Historical Documents

ITALO BALBO (1896-1940) Italian aviator & statesman; embraced Fascist movement (1919); General of National Militia (1922); 1st Minister of Aviat...

NEIL ARMSTRONG Astronaut, first man to walk on the moon. TLS, "Neil", 1p, Oct 13, 1983, 4to, personal letterhead, Lebanon, Ohio, to Cy Lau...

NEIL ARMSTRONG ISP, color, 8"X10", smiling pose in space suit. VG. $300-400

EDWIN (Buzz) ALDRIN Astronaut, 2nd man to walk on the moon. ALS, "Buzz Aldrin", 1p, nd, 8vo, "Notes from Buzz" stationery, to Go...

BUZZ ALDRIN Complete edition of "The Wall Stret Journal", July 25, 1969. Boldly signed by Aldrin at top of first page, directly above the ...

APOLLO 11 Official badge issued by NASA to those permitted to witness the takeoff of Apollo 11, #6286, July, 1969, in its original clip-on holder. Rea

CHARLES CONRAD (1930-99) Astronaut; 3rd man to walk on the moon. TLS, "Pete", 1p, Mar 11, 1974, 4to, American Television & Communicati...

VIRGIL I GRISSOM (1926-67) Astronaut; killed with Roger Chaffee and Edward White in flash fire aboard Apollo 1 capsule. DS, check, June 15, 1958, draw

DONALD K SLAYTON One of the original 7 American astronauts. SP, "D K Slayton", color, 8"X10", half length pose in space suit. Li...

JAMES B IRWIN (1930-91) Astronaut & moonwalker. ADS, "Jim Irwin", 1p, May 18, 1989, 4to, on yellow lined paper, accounting of expenses...

EUGENE CERNAN Astronaut & moonwalker. ISP, "Gene Cernan Apollo XVII", color, 10"X8", saluting the flag at the Apollo XVII la...

CHARLES M DUKE Astronaut & moonwalker. ISP, color, 8"X10", smiling pose in space suit. Signed, "To Ernest, Aim high!, Charlie Duk...

JOHN YOUNG Astronaut and moonwalker; flew with Gus Grissom in the first American 2 man space flight, Gemini 3, "Molly Brown." ISP, color, ...

JAMES A MCDIVITT Astronaut, Apollo 9 & Gemini 4. ISP, color, 8"X10", smiling pose in space suit. VG. $100-150

HARRISON H SCHMITT Astronaut and moonwalker. ISP, "Jack Schmitt, Apollo 17", color, 8"X10", smiling pose in space suit. VG. $100...

SALLY K RIDE Astronaut; 1st American woman in space. SP, color, 8"X10", smiling pose in NASA shirt, with model of space shuttle in backgro...

WALT CUNNINGHAM Astronaut, Apollo 7. SP, color, 8"X10", outdoor pose in jumpsuit, with large model of space ship. VG. $100-150

(Cosmonauts) Collection of 9 signed Russian postcard photographs of Cosmonauts, portraits. Includes: YURI GAGARIN; Valentina Tereshkova; Gherman Titov

YURI GAGARIN (1934-68) Russian cosmonaut, the first man to travel in space. Signed postcard photograph, b/w, portrait in military uniform. Two Russian

YURI GAGARIN Signed postcard photocard photograph, b/w, portrait in uniform. VG. $300-400

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...

(George Washington) Early macerated currency, circular, 4" across. Front has a bust of George Washington, with the words "First in War, Fi...

(Washington Monument) Broadside, 1p, nd, 12"X16", interesting content re the building of the Washington Monument. Signed in print by Georg...

(George Washington) INDIAN PEACE MEDAL - Oval medal, approximately 3"X4", engraved on a sheet of silver, and honoring President George Was...

JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826) 2nd President of U.S. & Signer of Declaration of Independence. ANS, 1p, nd, 7 1/2"X1 1/2", to Commodore (Edward...

THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) Wrote Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of U.S. Signature, "Th: Jefferson", as President, on portion...

(Thomas Jefferson) WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (1860-1925) \American political leader, known as "The Commoner"; three time Democratic Nominee f...

THOMAS JEFFERSON An excellent collection of no less than 36 individual items, comprising of more than 70 pages of manuscript material, representing th

JAMES MADISON (1751-1836) President. DS, as President, 1p, Feb 27, 1808, oblong folio, vellum, military appointment of Timothy Gewell as "third...

DOROTHEA (Dolley) P MADISON (1768-1849) 1st Lady. Autograph poem signed, "D P Madison", 1p, nd, 7"X3." Reads, "Temper! Any ...

DOROTHEA P MADISON 3rd Person ALS, signed in text "Mrs Madison", 1p, nd, 4to, a lengthy and interesting list of goods she wants purchased ...