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Rare Royal military appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.
1854.
Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 13th June 1854 and appoints Francis Eastwood Newport Tuiley to the position of Captain of a Company in the 21st Regiment on foot. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper left corner, "Victoria R." Retaining the white Royal paper seal. Countersigned by Palmerston. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The document measures 15.5 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 26.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 125238
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"People are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions": First Edition of Edward L. Bernays' Biography of An Idea; signed by Him
BERNAYS, Edward L.
Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. Bernays.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the father of public relations' biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward L. Bernays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Zalon.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 49006
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First edition of Henry Miller's Journey Into an Antique Land; inscribed by him to his second wife and muse June Mansfield
MILLER, Henry.
Journey Into an Antique Land.
Big Sur: Ben Ben Press, 1970.
First edition of Miller's short illustrated work on a visit to St. Remy in the South of France. 12mo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. One of only 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front panel to his second wife, June Mansfield, "For June, All the best! Henry 1/16/67." In fine condition. Miller's second wife, June, convinced him to commit to writing full time and became the inspirations for most of his best known works including Tropic of Cancer. After they divorced in 1934, they remained close friends and Miller continued to send his…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 95358
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Signed Photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Jawaharlal Nehru Photograph Signed.
Signed photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru of the first prime minister of India. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 99334
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First Edition of If They Come in the Morning; Inscribed by Angela Davis
DAVIS, Angela Y; John Abt; Franklin Alexander; Kendra Alexander; Bettina Aptheker; James Baldwin; Margaret Burnham; Robert Chrisman; John Clutchette; Fleeta Drumgo; Ericka Huggins; Robert Kaufman; George Jackson; Fania Davis Jordan; Ruchell Magee; Howard Moore Jr; Huey P. Newton; Eve Pell; Bobby Seale; The Soledad Brothers; Foreward by Julian Bond.
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance.
New York: The Third Press, 1971.
First edition of this bold collection of essays written by victims of political imprisonment. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie, Best, Y. D. - 4/23." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Kohn Isaac. Author photograph by Stephen Shames.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145168
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First Edition of Robert M. Solow's Growth Theory; Signed by Him
SOLOW, Robert M.
Growth Theory: An Exposition.
Oxford: Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press, 1970.
First edition of Solow's groundbreaking work on growth theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. From the library of noted economist Joseph J. Spengler with his signature to the half-title page and his notes in pencil throughout. Spengler was the recipient of the 1951 John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society and the 1981 Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society and a professor at Duke University. Rare and desirable signed and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139209
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"The Hebrew nation will proudly and lovingly remember the memory of Chaim who fulfilled his duties in loyalty while protecting the homeland."; Document Signed by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Document Honoring the Loss of an Israeli Soldier.
Signed Document from the first Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion. “State of Israel We sadly commemorate the memory of 566552 private Chaim Chobra, may his memory be blessed, who died in the line of duty on 24 of Adar A 5711 (March 2nd, 1951). The Israeli government, I[srael] D[efense] F[orce] and the Hebrew nation will proudly and lovingly remember the memory of Chaim who fulfilled his duties in loyalty while protecting the homeland. D. Ben-Gurion Prime Minister.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed with a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 16.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 67048
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First Appearance of Winston Churchill's Famous Speech
CHURCHILL, Winston.
A Speech by The Prime Minister The Right Honourable Winston Churchill in the House of Commons August 20th, 1940.
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, The Baynard Press, 1940.
First edition of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches. Octavo, original gray wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144288
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Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.
c. 1920.
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré bronze inkwell featuring prominently a large bronze eagle flanked by two bronze inkwells on clawed feet. Sited on a green marble base atop two bronze winged lions and two rear feet. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches long, 7.25 inches deep, and 8.5 inches tall. In fine condition. A handsome library decoration.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 90475
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Rare Autograph Note Handwritten by Zachary Taylor as President
TAYLOR, Zachary.
Zachary Taylor Autograph Note.
1850.
