Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

Lady Bird Johnson. T.L.S. on letterhead of Office of the Democratic Leader, U.S. Senate, July 7, 1955, to Walter Winchell, newspaper columnist with N.

Franked Envelopes. Two hand-franked envelopes: 1) Lucretia Garfield on mourning envelope, (18)83, engraved initials on verso. Signature light. Circula

Truman and Taft. Two hand-franked envelopes: 1) "Bess W. Truman," choice signature, 1979 postmark, apparently also addressed in her hand. ...

Nancy Reagan. T.L.S. on letterhead of Executive Residence, Sacramento, Calif., June 1, 1971. She responds to an earlier letter: "...Yes, I did ...

Nancy Reagan. Bold signature on small envelope imprinted "The White House." Obtained in person, 1997. Excellent.

Mary Lord Harrison. First Lady 188993. Group of three envelopes, with large franking signature on each, "Mary Lord Harrison," with her cus...

Roosevelt - Rockefeller - Kennedy. Group of three items: 1) Free-franked envelope "Eleanor Roosevelt" as stamped signature, 1952. Torn at ...

Eleanor Roosevelt. T.L.S., Oct. 14, 1945, on Val-Kill Cottages at Hyde Park letterhead, to Julia Parker. "It was very kind of you to write me a...

Mamie Eisenhower. A.L.S., June 27, 1978, 3 pp., on letterhead of "The Little House, The Eisenhower Farms, Gettysburg, Pa." In her dark, la...

Alberto Santos-Dumont. Brazilian air pioneer whose achievements in France included balloon, airship, and monoplane. Magazine cover, Nov. 1901, illustr

Wiley Post. One of the great innovators in aviation, developing first practical pressure suit, discovered the jet stream, made record altitude, flew a

Coste and Bellmonte. Two French pilots who made the first non-stop flight from Paris to New York, Sept. 1930. Airmail envelope commemorating their vis

Zeppelin. Ten pieces: 1) Nine different, original photo postcards, mint, of different locations as viewed from Zeppelins in flight. All captioned. Iss

Final Trip of the Hindenburg. Two items: 1) Attractive large envelope with four handstamps, three tied "Lüftschiff Hindenburg, 1 Mai 1937,...

Balloonpost Covers. Group of eight attractive envelopes carried on balloons, 1968-69, from various cities in Austria. Colorful cachets, assorted hands

Early Aviation. Interesting group of aviators and aviatrixes: 1) Amy Johnson Mollison and James Allen Mollison, signatures of each on slips, about 1 -

Eddie Rickenbacker. World War I ace, World War II hero, built Rickenbacker automobile. T.L.S., 1961, on Eastern Air Lines letterhead, as Chairman of t

Paul W. Tibbets. Photo of pilot Tibbets, 8 x 10, standing in front of Enola Gay, pilot in flight suit. Signed in blue ink on blank area. Excellent.

First Atomic Strike Force. Title of printed poem extolling the contributions of the 509th, the unit that contained the Enola Gay crew. Poem of two eig

Air Manuals. Group of four, 1943-44, published by Army Air Force (three) and Civil Aeronautics Board (one). Paper covers, 70-91 pp., illustrated. The

Pearl Harbor Fighter Pilots. Three pilots relate their experiences on December 7, 1941: "That was the longest day of my life" (Col. Verl E...

Japanese Aces of World War II. Collection of about 27 pieces, including signed photos and A.Ls.S. (some in Japanese with translations) of pilots. Incl

James Doolittle. Winner of Bendix Trophy, Congressional Medal of Honor for his raid over Tokyo in April 1942. Later commanded U.S. Army Air Force in N

Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders. Col. Jack A. Sims' 12-page typewritten article for publication, single-spaced, titled, "The Doolittle Raid M...

Doolittle's Raiders. Group of 16 items: letters, signed photos, and more, from another seven of the pilots in the Doolittle Group, describing th...

