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Truman, Harry S (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953). Typed letter signed as President, on pale mint green The White House stat

Truman, Harry S. Mr. Citizen. Mr. Citizen, presentation copy, inscribed and signed on the half title page: "To Honorable & Mrs J. Howard Mc...

Truman, Harry S. Check signed, 2¾ x 6¼", Kansas City, Mo., April 16, 1925. Drawn on City Bank of Kansas City, and paid to Prudential ...

Truman, Harry S. Typed letter signed as President, on The White House / Washington letterhead, 8 x 6½", Aug. 22, 1945. To Mr. Edmund Plohn...

Truman, Harry S. Photograph inscribed and signed, "Kindest regards to Samuel T. Schwartz / Harry S Truman," on the 14x10" mount (phot...

Tyler, John. Autograph letter signed as President, 1 page, 10 x 8", Charles City County, May 28, 1843. To Mr. Welford, stating "…I have no...

Tyler, John (1790-1862) 10th President of the United States (1841-1845). Autograph letter signed ("J. Tyler") as President, 1 page, with i...

Tyler, John. Folded letter cover free franked ("J. Tyler"), 3 x 5" folded, Jan. 28, 1852. Addressed in Tyler's hand to "Thom...

Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States (1837-1841). Autograph letter signed ("M V Buren"), 1 page, 10 x 7¾&...

Van Buren, Martin. Partly-printed document signed ("M Van Buren:) as President, 9¾ x 8", Washington, March 31, 1840. ":I hereby ...

George Washington Decorates Mt. Vernon's Dining Room (1732-1799) 1st President of the United States (1789-1797); Commander-In-Chief of the Conti...

Washington, George. Choice full envelope franked "Free Go: Washington," 3¼ x 5¾" unopened, 7½ x 9½" opened, ...

Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). Superb content typed letter signed, on his personal letterhead, 1p, 9&#...

Wilson, Woodrow. Typed letter signed as President, on The White House letterhead, 1 page with integral blank leaf, 8¾ x 7", Washington, Oc...

Wilson, Woodrow. Typed letter signed as President on The White House / Washington letterhead, 1p, 9 x 7", Mar. 6, 1919. To (Episcopal) Bishop J...

[Clay, Henry] 1844 Presidential Campaign Ribbon. White silk with black imprint, 6¼ x 3". Featuring a portrait of Washington with "Ame...

[Douglas, Stephen] Douglas/Johnson Campaign Ribbon, 1860. Tan silk with dark brown imprint, 6¾ x 2". Featuring an oval portrait of Douglas...

"Gent. Grant & His Family" by John Sartain. Steel mezzotint engraving, published in 1868 by Bradley & Co., Philadelphia. Image mea...

[Hayes, Rutherford B.]. A one-page letter dated Nov. 17, 1877, from a Pennsylvania labor leader named A. I. Quigley to Hon. W A Wallace, asking him to

Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co., 124pp, 4to (partial paper replacement to title page obscures ...

[Kennedy Assassination] November 25, 1963 Dallas Newspaper. November 25, 1963 issue of The Dallas Morning News showing Jack Ruby pointing a gun at Lee

[Lincoln, Abraham] 1860 NY Tribune With Lincoln Presidential Ballot. Historic Newspaper, New York Tribune, New York, dated Thursday, September 27, 186

[Lincoln, Abraham] 1864 Union Presidential Ticket. Paper ballot for Ohio, 6¾ x 2 ¾", listing the electors on the Lincoln - Johnson ti...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Carte de Visite. Published by E. & H.T. Anthony from a Brady negative. A seated, full-length, right profile portrait. Writing...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Carte-de-Visite Photograph. 3¼ x 2 1/8 photo affixed at top edge to a 9 x 5¼" board. Copy from an 1861 Brady negat...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Currier & Ives Memorial Lithograph. Black and white lithograph by Currier & Ives, "Death of President Lincoln. At Wa...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Memorial Ribbon, 1865. White silk with black imprint, 5½ x 2 ½". Featuring an oval portral of Lincoln at center. A...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Photograph. 4 1/8 x 2 5/8" photograph affixed at top edge to a 9 x 5¼" board with "War Department photograph ...

[Lincoln, Abraham] Photograph. 3¼ x 2 1/8" photograph of Lincoln seated and pensively leaning forward on his left elbow; writing materials...

Very Rare Lincoln Original Stereo View Photo. Original albumen stereograph (stereo view) card, 4 x 7", Taylor & Huntington imprint on verso...

[Nixon, Richard] Roy Crocker Announces Nixon's First Run For Office In 1946. Typed letter signed by Roy Crocker as Chairman of the Executive Com...

