AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

`Whereas, the Wife has claimed that the Waiver was and is invalid… by reason of her status as surviving spouse to share in the Father´s Estate…´  ...

BEN-GURION DAVID: (1886-1973) Zionist Leader, first Prime Minister of Israel 1948-54, 1955-63. Signed 3.5 x 5 photograph, a close-up head and shou...

RHODESIA: Small selection of T.Ls.S. (3) an A.L.S. and signed photograph etc. by various Governors and Prime Ministers of Rhodesia comprising Herb...

[SOUTH AFRICA]: Louis Botha (1862-1919) South African Politician, the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa 1910-19. L.S., Louis Botha...

ABDELKADER IBN MUHIEDDINE: (1808-1883) Algerian Religious and Military Leader "Sharif". Abdelkader led the struggle against the French colonial in...

HAILE SELASSIE I: (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-74. A good bold blue vintage fountain pen ink signature of Haile Selassie ...

TOLBERT JR. WILLIAM R.: (1913-1980) Liberian President 1971-80. Assassinated during a coup d'etat led by Samuel Doe. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of T...

AL-ASSAD HAFEZ: (1930-2000) Prime Minister of Syria 1970-71 & President 1971-2000. Father of Bashar al-Assad, the current President of Syria. Rare...

HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. D.S., Saddam Hussein, in Arabic, one page, 4to, Republic of Irak, 23rd October 1995, also...

GADDAFI MUAMMAR: (1942-2011) Leader of the Libyan Arab Republic 1969-77 and ˜Brother Leader'' of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1977-2011. Assassinate...

NEHRU JAWAHARLAL: (1889-1964) Indian Prime Minister 1947-64. An excellent A.L.S., Jawaharlal Nehru, one page, 4to, Lausanne, 13th February 1936, t...

GANDHI MOHANDAS: (1869-1948) Also known as Mahatma ("Venerable") Gandhi. Indian Lawyer, anti-colonialist, and Political Ethicist who employed nonv...

`my birthday which is synonymous with the rebirth of the Spinning wheel in 1918.´ GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leade...

[AFGHANISTAN]: KHAN MOHAMMED DAOUD (1909-1978) Afghanistan Prime Minister 1953-63 & President of Afghanistan 1973-78. Vintage signed postcard phot...

PARK CHUNG-HEE: (1917-1979) South Korean General, later President of South Korea 1963-79. Park assumed the presidency after first ruling the count...

PARK CHUNG-HEE: (1917-1979) South Korean General, later President of South Korea 1963-79. Park assumed the presidency after first ruling the count...

SUN YAT-SEN: (1866-1925) Chinese Revolutionary & Political Leader, the founding father of Republican China. An extremely rare D.S., in Chinese cha...

GUILLOTIN JOSEPH-IGNACE: (1738-1814) French Physician, Politician & Freemason who, in 1789, proposed the use of the guillotine as a device to carr...

FRENCH REVOLUTION MATRIX SEAL: A rare and very unusual wooden matrix seal, used for wax seals, dating from the French Revolution era. Matrix made ...

SANTERRE ANTOINE JOSEPH: (1752-1809) French Brewer who participated in the Storm of the Bastille and became General and Commander of the National ...

BRISSOT JACQUES PIERRE: (1754-1793) Also known as ''De Warville'', French leading figure of the Girondins. Brissot was guillotined aged 39, after ...

BRISSOT JACQUES PIERRE: (1754-1793) Also known as ''De Warville'', French leading figure of the Girondins. Brissot was guillotined aged 39, after ...

CHALIER JOSEPH: (1747-1793) French Revolutionist. While living in Paris, Chalier became acquainted with Marat and Robespierre. Leader of the Jacob...

SAINT-JUST LOUIS ANTOINE DE: (1767-1794) Also known as the `Angel of Death´ during the Reign of Terror. French military and political major Leader...

WESTERMANN FRANÇOIS JOSEPH: (1751-1794) French General of the Revolutionary Wars, a distinguished and courageous officer in the Vendée war, and a ...

BIRON: (1747-1793) Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun, Duc de Biron. French officer and Politician. Best known for his achievements in the Ame...

CHAUMETTE PIERRE GASPARD: (1763-1794) French Politician during the revolution period. He acted as prosecutor on the Girondists trial in 1793, and ...