Doolittle's Raiders. Another group of 13 of Doolittle's pilots, writing their thoughts of the experience: 13 A.Ls.S., one signed photo, one ...

U.S. Fighter Aces - mainly Pacific Theatre. Group of 21 pilots who had numerous kills to their record, including Brig. Gen. Frank J. Collins, Lt. Col.

U.S. Fighter Aces - mainly Pacific Theatre. Group of 22 pieces: nine outstanding A.Ls.S., 8 signed photos, 2 T.Ls.S., etc., by pilots who achieved out

U.S. Fighter Aces - mainly Pacific Theatre. Group of 16 items, including three letters and ten signed photos, one an 8 x 10 of the top Navy ace, David

U.S. Fighter Aces - mainly European Theatre. Group of 30 signed printed photos, with printed biographies on page, many shown with their planes. Twenty

U.S. Fighter Aces - mainly European Theatre. Group of 25 items, including fourteen signed photos, together with letters reminiscing about the war. Out

French Normandie-Niemen Aces. The regiment sent by the Free French to fight with the Russians in World War II, serving in the major battles of Smolens

Lüftwaffe Aces. Group of about 38 items: twelve signed photos, ten unsigned photos, nine A.Ls.S., five T.Ls.S., and two miscellany. Twenty pilo...

Free French Fighter Aces with the R.A.F. Collection of about 23 items: signed and unsigned photos and A.Ls.S., and T.Ls.S., in English and French, var

Italian Aces Mixed Loyalties. Group of 11 pilots, variously loyal to Mussolini, Germany, America, and England in World War II, with three from World W

War of 1812. Two important prisoner-of-war letters from an impressed prisoner: 1) From Benjamin Kinsley on Nassau Prison Ship, to his mother, Mar. 2,

Beginning of War of 1812. Three documents: 1) June 20, 1812, the day after the declaration of war was proclaimed. A.D.S. of Adj. Gen. Ebenezer Hunting

War of 1812 Hero Col. John Williams. Colonel of 200 mounted volunteers in Florida fighting the Seminole Indians; with Andrew Jackson and 39th U.S. Inf

Military Correspondence of a West Point Officer. Collection of 14 letters of Maj. Hyatt Clark Ransom, Class of 1851, to his friend Ferris F. Hyatt, Es

Civil War and Indian Wars. Group of 50 items from 1860's and 1870's, comprising documents and letters, primarily military. In the assortment...

Special Orders. For Capt. Henry P. Pervine, 6th Cavalry, 1876-1888: 1) "All enlisted men and laundresses..." to be moved by railroad to De...

Treasury of United States. Letterhead, Washington, 1817, signed by Treasurer of U.S. Thomas T. Tucker, who served in Revolution. Partly printed advice

Civil War and Beyond. Collection of eight Army documents: 1) Report of 2nd Penna. Vols., signed by Gen. Henry M. Hoyt, 1863. 2) Two Ls.S., 1867, Gen.

Louisiana. James Villers, second Governor of Louisiana; served under Andrew Jackson in War of 1812, advising him to accept offer of the pirate Pierre

Quartermaster Dept. of 1870's. Group of nine documents, most partly printed, all on letterhead. Including "Roll of enlisted men employed on...

Maj. Gen. J.L. Hines. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, succeeding Pershing. Signature on card, with covering letter of enclosure. About fine.

Button Collection. Lot of 37 early American buttons, each identified, including military. Colonial. One probably Confederate, with photo of man. Union

Court Martial at Home. Two A.Ds.S., 1809-10, both signed by Lt. Col. Matthias Nicoll of Connecticut: 1) List of 22 commissioned officers in eight comp

Sword. Military sword, 35" long, hilt 4 x 7. Handle appears to be ivory with dark crossbars.

