RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribe

Twenty-five letters to presidents, one typed, various sizes, ranging in date from 1767 to 1929. Letters to Presidents John Adams, James Madison, James

Partly-printed war-dated DS as president, one page, 14 x 13.25, November 12, 1861. President Lincoln appoints David Hodgson a “Third Lieutenant in the

ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 7.5 x 12.75, Springfield, November 16, 1858. Lincoln’s letter appears on the lower half of a letter to him from Mar

LS signed “W. McKinley Jr,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 9, Committee on Ways and Means letterhead, April 19, 1890. Letter to Selover and Atwood, nurs

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, November 29, 1817. Sc

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, March 18, 1834. President Monroe grants 80 acres of land in Ohio to Henry Friesner. Signed at the c

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 17, May 25, 1854. President Pierce appoints Charles S. Winder as “First Lieutenant in the Thir

Partly-printed scalloped-top DS, signed as president, signed “James K. Polk” as president and “James Buchanan” as secretary of state, one page, 10.25

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17.5, May 24, 1847. Polk appoints Samuel H. B. Vance “First Lieutenant in the Third Regiment o

TLS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 4, 1985. Letter to Chicago broadcaster Ward L. Quaal. In part: “I h

White House card signed in black ink, “Ronald Reagan.” In fine condition, with a couple of trivial brushes to signature.

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Reagan leaning on a sofa, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Mrs. Emma Bracken, With every good wish, Sincerely,

Uncommon vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Roosevelt wearing strings of pearls, signed and inscribed in fountain pen. Affixed to a same-size mount. Li

DS, one page, 8 x 10, May 8, 1919. Roosevelt, as acting Secretary of the Navy, temporarily appoints Harold J. Bellingham an ensign in the Navy, and or

Handwritten memo as governor, 5.5 x 8.5, regarding a meeting on prison labor. In full: “Prison Labor, Jared Van Wagner, John Sullivan, Rose Schneiderm

Vintage print, 8 x 10.75, of an artist’s rendition of Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen by Roosevelt. Framed to an overall size of 9.25 x 12. In fine

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, January 31, 1934. Letter to John Belt at the National Press Building. In part: “Thank you e

Signed book: Looking Forward. First edition, later printing. NY: John Day Company, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 279 pages. Signed and inscribed on the

ANS signed “FDR,” on a White House card, 4 x 2.5, no date, but [October 31], 1944. Roosevelt sends birthday wishes to his personal secretary’s mother.