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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Signed on the fi

English mathematician and writer (1815–1852) and the only daughter of Lord Byron, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanic...

Inventor of photographic equipment, along with his brother, Auguste. In 1893 they developed, the cinématographe, and showed the first motion pi...

Empress of Austria (1717–1780) and mother of Marie Antoinette. LS in French, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 27, 1761. Letter to her cousin. In full (transla

Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Among the notable cases over which

American merchant, surveyor, architect, statesman, and patriot in the American Revolution (1730–1829). As clerk to the secretary of the Continental Co

Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 9 portrait of Mussolini reading affixed to an off-white 9.75 x 13.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink,

LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, January 29, 1810. Short untranslated letter to the Duke of Feltre. In very good condition, with some light

Endorsement signed, “N,” on manuscript DS, one page, both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, in French, dated April 8, 1812. A two-line notation is written above the

Handwritten endorsement, “Apr, Bonaparte,” as First Consul, on the first page of a manuscript document, in French, one page, both sides, 8 x 12, dated

Ink signature, “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” on a light blue slip; unsigned ink endorsement, “Voucher No. 449 F. O. J. Smith lead pipe in full $2,207.20 Jany.

Danish physicist (1777-1851), he discovered the diversion of a magnetic needle by electric current, becoming the founder of the rule of electromagneti

Autograph manuscript, in French, one page, both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, dated June 19–28, [1857], headed at the top in pencil in an unknown hand, “(ferment

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, May 15, 1885. Letter to an unidentfied gentleman. In full (translated): “There’s nothing to

Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page both s

TLS in Polish, signed “Carol Card Wojtyla,” one page, 5.75 x 3.75, Nativity-themed letterhead, 1971. Letter of thanks and Christmas wishes. In full (t

Wife of King George V (1867–1953). ALS signed “Mary R,” 4.75 x 7.25, black-bordered Buckingham Palace mourning stationery, March 26, 1936. Letter to B

ALS signed “Mary R,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, Buckingham Palace letterhead, July 19, 1934. Letter to Lady Willingdon. In part: “In Edinburgh I

Scottish chemist (1852–1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS signed “W. Ramsay,” one page both sides, 3.

Original signed pencil sketch of Italian opera singer Giulia Grissi in character on an off-white 7 x 9 sheet, drawn by Princess Victoria at age 16. Si