RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

Two handwritten drafts of letters in pencil by Groves, one signed “L. R. G.,” on opposite sides of a single 7.25 x 10.5 sheet of personal letterhead,

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the U.S. Navy, postmarked aboard the USS Leary on June 15, 1961, signed in black ballpoint, "John H....

LS signed “H. Knox, Sec'y of War,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.25, August 13, 1792. Written from the War Department, a letter to Nathaniel Ap...

LS in French, signed "Alex. Lameth," one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, no date but circa 1806–1809. Untranslated letter as prefect of the D...

ALS in French, signed “Lefebvre,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, October 2, 1806. Letter to Napoleon, whom he asks the favor of appointing his first aide-de-c

Two photos of the German naval officer (1881–1966) who earned the nickname ‘Sea Devil’ for his legendary maritime exploits during World War I: a vinta

ALS signed “N. Lyon, Capt. 2'd Inf'y, R.A.Q.M.,” one page, 8 x 10, September 30, 1851. Letter to Major General Thomas S. Jesup, in full: &qu...

ALS in French, signed “Macdonald,” one page both sides, 11.25 x 8.25, March 16, 1810. Untranslated autograph letter by Macdonald, penned at the conclu

ALS in French, signed “Le G'al Marbot,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.5, no date. Letter concerning a conspiracy against Bonaparte...

LS in French, signed “Duc de Raguse,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11, August 31, 1808. Letter to a colonel, in part (translated): "As you have ...