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ERWIN  ROMMEL  ~  “THE DESERT FOX” WRITING FROM NORTH AFRICA  —   “THE GERMAN SOLDIER, EVEN UNDER THE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT DESERT CONDITIONS, HAS BEEN FIGHTING IN EXEMPLARY FASHION, BRAVELY AND IMBUED WITH A SENSE OF DUTY… FOR THE COMMON VICTORY”

ROMMEL, ERWIN.  (1891-1944).  German soldier; widely recognized as one of the finest tank commanders of WWII.  Superb Printed Letter Signed “Rommel”, in strong indelible pencil, circa 1941.

ROBERT E. LEE & MARY CUSTIS LEE

A wonderful surviving original pairing of signed and further inscribed CDV photographs of the Lee’s.

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. (1809-1894) American physician, professor, lecturer, poet and author. His bold Signature, “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” on a 24mo. slip. “Boston” “June 10^th 1880.”  Very fine condition.

A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM CONTAINING SIGNED C.D.V.’S FROM LINCOLN’S LATE MID-FIRST TERM ADMINSTRATION AND PRESIDENCY ~ CIRCA JANUARY 1864 — THIS FABULOUS ALBUM IS HIGHLIGHTED BY ALL OF LINCOLN’S CABINET, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AT THAT TIME

[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]  [CIVIL WAR ERA PHOTOGRAPHY]. A remarkable and highly important civil war era photographic album containing 59 CDV’s, all [but 3] of which are either signed or bear the signature of the statesman depicted. 

“THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. LINCOLN. AT HOME, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864, FROM 9 UNTIL 12 O’CLOCK.”

[ABRAHAM LINCOLN].  Extremely-rare engraved presidential invitation to the White House.  One page, 16mo.  [4.5 x 2.5 inches]. No place, [Washington D.C.].  Printed probably late February 1864.

JOHN ADAMS FREE-FRANKED ADDRESS LEAF —  TO AN OLD CLASSMATE AND ONE OF THE FIRST BENEFACTORS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY

ADAMS, JOHN.  (1735-1826).  Second President of the United States; Signer of Declaration of Independence.  His Free-franking Signature, “J. Adams”, on the integral address panel from a letter, along with the word “Free” also penned in his hand.    One page, small octavo.  No place, no date.  Addressed to “Ward Nicholas Boylston, Esq., Princeton, Massachusetts”.

NOAH WEBSTER  —  ORNATE CHECK SIGNED BY THE CREATOR OF THE DICTIONARY

WEBSTER, NOAH.  (1758-1843). American lexicographer; author of the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. Exceedingly-scarce Partly-Printed beehive vignetted Check Signed, “N. Webster”, drawn on New Haven Bank. New Haven, April 20, 1839.