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Signed 1940 Newsweek Cover Featuring the New Prime Minister
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One of the most iconic issues of Newsweek ever published, featuring Britain’s newly appointed Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill at...
Scarce Pope Pius XII Signed 1946 Newsweek Magazine
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May 27, 1946 Issue – Personally Signed by Pope Pius XII Description Offered here is an exceptional signed copy of...
Ancient Manuscript Relating to a Legal Dispute
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JEAN DE JOSSE LEGAL MANUSCRIPT RELATING TO THE DU BARRAUD DISPUTE FRANCE, CIRCA LATE 17TH CENTURY Original manuscript legal memorandum...
Letter Signed as Former King of Holland
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Louis Bonaparte Letter Signed as Former King of Holland Brother of Napoleon Bonaparte and Father of Napoleon III Letter Signed,...
Autograph Letter Signed Concerning a Legal Dispute in the Papal States
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CARDINAL FRANCESCO BARBERINI (1597–1679) Autograph Letter Signed Concerning a Legal Dispute in the Papal States Rome, July 20, 1640 An...
Pope Pius X Signed Photograph
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Vintage authentically signed photograph of His Holiness Pope Pius X, signed beneath photo on thick stock. Pope Pius X (Italian:...
17th Century Antiphonal Musical Manuscript
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Liturgical musical manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 2pp. approx. 19 x 28 in., hand-painted in red and black with one...
Pope Pius VII Bulla Manuscript
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PIUS VII (1742-1823) Pope from 1800-1823, taken to France as prisoner by Napoleon from 1809-1813, returning to Rome after the...
Heinrich Himmler Autograph Signature
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Historical 4x2.25 cut signature on "Reichsminifter des Inn" page signed "H. Himmler" in fountain pen ink. Crease in the center...
War-dated Autograph Letter Signed
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Particularly scarce and desirable war-dated Autograph Letter Signed to Lieutenant General Brent Spencer, Wellington's 1st Infantry Division Commander & his...