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RARE HANDWRITTEN ETHIOPIAN COPTIC GE’EZ BIBLE ILLUMINATED WITH TWO FULL-PAGE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
Ethiopia: C. 18th Century.
Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Small octodecimo, original leather boards, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting Saint George slaying the dragon, the Madonna and child, Jesus and Mary, and Jesus preaching. Housed in the original leather chemise slipcase with twine carrying handle.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 145189
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"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends": First Editions of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Each Inscribed by President Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.
New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.
First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Includes: Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941. Includes an original photograph of Hoover with his Belgian shepherd King Tut. An exceptional set, uncommon signed and in the first printing.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94356
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First Edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry
WOLFE, Tom .
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 130974
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Rare Signed Harriet Beecher Stowe Photograph
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe, boldly signed by her. The photograph is a portrait by Hastings, showing her in profile. Signed on the mount below the image. The photograph measures 5.5 inches by 1.5 inches. Matted and framed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 81117
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First Edition of The Essence of Friedman; Inscribed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Introduction by Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
The Essence of Friedman.
Stanford: Hoover Press, 1987.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To the Jackson Hole economist Tucker Smith, Milton Friedman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Anna J. Schwartz. Foreword by W. Glenn Campbell. Edited by Kurt R. Leube. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 4000
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First edition of Le Coq de Villeray's response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation
VILLERAY, Le Coq de [Voltaire].
Reponse ou Critique des Lettres Philosophiques De Monsieur de Voltaire (Response and Critique of the Philosophical Letters of Mr. Voltaire).
Basle: Chez Christophe Revis, 1735.
First edition of Le Coq de Villeray's response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation, published in 1733. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, gilt title to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 82395
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"Thank you for your wisdom and your public service. I pray for leaders like you. May the force of evolution be with you": First Edition of Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail; Lengthily Signed by Ray Dalio to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
DALIO, Ray [Madeleine Albright].
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.
New York : Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2021.
First edition of this provocative read read from the legendary investor. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Madeleine- Thank you for your wisdom and your public service. I pray for leaders like you. May the force of evolution be with you. Ray." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147667
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From the Library of President James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A. [Charles Lamb].
The Works of Charles Lamb.
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856.
Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature, "J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio, Sept. 1856." Garfield's personal bookplate, "Inter Folia Fructus, Library of James A. Garfield," is affixed to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise case. Rare and desirable, from the library of the 20th President of the United States.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 58090
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“THE ONLY THING NEW IN THIS WORLD IS THE HISTORY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW”: First Edition of President Truman’s Mr. Citizen; Inscribed by Him to His Treasury Secretary
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Mr. Citizen.
New York: Bernard Geis, 1960.
First edition, the author's edition. Octavo, original half leatherette, slipcase, illustrated with 32 pages of black-and-white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Honorable John Wesley Snyder from his good friend, comrade and associate in most trying times. He was the greatest of the great Secretaries of the Treasury." The original slipcase is also inscribed to Snyder from Truman but has faded. John W. Snyder was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in 1946 by his close personal friend President Truman, with whom he had served in the Army Reserves. His task as Secretary was to establish a…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3806
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“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions": Rare third edition of The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher
CONFUCIUS,.
The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher, Who flourished above Five hundred Years before the Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Being one of the Choicest Pieces of Learning Remaining in the Nation.
London: Printed for F. Fayram at the South Entrance into the Royal Exchange, 1724.
Rare third edition in English of The Morals of Confucius, the first published work to introduce English readers to Confucianism. Small octavo, bound in full period or period-style speckled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red. Small bookplates to the pastedown. Stated second edition, though actually the third edition (a reissue of the edition of 1706, with a cancel title page). In very good condition. All early editions are very…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 138719
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"Forty years ago I rode the first forbidden trail which was to carry me into the broad highway of outlawry": First Edition of When Daltons Rode; Signed by Emmett Dalton
DALTON, Emmett. In collaboration with Jack Jungemeyer.