Rare autograph note handwritten by the 12th President of the United States. Duodecimo, one page on a folded sheet, blind stamped in the upper right corner. The note reads in full, "The President would be glad to see Mr. [Gales] this morning at 12 o'clock if in town, if not Mr. Seaton - Washington [?] May 12, 1850." In near fine condition with mail folds.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146904
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First Edition of Gandhi's Young India; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].
Young India Second Series 1924-1926.
New York: The Viking Press, 1927.
First edition of the second series of the writings of Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Gandhi founded and published the weekly periodical in English, Young India, from 1919 to 1931 to spread the philosophy and principles of the Satyagraha Movement and urge readers to participate in it. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear, name to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142054
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First Edition of Edgar Beecher Bronson's In Closed Territory; Lengthily by Him
BRONSON, Edgar Beecher.
In Closed Territory.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1910.
First edition of Beecher Bronson's classic account of his hunting experiences in Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with nearly 100 photographs by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The author inscribed this volume for a well-loved kindred spirit.... Edwin Willard Deming, EB Bronson NY 12 Nov '12." The recipient was American artist Edwin Willard Deming, who studied under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. In 1887 Deming first visited and painted the Apaches and Pueblos of the Southwest. His career of painting and illustrating took him repeatedly to the lands of the Blackfoot, Crow, and Sioux, as…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 62067
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First Edition of Robert E. Lucas' Collected Papers on Monetary Theory; Inscribed by Him
LUCAS, Robert E.
Collected Papers on Monetary Theory.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2013.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Mark, with best wishes Robert E. Lucas Jr." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Jones. Edited by Max Gillman. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142698
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"The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose": John Hersey's Hiroshima; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Milestone Editions, 1946.
First Milestone edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Rubenstein: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.' -p.122 John Hersey August, 1984." In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144305
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Rare Complete Set of the Ibarra Edition of Verdadero método de estudiar, para ser util a la Republica y la Iglesia
VERNEY, Luis Antonio (el Barbadino).
Verdadero método de estudiar, para ser util a la Republica y la Iglesia, proporcionado al estilo, y necessidad de Portugal, expuesto en varias cartas, escrito en idioma Portugués.
Madrid: Joachin Ibarra, 1760.
Rare complete edition in Spanish published by the great Ibarra in Madrid. Octavo, original vellum, 4 volumes. Many of the OCLC citations are for single volumes. This set, the author's most famous work, was first published in Valenca in 1746. Verney's royalist orientation is seen even in the title, where behavior and study are to be practiced for the good of the republic.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 81952
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full calf by Root and Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine condition, remnant of a bookplate to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 137984
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First Edition of John B. Foster's Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide; with a photo of Babe Ruth and his Minor-League Team
FOSTER, John B; [George Herman 'Babe' Ruth].
Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide Thirty-Ninth Year 1915.
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1915.
First edition of the first official baseball guide to feature an image of Babe Ruth. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with over 100 full page engravings of ballplayers and teams and 16 cartoons by famous American artist Homer C. Davenport, featuring George Herman 'Babe' Ruth's first ever appearance in a Spalding guide on page 198. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine and extremities. An incredible piece of baseball history.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145326
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First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
HURSTON, Zora Neale .
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this humorous novel set in Florida, a place Hurston knew well, having been born in Eatonville, an entirely black Florida town. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143512
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"How carefully they hold their linden shields, firm in the hand so nothing to fear": rare first edition The Battle of Maldon; signed by the author and in the rare original glassine
BUTTERFIELD, Frederic William Louis [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle].
The Battle of Maldon, and Other Renderings from the Anglo-Saxon; Together with Original Verse.
Oxford: James Parker and Co, 1900.
First edition of this collection of English verse published to raise contributions for the Widows' and Orphans' Branch of the Transvaal War Fund. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Arthur Conan Doyle on the half-title page. Near fine in the scarce original glassine.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 92491
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“I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome": First Edition, First Issue of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome
WHARTON, Edith.
Ethan Frome.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt topstain. In near fine condition contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very nice example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 98455