Historical Documents

JOHN BURROUGHS Signature, "The good wishes of, John Burroughs, Feb 14th 1903." VG. Double matted with a portrait and framed. $100-150

WILLIAM THOMSON 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), British mathematician & physicist; chief consultant during laying of first Atlantic Cable; propose...

ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955) Theoretical physicist. TLS, "A Einstein", 1p, Sept 4, 1946, 4to, his embossed personal stationery, Princeton, ...

ERNST MACH (1838-1916) Austrian physicist & philosopher; conducted considerable research in the field of ballistics. The "Mach" number...

LEV LANDAU (1908-68) Russian physicist; awarded Nobel Prize for Physics (1962), for theories on condensed matter, especially liquid helium. Signature,

PYOTR KAPITSA (1894-1984) Russian Physicist; director of U.S.S.R.'s Institute of Physical Problems, but dismissed (1946) for refusing to work on...

JULIUS ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (1904-67) American physicist; Executive Director of the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb). DS, check, payable to Oppenheimer f

ARTHUR H COMPTON (1892-1962) American physicist, 1927 Nobel Prize; Program Chief in the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb). TLS, 1p, Feb 9, 1934, 4to, Un

SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. ALS, "Freud", 1p, Jan 24, 1936, 8vo, personal letterhead, Vienn...

SIGMUND FREUD Printed LS, signed "Herr Freud", May, 1936, on 6"X4 1/2" card, sending thanks for remembering his 80th birthday. A...

CARL GUSTAV JUNG (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology; an early associate of Freud. TLS, "C G Jung", 1p, April...

WILLIAM JAMES (1842-1910) American psychologist & philosopher, one of the founders of Pragmatism. ALS, "Wm James", 4pp, Jan 24, 1908, ...

WILLIAM JAMES ALS, signed "Wm James" in margin of first page, 4pp, Feb 1 (ny), 8vo, Cambridge, Mass, to Louisa, friendly content, explaini...

JAMES JACKSON (1777-1867) Physician; first American to perform vaccinations. ALS, 2pp, Jan 6, 1861, 8vo, to Dr A A Gould, Treasurer of the Massachuset

CHARLES H MAYO (1865-1939) Surgeon - Mayo Clinic, cofounder of Mayo Foun-dation. SP, "C H Mayo", brown tones, 9"X11", formal sea...

ALEXIS CARREL (1873-1944) French surgeon and biologist; developed methods for suturing blood vessels and transplantation of organs; awarded 1912 Nobel

ALEXANDER FLEMING (1881-1955) Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin. ANS, to a "young" autograph collector, 1p, Feb 19, 1948, ...

AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD (1817-94) English archaeologist; excavated Assyrian city of Calah (1845-47); at Nineveh discovered (1849-51) palace of Sennacherib

HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) French painter, known for his portrayal of Parisian life. ALS, signed "T Lautrec", 1p, June 21, 1894, 8...

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) French painter; identified with post-impressionism and a leader among the Fauvists. SP, signed "H Matisse", b/w,...