BOLD SIGNATURE OF PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN
BUCHANAN, JAMES. (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States. His signature, “James Buchanan,” as cut from a larger document. Mounted on an oval image of Buchanan in ¾ profile pose onto a large octavo sheet.
THE GREAT FRENCH GLASS MAKER AND JEWELER, LALIQUE ~~ OFFERS ONE OF HIS FLOWER CREATIONS AS A REMBRANCE OF HIS VISIT
LALIQUE, RENÉ. (1860-1945). French jeweler and glassmaker whose products were some of the most characteristic and popular works of the art nouveau movement. Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed, “Lalique”, in French, on his imprinted 40, Cours-La-Reine stationery. One full page, octavo. Paris, no date.
THE FUTURE VICE PRESIDENT, HENRY WILSON, LENDS FASCINATING INSIGHT BEHIND CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS AND THE PASAGE OF LEGISLATION IN POST CIVIL WAR AMERICA AND HIS PRE-WAR ACTIVITIES — MENTIONS WORKING WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS
WILSON, HENRY. (1812-1875). 18th Vice President of the United States. Good Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry Wilson”, as Senator from Massachusetts. Four full pages, quarto. Natick [Massachusetts]. June 3, 1869. Minor fold wear, else fine condition. Wilson writes to “Hon F.W. Bird” in an attempt to clear up the circumstances of how a bill was passed in Congress, years before, and who benefited from it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW TO MISS BEATRICE SALTMARSH ~~ AN ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE – DEALING WITH A NON-WORKING WIRELESS!
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (1856-1950). Irish-born writer and dramatist. An archive of fourteen pieces of correspondence from Shaw to Miss Beatrice Saltmarsh. Very fine condition.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER: MAX PLANCK — ANNOUNES THE RECIPIENT’S APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE WILHELM SOCIETY ADDING: “I HOPE THAT YOU [WILL] ACCEPT…”
PLANCK, MAX. (1858–1947). Nobel Prize–winning German physicist who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. Typed Letter Signed “Planck” on Der Prasident de Kaiser [The President / the Emperor Wilhelm Society], [Germany] imprinted letterhead. One page, quarto. July 27, 1932.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, MAX BORN OFFERS TO SEND A REPRINT OF HIS PAPER: “BETRACHTUNGEN ZIR FARBENLEHRE” – [REFLECTIONS ON THE THEORY OF COLOR]
BORN, MAX. (1882-1970). German-British physicist and Nobel laureate; outstanding theoretical physicist noted for his fundamental contributions in quantum theory; shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in physics with the German physicist Walter Bothe. Typed Letter signed, “M. Born” in German.
ATTRACTIVE LETTER OF UNION GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN ON IMPRINTED HEAD-QUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES STATIONERY
SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. (1820-91). United States General in the American Civil War (1861-5). Autograph Letter Signed, “W.T. Sherman”, on imprinted Head-Quarters Armies of the United States stationery. One full page, octavo. Washington, D.C., April 9 1869.