[Reagan, Reagan] A Piece of the 1934 Oval Office Floor. A 1" x 2" piece of cork from the Oval Office floor President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Bache, Benjamin Franklin. Remarks Occasioned by the Late Conduct of Mr. Washington As President of the United States. Remarks Occasioned by the Late C

"Washington and His Family" by Sartain. Large steel mezzotint engraving by William Sartain based on a painting by G. Schussele of Philadel...

Bryant, William Jennings - LS as Secretary of State (1860-1925) Secretary of State; three-time presidential candidate. Letter signed as Secretary of S

Clay, Henry (1777-1852) American politician from Kentucky; known for his oratorical skills and called "The Great Compromiser. He served as U.S....

Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972) Controversial director of the FBI from its inception (1935) until his death in 1972. Correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover

[Supreme Court] Earl Warren Court. A lovely lithograph of the Supreme Court building by Ernest C. Daly signed by the nine Supreme Court justices, c. 1

Alfonso XII and XIII. Alfonso XII (1857-1885), son of Isabel II, became king after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the Firs...

Edward VIII. Typed letter signed ("Edward") as Duke of Windsor, 1 page, engraved with his royal crest, 10¼ x 7¼", Waldorf T...

Louis XV (1710-1774) He became king in 1715, at the age of five, but France was ruled by Philippe, duc d'Orléans until 1723. Document sig...

Important Napoleon Letter About the Invasion of England. Important letter signed ("Napoleon") as Emperor, with autograph corrections in th...

[Churchill & Truman] Western Union Press Message Mentioning "Iron Curtain" Speech. WESTERN UNION Telegram with two Reuters Press Relea...

Kossuth, Lajos (1802-1894) Hungarian patriot and statesman. He headed the Hungarian insurrection (1848-49) and persuaded the National Assembly to decl

General Turreau de Garambouville - French Minister to the U.S. Third person autograph note signed by General Turreau (1756-1816), French mi

1801 Document Signed by Toussaint L'Ouverture (1753-1803) Slave-born Haitian general and liberator. He lead Saint Domingue's slave revolutio...

Ben-Gurion, David (1876-1973) One of the most influential figures in modern Zionism; founder of the State of Israel; first (1948-52) and third (1955-6

Ben-Gurion, David. Autograph letter signed ("D. Ben-Gurion"), 1p, 7½x4¾", in Hebrew, on ruled, light tan paper with a print...

Ben-Gurion, David. Autograph letter signed ("D. Ben-Gurion"), 1p, 8¼x5", in Hebrew, on ruled paper with a printed "4" ...

Ben-Gurion, David. Autograph letter signed ("D. Ben-Gurion"), 1p, 8½x5", in Hebrew, on ruled paper with a printed "47"...

Ben Gurion TLS 4 Days After The 1942 Biltmore Conference. Typed letter signed ("D. Ben-Gurion") as head of The Jewish Agency, 1 page,on Th...

Ben-Gurion, David. 1962 first day cover commemorating the 25th anniversary of the State of Israel and of the United Jewish Appeal and a printed statem

Alfred Dreyfus Invites Mme. Zola to His Son's Wedding (1859-1935) Jewish artillery officer in the French army, falsely accused and convicted of ...

Maimonides, Moses. More Nevuchim:Doctor Perplexorum. Basel, 1629. Translated from Hebrew into Latin by Johannes Buxtorf, quarto, later half calf. 532

Schindler, Emilie - Signed Yom Hashoah Commemoration (1907-2001) Humanitarian; wife of Oskar Schindler. She worked alongside her husband to save 1200

Borglum, Gutzon (1867-1941) Large-scale portrait sculptor who created the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt on Mount Rus

Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) British children's book illustrator and writer. Autograph letter signed, 1p, 6 x 4", 11 Pemberton Gardens, Holl...

[Van Gogh] E.H. du Quesne van Gogh - Vincent's Sister. Autograph letter signed "E.H. du Quesne van Gogh," written on the recto/verso o...

Lindbergh, Charles A (1902-1974) Typed letter signed, 11x 8½", April 13, 1968. Filled with grand content mentioning Dr. Alexis Carrel (wit...

Lindbergh, Charles A (1902-74) Pioneer aviator; in 1927 he became the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. Photograph from a publication w

Zeppelin, Ferdinand von & Hugo Eckener. Zeppelin (1838-1917) pens a third person autograph note and date on his engraved visiting card, 2¾ ...

Albee, Edward (1928 -) American playwright; Pulitzer Prize winner for drama in 1967, 1975, and 1994; best known for "Who's Afraid of Virgin...

Barrie, Sir James M. - ANS (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist; best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. Autograph note signed ("J...

Bryant, William Cullen - AQS (1794-1878) Poet, journalist, and editor. Autograph quotation signed, 4¼ x 4½", n.p., Apr. 5, 1877. The ...

