AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

ALEXANDER VI: (1431-1503) Pope of the Catholic Church 1492-1503. Born Rodrigo de Borja, into a Spanish prominent Borgia family under the Crown of ...

PIUS IV: (1499-1565) Pope of the Catholic Church and Ruler of the Papal States 1559-1565. Born Giovanni Angelo Medici. A member of the Milan branc...

GREGORY XIV: (1535-1591) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States 1590-1591. During his brief pontificate which lasted only ten m...

INNOCENT IX: (1519-1591) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States fin 1591. His papacy lasted only two months, one of the shortes...

ALEXANDER VIII: (1610-1691) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1689-91. Last Pope taking this Pontifical name. His Papacy only last 15 months. A go...

CLEMENT XIII: (1693-1769) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Ruler of the Papal States 1758-69. One of the few early Popes who favoured dialogu...

PIUS VII: (1742-1823) Pope of the Catholic Church 1800-23. L.S., B. Card. Chaiaramonti, whilst Bishop of Imola, one page, 4to, Rome, 25th June 178...

PIUS IX: (1792-1878) Pope of the Catholic Church 1846-78. L.S., as Archbishop of Imola, one page, 4to, Imola, 23rd September 1835, to a financier ...

PIUS X POPE SAINT: (1835-1914) Pope of the Catholic Church 1903-14. A good signed and inscribed 7.5 x 10.5 photograph (18.5 cm x 26.5 cm), card ma...

JOHN XXIII: (1881-1963) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1958-1963. Known as “The Good Pope”. Beatified in 2000 and canonized in 2014. An excelle...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Catholic Church 1963-78. D.S., Jo. Bapt. Montini, in his capacity as Pro-Secretary for Ordinary Affairs of Secret...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. A very fine, attractive and unusual Letter Signed by Paul VI as Pope, `Paulus P P....

JOHN PAUL I: (1912-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978. Born Albino Luciani. His 33 days reign is one of the shortest in papal history...

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1978-2005. Canonized in 2014. A very fine T.L.S., `Jan Pavel pp. II´, one page, 4to, C...

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005. Canonized in 2014. T.L.S., Jan Pavel II, one page, 8vo, Apostolic Palace of Caste...

BELLARMINE ROBERT: (1542-1621) Saint of the Catholic Church, canonized a saint in 1930. Italian Jesuit and Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Very r...

FRANCIS DE SALES: (1567-1622) Saint of the Catholic Church. Bishop of Geneva. Known for his writings such as the Introduction to the Devout Life a...

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by ...

BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than pun...

ESCRIVA DE BALAGUER JOSE MARIA: (1902-1975) Spanish Roman Catholic priest who founded the Opus Dei in 1928. Canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II...

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. An excellent and unusual attractive signed 11.5 x 8.5 prin...

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979 & THATCHER MARGARET (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979...

BHARATI AGEHANANDA: (1923-1991) Austrian academic and Hindu monk. T.L.S., A. Bharati, one page, 4to, Marburg, 15th June n.y., to Dr. Braude, on th...

CASANOVA GIACOMO: (1725-1798) Italian Author and Adventurer. An excellent and lengthy A.L.S., `Giacomo Casanova´, with his full name, three pages,...

`Madame de Sade.. whose feelings are very well known to me.. sure of her loyalty´SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) French Writer, Nobleman and Revoluti...

MADAME ROLAND: (1754-1793) Born Marie-Jeanne Philipon, also known as Manon Roland de la Platiere. French Revolutionary salonniere and Writer. She ...

GERMAINE DE STAEL: (1766-1817) Also known as Madame de Stael, her real name being Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein. French leading Salonnier...

JORDAN DOROTHEA: (1761-1816) Anglo-Irish actress and courtesan, the long-time mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV)...

LUXEMBURG ROSA: (1871-1919) Polish-German Revolutionary, a Marxist Philosopher and anti-war Activist. Luxemburg was summarily executed by the SPD ...