When the Daltons Rode.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931.
First edition of Emmett Dalton's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth with smoking gun vignette to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Emmett Dalton after a photograph taken in 1892. Signed by Emmett Dalton beneath his frontispiece portrait. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 104057
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"This is a book which I hope will be read by every American" (Eleanor Roosevelt); The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir; Inscribed by Daisy Bates
BATES, Daisy.
The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir.
New York: David McKay Company, 1962.
First edition, second printing of this powerful work by the NAACP activist behind the successful integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes to Kay & Earl Davis, Daisy Bates, March 16, 1963." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Books signed and inscribed by Bates are rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 142048
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First Edition of Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941; Inscribed by Legendary Historian William L. Shirer
SHIRER, William L.
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
First edition of this classic work, "the most complete news report yet to come out of war time Germany" (Time). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William L. Shirer on the front free endpaper, "To Barbara - In remembrance of a fine evening... Affectionately, Bill Shirer May, 1977." In very good condition with some toning to the endpapers. Bookplate to the front pastedown, bookseller's ticket to the front free endpaper. In the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition with some small losses to the spine. Dust jacket design by Salter.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147572
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication TO IRVING KRISTOL AND GERTRUDE HIMMELFARB
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Irving and Bea- with affection, as always, Dan May 30, 1973." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell’s. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the “godfather of neoconservatism.” Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 118638
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"that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface; signed by Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Buzz Aldrin.
Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Lunar Footprint Photograph.
Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface, taken by him on July 20, 1969 as the second person to set foot on the moon. Signed by Aldrin's co-astronaut Michael Collins who flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, "Michael Collins Apollo XI." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23 inches by 27 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135722
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“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy": First Editions of each of Winston Churchill's War Speeches
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-46.
First editions of each volume. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in three quarter crushed morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with 50 half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces. In fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147161
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“Many of the books tossed into the flames in Berlin that night by the joyous students under the approving eye of Dr. Goebbels had been written by authors of world reputation": First Limited Edition of This Classic work The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich; Signed by William L. Shirer
SHIRER, William L.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
New York: Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster Inc, 1990.
Signed limited first edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). First printing of the revised edition from 1990 with a new afterword by Shirer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, author's initials in gilt on front cover, silk endpapers, silk bookmark. Signed by William L. Shirer on the limitation page. One of one hundred copies, this is number 67. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slip case also with the author's initials in gilt on front panel. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147867
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The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski; Uniformly Bound by Bayntun Riviere
LASKI, Harold Joseph.
The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski.
London, New York, New Haven: GeorAllen & Unwin Ltd.; Harper & Brothers; Yale University Press , 1919-1941.
Finely bound collection of the political works of English political theorist and economist Harold Laski. Octavos, 22 volumes, uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere Bindery in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Titles include Laski's well-known An Introduction to Politics, The State in Theory and Practice, The American Democracy, The Dangers of Obedience & Other Essays, and Studies in Law and Politics. In fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 90438
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Finely Bound Editions of Marlborough: His Life and Times
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1966.
Finely bound editions of Churchill's important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in 2, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, signature to the front panel of each volume, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 139506
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“one of the transcendent moral influences of our century" (John F. Kennedy) Albert Schweitzer's Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography; Inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949.
First edition, early printing of the Nobel laureate's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the recto of a photograph to Miss Margaret Lial and additionally inscribed and signed by him in French on verso and additionally inscribed by conductor and pianist Antonia Brico. The Dutch born conductor and pianist, Antonia Brico had an enduring friendship with Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the organ-playing doctor who practiced medicine in the wilds of Africa. The two shared a love of Bach’s music, and she detoured home from an engagement in Europe to visit Schweitzer in Africa in 1950. This…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140103
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Large black and white photograph of the Roosevelt Luncheon at Lordvale, the home of industrialist Henry Worcester Smith in Grafton, Massachusetts; Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph.
1909.
