Historical Documents

EDWARD SHEVARDNADZE Soviet politician; head of the KGB; now of the Georgian Republic. His book on political thought, 1991, in Russian, soft covers. Ni

MOTHER TERESA (1911-1997) Roman Catholic missionary in India. SP, b/w, 8"X10", half length pose. Signed at bottom margin, "God bless ...

KATHERINE LEE BATES (1859-1929) American educator & author; wrote "America The Beautiful." AQS, all four stanzas of her famous poem, 1...

BRIGHAM YOUNG (1801-77) American Mormon leader; first Governor of Utah & founder of Salt Lake City. DS, 1p, Jan 20, 1849, 4"X2", emerg...

PAUL VI (1897-78) Roman Catholic Pope (1963-78). Christmas card, with image of the Holy Family. He pens an ADS, as Vatican Secretary of State, January

ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941) British General and founder of the Boy Scout movement (1908). Signature, clipped from a letter. VG. $100-150

(Autograph Collection) Collection of over 125 signatures, mounted into a Waterman Autograph Album, 28pp, 8vo, collected by Sounia Noveck, Atlantic Cit

(Autograph Collection) Collection of over 80 signatures, mounted into a Waterman Autograph Album, 28pp, 8vo, collected by Isadore Noveck, Atlantic Cit

GEORGE RIPLEY (1820-80) Unitarian clergyman, reformer and philospher. He was an associate of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott, Theodore Parker

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-73) English philospher & economist; chief exponent of utilitarian philosophy. Bold signature, "J S Mill", clipp...