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First Editions of Each Volume the Classic Sword of Honour Trilogy; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-1961.
First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. A nice set. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146619
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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 Sociologist David Riesman
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 Dave and Evie Riesman, with regard, Dan Bell Chilmark, July 12, 1973." David Riesman was a Harvard sociologist, known for his classic work The Lonely Crowd, which is considered a landmark study of American character. An outstanding association linking these two academician giants of the twentieth century. Some spotting to the page…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 18062
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“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you": First Edition of Mere Christianity; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEWIS, C.S.
Mere Christianity.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952.
First edition of this classic C.S. Lewis work, which was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143027
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The National Edition of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Works of Theodore Roosevelt.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
The National edition of the works of Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, 20 volumes, original green cloth with printed paper spine labels, top edge gilt. The set includes, The Naval War of 1812 in two volumes, The Wilderness Hunter, American Ideals in 2 volumes , The Winning of the West in six volumes, Hunting the Grizzly, Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains, and Hunting Trips of A Ranchman. Fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, rare in the original dust jackets and in this condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144229
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First Edition of George W. Child's Recollections; Inscribed by Him to General William Tecumseh Sherman
CHILDS, George W. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Recollections.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
First edition of the autobiography of the famous publisher and co-owner of Philedelphia's Public Ledger; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, bound in contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George W. Childs. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "General W.T. Sherman with the compliments of George W. Fields February 1890." In very good condition with light rubbing, inscription in pencil to the front panel listing the pages with General Sherman's mentions in the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145751
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"a key point in the development of cartography in Spain": Two rare original Francisco Coello maps of Cuba from the first edition of his magnum opus Atlas of Spain and its Overseas Possessions
COELLO, D. Francisco .
Atlas de Esapana y Susus Posesiones de Ultramar: Isla de Cuba Por El Teniente Coronel Captain de Ingenieros D. Francisco Coello. [Atlas of Spain and its Overseas Possessions].
Madrid: 1851-1853.
First edition of famed cartographer Francisco Coello's magnum opus, Atlas of Spain and its Overseas Possessions, containing two large engraved broadside maps of the Island of Cuba. Housed in the publisher's original small octavo stiff paper boards, the first map displays the Island of Cuba with fine hand-colored borders. The second shows detailed views of the historical districts of Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Typography by D. Cailo Alaberand, Desbuissons, and Estruch. Outlines by Leroux, Raynaud, Leelereq, and Bacot. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 127183
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Limited Edition Panoramic Photograph of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; Signed by President Ronald Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
Limited edition panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California. Glossy color 14.5 inch by 5 inch panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California, numbered 96/250, boldly signed on the border by Ronald Reagan, and by the photographer, Tom Lamb. In fine condition. Handsomely double-matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 13 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145865
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Rare Signed Photograph of Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.
Photograph of legendary executive Alfred Sloan, boldly signed, "Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., May 1 , 1937." Framed in a custom gilt stamped morocco frame. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Photographs signed by Sloan are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 82378
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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 Philadelphia printing of The Star Spangled Banner
[KEY, Francis Scott].
The Star Spangled Banner.
Philadelphia: Published by J. G. Klemm, n.d. [ca. 1823].
First Philadelphia reissue of The Star Spangled Banner, printed using the same plates as the first printing. Folio, four pages, engraved sheet music with American flag vignette. 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. This reissue was produced using the same plates as the first Philadelphia printing (BAL 11080, 247; Filby & Howard, S-12). In very good condition. Contemporary sheet music seller stamp. Rare and desirable. Early printings…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 126080
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First edition of The Infantry Exercise of the United States Army
POTTER, P.
The Infantry Exercise of the United States Army, Abridged For the Use of the Militia of the United States.
Poughkeepsie: P. & S. Potter, Printers, 1817.
First edition of this classic work of military instruction. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustrated with 13 plates. From the library of Ensign Edmond Hopkins of Penn. Service 1813 to 1821 with his ownership inscription. Accompanied by three Civil War era covers and an autograph letter signed dated March 23rd 1864 to James Judson Hall, 28th Regt. Wis. Vols., Co. C, Cairo, IL. Hall, a resident of Oconomowoc, WI, mustered into the 28th Wisconsin Volunteers in August 1862 and mustered out in Brownsville, TX in late August 1865 from E.L. Kellogg. In very…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132610
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“BUT IS GOD A YALE MAN?”: First Edition of God and Man at Yale; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by william f. Buckley
BUCKLEY JR., William F.
