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Two letters: one TLS signed “Jimmy Carter,” one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, June 16, 2003. In part: “Thank you for the beautiful flowers y

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Carters waving from the door of Air Force One, signed in black felt tip, “J. Carter,” and “Rosalynn Carter.” In

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

Vintage ticket for a Rotary-Lions Club luncheon honoring Reagan held on August 21, 1950, 4 x 2, signed on the reverse in pencil, “Good Luck, Ronald Re

Color glossy 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Reagan at his desk presented in a 10 x 13.5 mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in black felt tip, “To Martha, With

Program for the world premiere of the film Knute Rockne: All American on October 4, 1940, in South Bend, Indiana, 6 x 9.25, signed and inscribed insid

ALS, one page, 6.25 x 4, Vice President letterhead, June 14, 1986. Short letter to Joan Johnson. In full: “Off hand I don’t have any thoughts on finan

TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, November 10, 1986. Letter to Joan Johnson. In part: “I can’t get any rest for awhile but I don’t plan

Signed book: George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile. Limited edition of 1250 copies. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, ...

Color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Bush in front of an American flag, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in black ballpoint on the sweet spot. In fine condition.

Two letters: one TLS signed “George Bush,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 16, 2003. In part: “The attached photo signed this morning by

Two books: a softcover edition of A World Transformed signed and inscribed in blue felt tip on an opening page, “To a YMCA supporter, George Bush”; an

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of George and Barbara Bush outside of the George Bush Library, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by both. I

Signed book: Clinton: Portrait of Victory. First edition, first printing. NY: Warner Books, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 11, 127 pages. Si

Two letters: TLS signed “Bill,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 12, 2005. In part: “Hillary and I are grateful for the champagne y

Limited edition FDC with a cachet honoring the Arkansas sesquicentennial, numbered 114/150, signed in the lower right in black felt tip. In fine condi

Felt tip signature, “Bill Clinton,” signed again at the bottom, “Bill C. 10-20-92,” on an off-white 5.5 x 2.75 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by

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

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of president-elect Obama posing in the Oval Office with George W. Bush and former presidents Bush, Clinton, and Carter

An exceptional collection of all 43 presidents from George Washington through Barack Obama consisting of signatures, letters, documents, photos, a boo

Italian physicist (1762–1834) and professor of physics at Bologna. ALS in Italian, signed “Gio. Aldini Ministro Academia Napoleone di Lucca,” three pa

Farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. ADS, signed “Ethan & Ira Al...

ALS signed “Your loving Alec,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, April 17, 1917. Letter to his wife Mabel, “My sweet little wife.” In fu

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, Barnum’s American Museum letterhead, April 9, 1863. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I have no photograph not in use. The one Hi

ALS, three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, Glen Echo, September 20, 1910. Letter to F. H. Meserve of New York. In part: “I

Short LS signed “Yours sincerely, Alexander Graham Bell,” one page, 2.75 x 2, December 18, 1907. Brief note to a collector reads, in full: “It will gi

Pamphlet of an address given by Bell entitled ‘Marriage: An Address to the Deaf,’ third edition, 5.75 x 9.25, 17 pages, presented to the Members of th

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, October 9, 1902. Letter to to the “Manager of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Station at Sydney, C.B...

Manuscript Document, one page, 7.5 x 12.5, dated October 31, 1788. An important document quantifying the tremendous surge of settlement into the trans

Vintage ink signature, “Andrew Carnegie,” on an off-white 7 x 8.75 sheet from a guest book. Also signed by Henry G. Marquand (financier and art collec

DS, in Spanish, one page, 9 x 13, July 7, 1959. Document issued to appropriate funds to the Ministerio de Recuperación de Bienes Malversados in...

Signed book: Life of Lord R. Churchill, Volumes I and II. First edition. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 564 and 531

Duke of Burgundy from 1467–1477, referred to as Charles the Terrible by his enemies LS in French, signed “Charles,” one page, 8.5 x 9.25, March 29, 14

TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” two pages, 7.5 x 9.5, Prime Minister letterhead, November 27, 1951. Letter to Mrs. Cowper. In part: “I have been pr

ADS, signed “Clay pr,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, no date. Legal document suing the estate of David Rowland for non-payment of 40 pounds due to Clay'...

Signed book: Last of the Great Scouts: Life Story of Col. W. F. Cody by Helen Cody Wetmore. First edition. Chicago: Duluth Press Publishing Company, 1

English naturalist and author (1809–1882) whose book explaining his theories of evolution, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1733–1798). Signed book: Historical Collections; consisting of state papers and other authent

Partly-printed DS, signed “Roger Sherman, Justice of the Peace,” one page, 6 x 4.75, August 3, 1765. Sherman orders the sheriff of New Haven County to

Christmas card from 1982, 7 x 6 folded, opens to 14 x 6, embossed in gold on the outside with Prince of Wales’s feathers and Garter motto, as well as

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

Classic ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition, with heavy mounting remnants to reverse.

Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.75 full-length photo of Einstein on the deck of the steamship Westernland in 1933 on his voyage to immigrate to the United

Crisp ink endorsement signature, “Albert Einstein,” on the reverse of a check matted down to 2.5 x .75. Check remains fully intact beneath, and was fi

Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 8.75 photo of Freud with his hand on his hip and a cigar clenched in his other hand, by Max Halberstadt of Hamburg, affixed

Rare handwritten notes in English, one page, 5 x 8, on the reverse of a partial letter to him, circa 1946. Gandhi pens 13 lines of notes, possibly in

French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the ‘humane’ instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the govern

Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, one page, 11.75 x 11, July 1, 1781. Hancock appoints James Shaw as “Captain of the Eleventh Company in the

Partly-printed DS, one page, 9.75 x 15, June 19, 1790. Hancock appoints “Daniel Howard of Bridgewater to be one of the Justices to keep the Peace in o