Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

(1879 - 1940) Russian Communist leader who with Lenin organized the Bolshevik October Revolution, defeated by Stalin in their struggle for control of

(1906 - 1982) Soviet leader who engineered the ouster of Khrushchev, chairman of the Presidium, and established the Brezhnev Doctrine entitling the So

(1914-1984) Soviet Premier who ruled for a brief 15 months following the death of Leonid Brezhnev in 1982. During his tenure as head of the KGB, he ru

An group of greeting cards, letters and other ephemera from the estate of Field Marshal Viktor Kondraty'evich Kharchenko (1911-1975), who partic...

(1892 - 1980) President of Yugoslavia. Tito led partisans during World War II and as head of the nation he secured independence from the Soviet Union

Cienfuegos endorses Partagas cigars! (d. 1959), one of the most important of the Cuban revolutionaries, a close associate of Che and the Castro broth

(1928 - 1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader, allied with Fidel and Raul Castro in their successful revolutionary activities, he

A brightly colored Chinese Cultural Revolution poster, 30" x 19" , shows enthusiastic children with red armbands running happily in sync,...

A great, oversize Chinese Cultural Revolution poster ca. 1970, measures 30" x 41" , shows two happy comrades at work in a quarry and titl...

A brightly colored Cultural Revolution propaganda poster, 30" x 20" , shows a smiling leader dressed in peasant garb and carrying a lante...

A brightly-colored oversize poster from the Chinese Cultural Revolution, measures 30" x 41" and shows a radiant Chinese athlete raising ...

(1794 - 1876) Mexican general and politician, a President of Mexico who sought to crush the Texas Revolution, seizing the Alamo only be defeated by Sa

(1919-1952) Wife of Argentinean President Juan Peron who struggled to obtain improved peasant welfare, woman suffrage, and health and labor reforms. A

(1895 - 1974) Argentinian dictator deposed in a military coup but returned to power. His administration much improved the nation's welfare, but ...

(1895 - 1974) Argentinean dictator deposed in a military coup but returned to power. His administration much improved the nation's welfare, but ...

A nice group of nine pieces signed by prominent African leaders, in various formats, includes: DESMOND TUTU (two S.P. 4" x 6" color, signe...

Angry and suspecting his father-in-law of misappropriating funds, Bell writes his wife: "I have contributed sufficiently to the pecuniary inter...

(1937 - 2006) President of Iraq who, in 1979, led Arab opposition to the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. Under Hussein's direction,...

A group of 11 probably 16th-18th century Arabic documents, various sizes but mostly 4to., some bearing gold-leaf and hand-painted decoration. Not tran

Angry and suspecting his father-in-law of misappropriating funds, Bell writes his wife: "I have contributed sufficiently to the pecuniary inter...

Einstein admits to one of his few weaknesses… (1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships

A rare check made out and signed by Morse (1791 - 1872) American inventor credited with the invention of the telegraph, as well as a signaling alpha

(1809 - 1882) English naturalist who proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection and determined man evolved from an anthropoid animal. Cut sig

Bell seeks to employ an ex-student to teach his "Visible Speech" to the deaf (1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the...

(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela

(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela

(1849 - 1926) American scientist and horticulturist who developed new strains of fruits, berries and vegetables, and the Shasta daisy as well. Lot of

(1849 - 1926) American scientist and horticulturist who developed new strains of fruits, berries and vegetables, and the Shasta daisy as well. A.L.S.

(1802-1871) Scottish author and publisher who promulgated a theory of evolution in his work Vestiges of Creation, which deeply influenced Darwin and h

(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest inventor

(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest inventor

MINA EDISON (1866-1947) Second wife of Thomas Edison, she was the daughter of the inventor Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua Institution and

A scarce Edison-related imprint, Addresses Delivered at the Presentation to Mr. Thomas Alva Edison of the Medal Bestowed Upon Him By the Congress of t

CHARLES LORENZO CLARKE (1853 - 1941) Longtime associate of Thomas Edison who began working for the inventor in his Menlo Park laboratories in 1880 and

(1832 - 1923) French civil engineer whose construction of the Eiffel Tower proved his theories of the strength of metal framework in building construc

(1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships revolutionized the field of physics. Signature

(1881 - 1955) Scottish bacteriologist who shared with Florey and Chain the 1945 Nobel prize for their discovery of penicillin. A.L.S. "Alec Fle...

(1846 - 1914) American geographer who is described as the "Father of the Quadrangle" which is the basis for topographical maps. T.L.S. a P...

(1792-1871) English astronomer, the son of William Herschel who continued his father's studies of nebulae and double stars, named the seven moon...

(1875 - 1961) Swiss psychiatrist in association with Freud, a founder of analytic psychology who developed theories of the collective unconscious and

Presented to his brilliant student, Paul Yakovlev (1849 - 1936) Russian physiologist known for his momentous studies of reflex behavior, specifically

(1827 - 1912) English surgeon and medical scientist greatly influenced by Pasteur, leading to his founding of antiseptic surgery. Bold signature &qu...

(1854 - 1946) German physician, an orthopedic pioneer and specialist. A.L.S. on the verso of a postcard picturing his chateau in Vienna, July 10, 1936

(1790-1852) English paleontologist, discovered the first fossil teeth of an Iguanodon. Uncommon A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., [London, n.d. but docketed 1849 at t

(1874 - 1937) Italian physicist and inventor of wireles stelegraphy. Signature on a small card, mounting traces to verso, very good. Estimate: $15

(b. 1928) Nobel Prize winner and subject of the film A Beautiful Life, Nash is an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geom

(1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. Bold signature on a card. Fin...

(1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. S.P. "Albert Schweitzer", 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" b/w,...

(1820-1903) English philosopher and evolutionary theorist, a champion of Darwin's Origin of the Species. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Feb. 3, 1894, to a gen...

(b. 1928) American molecular biologist and zoologist best known as one of the co-discovers of DNA, sharing the Nobel Prize for his efforts together wi