Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +

Amelia Earhart. Program, "Testimonial Banquet - Amelia Earhart (Mrs. George Palmer Putnam), The Hotel Astor, New York," June 22, 1932, 7 1...

Space. Collection of original Air Force/NASA press photos: 1) Astronaut Scott Carpenter in "water egress test," May 13, 1962. 2) Mercury a...

Pioneer Flight. Charming, thick bound volume of L'Aeronaute, published in Paris, 1889-1906, plus one issue of 1875, 26 assorted issues in all, b...

Welcome Lindy. Group of five original photographs showing celebration of Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. These are not the sometimes-see...

Miami as Aviation Center of America. Original photograph, 8 x 10 glossy, probably wire service, showing 25 U.S. Army plans over Biscayne Bay, backed b

Blind Flying. "First photo of the great instrument bord (sic) which makes 'blind flying' for flights through fog or darkness." Und...

Ladies in the Air. Group of six wire service photos, 1920-30, glossy, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 to 8 x 10, Underwood & Underwood. Caption sheet attached to ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Pater, American poet. Carte by Warren's, Boston. Unlike most cartes, his head fills most of the frame, offering a bold li...

Love Soup. Group of six handwritten envelopes, 1913, of Sara Teasdale, American poet, awarded prize for "Love Soup," 1917. Each envelope s...

Carl Sandburg. American poet and author of what has been called the definitive biography of Lincoln. Signature, "Oct. 11, 1927, Columbus, Ohio,...

New England Poets. Group of four signatures of kingpins of the Transcendentalist School: 1) "Henry W. Longfellow, 1880" on card. 2) "...

Elie Wiesel. Survivor and best-selling author on the Holocaust. A.N.S., (19)93. "It is always good hearing from you. I will answer Dr. M. Nayth...

Ralph Waldo Emerson. American essayist, poet, minister, abolitionist, member of the Transcendentalists and Concord writers. A.L.S., Concord (Mass.), D

Ada Leverson. "Dear friend" of Oscar Wilde and W. Somerset Maugham, admired by Henry James; a leader in the world of turn-of-century Briti...

Oscar Wilde. Two books: 1) De Profundis, first edition, gold trim on blue cloth. Methuen, London, 1965, 151 pp. 2) The Importance of Being Earnest, co

Two Signed Books. 1) Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, signed by illustrator Barry Moser. University of California Press, 1985, first printing of 100th

Israel Zangwill. Novelist, playwright, associate of Herzl, skilled at presenting Jewish ideals and problems. T.L.S., London, 1907, on letterhead of ...

Norman Rockwell. American artist, known for his magazine covers and posters. T.L.S., 1973, on his letterhead. "...I have no originals of mine f...

Louis Untermyer. American author and editor of numerous collections of poetry. Charming letter of congratulations to another author. T.L.S., 1971, on

Advice to a High Schooler. Interesting T.L.S. of muckracking author Ida M. Tarbell, New York City, Apr. 11, 1933, 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 , to a young man in Un