Large black and white photograph of the Roosevelt Luncheon at Lordvale, the home of industrialist Henry Worcester Smith in Grafton, Massachusetts, held on September 1st 1916. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt on the lower right corner of the photograph, "Theodore Roosevelt." Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches. The entire piece measures 21 inches by 19.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 88168
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Rare First French Edition of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
PAINE, Thomas.
Droits de L’Homme; En Reponse a L’Attaque de M. Burke Sur La Revolution Francois. [Rights of Man: Part the First Being An Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attach on the French Revolution].
Chez F. Buisson: Paris, 1791.
First French edition of Thomas Paine's classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism. Octavo, bound in contemporary one quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 96176
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Autograph Letter Signed by David Ben-Gurion regarding his meeting with Angelica Balabanoff, a close associate of Benito Mussolini
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed.
1965.
Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion regarding his controversial meeting with Angelica Balabanoff, a close associate of Benito Mussolini. Addressed to German-Israeli Holocaust survivor Walter Zvi Barak and dated October 26, 1968, the letter translated from Hebrew into English reads, "Shalom and greetings. I learned of the photograph only from your letter. Indeed, I exchanged a letter with Ms. Balabanova, but I do not remember ever meeting her or being photographed with her. I know that Mussolini was once a socialist. I would not have been ashamed to have a…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110631
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Rare Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive
BENTSEN, Lloyd Millard [Jimmy Carter].
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive.
1981-1985.
Rare archive of autograph letters, photographs, and commemorative stamp folios from the collection of former United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Millard Bentsen. The archive includes a photograph of Bentsen with Jimmy Carter, inscribed by Carter to him, "Thanks & best wishes to my good friend Lloyd Bentsen - Jimmy Carter 2-21-80", two autograph letters and one typed letter signed by Lady Bird Johnson to Bentsen and his wife Beryl Ann thanking them for recent visits to the LBJ ranch, an autograph note signed by Kitty Dukakis regarding Lloyd Sr.'s passing, two commemorative stamp folios with autograph notes laid…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119532
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Signed Document From Marie 'de Medici
'DE MEDICI, Marie.
Marie de Medici Signed Document.
Letter signed by Marie 'de Medici. Signed “Marie,” dated September 12, 1613. Letter to M. de Bouthwoud, the president of the Parliament at Rouen, ordering him in the name of her son to convene and supervise the convocation of the Parliament. At this time Marie de Medici was regent for her son, Louis XIII, who was nine years old. A rare and desirable piece from the influential Medici, featuring a large, prominent signature. In excellent condition with only light toning and wear. The document measures 8.25 inches by 12.5 inches. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph, the entire piece…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 44039
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 139229
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First Complete edition of QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO; released prior to the first edition in the red vinyl
MAO ZEDONG,.
Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations from Chairman Mao].
Beijing: Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1965.
First complete edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao. Duodecimo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Chairman Mao. Lin Biao’s calligraphic endorsement leaf intact after the frontispiece with the corrected superfluous brush stroke in the second line. In 1972, an edict was issued that Lin’s name was to be obliterated from history, following disclosures that he had plotted a coup and planned to assassinate Mao; consequently, “many surviving copies in the Chinese language have that page legitimately torn away, mutilated or censored” (Schiller, p. 36). In very good condition with pilgrimage stamps to the rear panel and a small name…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 95368
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up": Photograph of Thomas Edison in His Library; Signed by Him
EDISON, Thomas Alva.
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 55002
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"AND THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER IN TRIUMPH SHALL WAVE, O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE!": RARE EARLY NEW YORK PRINTING OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
[KEY, Francis Scott].
The Star Spangled Banner, Sung by Mesrs Darley & Nicholls Composed by J. Hewitt.
New York: Published by Geib & Walker 23 Maiden Lane, c. 1829.
