RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 384 and Civil War Auction

Signed book: The Double Helix. First edition. NY: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 226 pages. Signed on the half-title page in

FDC featuring a satin-finish 2.5 x 3.5 photo of Watson peering into a microscope affixed in place of a cachet, signed in black ballpoint. In fine cond

Signed book: Darwin: The Indelible Stamp. First edition, first printing. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 1260 pages. Signed

Former slave (1818–1895) who lent his eloquent, powerful voice to the abolitionist movement. ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 9.25, December 15, 1

American socialist and writer (1883–1969) whose outspoken leftist leanings led him to be tried twice for sedition during World War I. Though a champio

Elected to the Continental Congress (1774–1784), Duane actively opposed British encroachments though he sought an alternative to separation, but did s

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison” with his usual ‘umbrel

Two ANSs, in pencil, one signed “Edison,” the other signed “E,” on the first page of a two-page TLS to Edison from Frank Dyer, 8.5 x 11, Legal Departm

Large ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos A. Edison,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light toning and soiling.

Exquisite AQS boldly signed with his umbrella signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on the reverse an off-white 3 x 1.5 personal calling card bearing a diffe

ANS, in pencil, signed “TAE,” written at the top of the first page of a four-page letter from his son Charles, in pencil, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, Januar

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists letterhead, April 29, 1947. Letter to Miss Fishel. In full: “I

ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” on both sides of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, no date, but postmarked January 27, 1915. Letter to his wife, “L. M.”

Christmas card from 1991, measuring 7.25 x 9.25 closed, opening to an overall size of 14.5 x 9.25, with a gold embossed royal crest on the front. Insi

Last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Two letters, in French: LS, one page, 7.5 x 1

Two ink signatures of Roy Chapman Andrews and Paul du Chaillu, the latter adding, “New York, May 15th, 1867,” the first on an off-white 5 x 3 card, an

Collection of 12 TLSs, all one page, all on FBI letterhead, each signed by a former FBI Director. Five are signed “J. Edgar Hoover,” ranging in date f

French astronomer and author (1842–1925) who authored several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism. ALS in French,

Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. ALS, one pa

TLS in German, one page both sides, 5.75 x 8, personal letterhead, November 15, 1967. Frank writes to “Fredy and Dear Alice,” translated in part: “Nat