Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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IVAN PAVLOV1344 - IVAN PAVLOV
Alexander Historical Auctions
Presented to his brilliant student, Paul Yakovlev (1849 - 1936) Russian physiologist known for his momentous studies of reflex behavior, specifically
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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JOSEPH LISTER1345 - JOSEPH LISTER
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(1827 - 1912) English surgeon and medical scientist greatly influenced by Pasteur, leading to his founding of antiseptic surgery. Bold signature &qu...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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ADOLF LORENZ1346 - ADOLF LORENZ
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(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
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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GIDEON A. MANTELL1347 - GIDEON A. MANTELL
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(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
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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GIUGLIELMO MARCONI1348 - GIUGLIELMO MARCONI
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(1874 - 1937) Italian physicist and inventor of wireles stelegraphy. Signature on a small card, mounting traces to verso, very good. Estimate: $15
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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JOHN F. NASH, JR.1349 - JOHN F. NASH, JR.
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(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
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING1350 - WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING
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(1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. Bold signature on a card. Fin...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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ALBERT SCHWEITZER1351 - ALBERT SCHWEITZER
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(1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. S.P. "Albert Schweitzer", 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" b/w,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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HERBERT SPENCER1352 - HERBERT SPENCER
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(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...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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JAMES D. WATSON1353 - JAMES D. WATSON
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(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
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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JOHN D. WATSON1354 - JOHN D. WATSON
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(1878-1958) American psychologist and a leading exponent, codifier, and popularizer of behaviorism. S.P. 5 x 7" b/w bust photo of the psycholog...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD1355 - ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD
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(1868 - 1955) American physicist and inventor cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and is best known for giving birth to the so
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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PHYSICIANS1356 - PHYSICIANS
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A lot of 20 signatures of prominent nineteenth and early twentieth-century physicians, most penned on small cards and mounted, includes: SILAS WEIR MI
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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SCIENTISTS...AND AN EXPLORER1357 - SCIENTISTS...AND AN EXPLORER
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A group of 11 signatures of nineteenth and early twentieth-century scientists, most on small cards and mounted, includes: HARRIET MARTINEAU (economist
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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ZOOLOGISTS1358 - ZOOLOGISTS
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Three piece by prominent nineteenth century zoologists: PAUL DU CHAILLU (signatures on a small card), and WILLIAM TEMPLE HORNADAY (signature on a smal
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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CHARLES A. LINDBERGH1359 - CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
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"I do no want to open my private life… my personal publicity has mounted much too high…" (1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "...
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 800.00
 
 
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RICHARD E BYRD1360 - RICHARD E BYRD
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"We have reached the very end of our rope financially, and our Expedition hangs by a thread…" (1888 - 1957) American aviator and explorer...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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RICHARD E. BYRD1361 - RICHARD E. BYRD
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(1888 - 1957) American aviator and explorer, first to fly over the South Pole and established the base "Little America". Partly-printed D....
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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1953 EVEREST EXPEDITION1362 - 1953 EVEREST EXPEDITION
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Seven of the men who conquered Mount Everest A fine photo signed by one of the conquerors of Mt. Everest and six members of the 1953 expedition which
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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EDMUND HILLARY1363 - EDMUND HILLARY
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(1919-2008) New Zealand mountain climber, with Tensing Norgay he was the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Fine S.P. 8" x 10" b/w,...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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