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Autograph Letter on a postcard, identifying his early publications, signed
and dated by him in 1945
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Signed letter from the English born author to columnist Louis Sobol,
thanking him for correcting a recent typo of his, and then going on to briefly
describe his life. Extremely rare!
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As head of a preparatory academy for aspiring West Point cadets, this hero of
Custer's 7th Cavalry signs an autograph letter to the grandfather of a candidate
(1901).
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Handwritten letter fragment from the Perth Amboy mayor regarding
records on highway funding from 1786, signed "F.W. Brinley"
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$144.00
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Frank Buck sends an autograph letter of acceptance to be part of a
group of men.
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Frank Buck sends a typed letter to Mr. David H. Murray, sale manager
of Smith & Wesson that he is sending the required paperwork to receive the
".357 Magnum" for his trip included is an unsigned corresponding letter.
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$495.00
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Frank Buck sends a typed letter to Mr. David H. Murray, sale manager
of Smith & Wesson about the 357 magnum prototype they are completing for him
and the unsigned corresponding letters.
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Frank Buck sends a typed letter to Mr. David H. Murray, sale manager
of Smith & Wesson that he received the 357 magnum prototype and will send
photographs included is an unsigned corresponding letter.
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$550.00
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Frank Buck sends a typed letter saying that he will be sending an
advance copy of his book Animals Are Like That.
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$550.00
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$495.00
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TLS: "Jack Bursey", 1p, 8½x10¾. Montague,
Michigan, 1973 September 25. To William W.
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Signed manuscript letter (1838) as President of Mexico, writing to a French
official about maritime safety off the Mexican coast.
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The famed explorer pens a letter discussing his success on the lecture circuit
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$2,050.00
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Rare ALS: "Byrd", 1p, 6x9. Hotel
Penn-Alto pictorial stationery, Altoona, Pa., no date. To "Pond".
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Writing from the U.S.S. Mt. Olympus as part of his largest Antarctic
expedition, the polar explorer thanks a friend for a fruit cake given to him,
saying he will take it ashore
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Richard E. Byrd wrote this letter in on his personalized stationery
in 1926, the year of first North Pole flight, to thank the recipients for the
reception that they gave him. He also regretted not being able to bring the
Josephine Ford, the plane he used for the flight.
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Undated typed letter to a Miss Genn, signed by Byrd
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$2,050.00
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$1,742.00
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He signs a letter to his close friend Bim, saying he has called off
all the lectures he had planned, including ones in Winchester and
Harrisonburg
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$585.00
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He signs a typed letter discussing future lectures, and whether or
not any will occur in New York
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$575.00
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$517.00
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He signs a letter to a friend, discussing future lectures
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$650.00
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$585.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", discussing future
lectures
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$650.00
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$585.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", detailing his
wife's unfortunate stay in the hospital, and asking his friend to keep it
confidential
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$850.00
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$765.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", saying he should
follow his brothers suggestion of omitting a $500 guarantee
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$850.00
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$765.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", discussing future
lectures, and profit made from past lectures
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter "Dick" to movie producer Darryl
F. Zanuck, then a colonel, in 1945 on Navy letterhead.
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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He signs a letter to an applicant who applied to go on his Antarctic
expedition, saying that personnel has not yet been decided, and he will look
over them all and decide soon
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$3,100.00
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$2,635.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", asking if his
friend had booked any lectures for March 12
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Writing to the head of his lecture bureau, he seeks reimbursement for
an unforeseen expense. The intrepid explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic has
missed another train.
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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He writes a letter to fellow polar explorer Adolphus W. Greely saying
that he will send his data on the variation of the Magnetic Compass when he
returns to his headquarters in Boston.
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$2,635.00
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(Polar explorer). TLS: "R E Byrd", 1p, 8½x11, 1939. Authorizes Express Co.
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$850.00
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$765.00
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Lengthy typewritten letter on Department of the Navy letterhead,
discussing aid to refugees from East Berlin, labor-management cooperation in the
airline industry, with "a fine talk with Vice President Nixon on the subject of
our basic mistake and what can be done about it."
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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He apologizes for not seeing a friend, saying he was preoccupied with
an aeroplane being built in New Jersey, presumably for his Antartica trip that
would happen two years later
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$2,350.00
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$1,997.00
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He signs a letter to an associate, saying he is not sure of his
future schedule due to his hectic new job
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$650.00
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$585.00
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After receiving a request to become head of a boys' aviation
organization, he writes back saying that as long as there is no active part, he
will gladly accept
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He responds to a recent package of files concerning Hitler's claims
in the Antarctic, saying he is most interested in them, and that they will be
useful in an upcoming conference about Antarctica
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Typed letter signed in 1931, with a handwritten addition by him,
testily disputing money matters with the Pond lecture bureau
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$3,100.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to a friend, wondering if he
had received his previous letter, and letting him know he's in his
thoughts
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$575.00
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$517.00
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Typed Letter signed at Roosevelt Field, Long Island on June 22, 1927, one
week before he took off from there on the second successful non-stop
trans-Atlantic flight.
