bolshevik leader in Baku, member of the central Committee and later Chairman of the Pres

KLIMENT Y. VOROSHILOV: (1881 - 1969) Soviet military officer and politician who served as Stalin's defense minister, reorganized the general sta...

B. VOROVSKY: Soviet politician who negotiated peace in Asia with Lords Curzon, the first Soviet Ambassador to receive credentials. T.L.S. as Ambassado

GENRIKH YAGODA: (1891 - 1938) Polish politician and statesman, a close friend of Joseph Stalin and head of NKVD who was instrumental in the arrest of

JANOS KADAR: (1912 - 1989) Hungarian Communist leader. S.P. 6 1/2" x 8" b/w, showing Kadar standing with another man on the steps of a bui...

ALEXANDER I: (1777 - 1825) Russian Czar whose greatest achievement was the destruction of the armies under Napoleon leading to the abdication of the E

ALEXANDER II: (1818 - 1881) Emperor of Russia responsible for the emancipation of the serfs, and made important contributions to the reform of the jud

ALEXANDER III: (1845 - 1894) Emperor of Russia who as prince showed open disapproval of his father, Alexander II's policies. On gaining the thro...

NICHOLAS II: (1868 - 1918) Czar of Russia forced by the Revolution of 1905 to create a Russian parliament and approve a constitution, abdicated during

NICHOLAS II AT THE WESTERN FRONT: An especially rare grouping of about fifty originals photographs showing various scenes of the Russian western front

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: (1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perh...

BARRY O`MEARA: (d. 1836) British naval surgeon who attended Napoleon at St. Helena and supervised the exiled dictator's autopsy. Especially rare...

FRANCOIS de BARBE-MARBOIS: (1745-1837) French politician who served as Napoleon's Minister of Finance and negotiated the Louisiana Purchase (180...

JEAN JACQUES CAMBACERES: (1753-1824) Second consul under Napoleon and one of Napoleon's chief advisors, named Archchancellor of the Empire and D...

CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLYRAND: (1754 - 1838) French statesman who proposed the confiscation and sale of church lands, Napoleon's Minister of Fore...

CHARLES X: (1757 - 1836) King of France who regained the throne upon the Restoration (1824), his draconian rule brought about the July 27 Revolution w

(PHILIP IV): (1268 - 1314) King of France known as "The Fair", remembered for bringing the Templars down. Document from his reign, 1p. fol...

FRANZ VON PAPEN: (1879 - 1969) Chancellor of Germany and Vice Chancellor in Hitler's early years of power, von Papen was accused and later acqui...

(CHARLES VI OF FRANCE): (1368 - 1422) King of France, son and successor of King Charles V, said to have gone mad after stealing the arm of a death mar

(PHILIP VI OF FRANCE: (1328 - 1350) King of France, first King of the House of Valois. Document from his reign, 1p. folio, [n.p.], Dec. 17, 1342, a vi

(CHARLES V): (1337 - 1380) King of France strengthened by the failure of the Jacquerie, regained lands from the English which they had received in ran

ADOLF HITLER: (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and N...

PAUL VON HINDENBURG: (1847 - 1934) German general and politician, crushed the Russians at Tannenburg and in Poland, forced to yield the Chancellor&#...

(JOSEF GOEBBELS): (1897 - 1945) Nazi Minister of Propaganda with Hitler from the earliest days, a master of manipulation of the masses who took his li

NAZI PROGRAMME BROADSIDE: A printed Nazi broadside measuring 16" x 24", with the Nazi party Swastika at top left, and outlining the Nazi P...

NAZI RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA: A grouping of five illustrated Russian Nazi anti-Semitic broadsides, sm. 8vo. size, depicting various stereotype

FREDERICK II: (1712-1786) "The Great" King of Prussia who ruled form 1740-1786) who reformed Prussia granting universal religious freedom,...

WILHELM II: (1859 - 1941) "Kaiser Wilhelm", Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, a socially progressive ruler whose reign ended with Ge...

