Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +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,...