Historical Documents

YURI GAGARIN Typed statement signed, 1p, Sept 21, 1963, oblong folio, an article sent to the newspaper "Izvestia", praising Soviet space a...

(Cosmonauts) Attractive photograph, signed by 7 Russian cosmonauts, b/w, 7"X9 1/2", outdoor pose. Includes: Valery Kubasov; Victor Gorbatk...

(Cosmonauts) Russian space cover. Signed by the 3 Russian cosmonauts who made up the crew of Voskhod 1 (Oct 12, 1964), the first three-man crew in spa

(Cosmonauts) Russian space postcard. Signed by 2 Russian cosmonauts who made up the crew of Voskhod 2: Pavel Belyayev (deceased); & Aleksei Leon...

(Cosmonauts) Collection of 5 SP's (various sizes) & 14 signed covers of Russian & international cosmonauts. Many of the pieces have mult...

(Cosmonauts) Miniature flag, 6"X4", flown in space when it was delivered to the Russian space station "Mir", by the American Spa...

SERGEY KOROLYOV (1906-66) Soviet aeronautical engineer; with F A Tsander formed (1931) Moscow Group for Study of Reactive Motion and directed launchin

HENRY M STANLEY (1841-1904) British explorer who found Livingstone at Ujiji. ALS, 3pp, Mar 28, 1898, 8vo, House of Commons embossed stationery, to Mrs

ERNEST H SHACKLETON (1874-1922) British Antarctic explorer. Bold signature, on Grosvenor Hotel letterhead, London. Well beneath signature is 1910 tran

JOHN BARROW (1764-1848) English statesman; promoted Arctic exploration. Cape Barrow, Point Barrow & Barrow Strait, Alaska are named after him. L...

KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY (1857-1935) Russian inventor and rocket expert; his most important theorical work concerned the possibility of rocket flight in

KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY ALS, "K Tsiolkovsky", 6pp, April 28, 1927, 5 1/2"X9", nice scientific content re article he had written, ...

RICHARD F BURTON (1821-90) English explorer and orientalist; made pilgrimage to Mecca (1853) disguished as Pathan, which he described in "Pilgr...

RICHARD L LANDER (1804-34) English explorer in Africa. With his brother, John (1807-39), traced the course of the Lower Niger River to its delta and p

FRIDTJOF NANSEN (1861-1930) Norwegian arctic explorer & scientist. ALS, on a postcard, Aug 3, 1920, to Col Ernest P Bicknell in Paris. In part, ...

FRIDTJOF NANSEN Vintage signature, adds date "9 Febr 98." VG. $100-150

GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-99) First President of United States. ADS, signed "G Washington" at conclusion and 4 times as "George Washing...

GEORGE WASHINGTON 3rd person autograph document, signed 3 times in the text, 1p, Jan 22, 1755, folio, an agreement to purchase tools from Adam Stephen

GEORGE WASHINGTON Bold signature, "G Washington", closely clipped from a letter. Clipping touches bottom of "s" and "g"...

GEORGE WASHINGTON 2 words in his hand, "little wide", apparently clipped from a letter. The writing is quite light. Matted with an engravi...