Autographs in the Arts (including Literature, Music, and Art)
& Scientific Autographs (including Medicine, Nursing, Aviation, Exploration, & Invention)

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Clara Barton. Autograph Manuscript Signed, Dansville, NY, 6 September 1880. A warm and charming friendship verse, written in an autograph album, by the Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross. $850.00 Full Description

Edith Cavell. Partly Printed Autograph Document Signed, no place [probably Brussels, Belgium], 6 November 1910. A receipt for payment for the care of a patient, signed by the British nurse who became a World War I heroine. $1000.00 Full Description

Feodor Chaliapin. Autograph Letter Signed to Calvo, London, 11 November [no year]. In French, with translation. The famed Russian opera singer explains why he has not been able to meet a friend and adds that he is sending him the scores of some folk songs. $250.00 Full Description

Aaron Copland. Document Signed, no place,1981. The American composer has signed a large and colorful commemorative menu, that includes his portrait, from a dinner given in his honor by the Lotos Club of New York. $175.00 Full Description

Marie Curie. Typed Letter Signed [to Marie Mattingly Meloney], Paris, 5 November 1922. In English. An exceptional letter from the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, written in English, to a major American benefactor, about her forthcoming book (her own autobiography combined with a biography of her husband Pierre), her current life and work at the Radium Institute in Paris, and her association with Indian leader Surendranath Banerjea. $15,000.00 Full description

Amelia Earhart. Signed Photograph, no place, no date. A photo of Earhart's plane, in flight, during the historic June 1928 trip when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, inscribed to the captain of the ship from which the photo was taken. $7500.00 Full Description

Amelia Earhart. Signed Photograph, no place, no date. An unusual and appealing photo of this pioneering American aviator that shows her in a relaxed, candid pose. $3000.00 Full description

Thomas A. Edison. Signed Photograph, no place, no date. An attractive sepia photo showing the celebrated inventor in a formal, waist-length pose. $2000.00 Full Description

Thomas A. Edison. Document Signed, no place [probably West Orange, NJ], no date [ca. November 1922]. Also signed by Charles Edison and four others. A specially-engraved tribute to an official of the Edison Company signed by the inventor and his son. $1750.00 Full Description

Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed to Jessie W. Hughan, Pasadena [CA], 13 January 1933. In German, with translation. The physicist and humanitarian, who was an outspoken pacifist in the years after World War I, agrees to serve as honorary chairman of a pacifist organization. Just a few weeks later, Hitler’s rise to power in Germany would lead Einstein to alter his views, making this one of the last occasions when he supported absolute pacifism. $3500.00 Full Description

Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed to Mignon Lion, Princeton, NJ, 26 May 1938. In German, with translation. The famed physicist and humanitarian, who aided many refugees from Nazi Germany, explains why he cannot help this young woman in her effort to emigrate to America. $3500.00 Full Description

Robert Fulton. Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Drinker, Washington, DC, 18 July 1808. Best-known for his work on the steamboat, Fulton tries here to help his mentor and friend, the artist Benjamin West, settle the matter of his American land investments. $6000.00 Full Description

Childe Hassam. Autograph Letter Signed, East Hampton [NY], no date [probably the summer of 1934]. A good content letter from the noted American painter and etcher in which he dismisses a critic. $950.00 Full description

Sir John F. W. Herschel. Autograph Letter Signed to Professor [Henry] Malden, 32 Harley Street [London], 9 April 1854. The eminent British scientist and master of the Royal Mint writes about his commission to help select the first faculty members for the new University of Melbourne in Australia. $750.00 Full Description

Winslow Homer. Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas B. Clarke, Enterprise, FL, 25 February 1899. A fine letter in which the American artist thanks a major patron for his support and reports on his own recent work in the Bahamas. $3500.00 Full Description

Joseph Lister, Lord. Partly Engraved Document Signed, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 August 1874. A medical diploma from the University of Edinburgh signed by the pioneering surgeon Joseph Lister and thirty-one other university professors and officials. $1500.00 Full Description

David Livingstone. Autograph Letter Signed to his daughter Agnes, London, 7 January 1857. A scarce family letter, written by the missionary and explorer just after his return to England from his first, fifteen-year-long journey through Africa. $6500.00 Full Description

W. Somerset Maugham. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. Best, Yemasee, SC, 11 February [1944]. The English author, who lived in the U.S. during World War II, sends an unspecified manuscript and asks to see a proof. $400.00 Full description

Charles H. Mayo. Typed Letter Signed to W. G. Rice, Rochester, MN, 19 March 1928. This influential American surgeon writes about import duties owed on the famed Plummer Carillon at the Mayo Clinic. $250.00 Full Description

Yehudi Menuhin. Signed Photograph, New York [NY], December 1938. A fine signed image of the legendary violinist, taken when he was in his early twenties, showing him full-length, holding his violin. $450.00 Full Description

Samuel F. B. Morse. Autograph Letter Signed to Andrew J. Berrian Jr., New York [NY], 27 December 1865. The inventor of the telegraph and of Morse code sends his autograph. $950.00 Full Description

Anna Mary Moses ("Grandma" Moses). Christmas Card Signed “Grandma Moses,” no place, no date [Eagle Bridge, NY, December 1949]. On its front panel, this Christmas card bears a color reproduction of a winter scene painted by this American primitive artist, and she has signed it on the inside, beneath the printed greeting. $600.00 Full description

Ruth Nichols. Typed Letter Signed to Mrs. David Newland, Rye, NY, 17 February 1936. This pioneering woman pilot comments on the chance nature of fame in the field of aviation. $450.00 Full Description

Flannery O'Connor. Typed Letter Signed to Miss Abbott, Milledgeville [GA], 7 March 1956. In this extraordinary letter, the Southern writer answers a series of questions from a student journalist, providing a wealth of autobiographical information. $4500.00 Full description

Maxfield Parrish. Typed Letter Signed to Miss Dinsmore, Windsor, VT, 23 May 1927. The American artist writes to a magazine editor about a long-promised cover illustration. $750.00 Full Description

Rembrandt Peale. Autograph Letter Signed to William Childs, Baltimore, MD, 1 January 1823. A letter from the American portrait artist indicating his financial problems. $900.00 Full Description

Eddie Rickenbacker. Signed Photograph, no place, 1970. A signed photo that depicts the famed aviator in World War I, as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, when he was America's top ace. $175.00 Full Description

Rudolf Serkin. Partly Printed Document Signed, Vermont, 2 January 1975. An auto registration form signed by the famed concert pianist. $75.00 Full Description

E. R. Squibb. Autograph Letter Signed to C. B. Ashmore & Company, Brooklyn, NY, 5 October 1888. A physician who founded a successful pharmaceuticals business, Squibb orders an array of drugs from a British firm. $850.00 Full Description

Noah Webster. Autograph Letter Signed to William Cranch, New Haven, CT, 20 October 1807. The noted American lexicographer and grammarian reports on family affairs and comments on political events. $2500.00 Full Description

(Andrew Wyeth). James H. Duff, et al. An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth. Boston: Little Brown and Company (1987). First edition. Oblong 4to. A fine copy of this attractive book about the noted family of American artists, inscribed by Andrew Wyeth to one of his models. $650.00 Full Description

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