Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Civil War

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With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, our May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung, a rare handwritten letter by Sun Yat-sen, a letter by Karl Marx concerning the publication of Das Kapital in translation, a letter by Claude Monet about Queen Victoria's state funeral, and a battlefield message from the Revolutionary War's 'Swamp Fox,' Francis Marion. A special Civil War section boasts the thoroughbred racing saddle of George Custer, and autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and more. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in May 2020.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Theodore Roosevelt41 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Message of the Governor of the State of New York, 1900. Bound in soft black leather wrappers with gilt stamping, 8.25 x 10.25, 53 pages.
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Theodore Roosevelt42 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Through the Brazilian Wilderness. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stampi...
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Theodore Roosevelt43 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6.75 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead, May 27, 1912. Letter to G. B. Daniels of the Oakland Enquirer, in full: "It was fine to hear...
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Theodore Roosevelt44 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 20.5, January 9, 1909. President Roosevelt appoints Rhodric Winfield Browne as a "First L...
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Theodore Roosevelt45 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Ink signature, "Theodore Roosevelt,” on an off-white 4 x .5 slip, which is archivally matted and framed with an engraving to an overall s...
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William H. Taft46 - William H. Taft
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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, December 17
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William H. Taft47 - William H. Taft
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Unsigned book from the library of William H. Taft: The American's Guide, Comprising the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederati...
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William H. Taft48 - William H. Taft
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Signed book: William Howard Taft: American by Robert Lee Dunn. First edition. Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., 1908. Hardcover bound in tan cloth with
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William H. Taft49 - William H. Taft
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Handsome vintage 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of William H. Taft by the Somers Studio, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "With warm es...
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William H. Taft50 - William H. Taft
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Handsome vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Chief Justice Taft in his judicial robe by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and insc...
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Woodrow Wilson51 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Obiter Dicta. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt stamping, 4.5 x 7, 232 pag...
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Woodrow Wilson52 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Why We Are At War: Messages to the Congress, January to April, 1917. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1917. Hardcover with dus...
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Woodrow Wilson53 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: On Being Human. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, 4.75 x 7, 55 pages. ...
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Woodrow Wilson54 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping, 5.25 x 7.5
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Woodrow Wilson55 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America, edited by Edward John Payne. First edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893. Hardcover bound
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Calvin Coolidge56 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Address of President Coolidge at Gettysburg Battle Field," delivered on May 30, 1928, printed by the Government...
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Calvin Coolidge57 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Annual Message of the President of the United States to a Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives,&...
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Calvin Coolidge58 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Budget, for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending Jun...
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Herbert Hoover59 - Herbert Hoover
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Wonderful vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Hoover by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and inscribed below in fountain pen, "To...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt60 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Roosevelt Omnibus. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.75. Signed on the first free end pa
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