AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

Exceptionally rare letter by the most famous (or infamous) Borgia Pope of the Renaissance ALEXANDER VI: (1431-1503) Pope of the Catholic Church 14...

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...

LEO XI: (1535-1605) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1605. His 27 days pontificate is one of the briefest in history, lasting from first to 27...

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 XII: (1652-1740) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1730-40. Clement XII started the construction of the Trevi Fountain. Rare L.S., `L.[ore...

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....

PIUS X POPE SAINT: (1835-1914) Pope of the Catholic Church 1903-14. A good signed 7.5 x 10.5 matted photograph with autograph blessing, in Italian...

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. Pius XI was the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independen...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. Signed typed message `+ G. B. Montini´, as Archbishop of Milan, to the front side ...

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 good signed colour 7 x 9.5 photograph by John Paul II,...

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...

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

NEWMAN JOHN HENRY: (1801-1890) English theologian, a Catholic priest and cardinal who was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019. A.L...

PIO OF PIETRELCINA: (1887-1968) Italian Priest & Mystic, famous for bearing the stigmata for most of his life, causing much controversy. Padre Pio...

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. Signed 6 x 4 blessing card by Mother Teresa, stating in bo...

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...

BARTHOLOMEW I OF CONSTANTINOPLE: (1940- ) Born Dimitrios Arhondonis. Archbishop of Constantinople and ecumenical Patriarch since 1991. Spiritual l...

FAMOUS MEN: William Morley Punshon (1824-1881) English Nonconformist Minister, President of the Methodist Conference 1874-75. A fine L.S., W. Morl...

GRAHAM BILLY: (1918-2018) American Evangelist. Widely considered one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. Graham hosted ...

BLACKSTONE WILLIAM: (1723-1780) English jurist and politician, author of the influential treatise Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-70). D...

‘Time, I hope, will reconcile all reasonable Men to the Measures of the most amiable Prince that ever yet filled the British Throne’ BLACKSTONE WI...

FRANKFURTER FELIX: (1882-1965) American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1939-62. Da...

DOUGLASS FREDERICK: (c.1817/18-1895) African-American social reformer and abolitionist. D.S., Fredk. Douglass, one page, slim 4to, Columbia, 6th M...

RUSTIN BAYARD: (1912-1987) African American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, non-violence, and gay rights. Rustin worked cl...

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed small 4to Wanted poster (in the form of a folding mailshot) issued by J. E...

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Depart...

[CAPONE AL]: (1899-1947) American gangster and crime boss during the Prohibition era. A small 1 x 1” swatch removed from a white linen tablecloth ...

[CAPONE AL]: (1899-1947) American gangster and crime boss during the Prohibition era. A china demitasse, originally part of Capone's personal tabl...

[CAPONE AL]: (1899-1947) American gangster and crime boss during the Prohibition era. A long-stemmed crystal white wine glass previously belonging...

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

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

‘I got little to no control anyway……If I say save a tree they run to cut it – If I say save your life they run to do whatever is conterry’ MANSON ...

MANSON CHARLES: (1934-2017) American Criminal who led the cult-based Manson Family, responsible for multiple deaths (including the murder of Sharo...

MANSON CHARLES: (1934-2017) American Criminal who led the cult-based Manson Family, responsible for multiple deaths (including the murder of Sharo...

On Sharon Tate and her attempted assassination of Gerald R. Ford – ‘If I had wanted to kill the man, he’d be dead’ FROMME LYNETTE: (1948-     ) Am...

FROMME LYNETTE: (1948-     ) American Criminal, a member of the infamous Manson Family who was imprisoned for her attempted assassination of Ameri...

GARRETT PAT: (1850-1908) American Lawman, Bartender and Customs Agent of America's Old West, famous for his pursuit and shooting of Billy the Kid....

NESS ELIOT: (1903-1957) American Prohibition Agent, leader of 'The Untouchables'. Signed Leaving Card, the small 8vo card featuring a floral illus...

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

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

[CRIME]: A printed broadside entitled Robbery, one page, small 4to, Newcastle, 30th April 1807. The broadside, printed by M. Angus and Son, states...

[PROSTITUTION]: A printed broadside entitled The Female Jockey Club, or A List of the Sporting Ladies, one page, 4to, Newcastle, n.d. (c.1785-1811...

CHRISTIE ETHEL: (1898-1952) English wife of murderer John Reginald Halliday Christie, herself one of his victims who was later discovered strangle...

GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY THE: A rare multiple signed hardback copy of The Train Robbers by Piers Paul Read, First Edition published by W. H. Allen & Co...

KRAY REG: (1933-2000) English criminal, twin brother of Ron Kray, together the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London ...

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 ...

PROFUMO JOHN: (1915-2006) British politician whose sexual relationship with the young model Christine Keeler in 1961 created a scandal known as th...

KEELER CHRISTINE: (1942- 2017) English Model and Showgirl, a central figure in the Profumo Scandal of 1963. Book signed, being a hardback edition ...

CLINTON BILL: (1946-     ) American President 1993-2001. Book signed, being a hardback edition of My Life, First Edition published by Alfred A. Kn...

CLINTON HILLARY: (1947-     ) American politician, First Lady of the United States 1993-2001 and United States Secretary of State 2009-13. Book si...

LEWINSKY MONICA: (1973-     ) American activist and former White House intern with whom American President Bill Clinton admitted to having an affa...

HEFNER HUGH: (1926-2017) American magazine publisher, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Hefner standing in a thr...

STEPHENSON ROBERT: (1803-1859) English civil engineer and designer of locomotives, the only son of George Stephenson, the 'father of railways'. A....

HUSKISSON WILLIAM: (1770-1830) British statesman & financier, widely known as the world's first railway passenger casualty as he was run over and ...

PETO SAMUEL MORTON: (1809-1889) English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer. Whilst a partner in the firm Grissell and Peto (1830-4...

EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1923) French Civil Engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `G. Eiffel´,...

REED EDWARD: (1830-1906) British naval architect, author, politician and railroad magnate, Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy (1863-70). A.L.S., ...