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ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Woodrow Wilson206 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8, White House letterhead, April 23, 1916. Wilson writes to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. In full: “Thank you for
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Woodrow Wilson207 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 4, July 26, 1909. Wilson writes to Miss Thompson at the Secretary’s Office, undoubtedly at Princeton University. In full: “I hav
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Samuel Adams208 - Samuel Adams
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Uncommon medical-related partly-printed DS, one page, 14.75 x 11.5, July 21, 1794. Governor Adams “reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your abili
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David Ben-Gurion209 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 6 x 8, September 1955. Letter to Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. In part, “I was very glad to hear along all of Israel, and the
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David Ben-Gurion210 - David Ben-Gurion
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Stunning limited edition 20 x 15.5 lithograph depicting Ben-Gurion in a khaki shirt with the Israeli flag waving over the desert, clouds, and mountain
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Stephen Austin211 - Stephen Austin
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Settled the Mexican land that is now Texas. Austin came to an agreement with the Mexicans to settle in their land, and in 1821, he brought 300 familie
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David Ben-Gurion212 - David Ben-Gurion
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Signed commemorative cover, 6 x 4, with a cachet featuring Hebrew writing encircled by nine gold stars. In fine condition.
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Edvard Benes213 - Edvard Benes
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President of Czechoslovakia at the time of Hitler’s incursion. Vintage fountain pen signature on an off-white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition. Accompani
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Marcellin Berthelot214 - Marcellin Berthelot
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French chemist and politician (1827–1907). Vintage 2.5 x 4.5 carte-de-visite portrait, showing Berthelot seated for the photographer, neatly signed in
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson215 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
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Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. ALS in Norwegian, one page both sides, 8.25 x 9.5, 1906. Untranslated letter to an u
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Josephine Bonaparte216 - Josephine Bonaparte
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Empress of France, born Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814). Married Napoleon in 1796 and divorced in 1810, unable to produce an heir. Endorse...
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Books217 - Books
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Sixteen signed hardcover and softcover books. Signers are: Louis Adamic (A Nation of Nations), Joey Adams (Cindy and I, ins), Andrea U. Baum (Between
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Edouard Branly218 - Edouard Branly
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French inventor (1844–1940) primarily known for his involvement in wireless telegraphy. ANS in French, signed “E. Branly,” along the side of a 5.25 x
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British Prime Ministers219 - British Prime Ministers
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Three different bookplates, all approximately 4 x 6, each signed in felt tip by a former prime minister: Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, and John Major
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John Brown220 - John Brown
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A Connecticut-born farmer with Calvinist roots, Brown (1800–1859) was a lifelong opponent of slavery. In the 1850s, amid the heated debate over the ad
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William Jennings Bryan221 - William Jennings Bryan
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American politician (1860–1925), three-time presidential candidate, secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, and one of the attorneys in the 1925 Scop
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Semyon Budyonny222 - Semyon Budyonny
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Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, he allowed the German army to divide and nearly destroy his co
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Robert Bunsen223 - Robert Bunsen
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German chemist (1811–1899) who discovered the elements cesium and rubidium and who developed the laboratory burner that now bears his name. ALS in Ger
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Richard Byrd224 - Richard Byrd
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Signed book: Skyward. First edition, first printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 359 pages. Signed and inscribed vertically in
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Edmund Burke225 - Edmund Burke
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Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729-1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com
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Business Cards226 - Business Cards
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Eight items: seven business cards, each 3.5 x 2, each signed in ink by its respective subject. Signers are: Robert McCall (signed on reverse), Michael
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Andrew Carnegie227 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, January 19, 1911. Carnegie declines an invitation from General Stewart Woodford. In full: “Just like
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Rachel Carson228 - Rachel Carson
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American biologist and author (1907–1964) best known for the ecological classic Silent Spring. Ink signature, “Rachel L. Carson,” on an off-white card
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Fidel Castro229 - Fidel Castro
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Magazine cover from the January 26, 1959, issue of Time magazine, featuring Castro on the cover, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with some
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Cesar Chavez230 - Cesar Chavez
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Farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927–1993) who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW). Signed book: Cesar Chavez: Autobiograph