Field, Eugene (1850-1895) American writer, best remembered for children's poetry such as Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and humorous essays. Autograph...

Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997) American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation. His books include Howl (1956) and Kaddish)1961. A unique collec

Ernest Hemingway Inscribes A Book To Alejo Carpentier 1/11/59 (1899-1961) American novelist and short-story writer; winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 19

Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) American novelist and short-story writer; winner of the 1954 Nobel prize for literature. Bold signature in black ink on

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. - ALS (1809-1894) Physician and writer; one of the most popular American poets of the 19th century. Autograph letter signe

Huxley, Aldous (1893-1963) British writer, best known for Brave New World. Scarce autograph letter signed twice, 11x8½", n.d. Responding t...

Jones, James - TLS (1921-77) American author; best known for From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. Typed letter signed, 1p, 11 x 8½"...

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) English author and poet. Signature on a 1 x 3¾". slip of paper, cut from a document, n.p., n.d. Very good; si...

Lawrence, D. H. - ALS From New Mexico (1885-1930) British novelist; his novels analyzed the ills of modern industrial society and the role of sex in h

Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891) Poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat. Autograph poem signed ("J.R.L."), 1p, 4 x 3½", E...

Beatrix Potter Signed Greeting Card (1866-1943) English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist, best known for her children's books...

1st Ed. "Trending Into Maine" Signed by Roberts & Wyeth. First Edition, published May 1938 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company). With I...

Shaw, George Bernard - ALS (1856-1950) Irish playwright and literary critic; the only person to win both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an

Southey, Robert & Leon Uris. English poet laureate Southey (1774-1843) pens two lines from Ecclesiastes 32:22 and signs, "Robert Southey, K...

Whittier, John Greenleaf - Autograph Poem Signed (1807-92) Quaker poet and abolitionist. Autograph poem signed ("John G. Whittier"), 1p, 7...

Bacardí Moreau, Facundo. Son of Facundo Bacardí, who founded the firm Bacardi and Company in 1862 and turned the running of the business

Very Personal Clarence Darrow ALS About a Los Angeles Trial (1857-1938) Lawyer best known for the John Scopes "Monkey " Trial in 1925 and ...

Dow, Charles (1851-1902) Founded Dow Jones & Company and the Wall Street Journal with his partner Edward Jones. Document signed twice, as Truste...

Gómez y Báez, Máximo (1836-1905) Born in the Dominican Republic and trained as a Spainish military officer; he moved to Cuba in 1

Jellicoe, John R. - 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) British admiral; Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet during the early part of World War I; Governo

López, Narcisco (1798-1851) An adventurer and soldier, born in Venezuela; he lived and fought in Venezuela, Cuba, and Spain. He fled to the Uni

Maceo, José (1849-1896) Brother of Cuban liberator Antonio Maceo and a key player in Cuba's struggle for independence. Letter signed as M...

Superb Leonard Bernstein Archive (1918-1990) American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was best known as the long-time musi

Blake, Eubie & Duke Ellington. Two First Day Covers, one commemorating the 150th anniverary of W.C. Handy, signed, "Forever/Eubie Blake/Apr...

Coltrane, John (1926-1967) Legendary American jazz saxophonist and composer; his musical innovations broke formal thematic and harmonic restrictions i

Coltrane Musical Score Unsigned. Autograph musical score unsigned titled "I Don't Want To Talk About You," on both sides of a 12½...

Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (1899-1974) Composer, pianist, and bandleader. Typed document signed "Duke Ellington," 1p, 11 x...

Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974) French composer. Autograph letter signed ("Milhaud"), 1 page on back of postcard, 5½ x 3½, in French...

Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. During his long career, Toscanini was the Musical Director of La Scala in Milan, and conductor of the

Marx' Autograph Notes on Das Kapital (1818-1883) Most influential socialist thinker of the 19th century; philosopher, historian, and revolutiona...

Becquerel, Henri. "La radio-activité de la matière". In Le Radium (Publication Mensuelle) 1re Année, No. 1. Paris: Pa...

Lindbergh refers to needles used by Dr. Carrel. Typed letter signed, 1 page, 11 x 8¼", Switzerland, May 24, 1970. To Dr. Charles T. Riall ...

Curie, Marie. Pierre Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered the study of radioactivity. She was the first person to win two

Edison, Thomas A (1847-1931) Prolific inventor. Sepia-toned photograph inscribed and signed, "To Charles Schwartz & Son / Thos A Edison,&qu...

Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace (1738-1814) French physician who proposed the use of a beheading machine (1789), called the guillotine after him and associat

Important Linneaus ALS With Significant Botanic Interest (1707-1778) Swedish botanist. Originator of the systematic classification of plants and anima