RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

ALS, three pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, Skibo Castle letterhead, June 9, 1902. Letter to a professor. In part: “This morning I read your letter to the P

Signed book: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Hardcover, 5 x 8.25, 340 pages. Signed in foun...

Washington landowner (1764–1849) who owned the tracts of land on which the US Capitol and Library of Congress were later built. Partly-printed lottery

Ballpoint signature, “Charles,” on an off-white slip. Double matted and framed with three color photos to an overall size of 13.25 x 17.25. In fine co

Empress of Russia, 1762–1796. She murdered her husband, Peter III, and proclaimed herself Czarina in 1762. Manuscript DS, in Cyrillic, signed “Yekater

Queen of Castile (1373–1418) as the wife of King Henry III of Castile. Manuscript DS, in Latin, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 13.25 x 12.75, 1407. U

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

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Kensington Palace letterhead, March 14, 1984. Letter of thanks. In full: “Thank you so much for passing on the jar of jell

The smallest man in the world until his death (1838–1926), he was only 28 inches tall and weighed 40 pounds. He was brought to the United States in 18

TLS, signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page 7.5 x 9.5, April 1, 1955, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street letterhead. Letter to John E. Harvey. In full