MARIA THERESA: (1717 - 1780) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, lost Silesia and Austrian lands in Italy, allied herself with France bringin

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI: (1807 - 1882) Italian military and nationalist leader whose capture of Sicily and Naples paved the way for the unification of Ital

BENITO MUSSOLINI: (1883 - 1945) Italian dictator whose fascist supporters marched on Rome, securing him power; allied with Hitler, after many military

VICTOR EMANUELE II: (1820 - 1878) King of Italy who helped unify Italy, allied with Britain and France in the Crimean War, and made Rome the capital o

(ITALIAN KINGS): A neat lot of nine partly-printed D.S. signed by Italian kings, being 1-2pp. Folio, each, ca. early 1900s, includes: VICTOR EMANUEL I

MARY OF MODENA: (1658 - 1718) Queen of England, second wife of James II. Mary served as Queen for only three years, until William of Orange invaded En

GEORGE II: (1683 - 1760) King of England (1727 - 1760) and military leader whose forces were successful in India, Canada and at sea. Handsome manuscri

(BRITISH ROYALTY): An exceptional item signed by the four sons of George I, two of which would later become King of England, an ornate 12mo, greeting

GEORGE III: (1738 - 1820) King of England during the American Revolution, it was his policies of taxation and repression that led to the uprisings in

GEORGE III: (1738 - 1820) King of England during the American Revolution, it was his policies of taxation and repression that led to the uprisings in

GEORGE IV: (1762 - 1830) King of England who became Prince Regent when George III became permanently deranged. Manuscript D.S. "George R."...

WILLIAM IV: (1765 - 1837) King of England who resisted a halt to the slave trade, and was the last king to attempt to force a Prime Minister on Parlia

GEORGE VI: (1895 - 1952) King of England who gained the throne upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII; brought Winston Churchill to office as

VICTORIA: (1819 - 1901) Queen of England, reigned during the Crimean and Boer Wars, abolished the East India Company, brought Disraeli to power as Pri

VICTORIA: (1819 - 1901) Queen of England, reigned during the Crimean and Boer Wars, abolished the East India Company, brought Disraeli to power as Pri

GEORGE V: (1865 - 1936) King of England, son of Edward VII and husband of Mary of Teck who led England through the dark days of World War I and in the

(BRITISH ROYALTY): D.S. 1p. 12mo., 1927, a gold-printed menu from the Yacht Magedoma signed on the blank verso by future King of England, EDWARD VIII

BENJAMIN DISRAELI: (1804 - 1881) English Prime Minister who established a strong foreign policy, consolidated the Empire, and instituted many social r

[EDWARD III]: (1312 - 1377) King of England who was forced to recognize the independence of Scotland, later executed Roger Mortimer and invaded Scotla

[ELIZABETH I]: (1533 - 1603) Queen of England who established the English litany, imprisoned Roman Catholic rival Mary, Queen of Scots and eventually

(JAMES I): (1566 - 1625) King of England, and as James VI was King of Scotland, son of Mary, Queen of Scots and succeeded to the throne following the

(CHARLES II): (1630 - 1685) King of Great Britain and Ireland, routed by Cromwell at Worcester but restored after promising Parliamentary rule. Manusc

THEODORE HERZL: (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was so

THEODORE HERZL: (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was so

DAVID BEN-GURION: (1886 - 1973) Israeli politician, proclaimed the independence of Israel in 1948, headed the provisional government, and was later Pr

YITZAK RABIN: (d. 1995) Israeli Prime Minister, assassinated by a radical conservative opposed to his peace plan. S.P. "Y. Rabin" 3 1/2&qu...

: A nice grouping of four S.P.'s by contemporary Israeli politicians, includes: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU (8" x 10" color, inscribed to Leah...

HUSSEIN: (1935 - 2001) King of Jordan, a political moderate. Partly-printed D.S. "Hussein" 1p. 8vo., , Apr. 18, 1970, a postcard format tel

RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITIC BROADSIDE: A World War II-era Russian anti-Semitic broadside, 8" x 10", with a detailed caricature in black and red i...

DAVID KALAKAUA: (1836-1891) King of Hawaii (1874-91), his ideas of reform aroused political opposition culminating in revolution and his powers restri

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: (1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perh...