American Battle Art, 17551918. Book published by Library of Congress, 1947, 319 pp., 150 fine quality black-and-white plates (engravings, mezzotints,

Gen. Leonard Wood. Associate of Theodore Roosevelt, helped organize "Rough Riders," Army Chief of Staff, Presidential candidate (1920), ph...

Soldiers' Manuals. Group of seven World War II Technical Manuals, issued by U.S. Army, 1941-45: Instruction Guide Generating Unit M1 Instruction...

Adolf Hitler. Early photo authentically signed in fountain pen, "Adolf Hitler, Salzburg, May 10, 1931" on dark portion. 3 -1/2 x 5 -1/4 . ...

Rudolf Hess. Hitler's close friend who assisted him in the writing of Mein Kampf; his bodyguard since 1925. Report, 1939, 4 pp., on Hess' me...

Adolf Hitler's Program. 1932 rotogravure bulletin, 4 pp., printed by Volkische Beobachter, Munich, the Nazi printers. Compelling photo of Hitler...

Why Hitler? Election broadside, written by Joseph Goebbels, whose name appears as author. For the April 1932 "second round" election betwe...

German Workers Leaders. Unusual election broadside, 1924, in the early years of Nazi politics. Anti-Semitic, anti- Socialist, anti-Communist. Printed

Man of German Loyalty. Another broadside in the "second round" election between Hitler and von Hindenburg in April 1932. Printed one side,...

Awaiting von Hindenburg's Death. Judicial and legislative changes were made in the weeks before von Hindenburg's demise, the Nazis steamroll...

Anschluss with Austria. Broadside, 1938, addressed to citizens of "Greater Germany," preceding the "vote" by the Germans for uni...

History Rewritten. "Racial purity in Vienna," broadside promoting book by Dr. Robert Korber, issued by Vienna University, 1939. Printed bo...

Communication for the Troops. Printed directive, Aug. 1940, issued by Ober-Kommando der Wehrmacht, containing information to be given to soldiers, dow

Anti-British Poster, Dec. 1940. Oversize red and black, issued Dec. 1940, as part of Nazi propaganda "Words of the Week." Churchill's ...

Nazi Child's Questionnaire. Partly printed, Vienna, Aug. 10, 1938, 4 pp., a few months after Hitler invaded Austria. "Judische Jugendhilfe,...

Nazi Elite. Winners of Knight's Cross, 15 Waffen SS recipients, pictured in uniform, in 4 pp. booklet with brief biography of each, 1943. Three ...

World War II's Last Military Prisoner. Maj. Walter Reder, SS officer convicted of massacres in Italy. Photo signed in lower margin, 4 x 6, in un...

Heinrich Himmler. This monster of Nazi terror, leader of Gestapo and SS, was once a child! Letter written as a boy of 13, with his wishes for Christma

Hitler. Two period books: 1) Hitler, published by Cigaretten/Bildesdienst, Leipzig, 1936. A picture biography with 205 photos, some in color. 133 pp.,

David Ben-Gurion. Architect of the State of Israel and its first Prime Minister. Outstanding personal A.L.S., Jan. 19, 1954, from Sdeh Boker, a few we

Menahem Begin. T.L.S. on his official letterhead as Minister without portfolio, 1968, to a friend who grew up with him in Brisk, Lithuania. ".....

Golda Meir. Prime Minister, signer of Israel's Declaration of Independence. T.L.S., 1953, as Minister of Labor, on official State of Israel lett...

Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz. A nazi who opposed SS treatment of the Jews. Portrait on card, 4 x 5 -3/4 , in Wehrmacht uniform, signed as General, "...

Henrietta Szold. American Zionist, author, educator, founder, and first President of Hadassah, women's Zionist organization, and activist in the...

Meir Dizengoff. A founder and first Mayor of Tel Aviv, the first Hebrew city in Palestine. Very early A.L.S., 1920, on Hebrew and English letterhead o

Gen. Haim Laskov. Chief of General Staff, Israel's Armed Forces (1958). A.L.S. as a young Lieutenant, 1943, in 2nd Jewish Battalion of Palestine...

