Signed by Edmund Waller and George Etherege
Document deed of purchase signed ("Edm Waller")
[?Beaconsfield]: 8 June 1655. Signed by Edmund Waller and George Etherege. A deed of purchase for Widgenden and... Read More
Price: $3,500
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18th Century American Business Documents. One signed by Notary Peter Lohra and one by James Sunderland, both of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: May 27, 1795 & June 3, 1795. Two notarized bills of exchange between Robert Morris and James Nicholson, including the notary stamps of Peter Lohra and James Sunderland. Both documents are are printed notary forms which provide blank spaces for the details of the business at hand--in this case... Read More
Price: $350
Two Autograph Letters, Signed, One to Miss Luff (autograph request)and another to Mr. Harris (accepting dinner engagement).
Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire: Nov 25, 1905 & March 10, 1906. Read More
Price: $150
Card inscribed in ink “I am / very faithfully yours / Edwin A. Abbey / Dec 2, 1903”.
n.p: 1903. A major figure in American art, E.A. Abbey (1852-1911) was both illustrator--notably for his pen, and his oil and watercolor, illustrations to Shakespeare--and artist. Among his works are large mural decorations for the Boston Public Library, and for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. He was particularly known... Read More
Price: $150
Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton.
Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands... Read More
Price: $125
A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856
Manuscript Account Book of Edward R. Clark, Shoemaker.
Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and... Read More
Price: $850
Account for Painting "1761. Mr. William Waine to Thomas Etheridge, Dr;..."
1761. An invoice for whitening, ceiling repair, spotting, mending an oven; docketed for Mr. Waine's account on verso. Read More
Price: $125
German Immigrant Dialect Poem
Autograph Manuscript, signed (“Chas. Follen Adams”) and dated (“April 1, 1910”) of 8 lines from his poem “Leedle Yawcob Strauss”...
Roxbury, Bosston, Mass: April 1, 1910. German Immigrant Dialect Poem. After his service in the Civi War, Charles Follens Adams (1842 -1918) began writing humorous verse for magazines and periodicals. His “Leedle Yawcob Strauss” was written in 1876, and first published in book form in LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS, AND OTHER... Read More
Price: $500
John Quincy Adams Supports U.S. Purchase of Noah Webster's Synopsis
Autograph Letter, signed, to the son of Noah Webster, concerning his support of the Federal purchase of his father's synopsis...
Quincy [MA]: 11 September 1843. John Quincy Adams Supports U.S. Purchase of Noah Webster's Synopsis. In this letter to Noah Webster's son William G. Webster, the former President endorses the suggestion of “purchasing the synopsis of [your father's] great work and causing it to be deposited in [the Library of... Read More
Price: $6,500
Addams to a Little Admirer
Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block).
[New York]: 27 October 1954. Addams to a Little Admirer. The great American cartoonist of the macabre writes: “Dear Robert, Thanks for your very kind letter. I’m glad that you like my pictures and I will try to do more of them. They’re all so special, that it isn’t easy to... Read More
Price: $400
Autograph Letter, signed. To Mr. Miller.
Washington, D.C: November 22nd, 1899. The letter traces the diplomatic claims of Great Britain in Alaska and goes into detail about the 2 contested parts, the "Portland Channel" and the parallel 50 degrees to Mt. St. Elias. He is grandfather of John Foster and Allen Dulles. He was also TR's... Read More
Price: $350
Autograph manuscript copies of select stanzas from his Poems "Insomnnia" and "Invocation to Sleep", both signed.
N.p: n.d. [ca. 1892?]. Two lyrics, literally back-to-back, expressive of the poet’s yearning for escape. Read More
Price: $250
Manuscript fair copy of "Books and Season " 14 lines, Signed in full. Published as "Sonnet XX " of XXVIII Sonnets.
[Boston]: 59, Mount Vernon Street, [1883]. Read More
Price: $300
Subscription List for "Speech (given in Congress) of the Hon B. Hardin (1784-1852) on the Alexandria Canal Bill for sale...
[Washington, D.C: Globe Office, c. 1833]. The Alexandria Canal was major significance for water transportation into Virginia. Hardin was an important Kentucky politician, who serves several terms in the Houise of Reps. and led the way for the passage of the bill for construction of the canal. The canal connected... Read More
Price: $200
Self-portrait.
n.p: n.d. Self-portrait done at the request of collector Burt Britton. Read More
Price: $250
"Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need"
Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Ambler") to Westley S. Hartley, in response to the latter's question regarding the value of Ambler's...
London: 1 November, 1957. "Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need" Interesting letter from Ambler, in answer to the question, "How important to you was your high school education, and is college experience necessary for creative writing?" Ambler points out that in England "there is no real equivalent of 'high school'... Read More
Price: $500
Typed Letter, Signed, To Mr. Edwin Knopf, of Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
16 Pelham Crescent, London: 1st April, 1955. Writing, in part, “Your letter of February 15th has only just reached me. Unfortunately, I left the house to which it was addressed eight years ago. Reading your letter now makes me even sadder that I was before at the way things worked... Read More
Price: $400
On American Realism
Collection of 8 letters from literary figures to Dr. Milton Kronovet, V. S. D. C.
Various places: 1937-40. On American Realism. The American authors Frazier Hunt, Flannery Lewis, Willen Brand, Rupert Hughes, Bradford Smith, Margaret Ayer Barnes and Hans Otto Storm respond to Kronovet's question “Has American Realism contributed anything beyond Balzac and Zola.” Accompanied by an autograph note signed, "Gilbert Parker” to Schoenwold thanking... Read More
Price: $225
Columbia Writer's Conference
A group of letters from American authors consisting of 36 typed and autograph letters and 7 cards, signed.
places: 1960-1970s. Columbia Writer's Conference. Much of the correspondence relates to the Writers Conference that Humphreys directed for Columbia University, authors sending in acceptances and regrets, some relate to grants and others from friends such as Leoni Adams Troy consisting of seven cards with notes (some additional leaves inserted) and... Read More
Price: $600
Small archive of 6 Letters signed (5 Typed, 1 Autograph) to the New York photographers PACH BROS, from members of...
Various places: 1962 - 1972. Read More
Price: $850
Entrepreneurs of the Revolution
Autograph Letter signed ("Rich Wescoat") to Major JOSHUA MERSEREAU in Elizabeth Town (New Jersey) regarding an order for lumber from...
[Burlington]: 7 April 1783. Entrepreneurs of the Revolution. The lands contained all the necessary materials for shipbuilding, and in the Revolutionary War its "bog iron" made cannon balls while its hidden coves sheltered privateers. Blast furnaces, sawmills, glass factories, and brick and tile works followed until the Industrial Revolution drew... Read More
Price: $850