A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

CHARLES M. DUKE JR.: (b. 1935) American astronaut who piloted the LEM on the Apollo 16 mission. S.P. 10" x 8"" color photo showing an...

JOHN GLENN: (b. 1921) American astronaut, the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 and also became the oldest man to travel in space

JOHN GLENN: (b. 1921) American astronaut, the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 and also became the oldest man to travel in space

JOHN GLENN: (b. 1921) American astronaut, the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 and also became the oldest man to travel in space

RICHARD GORDON: American astronaut who flew on the Gemini 11 and Apollo 12 missions. "S.P. 8"" x 10"" color, a NASA photo s...

JAMES IRWIN: (d. 1996) American astronaut and moonwalker, active in the Apollo program. Great I.S.P. 10" x 8" color, a NASA image of Irwin...

KEN MATTINGLY: American astronaut, a member of the Apollo 16 mission. S.P. 8" x 10" color, showing Mattingly in a space pressure suit with...

JAMES MCDIVITT: American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 9 mission. Official NASA S.P. 8" x 10" color showing McDivitt in a pressure suit...

JAMES MCDIVITT: American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 9 mission. S.P. 7" x 5" color, a beautiful NASA glossy postcard photo showing th...

EDGAR MITCHELL: American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 14 mission. S.P. 8" x 10" color showing the Saturn V as it lifts-off for the Apo...

EDGAR MITCHELL: American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 14 mission. Fine S.P. 10" x 8" color showing an astronaut standing on the lunar ...

EDGAR MITCHELL: (b. 1930) American astronaut who took part in the Apollo 14 mission in which the uplands region north of the Fra Mauro crater on the M

EDGAR MITCHELL: American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 14 mission. S.P., a color photo postcard, 5" x 7" showing the Earth as it rises ...

WALTER SCHIRRA: (b. 1923) American astronaut, the only astronaut to fly all three types of manned spacecraft. S.P. 8" x 10" color photo sh...

HARRISON H. SCHMITT: (b. 1935 ) American astronaut and a moon-walker on the Apollo 17 mission. S.P. 10" x 8" color, an official NASA photo...

DAVE SCOTT: American astronaut who walked on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Rare S.P. 8" x 10" color, a NASA photo showing Scott h...

DAVE SCOTT: American astronaut who walked on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Rare S.P. 10" x 8" color, a NASA photo showing Scott s...

ALAN SHEPARD: (1923 - 1998) American astronaut, a member of the Mercury team and the first American in space. Excellent S.P. 10" x 8" colo...

ALAN SHEPARD: (1923 - 1998) American astronaut, a member of the Mercury team and the first American in space. Superb signed book, Man's Greatest...

AL WORDEN: American astronaut on the crew of Apollo 15. S.P. 8" x 10" color showing him in his pressure suit leaning on a globe of the Moo...

(APOLLO 12): Excellent S.P. 10" x 8" b/w, a terrific shot of an astronaut standing upon the moon with the reflection of another astronaut ...

(APOLLO 12): S.P. 4" x 6" color, a postcard photograph of the Apollo 12 crew standing before ma mock-up of the LEM, boldly signed by each ...

(APOLLO 11 MASTER 70MM. COLOR TRANSPARANCY): Original 70mm. color slide cut from a numbered master in July, 1969 by NASA Photography Technical Monitor

(APOLLO 13 FLOWN METAL COIN): An attractive (and somewhat ironic) "flown " relic of the ill-fated Apollo 13 flight, being a silver coin st...

(APOLLO ASTRONAUTS): Excellent I.S.P. 10" x 8" color, a NASA-issued photo showing the Mercury 7 astronauts in flight suits standing before...

: A great grouping of five S.P.'s, each 8" x 10", includes: CHARLIE DUKE (I.S.P. standing on the lunar surface); MICHALE RICHARD CLIF...

(APOLLO-SOYUZ DOCKING MISSION): Official NASA photograph picturing the proposed docking of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in 1975, also bearing oval

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): Fine content typed D.S. 2pp. 4to., [n.p.], 1967, a document in Russian with great Communist content entitled "...

(PIONEER RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): A superb signed Soviet space-related photo, 4 5/8" x 3 1/2" b/w showing the first four Soviet cosmonauts in ...

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): Fine and rare S.P. 7" x 5" b/w, a retouched candid group portrait showing the first six Soviet cosmonauts...

YURI GAGARIN: (1934 - 1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space who died tragically in a routine training flight. An exceptionally early S.P. si

VLADIMIR KOMAROV: (d. 1967) Russian cosmonaut killed on the flight of Soyuz 1 when parachute shroud lines became entangled, causing the craft to crash

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

VALENTINA TERESHKOVA: (b. 1937) Russian cosmonaut, the first woman in space, she flew Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. S.P. 6" x 4 3/4" b/w, a v...

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): A great item signed by ten pioneering Russian cosmonauts, a Soviet newspaper from 1966 bearing an article on space tr

CHARLES H. DOW: (1851 - 1902) American publisher, with Edward Jones founded Dow Jones & Co.,, later founded the Wall Street Journal, and devised...

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

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: (1843 - 1899) American financier and steamship and railroad baron who built his fortune during the Gold Rush and railroad boom d

JOHN JACOB ASTOR: (1864 - 1912) American financier, served in the Spanish-American War, drowned in the Titanic disaster after he turned down a seat in

JAY COOKE: (1821 - 1905) American banker whose marketing of government bonds was essential for the financial support of the Union. Cooke was later qui

GEORGE W. GOETHALS: (1858 - 1928) American army officer and engineer appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to supervise construction of the Panama Canal. Ni

SAMUEL GOMPERS: (1850 - 1924) American labor leader, founder of the A.F.L. (1886). T.L.S. on American Federation of Labor letterhead, 1p. 4to., New Yo

HAROLDSON L. HUNT: (1889 - 1974) American oil magnate and billionaire with ultraconservative political views, founder of the Hunt Oil Co. which became

RICHARD MCDONALD: (d. 1998) American entrepreneur and co-founder of McDonald's Restaurants. Inscription and signature adding: "Founder of M...

CHARLES W. MORSE: Early 1900's rogue businessman and investor who cornered the New York ice market and manipulated prices, invested in steamship...

ADOLPH S. OCHS: (1858 - 1935) American newspaper publisher of The New York Times, director of the Associated Press and inventor of the rotogravure. Si

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

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

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