no place: Not published, 1887. (no edition). Unbound. Signed card, measuring 11.5 cm (w) x 6.8 cm (h) or 4-1/2" x 2-11/16". Inscribed "Truly Yours Alva Adams Denver Col March 18/87." Member of the Colorado state legislature 1876; Governor of Colorado 1887-1889, 1897-1899 and 1905. Attractive for framing. Alva Adams (1850-1922). Political Science, American History. More about Card autographed by Alva Adams
Washington, D.C: U. S. Government General Land Office, 1827. First Edition. Unbound. Vellum land grant for 80 acres in Tippacanoe County, Indiana to Abel Janney, dated May 15, 1827. Signed by the 6th United States President (1825-1829) John Quincy Adams, and countersigned by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land... More about LAND PATENT. Land Grant. Document signed by President J. Q. Adams
no place: Not published, 1894. First Edition. Unbound. Four line poem handwritten and signed by poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Measures 6+3/4" (width) x 4+3/8" (height). Titled "Kismet" it reads: "A glance, a word - and joy or pain; Befalls, what was no more shall be; Now slight the links are... More about Poem handwritten and signed by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907
Greenville, NJ: Not published, 1893. First Edition. No Binding. One page letter, handwritten and signed by Elizabeth Akers Allen, who wrote under the pseudonym Florence Percy. Torn at both folds, with creasing and tears to extremities (very thin paper); one tear is clear through the autograph. It reads "Greenville, Hudson... More about One page letter handwritten and signed by Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 563 pages of text. Hardcover binding. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front endpaper; from a Heartland Literary Society event. More about RAILS UNDER MY BACK. With a bookplate signed by the author
Salzburg, Austria: Not published, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Folio ledger, bound in red leather, with three large brass or brass/silver armorial calling card holders affixed to and protruding from the front cover. The pre-1958 inclusions are on separate smaller sheets that are tipped-in, presumably from a previous guestbook. There... More about GUEST BOOK FOR THE CASTELLO BAR AT THE CASTLE SCHLOSS MONDSEE Near Salzburg, Austria 1952-1988
Chicago: Not published, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Signed business card of Jeannette Thielens Phillips of Chicago. Signed in pencil by Don Ameche and two others (members of the cast?) including Victor. The back is signed in pen "Cornelius Peeples best wishes to Allen." Minor smudging and staining to card. More about Autograph of Don Ameche
New York, NY: Not published, 1761. First Edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). One folio leaf, containing 26 lines of text. Signed by Jeffery Amherst and countersigned by his private secretary Arthur Mair. Dated December 2, 1761 at New York, it conveys permission to John Hawkins acting paymaster of the Engineering Department... More about Document signed in 1760 by Jeffrey Amherst while Major General and Commander in Chief of all His...
no place: Not published, 1900. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). Autograph of Susan B. Anthony, clipped from a larger document and mounted and attractively framed with a decorative engraved vignette. The vignette celebrates one hundred years of woman's progress (1848-1948), listing Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott... More about Autograph of Susan B. Anthony
no place: Not published, 1867. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). 3 page letter written entirely in the hand of the author known as Aunt Fanny. Addressed to another author, Donald Grant Mitchell (1822 - 1908), who wrote under the pseudonym "Ik Marvel." Dated Feb 12th 1867. It reads "Thanks dear... More about Letter handwritten and signed by Frances Elizabeth Barrow "Aunt Fanny" (1822-1894
Leeds, MA: Not published, 1990. No edition. Unbound. Five letters written entirely in Baskin's hand and signed by him, most with original mailing envelopes. The letters contain a correspondence between a collector and the artist. An intelligent discussion of commission work, as well as other works, ensues. Written on an... More about Collection of five related Autograph Letters Signed (ALS
no place: Not published, 1937. No edition. Unbound. Four line poem handwritten and signed by poet. Written on a 5" x 3" card which has uniform slight age-toning. It reads "And when the far Five Sacred Mountains rose; Rotund and almond-eyed, his slightest nod; Opening a fiery earthquake on his... More about Poem handwritten and signed by William Rose Benet
