RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Collection of four items relating to Clinton’s administration: a WJC bookplate, signed by Clinton and inscribed in a calligrapher’s hand; printed spee

DS as president, one page, 10 x 15, April 4, 2008. A rare blue-line proclamation bearing an embossed gold Presidential seal at the top, proclaiming Na

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, first printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed

Four hardcover books, each signed on an opening page by the book’s author or subject. Signers are: Laura Bush (on an unattached bookplate), Barbara Bu

Collection of 12 items, each signed by a former First Lady on the United States. Signers are: Frances Cleveland (signature), Edith Bolling Wilson (sig

Two uncommon oversized portraits: a matte-finish 7 x 10.5 three-quarter-length portrait of Grace Coolidge, signed and inscribed along the bottom in si

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the front of the White House, signed in felt tip by Gerald Ford, George Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush. In fine condition

Desirable AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, signed at the conclusion, “Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y., July 26, 1882.” Anthony pens a brief but me

Hand-tooled hardcover leather-bound autograph album, 7.5 x 10, owned by Martha Case, a traveling companion of Mary Pickford’s. Album contains approxim

Rare 5 x 6.5 book photo of Barton originally done by J. E. Purdy, signed in the lower border in black ink, “With sincere regards of Clara Barton, Glen

Italian typographer, compositor, printer, and publisher (1740–1813). Third-person ALS in Italian, one page, 6.75 x 9.5, no date. In full (roughly tran

Autograph DS, one page, 6.5 x 8, November 23, 1784. Boone confirms receipt of a payment for surveying work in Fayette County, Kentucky. In part: “Rec’

ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 8 x 9.75, November 9, 1801, to merchant William Edgar discussing a complex land transaction. In full (with grammar and

Fantastic matte-finish 17.75 x 13.5 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Colon, With all good wishes, R. E. Byrd, De

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

World War II–dated TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, prime ministerial letterhead, May 25, 1943. Intriguing letter written from

Signed book: Life of Lord R. Churchill, Volumes I and II. First edition. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 564 and 531

ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, November 28, 1843. Letter to Congressman Timothy Childs, marked at the top of the page, “(Confidential).” In f

Exceptional 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Cody and his daughter Irma in a horse-drawn carriage, affixed to the original 14.75 x 12.25 photographer’s mount, signe

Versatile American industrialist, inventor, and politician (1791–1883) who designed the first steam locomotive built in the United States. ALS, three