AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

[PIUS II]: (1405-1464) Pope of the Catholic Church 1458-64. Document issued in the name of Pius II, being a Papal Bull, one page (vellum), oblong ...

[PAUL II]: (1417-1471) Pope of the Catholic Church 1464-71. Document issued in the name of Paul II, being a Papal Bull, one page (vellum), large o...

[INNOCENT VIII]: (1432-1492) Pope of the Catholic Church 1484-92. Document issued in the name of Innocent VIII, being a Papal Bull, one page (vell...

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...

PIUS VIII: (1761-1830) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Ruler of the Papal States 1829-30. A very short pontificate of one year and ten days....

‘I allow myself to draw your attention to the fact that this letter and all the correspondence, to which it gives rise, form the object of the s...

JOHN XXIII: (1881-1963) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1958-1963. Beatified in 2000 and Canonized in 2014. A highly unusual D.S., + Ange Roncal...

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005, later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II in 2014. A printed card of greetings s...

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...

BENEDICT XVI: (1927-2022) Pope of the Catholic Church 2005-13. Black ink signature ('+ Joseph Card. Ratzinger') as Cardinal, to the centre of a pr...

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...

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

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. A signed printed oblong 12mo (6 x 3) image depicting Mothe...

POLE REGINALD: (1500-1558) English cardinal of the Catholic Church, the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury 1556-58 during the Counter Reformat...

CHRYSOSTOMOS II OF ATHENS: (1880-1968) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece 1962-67. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of the Archbishop in a half-l...

[SLAVERY]: A very interesting document, one page, large 17 x 12 folio, given at Matanzas, Cuba, n.d., in Spanish. The partially printed document, ...

FURNESS WILLIAM HENRY: (1802-1896) American Clergyman, Theologian & Abolitionist. A.L.S., W H Furness, two pages, 8vo, Pine Street, [Philadelphia]...

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. A.L.S., with his initials HC, on...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. T.L.S., Alfred W. Fryzer, by t...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. CARTER MARTHA JOYCE (c.1836-19...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. A.L.S., el Rais Ahmed Kirgar (...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. ALBA DUKE OF (1878-1953) Jacob...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. LYONS HENRY GEORGE (1864-1944)...

[EGYPTOLOGY]: Collection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., memoranda etc., by a variety of Egyptologists and other individuals, including Etienne Drioton (1889...

[EGYPTOLOGY]: MASPERO GASTON (1846-1916) French Egyptologist. A good collection of Ls.S., T.Ls.S., some signed documents etc. by Maspero, forty-ni...

[EGYPTOLOGY]: Collection of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S., memoranda etc. by various Egyptologists and other individuals, most addressed to the Director Gen...

GROTIUS HUGO: (1583-1645) Dutch Humanist, Diplomat, Lawyer, Theologian, Jurist, Poet & Playwright. A rare A.L.S., H Grotius, one page, folio, n.p....

PEABODY GEORGE: (1795-1869) American financier and philanthropist. Vintage signed sepia carte-de-visite photograph, the albumen print by John Jabe...

JAMES WILLIAM: (1842-1910) American Philosopher and Psychologist. A leading Thinker, widely considered the "Father of American psychology", and fo...

CAVENDISH GEORGIANA: (1757-1806) Duchess of Devonshire. English Aristocrat, a famed beauty and leader of fashionable style who was notorious for h...

Madame du Barry makes a payment to Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker  BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande de modes (milliner), known as the dres...

MICHEL LOUISE: (1830-1905) French Anarchist and medical Worker, a leading figure in the Paris Commune. She used the pseudonym ''Clémence'' and was...

LESSEPS FERDINAND DE: (1805-1894) French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. A.L.S., Ferd. de Lesseps, one page, 8vo, La Chenaie, Vatan, Ind...

STRATTON CHARLES S.: (1838-1883) American Entertainer, known as General Tom Thumb, who achieved fame under the circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. Vintag...

LACENAIRE PIERRE FRANCOIS: (1803-1836) French criminal, murderer and poet. A rare A.L.S., Lacenaire, one page, 8vo, La Conciergerie (Paris), 26th ...

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

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. A la...

OSWALD LEE HARVEY: (1939-1963) American private with the United States Marine Corps, the assassin of John F. Kennedy. A rare A.L.S., Lee, two page...

FAMOUS MEN: Selection of individual ink signatures, the majority to the verso of colour picture postcards addressed to the Italian collector Rolan...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: An unusual and interesting selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., various signed maxims etc., by a variety of famous men and women, th...