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British Prime Ministers, 1782-1957. Signatures of eleven (11) prime ministers who served between 1782 and 1957. They are Lansdowne (William Petty-Fitz

de Gaulle, Charles. Signature, "C. de Gaulle" on a 1 x 3 in. piece of paper. An engraved card, "Le Général de Gaulle&qu...

Sadat, Anwar (1918-1981) President of Egypt (1970-81). He signed the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1976, for which he and Israeli Prime Minister Me

Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980) Yugoslav statesman. Leader of Yugoslav resistance movement in World War II. First president of the republic of Yugoslavia

[World Leaders]. Eleven items signed by ten heads of government: Philippine president Corazon C. Aquino (card); Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (7 x 4

1782 Jewish Passport - Lyon, France. Passport for a Jewish man from Holland, Goudukau Meyer, and giving him the right to remain in Lyon for eight days

[Dreyfus Affair]. Seven unused European postcards from the time of the Dreyfus Affair, c. 1898-1906. One is a photo of Dreyfus, identified as "...

Dreyfus, Alfred. Autograph Note Signed "A Dreyfus," on Dreyfus' engraved visiting card, in French (Paris), January 13, 1910. On the tw...

Dreyfus, Alfred. Autograph Letter Signed "A Dreyfus," 1 page, 6 x 4¼ in., in French (Paris), Thursday, n.d. Dreyfus write to the wido...

Jewish Statesmen: Begin, Rabin, Netanyahu, Kollek. Signatures of three Israeli prime ministers: Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, and Benjamin Netanyahu,

Meir, Golda & Chaim Herzog. Business card engraved "Golda Meir / Prime Minister / Jerusalem" and signed in blue ink on the back. With ...

Meir, Golda & General David Elazar. Autograph Note unsigned, "and many thanks for the 'Constitution of the State of California and of t...

Meir, Golda & Richard Nixon. Black and white Photo Signed "Golda Meir" as Prime Minister of Israel and "Richard Nixon" as Pr...

Netanyahu, Benjamin (1949 -) Current Prime Minister of Israel; he also served from June 1996 to July 1999. 4½" x 7" color photo of Ne...

Netanyahu, Benjamin. 8" x 12" color photograph signed in English and Hebrew, c. 1984, showing Netanyahu at a dinner with James A. Baker, w...

Peres, Shimon (1923 -) 9th President of the state of Israel. 4½" x 7" color PS signed by Peres on the lower edge of the blue 5¾&...

Rabbis - Group of Six French Letters, 1879-1900. Six Autograph Letters Signed, five of them by Chief Rabbis. Lazare Isidor, who wrote one letter dated

Rothschild Family. Three Autograph Letters in French, two signed "G de Rothschild" (on stationery with the Rothschild crest) and one sign...

Wright, Frank Lloyd - Guggenheim Archive (1867-1959) American architect, considered by many to be the greatest American architect of all time. An arch

Mel Blanc, Bill Hanna, & Joe Barbera. Group of thirteen signed items, twelve of them cards. Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny, Po

Ansel Adams, Jamie Wyeth & Others. Seven items: Ansel Adams 3 x 5 in. card with typed note saying he doesn't have a business card, Carmel, 1

Avedon, Richard (1923-2004) Influential fashion and portrait photographer. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "For Lu Varon with best wishes, Ave...

Group of 60 Signed Cards, Most With Original Drawings. Only six of the cards do not have an original drawing, some of which are of comic

Schultz, Caniff, Gould, Capp & Berry. Group of ten signed items, four of them personalized for Salvation Army bandsman Harry Sparks and

Cox, Kenyon (1856-1919) American painter, figural compositions. Two Autograph Letters Signed, total of 3½ pp, 6½ x 5 in., Windsor, Vermont...

Gibson, Charles Dana (1857-1944) Illustrator, creator of the "Gibson Girl. Five items: Two Autograph Letters Signed, one Document Signed, one S...

Leitch, William Leighton (1804-1883) 19th century Scottish watercolor painter; known for landscapes. Autograph Letter Signed "W.L. Leitch,"...

Moses, Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses. Card with reproduction of a winter scene painted by Grandma Moses Signed, "Anna Mary Robe...

Moses, Grandma (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) (1860-1961) American painter who took up painting in her 70s and gained fame for her primitive paintings, p

Peale, Rembrandt (1778-1860) American portrait and historical artist; son of Charles Wilson Peale. Signature with sentiment, place and date, "R...

Poynter, Sir Edward John and Wilkie, Sir David. Autograph Letter Signed "Edward J. Poynter," 2pp, 7 x 4½ in, 28 Albert Gate, S.W., 18...

