Poet's expenses.- Blackmore (Sir Richard, epic poet) Autograph signed order to pay, Strasbourg, May,

Historical President George Washington signed 9.5X6.5 Pay order document from May 31, 1775 informing someone to pay Col. Geo Washington one hundred and sixty one pounds of sterling. On the reverse sid

Autographs 1781 Governor John Hancock Signed Revolutionary War Orders the Payment of a Huge Sum for an Army Private's Pay in Compensation "To make good the Depreciation of his wages..." Including Two

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A remarkable autograph manuscript signed, Jean Cocteau, seven pages (rectos only), 4to, Paris, March 1922, in

PICABIA AS ARTIST, POET AND PHILOSOPHER. PICABIA, FRANCIS. 1879-1953. Archive of 17 Autograph Letters Signed ('Francis' and 'Francis P') in French to Jennie [Thiersch] including an original ink drawin

DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English author, poet and mathematician whose works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). A rare signed and inscribed printed leaflet ent

Richard Montgomery autograph letter signed ("R Montgomery"). One page of a bifolium, 7.25" x 9", New York; "Saturday" [circa June 1775]. Add

Richard Wagner Autograph Letter Signed. One page of a bifolium, 4.25" x 5.5", Starnberg; June 16, 1864. Addressed to Wendelin [Wessheimer&rsqb

LINCOLN ATTEMPTS A PRISONER EXCHANGE FOR SURGEON JOHN MCGREGOR. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865. Autograph Document Signed ('A. Lincoln'), an order seeking a rebel prisoner to exchange on behalf of Union

HANCOCK, JOHN. 1737-1793. Document Signed ('John Hancock'), a pay order for Tower Humphr[e]y, 'of Colonel Shepard's Regiment,' 200 x 160 mm, Boston, April 15, 1783, countersigned by Thomas Ivers, and

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), 9 line Autograph Letter Signed by German composer Richard Wagner, dated 1858, ink on blue paper, folded twice, written during his period of exile from his native Germany,

Isaac NEWTON (recipient). - Nathaniel HAWES. Autograph letter signed to Sir Isaac Newton, 29th May 1694 Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please cont

( Sir Edward, first baronet, painter, 1833-98) 7 Autograph Letters signed " Burne Jones", "Edward" & "EBJ" to Euphrosyne Cassavetti & 1 Autograph Letter signed to Maria Zambaco, together 17pp. & 6 env

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, June 18, 1863. Handwritten letter to Emma Pender, the second wife of Sir John Pender, a Scottish textile merchant, politician, and submar

151. Napoleon I. Autograph Letter signed, as First Consul ("Bonaparte"), to the Minister of the Interior regarding the payment of a pension and travel expenses. 1-page. 4to, on Napoleon's First Consul

JOHN CALLCOTT HORSLEY, (BRITISH, 1817-1903), OIL, H 55", W 43", "THE POETS THEME":Signed lower left. Elaborate pierced gold leaf and gesso frame. For a high resolution photo

CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER, SIR. 1874-1965. Letter Signed ('Winston S. C.'), with autograph postscript, Chartwell Manor, Westerham, Kent, September 20, 1927, 2pp., to Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, fol

Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Henry R,” one page, 9 x 8, July 26, 1536. Document by which King Henry VIII orders the treasurer and chamberlain to pay Edmund Peckham, accountant of the Roya

AVEDON, RICHARD. (1923-2004). Celebrated American photographer known for portraiture and fashion photography. Book Signed. (“Avedon 1994”). 183pp. Folio. Random House, 1994. First edition

Manuscript DS in French, signed “payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, July 1, 1786. An order to Treasurer General Randon de la Tour, directing him "to pay to Mr. Mollin, Maitre

George Washington (1732- 1799) Alexandria, Virginia Nov 15, 1785 Potomack Company purchase order with George Washington autograph, approving payment of a bill to the Potomac Company for saws, saw file

1899 The Writings of Mark Twain Autograph Edition (22 vols), #52 of 512, inscribed in Vol I by Samuel Clemens "With Compliments to Richard S Peale S.L. Clemens (Mark Twain) April 18, 1901", also signe

Oil on board Signed.Henry Lawrence Faulkner(American, 1924-1981)A Kentucky original, Faulkner was a painter, a poet, and a true Southern character. Raised in Eastern Kentucky and orphaned as a toddler

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