RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 26, 1970. Letter to Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin. In

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

Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “H. H. Carroll Esq., Concord,

Uncommon ALS signed “Jane M. Pierce,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, black-bordered letterhead, September 30, 1850. Letter to Mrs. Ann

Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3.5, addressed in Polk’s hand to “Dr. Joseph Kincaid, Shelbyvill

Four ink signatures, “R. B. Hayes,” “Herbert Hoover,” and two “Calvin Coolidge,” on individual off-white slips and cards ranging in size from 3 x 1.5

Program for The Southern California Salute to the President Dinner, 6.5 x 11.5, October 7, 1976, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Ronald

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a denim jacket, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Mel & Mary McDaniel—with very best regar...

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Reagan as a young actor, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Good luck Reg & best wishes, Ronald Reagan.” In ...

Ballpoint signature, “Ronald Reagan,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 sheet. In fine condition, with light scattered impressions.

TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, April 5, 1985. Letter to Secretary of Labor William E. Brock. In part: “Review of your

ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, July 11, 1991. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur. In full: “Have you

Signed book: An American Life. First edition, later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 748 pages. Signe...

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 27. Letter to the National Review. In full: “Without knowing quite how it happened we are receiving

Commemorative booklet, 8.5 x 6, for the christening of the ship America, on August 31, 1939, in Newport News, Virginia. Inside bears a color portrait

White House card, 4.25 x 2.75, cleanly signed in fountain pen. A uniform shade of toning, trivial crease to the upper left, and mounting remnants to t

Rare ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, no date [circa September, 1938]. Letter to Frederic Delano, his moth

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 28, 1937. Letter to former Arkansas governor Tom J. Terral. In full: “Thank you very mu

Stunning original embossed invitation to Roosevelt’s 1937 inauguration, 9 x 12.5, bearing a gilt-embossed inaugural seal, signed at the top in fountai

Autograph manuscript, in pencil, signed twice, “FDR,” one lightly-lined 8 x 10.25 yellow page. Roosevelt writes a list of names of Democratic Senators

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, February 7, 1939. Letter to Francis P. Murphy, Governor of New Hampshire. In full: “I regre

Vintage newspaper cartoon by Wortman, clipped from the March 26, 1940, issue of The New York World-Telegram, 6 x 8.5, depicting three office women pla

TLS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, April 25, 1901. Brief letter to J. E. Kelly. In full: “I shall very shortly send you

War-dated ALS, one page both sides, 5.75 x 3.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, September 19, 1918. Letter to Clarence H. Mackay, son of Comstock Lode found

ANS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 3.25 x 1.75, no date. Brief note to Secretary of the Interior John Noble. In full: “Sorry to miss you: I had a mo

White House card signed in black ink, “Wm. H. Taft.” In very good condition, with scattered light soiling, adhesive remnant along top edge, and mounti

Bold ink signature, “Wm. H. Taft,” on a 3.25 x 2.5 card affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with a uniform shade of toning and some

DS, signed “Compliments, Theodore Roosevelt,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 8, 1891. Resolution thanking President Benjamin Harrison and Secretary of t

Autograph manuscript, in pencil, on an 8.5 x 10.5 sheet, with a partial typed sentence at the top which reads, “order: Mr. Tom Noddy, I; his mare, II.

Hand-addressed free frank envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Messrs. Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, Publishers, Boston, Mass.,” and fra...

Mexican-American War-dated LS signed “J. P. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 12.25, February 12, 1847. Letter to Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor from Col. J. P. Taylor

Color glossy 6 x 4.25 Polaroid photo of an elderly Truman seated in a wing-back chair, his wife standing beside him, and housed in its original 8.5 x

Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Later printing. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on the half-titl

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 22, 1966. Letter to James Webb, NASA Administrator. In full: “Thank you for your good letter of

TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, January 20, 1948. Letter to George Rothwell Brown. In full: “I can't tell you how ve...

