RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Artifact Auction

Signed book: Farmington. Later printing. NY: Boni and Liveright, 1925. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 255 pages. Signed and inscribed on the

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, April 20, [1861]. Letter to fellow scientist Oswald Heer. In full: “I am extremely much obliged

Ink signature, “C. De Gaulle,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card with a Nicaraguan postage stamp affixed to the center. In fine condition, with some li

Ink signature, “Respectfully, Jefferson Davis,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 lightly lined slip. Tastefully matted and framed with an image of Davis to an

Early LS in French, signed “C. De Gaulle,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.5, 507 Regiment de Chars, Le Colonel letterhead, June 22, 1938. Letter to an

Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and founder and president of the Bank of Philadelphia (1739–1813). ADS, signed “Geo. Clymer,” one page, 8 x

Partly-printed DS, signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 8.75 x 14, February 9, 1811. Gerry, as governor of Massachusetts, appoints Moses Townsend “to be one o

Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1721–1793) who was the only man to also sign the Articles of Association, Articles of Conf

Choice TLS signed “Yours most sincerely, and Diana” and “Charles,” one page, 7.5 x 11.75, Buckingham Palace letterhead, October 7, 1981. Letter to Mis

Excessively rare ink signatures of Henry W. Bigler, William J. Johnston, Azariah Smith, and James S. Brown on an off-white 4 x 6 sheet also bearing a

President of Mexico from 1877 to 1880 and 1884 to 1911. LS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, gold and silver embossed personal letterhead,

Printed signed sketch of a double helix on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed at the bottom in black ink, “Francis Crick,” and “James D. Watson.” In

Crisp ink signature, “Very truly yours, Frdk. Douglass,” on an off-white card. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait, bearing a pre-printed sign

Partly-printed DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” panel measuring 3.5 x 8.5, February 28, 1885. Deed for a transfer of $2,000 from Henry M. Trundle and his

Governor general of the French establishment in India and rival of Robert Clive (1697–1763). Rare manuscript DS, in French, signed “Dupleix,” one page

American inventor and entrepreneur (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak company, whose invention of roll film revolutionized photography and help

Endorsement in pencil, “TAE,” at the top of a handwritten memo from his son Charles, two pages, lightly lined, 5 x 7.5, June 13, 1923. Memo regarding

Vintage pencil ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting his summer home in Chautauqua, New York. Some

ADS, signed “Thomas A. Edison,” one page, 5 x 3.5, Boston, February 3, 1869. Document related to his first successful invention, an improvement for te