RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.75, June 8, 1869. Letter, written from Rochester, to C. S. Carter. In full: “I am obliged by your favor of the 4th

Unpopular mistress of King Louis XV (1743–1793). Manuscript DS, in French, signed “La Comtesse du Barry,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8.5, August 9, 17

Egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898) who discovered one of the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by G

ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, December 31, 1836. Letter to S. W. Pomeroy, Jr. concerning a long due debt. In part: “Frankness requires of me t

Colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715. Seldom-seen ALS signed “Dudley,” one page, 8 x 6, no date. Letter to the Honorable Secretary Add

Knickerbocker Trust Company bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thomas A. Edison,” payable to American Surety C

Archive of correspondence regarding Edison being honored as ‘The Thomas Jefferson Guest at Monticello,’ highlighted by two Edison TLSs. First TLS is s

Vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 11 photo of Einstein bathed in soft light, taken by Arthur Johnson circa 1935, signed and inscribed in the lower border in

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 10.5, blind-stamped personal letterhead, October 24, 1950. Letter to Dr. Max Thorek, International Secretary G

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped personal letterhead, Princeton, August 9, 1948. Letter to Jacob Landau of the J