SANGER MARGARET: (1879-1966) American birth control activist & sex educator. A.L.S., Margaret Sanger, two pages, slim 4to, New York, 10th January ...

MATA HARI: (1876-1917) Gertrud Margaretha Zelle being her real name. Dutch exotic Dancer, with stage name Mata Hari, who was convicted of being a ...

MATA HARI: (1876-1917) Gertrud Margaretha Zelle being her real name. Dutch exotic Dancer, with stage name Mata Hari, who was convicted of being a ...

POIRET PAUL: (1879-1944) French Fashion Designer. Founder of his namesake “Haute Couture” and widely considered the master Couturier of the first ...

RUBINSTEIN HELENA: (1872-1965) Polish-American cosmetics entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist. T.L.S., Helena Gourielli, one page, 4to, ...

VANDERBILT GLORIA: (1924-2019) American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite, particularly noted as an early developer...

LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) German fashion Designer. Lagerfeld was known as the creative director of Chanel since 1983 until his death. He was rec...

KLEIN CALVIN: (1942- ) American Fashion Designer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by Klein, the image showing the fashion designer in a close-up portrait...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, album pages, signed postcard photographs (2) 8 x 10's (2) etc., by a wide va...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A miscellaneous selection of signed album pages (mainly by cricketers and most multiple signed), pieces, small autograph album...

[SLAVERY]: A partially printed D.S., A. R. Johnson, by a Deputy Sheriff, also on behalf of Sheriff Thomas, the Collector of Taxes, one page, slim ...

[SLAVE SALE CONTRACT]: A very fine L.S., being a slave sale contract, one page, folio, Habana, Cuba, 24th August 1871, in Spanish. The document st...

MAERA: (1896-1924) Manuel Garcia Lopez, best known as “Maera”. Spanish Bullfighter, a leading figure of his time, disciple of Juan Belmonte. Maera...

CODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American showman, known as 'Buffalo Bill'. An excellent, large vintage signed 7 x 10 cabinet photograph, the image depicti...

‘There was something bewildering, yet interesting in the scene which lay before us’CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) British archaeologist and Egyptologi...

RENAULT LOUIS: (1877-1944) French Industrialist. A pioneer of the automobile industry and founder of Renault. Lengthy and interesting A.L.S., Loui...

WILSON KEMMONS: (1913-2003) American entrepreneur, founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels. A printed 4to edition of Time magazine dedicated to...

BARNARD CHRISTIAAN: (1922-2001) South-African cardiac Surgeon who performed the world´s first heart transplant and the first in which the patient ...

CAPABLANCA JOSE RAUL: (1888-1942) Cuban chess player, World Chess champion 1921-27. T.L.S., Capa, one page, 4to, Havana, Cuba, 30th June 1940, to ...

KARPOV ANATOLY: (1951- ) Russian Chess Grandmaster, World Champion 1975-85 and FIDE World Champion 1993-99, widely considered as one of the greate...

TAJIRI SATOSHI: (1965- ) Japanese video game Designer. Best known as the creator of Nintendo´s Pokemon franchise and founder of video game develop...

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A good 8vo leather bound Writing Album containing several hundred signatures by a wide variety of famous men and women, all acqui...

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A leather bound oblong 8vo autograph album containing over 30 signatures (most on pieces clipped from the conclusion of letters e...

[CAPONE AL]: (1899-1947) American gangster and crime boss during the Prohibition era. [CAPONE ALBERT FRANCIS 'SONNY'] (1918-2004) Only child of Al...

STROUD ROBERT: (1890-1963) American Prisoner and Ornithologist, known as The Birdman of Alcatraz, and considered to be one of the most notorious c...

PURVIS MELVIN: (1903-1960) American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who captured more designated public e...

HOOVER J. EDGAR: (1895-1972) American law enforcement administrator, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 1924-72. T.L....

PIERREPOINT ALBERT: (1905-1992) English hangman, responsible for the execution of 200 people who had been convicted of war crimes in Germany and A...

BURGESS GUY: (1911-1963) British diplomat and Soviet Agent, a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early ...