Bellow, Saul (1915-2005) Jewish-American writer; 1976 Nobel laureate. First edition of Seize the Day, New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Signed on the

[Dickens, Charles] (1812-1870) An original etched copper printing plate for a "Phiz" illustration from the first edition of The Pickwick P...

[Dickens, Charles]. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition,...

[Dickens, Charles]. Little Dorrit. First edition. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Full dark-green leather binding by Bayntun London with gold toolng

[Dickens, Charles]. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Hodder & Stoughton: London, New York, Toronto, n.d. (c. 1911), hardcover, 4to, 57...

[Dickens, Charles]. Little Dorrit. First edition, first issue of text of with illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Octavo.

[Eliot, John]. First edition of A Biographical Dictionary, Containing A Brief Account of the First Settlers, and Other Eminent Characters Among the Ma

Haley, Alex (1921-1992) American author. First Edition of Roots Inscribed and Signed, "November 12, 1979 for Everett and Ottilie Laybourne and ...

Harte, Bret. The Ghosts of Stukeley Castle (1836-1902) American author who gained fame for his poems and articles about the American West. Autograph M

Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) American author and sportsman; winner of the Nobel Prize for literature (1954). Typed Letter Signed "Papa," ...

[Hesse, Hermann]. First edition, first issue of Der Steppenwolf. Berlin: G. Fischer Verlag. Octavo. 64, 33, 65-289, [1] pp., with the separately pagin

[Irving, Washington]. First edition, third impression of Rip van Winkle. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. Bound...

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) British author and poet. Book Signed on the Limited Edition page, being No. 127 of 150 copies of Sea and Sussex From Rudy

Lawrence, D.H (1885-1930). Born David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, and critic; his most famous work is Lady Chatterly's Lover. Unfi...

Leroux, Gaston. Rare early edition of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, Pierre Lafitte et Co., Paris, c. 1919-1921 (1st edition was 1910). Ori...

London, Charmian & Joan London. Charmian (1871-1955) was the second wife of Jack London Joan (1901-71) was his daughter from his first marriage....

London, Jack (1876-1916) Autograph Quotation Signed: "To Phyllis--For I am Canim, the Canoe; my trail is all the world and never ends. Jack Lon...

O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953) American playwright; he won four Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. Autograph Letter...

[Perelman, S.J. ] Groucho Marx. Typed Letter Signed "Groucho," 1 page, 11 x 8½ in., Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 30, 1966. To humorist and...

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972) American poet and critic. First edition of Pavannes and Divisions, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1918, Inscribed vertically on th

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916) American writer and poet, called "The Hoosier Poet." Autograph Letter Signed "J.W. Riley" on p...

Salinger, J.D (1919 -) American author, best known for The Catcher in the Rye (1951). Typed Letter Signed, 1½ pp, 11 x 8½ in., Windsor, Vt...

Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) American poet and biographer. Autograph Note Signed, 1 p. 6"x4", n.p., n.d. (1962). This note was returned with...

Saroyan, William (1908 - 1981) American dramatist and author; he won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Two letters to prominent Los Angeles book deal

Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Irish playwright, awarded both the Nobel Prize (1927) and an Oscar (1938). Original charcoal and pastel portrail of S

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) American novelist whose books gave expression to the social and economic tensions of the time. He won the Pulitzer Prize f

Steinbeck, John. Autograph Postcard Signed, 196 words written in tiny script, Pacific Grove, California, Feb. 15, 1935. To Harry Thornton Moore, autho

Thayer, Phineas (Ernest Lawrence). First edition of Casey at the Bat. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1912. 8vo. The first hardcover edition devote...

[Twain, Mark]. Life on the Mississippi. With more than 300 illustrations. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, issue, with both f

Twain, Mark. First edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. No jacket. 8vo. Bound in original publisher's ...

Twain, Mark. Signature and paraph in purple ink on a 2¼ x 3¾ in. card, n.p., n.d. Light toning to card, else fine. Estimated Value $500 -...

Twain, Mark - Clemens, Samuel L (1835-1910) Author and humorist better known by his pen name, Mark Twain. Autograph Letter Signed "Saml. L. Cle...

Twain, Mark - Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910) American humorist and author. Autograph Letter Signed with a double signature, "Samuel L. Clemens / ...

Whitman, Walt (1819-92) American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. Autograph Letter Signed, 1 p, 7¾x 4¾ in., Hotel Waterston, 8 Bu...

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807 -1892) American Quaker poet. Autograph Quotation Signed "John G. Whittier," 4x6¾", n.p., n.d. Lig...

Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) American poet and physician. First Edition of The Wedge [Cumington, Massachusetts]: The Cumington Press, 1944. Pr

Wodehouse, P.G (1881-1975) British novelist, playwright, and lyricist; best known for his "Jeeves" novels. Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, on...

