RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

German pilot (1882–1974) who flew his first combat missions with a Western Front bomber unit in 1914. Glossy 5 x 3.5 photo of an early bomber, signed

German flying ace (1896–1941) whose 62 victories during WWI made him the country’s second-highest scoring ace, outdone only by Manfred von Richthofen.

British statesman (1863–1945) who served as prime minister from 1916 to 1922 who was a major player at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, overseeing

Ink signatures of four different British military leaders on various size off-white cards. Signers are: William D. French, Frederick Roberts, John Jel

TLS, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 17, 1914. Letter to lexicographer Frank H. Vizetelly. In part: “I do not think that I have

Irish nationalist, activist, and poet (1864–1916) who was executed for treason following the Easter Rising. Scarce ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7,

General Patton’s personally-owned sterling silver box presented to him near the beginning of WWII by six officers of his 304th Tank Brigade from WWI,

Three items: a matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Pershing in military uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink; a 1940 TLS on personal letterhead,

Signed book: My Experiences in the World War, Volume I. Limited author’s autograph edition, numbered 538/2100. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931.

TLS, one page, 6 x 7, American Expeditionary Forces letterhead, June 6, 1919. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel A. Trowbridge. In part: “As activities of o

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, November 24, 1959. Letter to Reverend Eugene Kennedy at Xavier High School. In full: “I have just received your letter tellin

Bishop was a highly decorated Canadian ace officially credited with seventy-two victories in World War I; Mitchell was a flying ace who was court-mart

Career soldier (1853–1934) who served as Army Chief of Staff from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I;

American World War I fighter ace (1890–1973) credited with 26 aerial victories during the war. Glossy 5 x 3.5 photo of Rickenbacker posing in front of

Inventor of the biplane used in WWI called the Sopwith Camel (1888–1989). Two items: a glossy 8.25 x 6 photo of Sopwith in a Howard Wright biplane, si

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” five pages, 8 x 10.5, personal Washington, DC, letterhead, September 16, 1919. Letter to Gus J. Karger. In part: “Considerin

TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9.25, Joint Chiefs of Staff letterhead, June 9, 1952. Letter to Daniel Poling, chairman of the Christian Herald magazine. In part

Three items: two ink signatures of Omar N. Bradley on individual off-white cards; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of William C. Westmoreland, signed i

Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Chamberlain, “J. L. Chamberlain,” payable to J. Crawford for $20.00, August 12, 1869. Le

ALS signed “Joshua L. Chamberlain,” two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 9, November 18, 1899. Letter to Judge William Penn Whiteh