RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (circa 1716 -1781). As a late replacement for a delegate who refused to support independen

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

Revolutionary War–dated ink endorsement, “Wilson,” on the reverse of a partly-printed document, one page, 8 x 6.75, October 27, 1776. The document ord

Philosopher, psychologist and educator (1859–1952). ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, February 27, 1949. Letter to Dr. Mason written

Signed book: DNA. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.75 x 9.5, 446 pages. Signed on the title page in black ballp

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, entitled ‘Jurassic Jitters,’ featuring two printed sketches of DNA strands at the bottom. In part: “The Tyran

Eminent American senator and statesman (1813–1861), dubbed the ‘Little Giant,’ perhaps best remembered for his role in the Lincoln-Douglas debates dur

Manuscript DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” two pages both sides, 8 x 12.25, April 25, 1882. Indenture for the sale of parcel of land owned by

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison with his prominent ‘umbrella’ signature,

Superlative matte-finish 10.5 x 15.5 bust-length portrait of Edison in a suit and bow tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George F. Morriso

Superlative matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Einstein in a plaid sweater, signed in green ink, “Albert Einstein, 1935.” Attractively suede-matted an

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 1, blind-stamped personal letterhead, September 28, 1938. Letter to Jack Mark in Mount Kisco, Ne

Signed book: Science Is a Sacred Cow. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 221 pages. Signed on the

Important autograph manuscript draft in German, one page on the 10 x 4.5 address panel of an envelope sent to Einstein, postmarked June 7, 1948. Einst

Ballpoint signature, “Elizabeth R, April 23rd 1974,” on an off-white 8 x 10 guestbook page, also signed on the reverse by Baroness Phillips, Walter An

Empress of Japan (1903–2000) married to Hirohito. Extraordinary matte-finish 8 x 11 portrait of the young empress in a regal three-quarter-length pose

Second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Handwritten endorsement, in Russian, signed, “Maria

Signed book: McGuffey’s New First Eclectic Reader. Reprinted by Ford from the 1885 edition in 1925. Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.5, 84 pages. Signed in fountain

Signed book: Bible Readings for the Home. Later printing. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1942. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 794 pages.

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