[Authors - Large Group]. A group of approximately forty items--cards, album pages, letters, etc-- signed by a varied, international group of authors,

Durant, Haley, Puzo, Uris, Wiesel, & Others. Group of twelve items signed by the following authors: Will and Ariel Durant (2), Alex Haley, J

Vonnegut, Ginsberg, Seuss, Haley & Others. Twelve items, ten of them business or blank cards, signed by authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Allen Ginsbe

[Manuscript Leaf from an Antiphonal of Monumental Size]. Italy or Spain, c. 16th century. The vellum page consists of fourteen lines of text, written

Wright, Orville (1871-1948) With his brother, Wilbur, made the first powered airplane flights (1903). Typed Letter Signed on personal letterhead, 1 pa

Wright, Wilbur (1867-1912) With his brother, Orville, made the first powered airplane flights (1903). Autograph Letter Signed on "Wright Brothe...

Barnum, Phineas T (1810-1891) American showman and businessman; best known for founding the circus that became Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baile...

[Business and Labor]. Group of 20 signed items, including a 1976 TLS from Philip K. Wrigley to Harry Sparks; a 1978 TLS from William Loeb to Sparks, a

[Businessmen/Philanthropists]. Business cards signed by Bill Gates, Armand Hammer, Malcolm S. Forbes, J. Paul Getty, Ray A. Kroc, and Gene Autry. Fine

Manson, Charles & Related Autographs. On. August 9, 1969, Manson and his followers murdered actress Sharon Tate, who was eight months pregnant, ...

O.J. Simpson Trial. Seventeen signatures of people involved in the controversial, widely publicized 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his w

Ray, James Earl & John Hinckley, Jr. James Earl Ray (1928-1998) Convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the assassination took place ...

Byrd, Hillary, Ballard, and Cousteau. Six items: Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) Polar explorer and aviator. 3 x 5 in. toned Card

Edison, Thomas A (1847-1931) Prolific inventor. Signature cut from a letter, "Thos A Edison," in pencil on 2 x 8 in. paper laid to slightl...

[Fields, Cyrus]. Souvenir section of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable from 1858, 4 x ¾ in. Banded in brass at both ends, where the core...

Cronkite, Walter (1916-2009) Legendary television journalist. Black and white Photograph Signed with a gold marker, 10 x 8 in., n.p., n.d. A distingui

. A group of ten items signed by eight lawmen. These include eight cards signed by: J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the FBI; Judge Julius J. Ho

[Potpourri of Signatures]. Covering a wide range of fields, this lot includes signatures by fashion designers Givenchy, Mr. Blackwell, and Vidal Sasso

Hearst, Newton, Davis, and Leary. Cards signed by four people associated with radical ideas or movements of the 1960s and 70s: Patricia Hea

Arlen, Harold (1905-1986) Prolific American composer, best known for composing the songs from "The Wizard of Oz." Autograph Musical Quotat...

[Band Leaders & A Dance Instructor]. Fourteen signed items. Band leaders: Guy Lombardo--a 2 x 3½ in. card and a 3 x 5 in piece of paper; Wo...

Berlin, Irving (1888-1989) American composer and lyricist. One of the greatest songwriters ever, he wrote some 1250 songs. His hits include "Al...

Bernstein, Leonard (1818-1990) American composer and conductor. New York Philharmonic program for February 15, 1959 at Carnegie Hall inscribed and sig

Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) American conductor and composer. 11" x 8½" reproduction of an Al Hirschfeld caricature honoring Gershw...

Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921) World-famous Italian tenor. Caricature Inscribed and Signed, "To dear Buzzi-Peccia…Enrico Caruso New York 190...

[Caruso, Enrico] Caricatures by Enrico Caruso. Complete Collection Issued With the Approval of the Artist, New York: Published by Marziale Sisca, publ

[Classical Artists, Composers, and Conductors]. Twelve items signed by: Leonard Bernstein, a 5 x 3½ in. photo and two cards; Aaron Copland, a c...

[Composers, Songwriters, Conductors]. Fifteen cards signed by: Richard Rodgers; Ira Gershwin; John Philip Sousa; Alan Jay Lerner; Henry Mancini; Walte

Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) American composer and pianist. Autograph Musical quotation Signed "L.M. Gottschalk," 1 page, 7¼ ...

[Jazz Musicians]. Thirteen items signed: Dizzy Gillespie, 4 items--a 10 x 8 in. photo dated '79, two 5¾ 4¼ cards dated 5/24/79, and a ...

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor. Document Signed "vidi Felix Mendelssohn," 1 page, in Ger...

Pavarotti, Sutherland, Price, Sills, Merrill, Hines, & Others. A group of 13 items signed by six opera stars and Sir Rudolf Bing, General Mana