LASALLE ANTOINE-CHARLES: (1775-1809) French cavalry General. Also known as “The Hussar General”. Lasalle gained fame as a daring adventurer and is...

CARRIER JEAN BAPTISTE: (1756-1794) French Revolutionary and member of the Convention. Well-remembered for his infamous Drownings at Nantes (`Noyad...

COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY : A good D.S., by seven members of the Committee of Public Safety, three pages, folio, 5th January 1795, in French. The...

FOUQUIER-TINVILLE ANTOINE QUENTIN: (1746-1795) French Revolutionary and Prosecutor during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods. Sentenced to...

HOCHE LAZARE: (1768-1797) French General of the Revolutionary army. Best known for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. Minister of war. ...

COCHON DE LAPPARENT CHARLES: (1750-1825) French Politician and Minister of Police. Member of the National Convention and of the Committee of Publi...

BARRAS PAUL: (1755-1829) French Politician during French Revolution. Main executive leader of the Directory regime 1795-99. Large D.S., P. Barras,...

CARNOT LAZARE: (1753-1823) French Physicist and politician. Known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars. Rare multiple sign...

`..To be executed before 24 hours. Therefore you are kindly requested to order that the fateful machine is set up and that the executioner is awar...

EBLÉ JEAN BAPTISTE: (1758-1812) French general in charge of bridge equipment in the Grande Armée. Credited with saving Napoleon´s Grande Armée fro...

GREGOIRE HENRI: (1750-1831) Also known as Abbé Grégoire ("Abbot Gregoire"). French Catholic Priest, Abolitionist and revolutionary Leader, appoint...

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) French Military and Political leader, Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very fine D.S., Bonaparte, as General in Chief of...

On the payment for the only known painting of Nelson in civilian clothes NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, t...

COLLINGWOOD CUTHBERT: (1748-1810) British Admiral, a notable partner to Horatio Nelson in several of the British Naval victories during the Napole...

COCKBURN GEORGE: (1772-1853) British Admiral of the Fleet during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars who was present at the Batt...

‘some measures must be adopted to force people who pretend to be soldiers &                              receive pay & provisions as such to do th...

TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815. L.S., `Ch Mau Tal...

FOUCHÉ JOSEPH: (1759-1820) Convention Deputy and Minister of Police. Multiple signed D.S., Fouché, two pages, 4to, Chaumont & Paris, 15th May and ...

DESAIX LOUIS CHARLES: (1768-1800) French General, often considered the real winner of the Marengo battle where he died after a shot in his heart a...

BERTHIER LOUIS ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. A very interesting D.S., A...

BERTHIER LOUIS-ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Very attractive D.S., `Ml. Berthier´,...

SÉRURIER JEAN MATHIEU PHILIBERT: (1742-1819), Marshal of France. A fine A.L., three pages, folio, Cremona, 7th March 1798, to the future General d...

BERNADOTTE JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. L.S., J.B. B...

MACDONALD ETIENNE JACQUES: (1765-1840) Marshal of France. Duc de Tarante. A very interesting A.L.S., Macdonald, two pages, 4to, Paris, 2nd Septemb...

GOUVION SAINT-CYR LAURENT DE: (1764-1830) Marshal of France, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr. Very rare A.L.S., `Gouvion St Cyr´, two pages, folio, S...

                                                                                 Lannes in his capacity as Colonel General of Swiss regiments LANN...

DECAEN CHARLES MATHIEU: (1769-1832) French General of the Revolutionary Wars. Governor General of Pondicherry and the Isle de France (actually Mau...

DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davout was the only Napole...

OUDINOT NICOLAS: (1767-1847) Marshal of France. Duc de Reggio. L.S., `Le Ml. Duc de Reggio´, one page, folio, Paris, 26th June 1811, to Count of M...

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A good L.S., `Np´, one page, 4to, gilt edges, St. Cloud, 10th June 1811, to the Duke de F...

BRUNE GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE: (1763-1815) Marshal of France. A good A.N.S., `Le G.al Brune´, four lines in his hand, at the base of a L.S., `Auguste...

Massena sends important military orders to Soult.   MASSENA ANDRE: (1758-1817) Marshal of France, Duc de Rivoli. L.S., Massena, one page, 4to, Zur...

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 1812: An excellent selection of three documents signed by three French Generals, all of them killed during the Russian Campaign o...