Rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7, signed by Thomas Stafford and Wally Schirra. NASA, 1965

This spectacular mammoth photograph shows the first manned space rendezvous, as GEMINI 6 goes nose to nose with GEMINI 7, the Earth in the lower right. Signed and inscribed by Mission Pilot Thomas Stafford (“First rendezvous / Gemini 6+7 / Dec 1965 / Tom Stafford, Plt.”) and signed by Command Pilot Wally Schirra (“Wally Schirra Cdr.”).

$2,800

Photograph signed. Photographer unidentified, c. 1870s

Sherman is most famous for the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first major federal action to curb the power of the great monopolies.

$2,800

Typed letter signed to Frederick Bernays Wiener, Esq.. Washington, D.C: Office of the Solicitor General, 1965

Marshall thanks Wiener “for agreeing to serve on the Resolutions Committee for the meeting of the Bar in memory of Mr. Justice Frankfurter.”

$2,200

Photograph signed by Carter and Begin. Robert A. Cumins, 1979

Signed by Carter and Begin. Menachem Begin was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, together with Anwar Sadat, “for their work in laying a foundation for future peace” in the Middle East. The framework, reached at Camp David, was facilitated by Jimmy Carter. The Nobel award called Carter “the masterbuilder responsible for the bridge that had to be built between Egypt and Israel.”

$2,200

Troisième front poèmes de guerre suivi de pièces detachés. Third front & detached pieces. London Gallery Editions, 1944

FIRST EDITION. Copy number 18 of 500 signed and numbered by Mesens. Inscribed to René Magritte and his wife: “A Georgette Magritte A René Magritte, l’exemplaire réservé pour lui, sa Femme, Noukels et Barfoot, depuis 1944. E. M.”

$2,000

Collection of six original views of “Strand Theatre at Work” signed by the artist. London, 1984

These delightful views depict scenes at the Strand Theatre (now the Novello Theatre) in London’s West End. They range from views of the boxes and theater-goers to the box office to backstage scenes. The box office advertises the original production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, which ran at the Strand from 1982 to 1985.

$1,700

Signed Typescript of the final scene of Death of a Salesman. No place, n.d

Signed by Arthur Miller at the end. This is a typescript of the Requiem scene from Death of a Salesman. “By common consent, this is one of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theater” (Brooks Atkinson).

$1,200

A Vanished World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983

First edition. Signed and inscribed by Roman Vishniac: “It should not happen again Roman [and] Edith Vishniac 1985.”

$750

Bust portrait signed and dated 1917 by Balfour. [London], 1917

British statesman Arthur Balfour, who had served as Prime Minister from 1902-1905, was Foreign Secretary in 1916-1919. In 1917, the year this portrait was taken, Balfour wrote the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

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The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A fine presentation copy inscribed by Longfellow on the day of publication: “Mrs. Palfrey with best regards of the Author.  October 16. 1858.”

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