Rare early New York reissue of The Star Spangled Banner. Folio, four pages, sheet music engraved by T. Birch. The national anthem of the United States was first published under the title "The Star Spangled Banner" by Thomas Carr in October 1814 in Baltimore and was subsequently reprinted in Philadelphia by A. Bacon & Co. in November 1814. (BAL 11081, 247; Sabin 90498). In very good condition. Early printings of The Star Spangled Banner are scarce.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 126440
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Manuscript Edition of Albert J. Beveridge's Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858
BEVERIDGE, Albert J. [Abraham Lincoln].
Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
Limited manuscript edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo, four volumes bound in the publisher's cherry-red three-quarter crushed morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, red silk ribbons tipped in, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln and additional tissue-guarded color plate views of the Lincoln Memorial to each volume, illustrated with thirty-two tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout, window-mounted leaf of the author's manuscript research notes adhered to the front flyleaf of Vol. I, some pages uncut,…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146970
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"This work should be read by every student of the financial history": First Edition of Henry Clews' Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Herman Ury Esq. With the compliments of Henry Clews Nov. 12, 1896." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3398
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"To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone": Scarce Amicus Brief issued for the historic 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education
[BROWN, Oliver].
In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. Oliver Brown, Mrs. Richard Lawton, Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
New York: Bar Press Inc., 1952.
Scarce Amicus brief issued for the historic 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in American schools to be unconstitutional. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked with a tape repair. Invery good condition. Scarce, OCLC locates only a single copy held by the Kansas State Historical Society.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135377
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Finely Bound First Editions Churhill's of Marlborough: His Life and Times
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-38.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140247
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Rare First Edition of Richard Burton's A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry
BURTON, Richard F.
A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry.
London: William Clowes and Sons, 1876.
First edition of this classic text. Small octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119468
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First edition of Sir Almroth E. Wright's The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage; Inscribed by Him
WRIGHT, Almroth E.
The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage.
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1913.
First edition of Almroth Wright's anti-feminist treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mrs. J. Freeman with the author's kind regards." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 134309
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Rare autograph letter and original photograph signed by "the mother of social work" Jane Addams
ADDAMS, Jane.
Jane Addams Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter.
Chicago: Hull House, 1929.
Rare original letter signed and entirely in the hand of Jane Addams, presented with an original photograph also signed by her. On Hull House letterhead, the letter reads, "My dear Mr. Miller, I am very glad to send you one of my books... Faithfully yours Jane Addams May 2d 1929." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110808
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Large Collection of Britain in Pictures; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
EDITED BY TURNER, W.J. [Bernard Darwin.
Britain in Pictures.
London: Collins, 1940s.
First and early editions of these works on Britain. Octavo, original cloth, approximately 125 volumes, color and monochrome illustrations. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 133214
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Signed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Martin Ginsburg and artist Everett Raymond Kinstler
GINSBURG, Ruth Bader.
State Dinner In Honor Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
1996.
Signed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Lotos Club menu for a State Dinner held in her honor on May 14, 1996, featuring a reproduction of the oil-on-canvas portrait of her by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Additionally signed by Everett Raymond Kinstler and her husband Martin Ginsburg. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 9.75 inches. In fine condition. Rare and desireable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144101
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“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never...": First Editions of each volume of Winston Churchill's Collected War Speeches
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-46.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes,original cloth, illustrated with 50 half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces. Woods A66(a), A89, A114. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144322
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Rare Gavel Made From the 1950 Truman White House Reconstruction
[HARRY S. TRUMAN],.
Rare Gavel Made From the 1950 Truman White House Reconstruction.
c. 1950.
Rare Gavel Made From Relinquished Materials From the 1950 Truman White House Reconstruction. The wooden gavel was made from original materials removed from the White House during its reconstruction in 1950 under the Truman administration. Much of the interior was reconstructed over a two year period. The gavel features a plaque engraved, ''Original White House Material Removed in 1950'' with the Great Seal of the United States at center. The piece measures 10.5 inches by 3 inches with a 2 inches diameter. In fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146591