Chicago: Maurice Seymour, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Five inch by seven inch black & white photograph picturing both the ventriloquist and his wooden companion. Both are dressed in tuxedos with tophats. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the bottom margin "To Kenneth. Best wishes from [signed] Edgar Bergen." More about Signed Photograph
no place: Not published, 1888. First Edition. Unbound. Signed card, measuring 11.5 cm (w) x 6.8 cm (h) or 4-1/2" x 2-11/16". Signed in purple pencil "Nathaniel S. Berry, Born in Bath Maine Sept 1st 1796, Came to New Hampshire in 1809. Bristol N.H. Feb 15th 1888." Included is a.... More about Small card signed and note handwritten by Nathaniel Springer Berry (1796-1894
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, 1795. First Edition. Unbound. Partly printed document signed by William Bingham. Bingham was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania (1786-1788); member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives (1790-1791); Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1791); member of Pennsylvania state... More about Stock Certificate Signed
no place: Not published, 1901. First Edition. Unbound. Frank Swett Black (1853-1913). Born near Limington, York County, Maine. Republican. U.S. Representative from NY 19th District from 1895-97. Governor of NY from 1897-99. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NY in 1904. Measures 4 inches wide and 2.5 inch tall card... More about Small card signed by Frank S. Black
no place: Not published, 1901. First Edition. Unbound. Signed card measures 3 inches wide x 2.25 inches tall." Clearly signed "Frank S. Black." U.S. Representative from New York 19th District from 1895-1897. Governor of NY from 1897-1899. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NY in 1904. Not dated; circa 1901... More about Small card signed by Frank Swett Black (1853-1913
no place: Not published, 1900. First Edition. Unbound. Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918). Brother of Luke Pryor Blackburn. Born near Spring Station, Woodford County KY. Democrat. Member of KY state legislature. U.S. Representative KY 7th District from 1875-85. U.S. Senator from KY during 1885-97 and 1901-07. Delegate to Democratic National..... More about Small card signed by Joseph C. S. Blackburn
no place: No publisher, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Henry John (Zeke) Bonura (September 20, 1908 - March 9, 1987) was a first base player in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1940, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1934-1937), then the Washington Senators (1938, and the start of 1940)... More about Signature of Zeke Bonura (1908-1987
Chicago, IL: Washington Award Commission, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). Eight page pamphlet, published on the occassion of the ceremony for honoring Frank Borman as recipient of the Washington Award for 1991 on February 21, 1991. Held at the Union League Club of Chicago. On the first page there... More about Program signed by astronaut Frank Borman
New York: Hermitage House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Japanese theater; Kabuki theater; history; xxi, 294p. incl. index; 24.3cm; tan cloth slightly rubbed; illus. from photos incl. colored frontis. listed before text; pictorial endpapers; 1p. typed letter with autograph annotation signed by author; autograph postcard signed laid in; pictorial dustjacket chipped. More about Japanese theatre. Foreword by Joshua Logan
no place listed: No publisher listed, 1985. First Edition. Unbound. Folio. A large color photograph of Boyington (circa 1984) in civilian clothes standing next to his WWII aircraft "Lulabelle." The photograph measures 16 inches (width) by 20 inches (height). It is inscribed and signed by the WWII ace in blue... More about Signed Photograph
no place: No publisher, 1960. First Edition. Unbound. One sheet of paper, with foldmarks into eight sections. An old copy of a caricature of Bracken with title "Edward Vitality Bracken" which has then been autographed by Bracken. Signed "Eddie Bracken." More about Signature of Eddie Bracken
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 278 pages of text. Hardcover binding is sunned, and somewhat shelfworn. Unclipped dustjacket is chipped at spinehead, and overall slightly shelfworn; protected in archival mylar. An extra page is affixed to a front endpaper bearing the inscription... More about MR. SMITH. Signed by the author
Chicago, IL: Photographic Industry Conventions and Trade Show, 1941. First Edition. Unbound. Printed card for the 1941 Photographic Trade Show held at the Hotel Stevens in Chicago August 18-22 in 1941. Signed on back in pencil "Joe E. Brown." More about Signature of Joe Evans Brown (1892-1973