RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Bold ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition, with mild overall toning, mounting remnants to rev

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to Francis E

Two letters: ALS, signed “E,” in pencil, one lined page, 5 x 8, no date. Edison writes to C. W. Luhr. In full: “I have some Reproducers that the limit

ALS signed “T. A. Edison,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, May 9. Letter to Major Eaton. In full: “I am going

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, The Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics letterhead, March 21, 1951. Letter t

Manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8.5 x 6, June 17, 1776. A draft ordering a payment to James Whiton “for expense of his sickness while

Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “O Ellsworth,” one page, 8.5 x 6, May 21, 1777. Pay order reads, in part: “Pay the Select Men of N Haven

Last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Original 2.5 x 3.5 carte-de-visite photo by L

Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nu

French astronomer and author (1842–1925) who authored several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism. ALS in French,