Dr. Max Nordau. Associate of Theodore Herzl, physician, journalist, Army surgeon, and President of the Zionist Congresses after Herzl's death. H...

Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik. Religious Zionist leader in U.S., doctorate in metaphysics, and head of Yeshiva University in N.Y.C. A.L.S., 1965, on U.S. bl

Dachau. Postwar "Dachau Concentration Camp Visitors Pass," 6 x 8 -1/2 , printed, affirming that bearer was a member of the permanent staff...

Bergen-Belsen. Group of four covers, mailed from the D.P. camp at Bergen-Belsen, postwar. Each with circular red "Persons Mail Paid" hands...

D.P. Camps. Lot of seventeen covers from all-different Displaced Persons Camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy, following World War II. All with postag

Partition is Illegal! Large broadside, Dec. 1947, 14 x 19 -3/4 , of Menchem Begin's Irgun, entitled "Manifesto," attacking the U.N. re...

Turn your fury into deeds Volunteer! Official circular no. 7, Jerusalem, Dec. 13, 1942, issued by the Jewish Mobilization Center, to increase the numb

Jewish Brigade. Broadside, 1943, part of their struggle for identity during World War II. As part of the British Army, they had been issued "Pa...

After the Holocaust. 1947, Order of the Day, to Hebrew Youth, issued by Jewish Community of Palestine, to be read to students on Memorial Day. "...

Postwar. Broadside, 1946, 8 -1/2 x 9, announcing a "Jewish Farm" School, D.P. Camp Pleikershof, Germany, "for a good year to be credi...

Land Purchases for Israel's Future. Dr. Abraham Granovsky, Signer of Israel's Declaration of Independence. T.L.S., 1949, Jerusalem, on offic...

In Defence of Freedom. 1942 miniature booklet, 12 pp., 2 -1/2 x 4 -1/4 , in English, richly illustrated, on the need for land "now for cultivat...

Land for Holocaust Survivors. Circular letter, late 1947, issued as part of a major fund campaign for half million pounds by Jewish National Fund, nam

Children's Campaign during the Holocaust. Small broadside, 5 x 7, April 1944, in Hebrew, of Rescue and Mobilization Committee in aid of European...

To "Help" Organizations. Group of 38 covers, postwar, sent from Jewish refugees in camps in French, U.S., and Russian Zones, to seven orga...

Foreign. Donation to synagogue, 1928, in Danzig, as recorded on large check-size receipt. Fine. Also, Grand Rabbi of Luxembourg, Dr. Robert Serebrenik

Postcards from Jewish Refugees. 1939 to 1940's. Lot of six: from Siberia to U.S., Paris to Switzerland, Poland to England, and Russia to Teheran...

Fortresses of strength...Springs of life. Poster, 1949, printed in orange and brown on ivory, issued to attract young people to settle on frontier of

Anti-Semitic Trade Card. Color caricature of a grotesque shylock-appearing man, with text below for a French soap. Verso has text for the soap and its

Pres. Andrew Johnson. Exquisite diminutive photograph captured within original paper backing. Oval card window about -5/8 x -3/4 . Blind embossed flor

Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Carte-size lithograph from an engraving, shown in uniform, bust, by L. Prang - who would later originate the Chris

Confederate Gen. Robert Garnett. Head and shoulder pose, in uniform. Commanded Confederate troops in northwest Virginia; killed July 1861. Unattribute

J.E.B. Stuart. Confederate General whose cavalry raids were fabled; killed May 1864. Highly realistic carte image, incorporating expert and flattering

Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Unusual offering of an unattributed studio, comprising photo of Morgan's face, on which his hair, moustache, ...

Confederate General A.S. Johnston. Killed at Shiloh. Called "the ablest soldier, Confederate or Union, of his time." Carte-style lithograp...