Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +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

Gold Mining. Two letters from S.W. Bullard, Atlanta, Ga., Apr. 23 and May 13, 1873, to Col. J. Parker, about gold mining efforts, 2 1/2 pp. in all. ...

All lost.... Letter to sister in Petersburg, Va., Feb. 20, 1839, 3 pp., with integral address-leaf, postmark "25," from Hannah Washburn, A...

Antebellum New Orleans. Undated letter, 3 pp., but apparently late 1848 to early 1849. Topics include Gen. Taylor, Van Buren, slavery, Negroes, the pi

Epidemic in New York. Dramatic, eloquent letter lamenting the fearful cholera epidemic raging in New York. From William N. Chadwick, who has fled to G

Abortion 1875. Unusual "strictly confidential" letter from husband in Bufords Bridge, Bamberg, S.C. to pharmacist in Charleston, Dec. 8, 1...

On the hook. Fascinating letter of Betsey Hotchkiss, Troy (N.Y.), July 29, 1846, to her procrastinating beau in Erie County, Pa., stating in no uncert

San Francisco and Savannah. Group of seven interesting letters: 1) San Francisco, June 1854, 2 pp. "...There was quite a large fire here...dest...

Firearms. A.L.S. of Amory Edwards, "Agent for the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and Gatling Gun Co., 1 Barclay St., New York," Nov. 1, 187...

Supernatural. Remarkable 1864 family manuscript copy of a Quaker letter of Apr. 15, 1840, Pennsburg, Pa., 3 pp., detailing her father's weird dr...

Sicily of Olde. A Tour through Sicily and Malta, in a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F.R.S. &qu...

America's Playground. Lengthy letter from Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Sept. 6, 1835, 8 x 12 1/4 , 3 pp., integral address-leaf with very good Sarat...

Dutch Girls in Pennsylvania. Lengthy letter of N. Tyler, Reading, Pa., Feb. 4, 1840, 3 pp., integral address-leaf. Entertaining description of watchin

I feel like a kind of wandering Jew.... Unusually expressive letter of a young man travelling through Europe, Heidelberg, May 7, no year but c. 1860,

Flying Tigers. World War II aviation group, led by Gen. Chennault, playing a critical role in protection of the Burma Road, keeping it in use for supp

The sport of ballooning..... Documents from the files of the notorious Henry Woodhouse, Aero Club of America, Madison Avenue. Comprising: Lengthy T.L.

Balloonpost. Group of eight envelopes, 1968-1980, carried by balloons from cities in Austria. Attractive cachets, various handstamps (four to eight di

Ballooning in the Arctic. Remarkable group of items relating to use of "steering balloons" - forerunner of the dirigible - in early Arctic...

Final Trip of the Hindenburg. Three postcards: 1) Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin airships over Friedrichshafen Airport. 2) Count von Zeppelin, 1909, pos

Leather Helmet. Splendid flyer's helmet, tan, name "P.I. Thomas" printed on outside back and on inside lining. Satin label "Made ...

World War I Planes. Small poster illustrating forty different, of U.S., England, France, Italy, and Germany. 9 x 16 1/2 . Black and white, 1914-18. Fi

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

Hendrik Willem van Loon. Journalist, lecturer, awarded Newberry Medal, books on art, history, and geography. Two T.Ls.S., both attractively penned, 1

Mary Ellen Chase. Novelist, essayist, author of Harvey, professor of English at Smith College. A.L.S., Northampton, Mass., 1940, 2 pp., on social plan

Richard Le Gallienne. English author of many books. This example, Prose Fancies, with ten-line paragraph signed, on flyleaf. Flamboyant Art Nouveau fl

Alfred C. Kinsey. Sex researcher whose work received considerable publicity. T.L.S., 1952, on letterhead of Indiana University, to Peter Briggs of Lad

Puerto Rican Journal. Unusual manuscript journal of noted Puerto Rican author and teacher Carmen Gomez Tejern, 325 pp., describing her two trips to Eu

Copperhead Collection. A splendid collection of six items relating to the Copperhead movement: 1) Pamphlet, "Copperhead Conspiracy in the North...

Colonial New York. D.S. of George Clark, colonial Governor of Province of New York, 1736, land grant of 4,000 acres to Joseph Sackett, Orange County,

Hamilton Fish. Lincoln's appointee as Commissioner of Exchange of Union prisoners. Splendid signature of Fish on 3 pp. lease for his property at...

Maine Politics 1860-63. Group of three letters from Maine politicians concerning "census taken, used by Buchanan's last litter of pigs. We ...