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$585.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter to Rufus J. Wrenn of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania in 1928, the year he began his first expedition to Antarctica,
thanking him for calling attention to an error in one of his books.
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He signs a typed letter to Leon Gutterman, thanking him for an
advance copy of his then new magazine Wisdom: The Magazine of Knowledge and
Education, saying that his objectives with the magazine are the attributes
of "good people"
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$650.00
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$585.00
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TLS: "Richard E Byrd", 1p, 7¼x10½.
Boston, Massachusetts, 1952 July 26.
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$2,050.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter to W. H. Cameron of the National Safety
Council in 1930 on Byrd Antarctic Expedition letterhead.
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$2,350.00
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$1,997.00
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TLS: "RE Byrd", 1p, 8½x11.
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$2,050.00
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The Admiral presents the Congressional Medal to a member of his
expeditions.
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TLS: "RE Byrd", 1p, 8½x10¾. Cohasset,
Mass., 1927 September 2.
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$2,050.00
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TLS: "RE Byrd", 1p, 8½x11. Boston,
Mass., 1926 September 11. On letterhead of Byrd Arctic Expedition to Mr.
C.B.
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$775.00
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$697.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter in 1927 with his name and "Dick"
on Byrd Arctic Expedition letterhead to James E. Pond.
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$775.00
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$697.00
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The American explorer who flew over the North Pole and the South Pole penned his
signature on this letter
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$2,050.00
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$1,742.00
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He wants a lecture contract similar to his earlier one, after his
Trans-Atlantic flight.
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$2,350.00
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$1,997.00
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TLS: "Dick", 1p, 8½x11. Cohasset,
Mass., 1927 September 23.
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TLS: "R.E. Byrd", 1p,
8½x11. Boston, Massachusetts, 1933 September 23. To Mr. C.
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter asking when an associate
returns form his trip, and inquires about the whereabouts of another
friend
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$850.00
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$765.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter in 1937 to Evelyn Byrd.
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$2,050.00
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Five months after returning from the North Pole, he has to postpone a
lecture before the Explorers' Club.
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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TLS: "Richard E. Byrd", 1p, 7¼x10½.
Boston, Mass., 1953 October 11. To Ken Murray, Hollywood, California.
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$2,125.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to a friend, discussing
future speaking arrangements and lectures
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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The explorer typed and signed this letter to his lecture manager regarding a Detroit
appearance
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$2,350.00
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$1,997.00
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The American explorer who flew over the North Pole and the South Pole penned his
signature on this letter
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter on Byrd's personalized office
stationery to Ken Murray.
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$2,050.00
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$1,742.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter to a "Mac and Dusty" in 1935. Comes
with an unsigned b/w photo of Byrd's ship City of New York from his first
Antarctic Expedition.
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$2,050.00
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$1,742.00
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The explorer writes a letter to a friend, regretfully informing him
that he is unable to attend a dinner, but asks if he may send his son-in-law to
represent him
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$650.00
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$585.00
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TLS: "R E Byrd", 1p,
7¼x10½. Chicago, 1926 November 22. To Dr. Wallwyn Hervey, M.
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$2,350.00
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TLS: "R E Byrd Jr", 1p, 8½x11. Boston,
1926 November 26. On Byrd Arctic Expedition letterhead to James B.
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The polar explorer signs a letter to an associate asking if she can
inform him on the time of day his next lecture is
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$575.00
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$517.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter on American Heart Association
letterhead in 1956 - less than four months before his death - to Dr. Daniel A.
Poling of the Christian Herald Magazine.
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to a friend, updating him on
his life, and saying how he thinks of him often. He also apologizes if there was
ever any hard feelings between the two, saying "it was through a
misunderstanding"
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Byrd signed this typed letter "Dick" on a train to Saginaw,
Michigan in 1930 to James E. Pond on Byrd Arctic Expedition letterhead.
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The American explorer signed this typed letter to his agent regarding a failure to
accomplish something for him
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$2,575.00
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$2,188.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", discussing
lectures, and stating that he will not be able to visit the Victor plant in
Camden, New Jersey
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$650.00
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$585.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", asking if it's
possible to speak for the Episcopalian Club, being a Episcopalian
himself
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Wishing to not participate in a speech, he writes his associate
telling him to let down the presenter "in a very diplomatic way".
