Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +

Child Star. Striking attractive sepia photo, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 , pebbled finish, of a very young Roddy McDowall, with contemporary inscription, "To...

Silver Screen. Superb, slightly oversize signed photograph of child actor Freddie Bartholomew, 8 1/4 x 1 0 3/4 , M-G-M purple handstamp on verso. Leng

Quintessential Movie Poster. Original movie poster for "Peck's Bad Boy." "Ace Pictures Corp. Presents Jackie Cooper and Jackie Se...

Playbills of Old London. Two different playbills of the famous Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1822 and 1829, 7 1/2 x 1 3 irregular, each tipped to board.

Al Jolson Collection. Fine assemblage of 13 pieces of sheet music, made popular by Jolson, printed 1914-23. Twelve covers have large photo of Jolson,

Golden Age of Radio. Archive of several hundred items from the NBC radio show, "Let's Play Reporter," 1940s and 1950s. Also known as &...

Television Memorabilia. Pair of eyeglasses actually used on the "Today" show, with T.L.S. of its star, Dave Garroway, 1959, on "Today...

Early Circus. A.L.S. of Barnum associate Julius J. Gorham, to Commodore Nutt, the midget and friend of Tom Thumb. On blue-stamped lettersheet, "...

A True Peter Ustinov Production. Hard cover book, Love of Four Colonels, with color cover designed by Ustinov, who wrote the play. Signed on flyleaf b

Two Theatrical Giants. Two plays: Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, inscribed and signed by Hellman on flyleaf. Cloth, Viking Press,...

Life in Old China. Fascinating group of ten letters (two incomplete) and one card, 44 pp. in all, from Lizzie and William Shaw, missionaries running a

South Carolina Business History. Delightful assemblage of 41 billheads, nearly all pictorial and decorative, some highly ornate and elaborate, of supp

What a monstrous outrage. Unusual letter, c. 1858, to "His Excellency Jno. A. King," Governor of N.Y., from "A Heavy Taxpayer," ...

Centennial Exhibition. Lovely group of four intricately engraved "package tickets" to the celebrated fair. "1776-1876 / Good for one ...

Walking 300 Miles. A tragic letter from Carrol Island ("20 miles below Baltimore"), Aug. 1, 1835, 3 pp., to sister Miss Ann Sprogell "...

Women Abroad. Two letters: 1) Marjorie Post Davies, T.L.S., 2 pp., n.d. but 1930s, on letterhead of Embassy of United States of America at Moscow, to

An Unwed Mother - 1838. Oath signed with "X" of an unwed mother, giving birth date of her "female bastard" and name of the fathe...

From Colorado. Two letters, 1890-91, from a rancher in Idalia, Colorado (near Kansas border), 4 pp. ea., to his brother. "...I am holding the f...

Measles, Medicine ... and Murder. Letter from Centreville, Wabash County, 1833, 4 pp., from E. Baker to niece, about "Dr. absent more than half...

The Depression. Letter from Nigger Head Rock, Pennington Gap, Ga., Nov. 14, 1935, 3 pp., on letterhead of New Commercial Hotel. Writer is a salesman i