To Daniel Webster. A.L.S. of Jerome Buck, Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, Aug. 12, (18)52, 1 p., 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 , to Hon. Daniel Webster. Bold notati

1804 Election for President and Vice-President. Broadside, State of Massachusetts, setting forth requirements of Electors. Senate resolution of June 1

Know Nothings. Printed broadsheet, "Platform of the American Party of Massachusetts." 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 oblong. N.d. but dated 1853 in older p...

A Design to Dissolve the Union. "Correspondence between John Quincy Adams...and Several Citizens of Mass., concerning the charge of a Design to...

De Witt Clinton. D.S., 1822, as Governor of N.Y., appointing a coroner of Saratoga County. Also served as Mayor of New York City, and Presidential can

Samuel Tilden. Presidential candidate opposing Hayes, this controversial election resulting in Tilden's loss by one electoral vote. He left his ...

Teapot Dome. Group of letters of Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney Gen., acquitted in 1927 in Teapot Dome Scandal. One A.L.S. and four T.Ls.S., 1921-22, al

Andrew Curtin. Civil War Governor of Pennsylvania. D.S., 1854, an Act to develop mineral lands, namely coal. Fine dark signature at upper left of docu

At the point of the bayonet. Letter of J.W. Cooke, Catskill (N.Y.), Nov. 6, 1838, 8 x 10, 1 p. An excited and wholly optimistic letter on the Whig vic

John F. Kennedy. Bronze medal, 3" diameter, bearing profile view of the President, with famed quote, "We shall pay any price...to assure s...

Petersburg, Virginia. Stampless letter, Apr. 20, 1841, from Chas. Jordan, to Col. Scott in Franklin City, Mass., 1 p., 25 manuscript rate on cover. ...

Society for Suppression of Vice. A.L.S. of noted crusader Anthony Comstock, on pictorial letterhead of "New York Society for the Suppression of...

1888 Ribbon. Scarce "Harrison and Morton" silk flag-style ribbon, from Republican campaign for President and Vice President. 2 x 4, blue a...

Death of McKinley. Collection formed at the time by a citizen of West Chester, Pa.: 1) Program of memorial meeting held on day of assassination, at ...

Beginning of Gerrymandering. Partly printed document, Apr. 6, 1812, 7/2 x 1 2, 4 pp., Mass. State emblem at top. With town's results for Gov. an...

Signatures of the South. Collection of eleven signatures of prominent Southerners. Some on pale blue paper, mounted on mocha cards: R.M.T. Hunter, &...

Noah Phelps. The spy who went into Fort Ticonderoga before its capture by Ethan Allen. D.S. twice, Simsbury, Conn., 1792. Financial settlement, witnes

The West. Gold Fields of Cripple Creek, booklet, 50 pp., including maps and illustrations of this gold area of Colorado. One map with small split, els

Hotel Register. Dramatic bound guest register of American House, St. Albans, Vermont, Henry A. Dunbar, Prop., Apr. 25-June 19, 1911, with signatures o

Irish Americana. Manuscript records of a small mill, New Bedford, Mass. stationers' label, comprising daily "time and pay roll" of a s...

Custer's Chief. Interesting pair of items: Book, Hiawatha - Produced in Life, Wanamaker Primer on the North American Indian, 1909. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4...

Custer and Western Art Collection. Group of ten assorted older reproductions of: 1) "Custer's Last Fight," in color, from painting by ...

John Mitchell. Known as the greatest labor leader of his time. A coal miner who rose to become President of United Mine Workers 1898-1908, and organiz

Two Pocket Diaries. 1) Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1927, a recording of busy days in the Jazz Age, including dinner, Harvard boat race, dinners, dancing, tennis,

Wyoming Territory. Legal form, 1888 - two years before Statehood, Laramie County, certifying that the handwriting on attached deed between Levi Burnet

Father and Son. A.L.S. of C(lifton) R. Breckinridge, sailor in Confederate Navy as a teenager, later cotton planter, Congressman from Arkansas - and s

Delivered by a Prisoner's Wife. Letter of James Corsa in "State Prison" (N.Y.), July 1799, 2 pp., 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 , to Gen. James Miles ...

We command you.... King George II summons Sheriff to bring John Tullin of Boston, Suffolk County, to appear in court regarding a judgment. Imposing ma

Penn Family Archive. Group of 25 letters and documents relating to estate of Thomas Gordon Penn of Pennsylvania, land holdings, etc., together with th

West Side Story 1829. Certificate of indenture of Society for Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents of City of New York. 1829, large printed seal. Partl

Trouble in New Orleans. Letter on pictorial stationery from G. Rundle, local agent of Singer Manufacturing Co., "89 Canal St., Opposite the Fou...