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Rare original photograph inscribed by both Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson
TRUMAN, Harry S. and Adlai Stevenson.
Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of American statesmen Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Inscribed by Harry Truman, "Kind regards to Ken Browne, Harry Truman" and by Stevenson, "For Ken Browne with best wishes Adlai S. Stevenson." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 99835
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Rare autograph note signed by American abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph Note.
Rare autograph note signed by American abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. The note reads, "Yours Truly Harriet Beecher Stowe April 19 1892." In fine condition. Double matted and framed with a portrait of the author. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 12 inches.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 95228
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Rare Autograph Letter signed by French polymath Albert Schweitzer
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Autograph Letter Signed.
1960.
Rare autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of French physician and Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer. One page, text in French. The letter is addressed to Miss Mary Hebe Degler of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and reads in part, "Thank you for very much for the beautiful photographs. The are very natural. All is well at the hospital but the number of hospitalizations increase with each year. Best Regards, Albert Schweitzer." Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope post dated December, 27, 1960. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116818
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Rare Unionist Program Signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
CHAMBERLAIN, Neville; Anne Chamberlain.
Neville Chamberlain Signed Unionist Program.
1938.
1938 Unionist Association Annual Dance and Whist Drive Program signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and hi wife, Anne Chamberlain. 12 mo, one page folding. Signed by the Chamberlains on the front panel who are listed as the special guests of the evening. The event was held at the Palais de Danse on Friday, February 18th, 1938. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134522
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Rare large format gelatin silver print of Mahatma Gandhi
GANDHI, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].
Mahatma Gandhi Photograph.
1942.
Large format gelatin silver print photograph of Mahatma Gandhi spinning at Birla House in 1942. In the early 1920s, Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the swadeshi policy – the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods. Linked to this was his advocacy that khadi (homespun cloth) be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles. Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. In good condition. Matted. The photograph measures 15 inches by 18.5 inches. The entire piece measures 19.5 by 23 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139253
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Rare Photograph of The Founding Father of Israel, David Ben-Gurion; Inscribed by Him
BEN-GURION, David.
David-Ben Gurion Signed Photograph.
Rare photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Glossy black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion seated with a book in his lap. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ben-Gurion in the top right corner, "To Karen Moss, D. Ben-Gurion." Framed. In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 9 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146735
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Photograph of Saul Bellow by Famed Photographer Art Shay; Signed by Bellow and Shay
BELLOW, Saul; Art Shay.
Saul Bellow Signed Photograph.
Black and white silver gelatin print of novelist and Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow. The photograph measures 11 inches by 14 inches. Signed by Saul Bellow on the photograph. The photograph was taken by renowned photographer Art Shay in October 1976, the same day the author heard that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Shay is a former Time-Life staff reporter who became a full-time photojournalist in the early fifties. More than 25,000 of his photographs have since appeared in numerous publications, including Life, Time, the New York Times, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. His work has been…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 191
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
1953.
Rare photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné. Black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer being guided down Gabon's Ogooué River, inscribed by him on the lower border in fountain pen, "A monsieur Jerome Liplain, avec mes bonnes pensáes, Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene le 19 Mars 1953, En pirogue sur l'Ogooue." Schweitzer's philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146013
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“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better": Rare Signed Elijah Muhammad Signed First Day Cover
MUHAMMAD, Elijah.
Elijah Muhammad Signed First Day Cover.
1965.
First Day Cover honoring the Salvation Army, boldly signed by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, postmarked New York, NY July 2, 1965. In near fine condition. Autographs of Muhammad are rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134571
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Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia
SELLER, John.
Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].
London: c. 1685.
Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning's A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123641
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Note Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Jawaharlal Nehru Signed.
Signed note by Jawaharlal Nehru in both Sanskrit and English dated Nov. 1961. Matted and framed with a black and white photograph of Nehru. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74072
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Rare example of Johnson's Civil War era Map of the state of Florida
JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett .
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: A.J. Johnson, 1863.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson's famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138227
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"First off, I am 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river": Rare black and white photograph signed by legendary American comedian Chris Farley
[FARLEY, Chris].
Chris Farley Signed Photograph.
Black and white headshot signed by American actor and comedian Chris Farley. Signed by Farley in gold ink. In fine condition. Farley signatures are uncommon.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 126559
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Rare 1976 Series Two Dollar Bill; signed by American Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence
[ALDRIN, Buzz].
Buzz Aldrin Signed Two Dollar Bill.
Washington, D.C: United States Treasury, 1976.
Rare two dollar bill signed by American astronaut and the second man to land on the moon, Buzz Aldrin on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 10.5 inches by 5.75 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117394
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Striking black and white photograph of Sean Connery posing as James Bond; boldly signed by him
CONNERY, Sean. [Ian Fleming].
Sean Connery and Jill St. John Signed James Bond Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Sean Connery and posing as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, signed by both. They were the stars of the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132959
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Christmas Card Warmly inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt "All my Love E.R."
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Christmas Card.
Christmas card which reads, "Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt extends her very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year." Additionally signed above by Eleanor Roosevelt, "To ______ all my love E.R." Matted and framed with a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition. Measures 11.5 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5822
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.
New York: February 8, 1899.
Theodore Roosevelt typed letter signed to Thomas T. Sherman. One page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter reads, "Feby. 8th, 1899. Thomas T. Sherman, 52 Wall St., N.Y. City. My dear Mr. Sherman: - I have your letter of the 7thst in reference to General Varnum and assure you it will have my careful consideration. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt." In very good condition. Matted and framed. The letter measures 5.9 inches by 7.8 inches. The entire piece measures 11.9 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145340
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"And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities": Framed Signature of The Author of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
WHARTON, Edith.
Edith Wharton Signature.
Framed signature of the American novelist who wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning 'The Age of Innocence.' Large 1.25 inch by 3.5 inch clipped signature of "Edith Wharton." Framed with a black and white photograph of the author. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.1 inches by 15.9 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145451
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Rare autograph letter signed by Daniel Webster regarding opening of the American west
WEBSTER, Daniel.
Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed.
1836.
Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, Daniel Webster written in anticipation of the opening of the American west. One page, folded, text in the hand of an amanuensis, the letter stipulates which types of land Webster and Perkins wish the recipient, Joseph R. Williams of Toledo, Ohio, to invest in with their $5,000 speculative fund. The reads in part, "Washington, 16 May 1836 Dear Sir, Mr. H. Perkins, Esq. of Boston, who is doubtless well known to you, at least by character and reputation, is now here. He and myself…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124353
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Original color photograph inscribed by Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower to White House Administrative Assistant Helen Colle Donaldson Hollers
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud.
Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Original color photograph inscribed by the 34th President and First Lady of the United States, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Presentation photograph, inscribed on the mount, "For Mrs. Helen Colle with best wishes and warm regards from Dwight D. Eisenhower" and signed, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." The recipient, Helen Colle Donaldson Hollers, was a White House administrative assistant who served under nine presidents from Harry S. Truman to George H.W. Bush. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15.75 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 194042