GODKIN, Edwin Lawrence (1831-1902). Autograph Letter Signed...

Composer, violinist and conductor. Violin teacher at the Paris Conservatoire and one of the authors of the method taught there. He composed 40 operas and several concertos and sonatas.Rare autograph l

Autograph letter signed ('E. Landseer') written in reply to a previous missive and reading "I have only to state that I have no control whatever in the selections of engravers or etchers of forthcomin

Theoretical Physicist.- Dirac (Paul Adrien Maurice, theoretical physicist, 1902-84) Autograph Letter signed to Jeremy Weston, editor of "Technical Book Review", 1p., 4to, no place, 23rd September 1964

* LINDBERGH, Charles (1902-1974). Autograph letter signed ("Charles A. Lindbergh"), to Martin. Los Angeles, 26 January 1943. 2 pages, 8vo, on blue stationery, a few pale stains, with original holograp

* GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881). Autograph letter signed ("J.A. Garfield"), as Congressman, to an unnamed recipient. Washington, D.C., 17 May 1864. 1 page, 12mo (65 x 100 mm). Enclosing some speeches

STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. 6 Autograph Letters Signed ('John Steinbeck,' 'John,' or 'JS'), 1 Typed Letter Signed ('John'), and a partial Autograph Letter Signed ('John') to Willard Bascom regarding P

Andrew Carnegie ALS 1902 Andrew Carnegie autograph letter signed, circa 1902. Composed on Carnegie's embossed stationery for his home at 5 West Fifty-First St. in New York, Single page letter on

Autographs 1869 Rare Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed Mentions Actor Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth's Brother CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870). English Writer and Social Critic. He created some of t

[Churchill (Winston Spencer)] Autograph letter signed ('F.E.') by Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Churchill's greatest personal and political friend, to Lord Bottomley, reading in part

CROCKETT, DAVID. 1786-1836. Autograph Letter Signed ('David Crockett') to James Davison on the heels of his failed 1831 Senate bid, including much commentary on his political philosophy and his disput

German doctor and politician (1821-1902), dubbed the 'Father of Pathology,' who founded the field of social medicine. ALS in German, one page on a 5.5 x 3.75 postcard depicting Prof. Virchow,

Stanton Edwin Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, ALS: "But life is made up of contrasts and changes" 1p autograph letter signed by then U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) as "Edwin M

French violinist and composer (1766-1831) perhaps best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 (1803), known as the Kreutzer Sonata. He was professor of violin at the Par

Autographs Major General FRANZ SIGEL Civil War Autobiography General FRANZ SIGEL (1824-1902). American army officer, reached the rank of Major-General of Volunteers during the Civil War. July 23, 1895

Edwin Forrest ALS "I entertain but little hope of a successful engagement" A 1p autograph letter signed, 8” x 5”, by American Shakespearean actor Edwin Forrest, signed “Edwin Forrest

Philip Sheridan ALS to George A. Custer's Wife Libbie 1p autograph letter signed by former Union Army commander Philip Sheridan (1831-1888), as “P.H. Sheridan, Lt Genl” at lower right. Written in

James Garfield ALS With Political Content: "Perhaps we were a little over confident and needed this check to make us work well" A 1p autograph letter signed by James A. Garfield (1831-1881), future 20

* SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed ("G. Bernard Shaw"), to Morley Dainow Jr. St. Lawrence, 6 September 1924. 1 page, 12mo postcard with Shaw's sepia-toned photograph, creased

JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON II (1789-1855), MT. VERNON, VIRGINIA AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED four-page stampless cover, March 12, 1831, to noted American horticulturist William Prince (1766-1842) of Flushin

Rohlfs, Gerhard Zwei eigenhändige Briefe mit Unterschrift des deutschen Afrikaforschers (1831-1896) aus dem Jahr 1872. Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. Two autograph letters signed by the German

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-'70: British novelist and social critic) ALS, April 7, 1852, to Edwin Pearson, declining an invitation to join a charitable society, on grounds that he would be too b

James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th President. 4 ¾” x 8” letter signed, House of Representatives, June 14, 1879, to Hon. J. M. Dalzell. “…The exhibit to which you refer might to be made and yo

Rare ALS signed “Edgar A. Poe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 24, 1846. Addressed from New York, a handwritten letter to writer Frederick William Thomas, who, from 1841 until 1850, worked

ALS signed “N. Tesla,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, personal monogram letterhead, June 14, 1899. Handwritten letter to Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson by Nikola Tesla