Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT Prominent Westchester, New York civil engineer, reputed to have been the engineer and architect of "Sing-Sing", the n...

A superb example of mid-nineteenth century American folk art toys, a handmade rolling marble you expertly crafted from wood. The game features two sta

A good early riverboat letter, 1p. folio, Franklin, Apr. 29, 1849 written by Benjamin Stowe to his brother, in part: "This morning…a young Mr. ...

TATEISHI "TOMMY" ONOJIRO The youngest of a group of Samurai who toured the United States in 1860 on Japan's first diplomatic venture b...

A scarce issue of the short-lived Irish American newspaper, The Western Star and Harp of Erin for Apr. 24, 1813, (New York), 8pp. sm. folio. uncut. Th

A pair of folio maps, printed on opposite sides of a folio sheet. One side bears a "Map of The Californias by T. J. Farnham" (1845). The r...

"There has been a man hung and two men murdered since you left…" Good content A.L.S., 3pp. 4to., Denver, June 23, 1860 in which C. D. Ron...

"Constant booming of dynamite as the soldiers tried to check the flames by blowing up buildings…" Contemporary typescript Ms.S. with holo...

Interesting manuscript D.S. 2pp. oblong 8vo., New York, Dec. 1866, regarding the passage of the steamship Victor which wrecked shortly after this docu

Fine pair of antebellum letters by the Brewson sisters of Atlanta concerning the death of a family friend, John Natt, killed in a train derailment cau

A scathing anti-embargo act broadside, ca. 1805-06, aimed directly at Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin and titled: The CONSTITUTION gone ! !

A.L.S. "Russell Kellam" 1p. 4to. with integral address leaf, [n.p.] Nov. 18, 1819 to James Fraser, a merchant in Savannah asking him to se...

Romantic A.Ms. (unsigned) 2pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d.], penned in a fine hand by an unknown poet, in part: "...My jest it is merry the truth ...

Fine content A.L.S. by "Thomas Stevens", 2pp. 8vo., New York, July 10, 1894, in part: "... Hudson's 'Law '-- is a capital...

Printed ribald poem titled "The Fair Maid's Song, when all alone", 6" square, no printer noted. In it, a pretty maid laments the ...

Sunday school teacher goes ham… Manuscript D.S., 1p. legal folio, Lycoming Co., Pa., April, 1844, a court document in which a "Grand Inquest&q...

Rare, well-executed sideshow banner, ca. 1940s, 8' wide, 7 1/2' tall, canvas with metal attachments in corner reinforced with leather corner...

Scarce broadside, 1p. folio, Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1808, (printed by Hillard & Metcalf, 1808) titled "Illustrissimo Jacobo Sullivan, armigero...

A vintage brass shield from the H.R.A. (Harvard Rowing Athletics) 1913 season, measures 13 1/2" x 18" and mounted to a 15 1/2" x 21&q...

Partly-printed document, 2pp. folio, Quay County, N.M., June 30, 1905 to Dec. 24, 1907 and July 24, 1926 to July 25, 1926 to Jan 4, 1930. Each ledger