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"This book is offered to those women on the fighting line who have had the courage to face ridicule, and the wit to turn the laugh upon their enemies by their indifference to derision": Rare first edition of Constance Smedley's Woman: A Few Shrieks!
X. [SMEDLEY, CONSTANCE]; APPENDIX BY MRS. PHILIP SNOWDEN [ETHEL SNOWDEN].
Woman: A Few Shrieks!
Letchworth Herts: Garden City Press [1907].
First edition of Constance Smedley’s rare feminist tract, published under the pseudonym X and with an appendix by Ethel Snowden. Octavo, original cloth, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Appendix by Ethel Snowden. In good condition. Stamps throughout including to the front and rear panels and top edge. Bookplates to the pastedown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134985
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"My sympathies are with the suffragettes": Rare English parlor game book containing numerous early 20th century signatures
[MACKENZIE, POPPY].
The Truth About My Friends.
London: Dow & Lester n.d.
Small parlor game book belonging to Poppy Mackenzie, each page with tipped-in printed slip lifting to reveal a self-criticism or “truth” (one of them being “My sympathies are with the suffragettes”), below which the participants have signed their name. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135645
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"THE MOST CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE": BOSWELL'S THE LIFE OF JOHNSON
BOSWELL, JAMES.
The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson].
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library n.d. [c. 1880].
Finely bound 19th century illustrated printing of the most celebrated biography in the English language, elucidated by copious notes. Octavo, four volumes bound into two in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141549
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Large photograph signed by Winston S. Churchill and co-signed by 43 others including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. ANTHONY EDEN JAN SMUTS LORD BEAVERBROOK CLEMENT ATTLEE .
Large Photograph Signed Winston S. Churchill and Signed by 43 Other Leaders Including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee
London: May 1944.
Winston Churchill at the wartime meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, signed by him and 43 other world leaders. The 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, hosted by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill between 1 and 16 May, brought together the heads of government from all the Dominions except Ireland and Newfoundland and was the first in a series of 17 such conferences which took place between 1944 and 1969 and arguably the most significant, having been convened in order to coordinate the Allied war effort. At the 1944 Conference, the assembled leaders agreed to support the Moscow Declaration and the Commonwealth contribution to the upcoming Operation Overlord was discussed. Among the international leaders whose signatures appear here are, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, Lord Privy Seal Lord Beaverbrook, Indian Prime Minister Hari Singh and Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Photograph by Bassano, signed by him at the lower edge. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 20 inches. A unique piece of world history.
Price: $35,000.00 Item Number: 119975
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Rare Original Autograph Letter Signed by Stonewall Jackson to Virginia governor John Letcher
JACKSON, THOMAS "STONEWALL".
Stonewall Jackson Autographed Letter Signed.
: May 25, 1861.
Rare autograph letter signed by Stonewall Jackson written on May 25, 1861 to Virginia governor John Letcher, which reads “Governor, the object of this letter is to state that Mr. W. S. H. Baylor late colonel of the Augusta regiment has qualities which would make him a valuable colonel if an opportunity were offered for their development. During the insubordination at this place, which resulted from depriving the regulars of their field and general officers, Mr. B. instead of at once going to Richmond to advance his personal interests, remained here until he succeeded in quelling the insubordination in his regiment, and I was forcibly impressed with the influence which he exerted over his men. He possesses fine qualities for an officer, and consequently feels deeply that other colonels were reinstated, whilst he was only appointed a major. I am well satisfied from what I know of him personally that he would as a colonel, be an ornament to the Service. I am, Governor, your obedient servant, T.J. Jackson, col. VA vols.”
This letter was written just after the referendum to secede from the Union overwhelmingly passed in the Virginia house on May 23, 1861. Stonewall Jackson was commander of the Confederate army garrison at Harpers Ferry starting April 30. On the 27th of April, Maj. Thomas J. Jackson, of the Virginia military institute, was appointed colonel of Virginia volunteers and ordered to Harper’s Ferry to take command of the forces there assembled. At the same time an order was issued decapitating every militia officer in the State’s volunteer service above the rank of captain, the vacancies thus created to be filled by the governor and his council of three. Colonel Jackson arrived at Harper’s Ferry on the 29th of April and took command on the 30th. This order, resolving the Virginia forces into units of organization, created much indignation among the deposed officers, and greatly excited the troops they had commanded. In the midst of this excitement, Imboden ordered the Staunton artillery into line and informed them that they were required to muster into service, either for twelve months or the war, at their option, but urged them to go in for the full period, as it would be much to their credit to do so and set a good example to others. His men shouted unanimously, “For the war !” They were at once mustered in, and their captain had the pleasure of handing to Colonel Jackson the roll of the first company mustered in “for the war,” for which the colonel expressed his thanks and asked that the same be conveyed to the men. Jackson then requested Imboden to muster in the two other artillery companies present, which he did and returned the rolls before sunset. This action of the artillerists was followed the next day by the other troops; all were mustered in, and the organization into regiments and battalions began. Soon after this, Letcher appointed Harper colonel of the Fifth Virginia, Harman, lieutenant-colonel, and Baylor, major, and thus was organized one of the finest regiments of the famous Stonewall brigade.” Although recommended for colonel, William Smith Hanger Baylor (1831-62) did not achieve that position until 1862. Baylor was an American lawyer and soldier. Before the war, Baylor commanded a militia company, the West Augusta Guard, which later became Company L of the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. In April 1862, he was appointed colonel of the regiment. Baylor assumed command of the Stonewall Brigade after the death of Brigadier General Charles S. Winder on August 9, 1862, at Cedar Mountain. Before his promotion to brigadier general could be confirmed, Baylor was killed in action on the afternoon of August 30, 1862, at Second Manassas after taking the colors of the 33rd Virginia Infantry and gallantly leading his brigade to the unfinished railroad in a charge against the Union V Corps. A significant letter commending a Confederate military figure who would end up as a commander of Jackson’s own brigade. Signed by Jackson and also with notation on verso that might be in Jackson’s hand as well. In very good condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 143621
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Rare first edition of Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907
HARPER, WILLIAM HUDSON AND CHARLES H. RAVELL.
Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907.
np: The Merchants' Loan and Trust Company nd.
First edition of one of the earliest works on the history of banking in Chicago. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124773
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Autograph and Typed Letters Signed by Governor Ronald Reagan and American Actor John Wayne
REAGAN, RONALD AND JOHN WAYNE.
Ronald Reagan and John Wayne Signed Letter Collection.
California: May 20-26, 1967.
Rare pairing of letters exchanged and signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor and American actor John Wayne, comprised of a typed letter signed by Wayne to Reagan and Regan’s handwritten draft of his reply. Three pages, 8.5 inches by 11 inches, the typed letter from John Wayne to Reagan is signed “Duke” by Wayne, expressing frustration that a friend had not been appointed to California’s Horse Racing Board in favor of a Democrat’s term together while taking aim at California car salesman Holmes Tuttle, a member of Reagan’s ‘Kitchen Cabinet,’ the letter reads in part, “I was under the impression from your last note that Mr. Reafsnyder was going to be appointed to the Horse Racing Board in place of Bob Fluor who was appointed by Brown. Dennis Carpenter now informs me that you mentioned to him that you were being pressured to reappoint Bob Fluor who, may I mention again, was appointed by Brown. We have all read in the L.A. Times that Tuttle Holmes or Holmes Tuttle or whatever his name is has a heavy influence on your decisions. I also understand that he is making a personal issue of this, so I guess I can do the same…,” with postscript that reads in full, “Tell Nancy that if you reappoint all the Brown members to all the Boards, Commissions and Committees in the State, that it won’t affect my love for the both of you. D.” In fine condition with mail folds. Three pages on stapled yellow lined paper, the handwritten drafted autograph letter is signed “Ron” by Reagan and explains his rationale for leaving Fluor on the board, the letter reads in part, “You’ll never know what this Horse Racing Board has cost me in sleeping pills. First off, let me clear up one thing about Holmes Tuttle; he wasn’t a crusader on this, he was in the middle. Actually I put him in a bracket with Walter Knott, which means they are my candidates for greatest citizens in the land … Duke, if this was a case of choosing between suggested appointees for an existing vacancy, the problem would have been quite different, but this was a case of replacing a Board member when there seemed to be no reason for doing so.” In near fine condition. Also included is a retained carbon copy of Reagan’s final typed letter to Wayne. A fascinating insider’s look at Reagan‘s measured governing style and willingness to reach ‘across the aisle,’ even if it meant frustrating his friends and benefactors.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 145408
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"The establishment of peace on earth is a fundamental belief of universal Judaism with its principles of one universal God and one humanity": Rare type-written manuscript signed and hand-corrected by Palestine's first attorney general Norman Bentwich
BENTWICH, NORMAN.
The Jews and International Relations: The Pursuit of Peace.
: c. 1950.
Rare manuscript written by Mandatory Palestine’s first attorney general, British Zionist Norman Bentwich. 21 pages, type-written with copious corrections and revisions in Bentwich’s hand throughout, signed by Bentwich at the conclusion of the last page. Developed during his term as Chairman of the United Restitution Organization, the manuscript contains content and notes which would later be published as Bentwich’s 1959 book: The Religious Foundations of Internationalism; A Study in International Relations Through the Ages. Also included at the conclusion of the text is a list of suggested reading. In very good condition. A rare and desirable signed manuscript.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81253
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Rare Limited Édition Artistique Edition of the selected works of the great authors; one of only 75 sets produced
BOURGET, PAUL; GUSTAVE FLAUBERT; THEOPHILE GAUTIER; LONGUS; PAUL DE MUSSET; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Romeo and Juliet; Anthony and Cleopatra; King Candaules; A Night of Cleopatra; Jean and Jeannette; Daphnis and Chloe; Heródias; A Simple Heart; Pastels; The Last Abbé.
Société des Beaux Arts: Paris n.d .
The Édition Artistique of the selected works of Flaubert, Shakespeare, Gautier, Musset and Longus. Quarto, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling embellished with botanical decorations with white, red and violet morocco onlays, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, full morocco doublures, silk-watered endleaves, top edge gilt others untrimmed, with illustrations by J. Wagrez, Louis Titz, Emile Adan, Georges Rochegrosse, Paul Avril and others. Prefaces by Anatole France and Leo Claretie. One of 75 numbered copies produced for England and America, this is number 73. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 132844
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Rare Autograph Letter Signed by the Author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campell
CAMPELL, JOSEPH.
Joseph Campbell Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: N.p. December 26, 1977.
Rare autograph letter signed by American writer and author of ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces.’ Octavo, two pages on 136 Waverly Place stationary, the letter reads in full, “Dec. 26, 1977 Dear Dr. Selby Thank you very much indeed for your kind and very interesting letter of a month ago. I am enclosing herewith the photo for which you asked [not present] — a bit out of date, but since the date is of some of the books, the later volumes of ‘The Masks of God,’ it is not altogether inappropriate. Your suggestions for a book developing my ‘Myth and the Body’ theme may stir me to action in that direction. I have some other things already under way [sic] which will have to come first, but yours may follow. It was very kind of you to write and let me know of your appreciation of the lecture. Best thanks and best wishes for the New Year – Cordially, Joseph Campbell.” In near fine condition with a vertical fold. Accompanied by ephemera which advertise Campbell’s ‘Myth and the Body’ lectures at the Oasis Center for Human Potential.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146688