RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science Fiction

Personal leatherbound 1863 diary of Sgt. Francis A. Clary, 2.5 x 4, signed on the first page in ink, “F. A. Clary.” The diary contains terse entries p

Naval leader (1809-1870) who headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the Civil War and developed a number of guns and cannons. Applet...

ALS, one page, 5 x 6, July 5, 1875. Letter to G. G. Adam, in part: "You did not give your Sister’s address and therefore I cannot in complying ...

Crisply penned ALS signed “R. E. Lee,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, June 2, 1866. Letter to Miss Mollie Pease, in full: "In compliance with your reque...

Civil War–era ALS signed “Geo. B. McClellan,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa January 1864. Letter to Edwin Bartlett, in part: “Your kind not

Confederate general (1829–1864) who was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley. Rare Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, si

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.25 x 3, addressed in pencil by Custer to his wife, “Mrs. Genl. Custer, 339 Penn Ave, Washington DC,” postmarked at

Rare Planters National Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Custer, "G. A. Custer," payable to Galt House for $15, March 3, 1873...

Impressive collection of material related to the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the German Air Force pilot known as the ‘Red Baron,’ consisting most

Imperial German (Prussian) Model 1905 helmet for a Jager zu Pferde [Mounted Dispatch Rider], as issued to enlisted men in Regiments 1 through 7. The i

Historic matte-finish 13.75 x 11 photo of Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, signed and inscribed in

Early ALS signed “Geo. S. Patton,” six total pages, 5 x 6.5, United States Military Academy letterhead, July 31, 1904. A letter to “Mama,” in part

Remarkable typed speech extensively annotated in black felt tip by Chester Nimitz, entitled “Statement of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Before

Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Napole" and "Np,” one page, 7.25 x 11.5, September 20, 1806. Untranslated military document concerning t...

Engineer, inventor, and Civil War officer (1824-1893) who was a world-renowned marksman and the inventor of the Berdan rifle and other weapons. Rare i

Three items signed by Confederate officers: ALS signed "I. R. Trimble," one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 25, no year, concerning the trans...

National Air and Space Museum color poster depicting the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, the Enola Gay, 30 x 24, signed on the image in black felt t

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagasaki, s...

Unused adhesive bookplate for Way of a Fighter by Claire Lee Chennault, 5.5 x 8.5, signed in black felt tip by 17 'Flying Tigers' pilots, in...

Two handsome period engravings of figures associated with the American Revolution, both from Korn, Geschichte der Kriege (Nurnberg, 1777–78): a detail