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: (1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perh...

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: (1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perh...

(FRENCH MILITARY): A neat grouping of French military figures in various formats, including: NICHOLAS-JEAN DIEU DE SOULT (French marshal under Napoleo

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: (1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perh...

JEAN-BAPTISTE KLEBER: (1753 - 1800) French general, campaigned with Napoleon in Egypt, taking command of all French forces when Napoleon returned to F

JEAN BAPTISTE JOURDAN: (1762 - 1833) French marshal who commanded the Army of the North and the Army of Italy, defeated by Wellesley at Talavera, and

BARTHELMY LOUIS SCHERER: (1747 - 1804) French Revolutionary general who served with distinction at Valmy, commanded the Army of Italy and a victor at

LOUIS GABRIEL SUCHET: (1772 - 1826) French marshal who commanded a division at Austerlitz, Jena and Pultusk, served with distinction in the Peninsular

ARTHUR WELLESLEY WELLINGTON: (1769 - 1852) British general and statesman, called the "Iron Duke", he crushed French forces under Napoleon ...

VASILY K. BLYUKHER: (1889 - 1938) Soviet marshal of the Far Eastern Army and hero of the civil war, arrested on bogus spy charges and was last seen a

SEMION M. BUDENNY: (1883 - 1973) Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, Budenny allowed Von Rundstedt

SEMION M. BUDENNY: (1883 - 1973) Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, Budenny allowed Von Rundstedt

SEMION M. BUDENNY: (1883 - 1973) Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, Budenny allowed Von Rundstedt

VASILY I. CHUIKOV: (1900 - 1982) Russian general who was an essential planner and director of the battle of Stalingrad, his forces headed the spearhea

AVEL ENUKIDZE: Russian politician and the father in law of Joseph Stalin, Enukidze was one of the oldest members of the Bolshevik party and a member i

IVAN S. KONEV: (1897 - 1973) Russian field marshal who headed the Kalinin Front and resisted the German assault on Moscow. Later, Konev threw back the

IVAN S. KONEV: (1897 - 1973) Russian field marshal who headed the Kalinin Front and resisted the German assault on Moscow. Later, Konev threw back the

MIKHAIL V. FRUNZE: (1885 - 1925) Russian revolutionary general and politician, led Red Guards in the Moscow Uprising of October, 1918 and virtually el

NIKOLAI VATUTIN: (1901 - 1944) Russian general who liberated Kiev on November 6, 1943. Typed D.S. 1p. legal folio, Kiev, Jan. 26, 1938, marked "...

GEORGI K. ZHUKOV: (1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's p...

GEORGI K. ZHUKOV: (1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's p...

GEORGI K. ZHUKOV: (1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's p...

DONOVAN WILLIAM J.: (1883 - 1959) "Wild Bill", American brigadier general chosen by Roosevelt to head the O.S.S. (precursor to the C.I.A.)...

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY: (1887 - 1976) British Field Marshall who commenced the drive at El Alamein that ultimately drove Rommel from North Africa. Als

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY: (1887 - 1976) British Field Marshall who commenced the drive at El Alamein that ultimately drove Rommel from North Africa. Als

ALVIN C. YORK: (1887 - 1964) American soldier of World War I who single-handedly captured 132 German prisoners and was awarded a Medal of Honor. Bold

AMERICAN MILITARY HEROES: A fine grouping of ten autographs by prominent American military figures, in various formats, each very attractively matted

(ENOLA GAY): The Enola Gay was the U.S. Army Air Force plane which delivered the first atomic bomb used in warfare, dropping it on Hiroshima and effec

(WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTER): American-issued World War II propaganda poster, 20" x 28" color, depicts two crewmen aboard the submarin...

(WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTER): American-issued World War II propaganda poster, 20" x 28" color, shows Dwight Eisenhower from chest, up ...

(WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTER): American-issued World War II propaganda poster, 14" x 20" color, showing a farmer clutching his tearful ...

(WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTER): Scarce American-issued World War II propaganda poster, 28" x 40" color, showing a tattered American flag...