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$650.00
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$585.00
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In regards to money lost in a speech at the New York Athletic Club,
he states that he is a member of the club, and that a suit "is not worth it as
far as the money is concerned"
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$1,742.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", discussing booking
future lectures, not wanting to "lose a nickel on any date you are able to book
for me"
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$650.00
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$585.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", discussing the
possibility of lecturing in Canada
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$650.00
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$585.00
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Richard E. Byrd sends a typed letter asking for an opinion on a news
item coming up.
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$2,350.00
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$1,997.00
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The famed polar explorer signs a letter to "Bim", sensing conflict
regarding lectures and payment, and hoping to extinguish it
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$2,050.00
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$1,742.00
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The American explorer who flew over the North Pole and the South Pole penned his
signature twice on this letter to his agent
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$775.00
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$697.00
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Manuscript LS: "E.R.S. Canby", 1¼p, 7¾x9¾.
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$600.00
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$540.00
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The heroic freighter captain signs this handwritten letter to a Mr.
Ward
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$342.00
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The American pioneer of aviation who was considered one of the seven greatest flyers in
the world signs a typed letter in regarding Sterns Department Store to pay him to
support their Sky Cadets, in black ink
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$625.00
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$562.00
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Two-page handwritten letter to a friend, signed once as Clarke and
twice as Deadwood Dick, accompanied by an unsigned photo of him in front of his
log cabin.
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$3,570.00
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His autograph letter, signed as Cousin Will, asking to be sent "some more
headache powders" to relieve the headache caused by his financial woes
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$7,650.00
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Autograph letter to General Nelson Miles (1896), introducing a friend, signed
"Your old Scout/W.F. Cody"
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$7,650.00
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The famous Wild West showman pens a hopeful letter to his friend, stating "New
England was never big for me. But wait till we start west. I predict a big season." The
letter was written during the downfall of Cody's show empire due to outside expenses
draining the immense profits from his show
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$10,000.00
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$8,500.00
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Handwritten letter to former rival - now partner - Pawnee Bill Lillie - outlining plans
for a California tour of their wild west show. "And if all goes well we could clean up a
wagon load of money."
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$10,000.00
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$8,500.00
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"TAKE HER RIDING SHOOTING & FISHING...."
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$4,500.00
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$3,825.00
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BUFFALO BILL TELLS HIS RANCH FOREMAN HIS "LADY PRESS AGENT WITH THE
SHOW" IS COMING TO THE RANCH: "GIVE HER THE BEST GENTLE HORSE YOU HAVE -
TAKE HER RIDING SHOOTING FISHING DRIVING WALKING...."
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$5,950.00
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BUFFALO BILL TELLS HIS RANCH FOREMAN THAT IF THE LADIES "MAKE A TRIP UP
THE RIVER YOU GO WITH THEM FOR I WANT YOU TO LEARN THE COUNTRY...."
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$5,950.00
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The man known for his showmanship and scouting skills signed this
handwritten letter concerning his financial issues. Various close associates
liquidate Cody's assets so that he can pay his creditors.
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$10,200.00
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Readying his TE Ranch and stating that his Wild West Show is "doing
big".
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$7,650.00
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Final page of a handwritten letter on his company's stationery, predicting that his new
show will "simply paralyze New York," signed by him twice, as "Cody" and as "Bill."
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$5,950.00
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In preparation of his New Guinea expedition, the American explorer
sends a thank you letter to journalist Louis Sobol in 1958. A rare
signature!
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$200.00
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$180.00
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Extremely rare handwritten note signed by the French aristocrat who played a
crucial role in the founding of Louisiana
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$2,125.00
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Important, Civil War-dated ALS, enthusiastically endorsing a new saber shield and
urging that the US Cavalry be equipped with it
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$36,000.00
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$28,900.00
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Handwritten letter, signed in the text as "General Custer" (even though he had
reverted to his pre-war rank), written in the Dakota Territory two years before his
death at the Little Big Horn. Letter includes Custer's stab at poetry.
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$28,000.00
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$20,400.00
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The former outlaw writes to a history professor regarding an old
friend and photos of his brothers.
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$10,000.00
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$8,500.00
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The only surviving Dalton Gang member signs this letter regarding his
new book and wanting to hang a photo relating to the James Boys in his den,
dated 1931
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$10,000.00
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$8,500.00
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The author of the California Code pens this letter in which he refers to the wine business,
signed in iron gall ink
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$2,550.00
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He signs a typed 1973 letter to a Texas teacher.
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$200.00
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$180.00
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He signs a typed 1958 letter, forwarding an original Mark Trail cartoon
(included).
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$180.00
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He signs a typed 1970 letter describing in detail how his Mark Trail comic
strip is created.
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$200.00
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$180.00
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