RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Churchill, signed in the lower border in ink, “W. Churchill.” In fine condition, with the s

Signed book: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II. Later printing. London: Cassell and Company, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x

ALS signed “W. F. Cody,” one page, 5.75 x 9, May 9, 1894. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “The grounds are owned by a number of men. Mr. Okey Snyder h

ANS signed “W. F. Cody,” on the correspondence side of a 5.5 x 3.5 ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, Wyoming, picture postcard, no date, but postmarked September 1

Manuscript DS, signed “Oliver P,” one page, 8 x 11.25, April 19, 1655. In full: “Our will and pleasure is, and governs hereby required…to pay unto Sis

Canadian-born British shipping magnate (1787–1865) who founded the pioneering steamship line that still bears his name. Scarce ink signature, “Kind re

French statesman (1759–1794) and one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. He and his followers were charged with conspiracy to overthrow t

Choice original 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Davis as president of the Confederacy circa 1864, boldly signed at the bottom of the imag

Three of Colt’s retained drafts of documents sent to Commissioner of Patents Henry L. Ellsworth, circa 1837-38, all with a few additions, deletions, o

ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, November 9, no year. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Absence from home has prevented my returning the proof

ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, January 22, 1861. Letter to Reverend John W. French, Chaplain and History

Two ALSs, on two adjoining sheets, one signed “Jeffer. Davis,” and the other signed “V. Davis,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, March 1

Ink signatures, “Jefferson Davis” and “Varina Howell Davis,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 lightly-lined slip bearing a date notation of March 15, 1888.

ADS, signed within the text, one page, 7.5 x 4.25, July 9, 1772. Promissory note reads, in part: “I Nicholas Gorden…promise to pay to Josiah Bartlett

Manuscript DS, twice signed “Geo. Clymer,” one page, 8.25 x 3.75, November 2, 1802. Promissory note from Henry Clymer. In part: “Sixty days after date

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791), and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Partly-printed DS , signed “F. Hopk

Partial ADS, signed in the text, “Richard Henry Lee,” one page, 9 x 4.5, May 24, 1764. Document reads, in part: “Jeffries shall not make waste of any

Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 9.25 x 12.5, April 18, 1795. Certificate issued to Dr. Enoch Edwards for “one share in the entire

Physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army who signed the Declaration of Independence (1746–1813). Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “Benj’n

Ink signature, “James Wilson,” on an off-white 4.75 x 8.5 clipped portion of a larger document. Also signed by John Bishop and Mark Bird. In fine cond