TLS, as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 19, 1950. Letter to Mr. F. Raymond Peterson, President, American Bankers Asso

TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.25, United States Senate letterhead, January 15, 1944. Letter to John W. Snyder. In full: “Margaret turned in the

TLS, as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 4, 1948. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. In full: “It has been

Historic vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 8 UPI News photo of Truman holding the front page of the November 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune with its headline proc

Printed political cartoon, 8.25 x 7.5, originally done by Burris Jenkins in honor of Truman’s 75th birthday, signed and inscribed at the bottom, “Best

Hand-addressed free frank envelope as president, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed in Tyler’s hand to “Elizabeth R. Potter, Kingston, Rhode Island,” and franked i

AQS in another hand on a 7 x 4.75 off-white sheet, “Verbum sat sapienti,” signed by Van Buren below, “A good saying, & well applied, M. Van Bure...

Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand “For Mrs. Charles S. Daveis, Portland, Mai

ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 30, 1795. Letter to General ‘Light Horse’ Harry Lee. In full: “If this letter shou

Hand addressed and free franked panel, 4.5 x 3.25, addressed in Washington’s hand to “Richard Bland Lee, Esq.,” and franked in the lower left “Go: Was

Partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7 x 13, no date, but likely 1783. Discharge reads, in part: “By His Excellency George Washington

Seventeen complete and partial words in Washington’s hand on an irregularly clipped 6.75 x 1.5 slip taken from a larger document. Washington writes “S

ALS signed “Go: Washington,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, June 2, 1784. Letter, written from Mount Vernon, to David Humphrys. In

ADS, signed “Go: Washington,” and again in the text “Geo: Washington,” one page, 14.5 x 9.25, April 6, 1775. An account remitted by Washington to his

Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 11.5, June 3, 1912. Wilson commits a woman to the New Jersey State Institution for Feeble Minded Women. In part: “You

Uncommon and nicely detailed engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 6.5 x 4, signed along the bottom in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson.” In

Impressive vintage pearl-finish 16.25 x 14 photo of the U. S. S. George Washington, signed in the upper right in fountain pen. Scattered creases, a si

Printed speech in booklet form, “Address of the President of the United States, Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress, April 2, 1

Billionaire publisher and philanthropist (1908–2002). TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, Sunnylands letterhead, February 28, 1975. Letter to Ken Browne. In fu

Billionaire publisher and philanthropist (1908–2002). Distinguished glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Alvin Moeller, wit

Turkish army officer, statesman, and writer (1881–1938), credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey and serving as the country’s first

French astronomer, mathematician, and politician (1736–1793) who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. ADS, in French, signed “Bailly,” one page

Ink signature, “Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 14th, 1878, Truly Yours, P. T. Barnum,” on an off-white 5.5 x 2.5 lightly-lined sheet. In very good condition,

Attorney general during the Civil War (1793–1869). AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 4.5 slip affixed to an identical size card. In full: “The Union forever!

ALS signed “A. Graham Bell,” two pages, 4.5 x 7, March 24, 1873. Letter to Mr. Bogdon. In part: “I am sorry that a bad cold compels me to keep indoors

Superlative autograph manuscript, on both sides of a lightly-lined beige 9 x 13.75 legal sheet, entitled “On some properties of Rays x and radium” and

Activist (1813–1888) who founded the ASPCA in 1866. AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card. Bergh writes, in full: “Mankind will be just to one another wh

Israeli postal cover, 6 x 4, signed in black ballpoint in Hebrew and English. In fine condition.