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Winston Churchill231 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “W. Churchill,” one page, 4.75 x 6.75, October 31, 1938. A brief message to A. G. Sanderson. In full, “Thank you so much for your letter, w
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DeWitt Clinton232 - DeWitt Clinton
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American politician (1769-1828) who served as senator and who, as governor of New York, played a major role in the construction of the Erie Canal. ALS
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Clintons233 - Clintons
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Collection of five ink signatures of the Clinton family on various size clipped slips and cards. Signers are: George Clinton, signed “Geo. Clinton,” D
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Charles Marie de La Condamine234 - Charles Marie de La Condamine
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French Pioneer scientific explorer (1701–1774) of South America who conceived the smallpox vaccination later developed by Edward Jenner. ALS in French
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Peter Cooper235 - Peter Cooper
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Versatile American industrialist, inventor, and politician (1791–1883) who designed the first steam locomotive built in the United States, the Tom Thu
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Dalai Lama236 - Dalai Lama
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Dalai Lama crossing a city street, signed in-person in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Marie Curie237 - Marie Curie
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Crisp and precise ink signature, “M. Curie,” on an off-white 5.5 x 4 Faculte Des Science De Paris, Institut Du Radium card. In fine condition, with a
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Emmett Dalton238 - Emmett Dalton
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Part of the last notorious outlaw gang in the Old West. When he and his brothers Robert and Gratton attempted to rob the Condon Bank in Coffeville, Ka
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Clarence Darrow239 - Clarence Darrow
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Brilliant defense attorney (1857–1938) noted for his role in the Scopes “Monkey” Trial and the Leopold-Loeb thrill-killing case. Scarce ALS, one page,
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Clarence Darrow240 - Clarence Darrow
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Signed book: The Story of My Life. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1932. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 487 pages. Signed and inscr
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Clarence Darrow241 - Clarence Darrow
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ALS, one page, 5.75 x 8.5, July 13. Darrow writes Walden Book Shop regarding an order. In full: “Please send the books mentioned in the enclosed to A.
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Henry Dearborn242 - Henry Dearborn
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LS as secretary of war, signed “H. Dearborn,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.5, March 1, 1803. Dearborn writes to Thomas Perkins. In part: “From your repr
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Charles Darwin243 - Charles Darwin
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English naturalist and author (1809–1882) whose book explaining his theories of evolution, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection
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Declaration of Independence: Edward Rutledge244 - Declaration of Independence: Edward Rutledge
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749–1800). ALS signed “Ed. Rutledge,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, May 31, 1796. Le
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Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett245 - Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1729–1795). Manuscript DS, signed “Josiah Bartlett Chm,” one page, 5.75 x 2.5, April 9,
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Declaration of Independence: James Wilson246 - Declaration of Independence: James Wilson
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wilson,” one page, 8.5 x 6.75, January 26, 1776. Legal document directing a payment for damages of thirty-two pounds to Joh
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DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins247 - DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
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Ink signatures, “Francis Crick,” “James D. Watson,” and “M. H. F. Wilkins,” on individual off-white cards. In fine overall condition.
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Declaration of Independence: William Williams248 - Declaration of Independence: William Williams
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ALS signed “Wm. Williams,” one page, 6.25 x 8, September 10, 1778. In part: “Mr. James Noyes Barber of Lebanon in this State is legally constituted ...
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Alfred Dreyfus249 - Alfred Dreyfus
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ALS in French, signed “A. Dreyfus,” one page, 4.5 x 6, no date (but bearing a pencil notation of “May 1908” in an unknown hand). Letter to the widow o
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Thomas Edison251 - Thomas Edison
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TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Thomas A. Edison Laboratory letterhead, October 17, 1924. Letter to the secretary of the National Mu
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Thomas Edison252 - Thomas Edison
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ANS, in pencil, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 9.5, May 7, 1925. Short note written in between the lines of a typed letter to Edison. The e
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Gustave Eiffel253 - Gustave Eiffel
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French engineer best remembered for designing the tower that bears his name. AQS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 5, 1910.
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Albert Einstein254 - Albert Einstein
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TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, trimmed in size to 6.75 x 7.25, blind-embossed personal letterhead, November 15, 1950. Einstein replies to Soviet
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Albert Einstein255 - Albert Einstein
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Signed book: The Evolution of Physics. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1938. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 319 pages. Signed on th...
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Oliver Ellsworth256 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress (1777–84) who later submitted the amendments which became the Bil
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