RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Zionist leader who worked for the Jewish Publishing Society of America before she founded Hadassah in 1912. TLS, one page, 6 x 8.5, American Jewish Ye

Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908–2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the

Two items: color glossy 5 x 7 photo signed in black felt tip; and a TLS signed “Robert Ballard,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Woods Hole letterhead, April 4, 1

Very interesting archive relating to the Tucker Motor Car Company and a franchise of Kenneth Porter of Savannah, Georgia. Archive consists of approxim

Pioneering American physician and patriot (1732–1815) who wrote the first article on animal diseases published in the United States and was a member o

DS, signed “W. M. Tweed,” one page, 8 x 9.75, July 3, 1867. Receipt for payment of $75 to F. A. Calkins for “services rendered as Resolution Clerk” at

British physicist (1820–1893) who answered the question, why is the sky blue? (It’s due to the scattering of impinged sunlight by dust and other collo

DS, signed “C. Vanderbilt,” one page, 13 x 9, March 1, 1883. A canceled mortgage bond for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, signed at the bottom

One of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals (1878–1923). DS, in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” one page, 8.5 x 13.5, June 19, 1915. D

Mathematician (1903–1957) who made contributions to nearly every technical field and made major strides in game theory and nuclear physics. Rare TLS s

Christian temperance reformer and women’s suffragist (1839–1898), she was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and influenced the...

Color matte-finish 12.5 x 9.25 photo of the Duke and Duchess with their beloved dogs affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed on the mount in founta

Soldier, judge, and politician (1757–1837) who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1799 to 1815, and later as the first Comptroller

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of all three Bockscar crew members checking the maps before taking off on the Nagasaki mission, signed in black felt tip by Jim Va

Bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Beauregard, “G. T. Beauregard,” payable to R. T. Beauregard for $50.00, April 22, 1878. A two-cent r

Signed book: Baa Baa Black Sheep. Later printing. Fresno: Wilson Press, Inc., 1958. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 384 pages. Signed on the h

War-dated ALS signed “Brad,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, January 17, 1944. Letter to Major General John P. Lucas, written from Headquarters in New

Civil War general and Indian fighter (1839–1876) who distinguished himself as a cavalry commander, earning the rank of brigadier general of volunteers

United States senator and Confederate general (1815–1885). His wife, Mary Boykin Chesnut, became notable for her diary of the Civil War years. ALS, on

Partly-printed DS, signed “Jeffer Davis,” one page, 10 x 8, January 24, 1854. A seldom-seen cadet appointment which reads, in full: “The President of