TLS in Hebrew, one page, 5.25 x 8, June 19, 1968. Letter to Yehudith and Mrs. Shador. In full (roughly translated): “With the ending of 1968 school ye

Businessman (1841–1905) who, along with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdales Department Store. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, personal letterhead, Ja

French author and psychoanalyst (1882–1962) closely linked to Freud. ALS in French, signed “Marie,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, June 21, 1949. In full: “De

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer (1890–1971) and discoverer of the Bragg law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the

New Hampshire born personality (1829–1889) who was the first deaf-blind American person to learn to communicate in the English language. ALS signed “L

Four items: one DS signed “Granville,” 11 x 15, December 9, 1880, passport for Giulietta Carolina de Steding; one TLS signed “Duff Cooper,” 7.5 x 9.5,

Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 4.25 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Wm. P. Van Ness Esqr., Counsellor at Law

Famed American naturalist (1837–1921) best known for his writings on nature and travel. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 4.75, no date. Letter to Robert Underwood

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Mr. Whitman which accompanied a Christmas gift. In full: “I send you this Xmas present w

TLS signed “R. E. B.,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, US Department of the Interior letterhead, January 14, 1942. Letter to Commander Robert A. J. English. In p

Lincoln’s controversial first secretary of war (1799–1889). Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 Broadbent & Taylor portrait of Cameron affixed to its o...

British statesman and politician (1770–1827) who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister. ALS signed “G. C.,” one page, 4.5 x 7, May 18

French neurologist (1825–1893). His work on hysteria and uses of hypnosis greatly impressed Freud and contributed to his studies of the unconscious. A

Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics, he discovered and proved the existence of neutrons, thus paving the way towards the fission of uranium 235

DS, signed “W. S. Churchill” and “George R.I.,” one page, 8 x 12.75, July 21, 1911. King George appoints Edward Hare Pickersgill “being satisfied of y

Partly-printed DS, signed “W. S. Churchill,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 13, April 7, 1910. Naturalization Certificate for Ernest Oswald Donner, a Ger

ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” five pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.25, House of Commons letterhead, July 18, 1911. Letter to Edwa

Original handwritten menu, done in an unknown hand, 3.25 x 5, with one side imprinted “The Escaped Officers’ Club, Freedom – but not forgetfulness,” l

English soldier and statesman (1650–1722) whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Endorsement

Third-person ANS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 5, January 9, 1836. Clay writes to Col. R. M. Johnson, who would become Van Buren’s vice president

War-dated ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7.5, May 15, 1862. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full: “I could not myself send a sealed letter across our l

American Civil War financier and railroad magnate (1821–1905). Vintage ink signature, “Jay Cooke,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip clipped from a larg

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, July 28, 2002. A response to a middle school teacher. In part: “You ask, ‘where were you on Sep’t 11

Second ruling Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1626–1712) serving for just under nine months. Rare ALS in Old English, signed “Crandbe

Glossy 7 x 9 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Signed book: Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart. First edition, first printing. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5

Very rare ink signature, “Maj. Pauline Cushman, Union Spy & Scout, Army Cumberland, ‘The Union Right of Wrong,’” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 car...

French statesman and one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. He and his followers were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the governmen

Vice president under Calvin Coolidge (1865–1951) and co-winner of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations. Dignified

Spanish lawyer (1720–1787), a colonial official in New Spain, and Minister of the Indies. Very rare LS, in Spanish, boldly signed “Jph. de Galvez,” on

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726-1791). Harrison was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1713–1779). Manuscript DS, signed twice, one page both sides, 6.25 x 15.75, June 18, 1761.

Manuscript DS, signed “Fras Hopkinson,” one page, 12.5 x 8, May 3, 1785. The order to examine a ship in the port of Philadelphia, signed by Hopkinson

Fifteen items consisting of signatures, brief ALSs and TLSs, on various size slips, cards, sheets, and photos, each signed by a different defeated can

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), formerly Lady Georgiana Spencer, and the first wife of the 5th Duke of Devonshire. Very rare A

ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4, Kensington Palace letterhead, September 27, 1991. Thank you letter to her secretary Helen Brown, whom Diana affect

Color satin-finish 9.25 x 6.25 photo of Charles and Diana seated with their staff, affixed to its original 12 x 10 mount, signed on the mount in black