God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom”.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951.
First edition of the author's first book and seminal work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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. Boldly signed by William F. Buckley on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146491
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"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon": First Edition of Money and Mischief; Inscribed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist on monetary history. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Alan, some bedtime reading, Best regards Milton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4119
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Limited Edition Panoramic Photograph of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; Signed by President Ronald Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
Limited edition panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California. Glossy color 14.5 inch by 5 inch panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California, numbered 92/250, boldly signed on the border by Ronald Reagan, and by the photographer, Tom Lamb. In fine condition. Double-matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 13 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146516
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"the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen": Photograph by Gutzon Borglum of the Bust of Lincoln; Signed by Him
BORGLUM, Gutzon (Abraham Lincoln).
Gutzon Borglum Signed Photograph of a Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
1907.
Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6, 1908, the President's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as, "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87608
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"In the twentieth century, the influence of Robert Moses on the cities of America was greater than that of any other person": First Edition of The Power Broker; Inscribed By Robert A. Caro and with a card signed by Caro
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard from Robert A. Caro." Also laid in is a signed card from Robert A. Caro from the East Rockaway Library Board and the Cultural Arts Council, dated November 7, 1974. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146799
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Autograph Letter signed by Greek Statesman Eleftherios Venizelos to American mining engineer and diplomat John Hays Hammond
VENIZELOS, Eleftherios.
Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.
1922.
Autograph letter signed by "the maker of modern Greece," Eleftherios Venizelos. One page, typescript on Delegation Hellenique letterhead, the letter reads, "Lausanne, 7th December 1922 My dear Mr. Hammond, I thank you most cordially for your letter and wish to express to you the deep gratitude that I feel for the promptness with which you have do kindly undertaken to help us in this hour of trial and misfortune. I am indeed very sorry to hear that your daughter has been ill and hope that she has by this time completely recovered. My wife joins me in cordial greetings to…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 82459
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Rare Hand-Illuminated Apostolic Benediction Signed by Pope Pius Xi
POPE PIUS XI. (AMBROGIO DAMIANO ACHILLE RATTI),.
Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.
c. 1930.
Rare hand-illuminated apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius XI with a circular portrait of him. The blessing in elaborate script reads, "Most Holy Father, Margaret, Katherine, Regina, John, Leo and Charles Lougrhan, humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness beg one special blessing." Signed by the pope at the conclusion, "Pope PP. XI." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 24 inches by 19 inches. Uncommon signed by Pope Pius XI.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 88158
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"Experience is the teacher of all things": Commentaires de César, avec des Notes Historiques, Critiques et Militaires
CAESAR, Gaius Julius.
Commentaires de César, avec des Notes Historiques, Critiques et Militaires [Caesar’s Comments, with Historical, Critical and Military Notes].
Paris: A Montargis, 1785.
First edition edited and translated by Lancelot Turpin de Crissé. Quarto, three volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine, engraved title pages, two portraits and 40 folding plates, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 104356
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Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting of Jesus by Leonardo Da Vinci
Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.
c.1900.
Rare illuminated manuscript regarding Da Vinci’s master drawing The Head of Christ (c. 1495), the basis for Da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus in The Last Supper. Da Vinci himself considered the drawing so important, he reworked it several times over the course of his life. The text is headed "Art" at the center in liquid gold, flanked by "Revealing the Emotions and the Soul - The Head of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci". The body of the text flanking the painting describes the image and its meaning. Framed. The entire piece measures 8.75 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119865
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First Edition of Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits; Warmly inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
BEARD, Peter.
Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits.
Sante Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999.
First edition of this classic monograph. Quarto, original leatherette cover. illustrated throughout. Elaborately signed and inscribed by Peter Beard in the year of publication, with his left hand imprint added. In fine condition, bookplate opposite the inscription. Preface by Peter T. Tunney and with an introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146133
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Rare 19th Century Creek Indian Land Grants for River Sections in Muscogee County, Georgia
WATSON, James C; Charles J. McDonald.
Creek Indian Muscogee County, Georgia Land Grants.
1826-1839.
Rare 19th century Creek Indian land surveys and lottery winning land grants. Octavo, four pages partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the surveys are dated December 7th and 9th, 1826 and sketch out the areas of land in Muscogee County, Georgia purchased by James C. Watson. Signed by then Governor Charles J. McDonald with the state wax seal attached by a pale red ribbon. The grants are dated December 13th, 1839 and grant lots 164 and 186 mentioned in the surveys to James C. Watson. The lots referred to in these grants are valuable pieces of land with direct access…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146848
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Rare First Edition of Lenin's Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh' Razivitya Kapitalizma v' Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed
LENIN, Vladimir.
Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh’ Razivitya Kapitalizma v’ Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed. Shtatat Ameriki. [New information on the Development of Agricultural Capitalism. Part I: Capitalism and Agriculture in the United States].
Petrograd: Zhizn i Znaniye, 1918.
First edition of this work by Lenin. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare with only one library holding for this, at the State Library of Germany.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133222
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Complete first edition set of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet; each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance
SCOTT, Paul. [Charles Dance].
The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils, Staying On].
London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.
Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, five volumes, original cloth. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance who featured in the televised version of The Jewel in the Crown on the front free endpaper, "For Charles Swynnerton from Charles Dance!" Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Larry Learmonth and Tom Simmonds. A very sharp set, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144627
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Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet Program; signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Columbia University Banquet Program.
Cincinatti: Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti, 1949.
Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet program signed by the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Large octavo, the program was printed for the Regional Columbia University Alumni Banquet held at the Netherland Plaza Hotel on November 22, 1949. Signed by Eisenhower on the front panel of the program. Eisenhower served as president of Columbia University after World War II, a position he held from 1948 to 1953. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 121022
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Rare First Edition of History of the New York Stock Exchange
HEMMING, Henry G.
History of the New York Stock Exchange.
New York: Henry Glover & Co, 1905.
First edition of this classic work. Thick quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, four views, and 353 steel-engraved portraits of financiers such as Henry Clews, George Jay Gould, J.P. Morgan, Jr., W.C. Kellogg, Arthur Whitney, and many others. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132283
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First Edition of The Power Broker; Inscribed By Robert Caro In the Year of Publication
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For David Tolmach- For auld lang syne Robert A. Caro November 7, 1974." The recipient and the author were friends in New York. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141799
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First Editions Of The Works of Famed Economist David Ricardo; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
RICARDO, David; Edited by Piero Sraffa & M.H. Dobb.
The Works And Correspondence Of David Ricardo.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951-55.
First editions of the works of economist David Ricardo. Octavo, original cloth, 10 volumes. Each are near fine to fine in excellent dust jackets. An very nice set, uncommon in such exceptional condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4284
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"China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world": Photographic View Book of China, Manchuria, and Korea during the period of Japanese occupation
Photographic View Book of China, Manchuria, and Korea.
Japan: c. 1930.
First edition, oblong quarto, original boards. Gilt-lettered cloth, string-bound. Text in Japanese with captions in both Chinese and English. Illustrated with photographs throughout, large folding panorama of the Great Wall of China; folding map of Korea, Manchuria and portions of northeastern China. A unique record of history.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 60076
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Rare Family Photograph of the Reagan Family; Signed by President Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald and Nancy.
Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Original photograph of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan and their two children: Ronald Jr. and Patti. Signed by the Presidential couple below each of their portraits, "Ronald Reagan" and "Nancy Reagan." Double matted and framed, the photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 13.5 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 88159
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Scarce First edition of The Complete Family-Piece: and, Country Gentleman, and Farmer's, Best Guide
[ANONYMOUS],.
The Complete Family-Piece: and, Country Gentleman, and Farmer’s, Best Guide.
London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts, 1736.
First edition of this rare 18th century Book of Secrets. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the panels. Title page supplied in facsimile. In very good condition. Rebacked. Armorial bookplate. Scarce.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132734
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Rare early 17th century printing of the Statutes of the The Order of Saint Stephen; founded by Cosimo I de'Medici in 1561
DE'MEDICI, Cosimo II.
Statuti dell’Ordine De’ Cavalieri di S.to Stefano.
Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.
Rare early 17th century printing of the Statutes of the The Order of Saint Stephen; founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1561. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved title page by Jacques Callot, engraved portrait of Cosimo II de Medici, printer's woodcut vignette on colophon, woodcut initials. From the library of Italian editor and bibliophile Gustavo Camillo Galletti with his small library stamp. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140375
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ROYAL CHRISTMAS CARD Signed by King Charles III and PRINCESS DIANA
DIANA, Princess of Wales; King Charles III.
Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.
1983.
Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III), "from Charles and" signed by Princess Diana, "Diana." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145672
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Rare First Edition of An Address by Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Delivered Before Members of the Congress of the United States - 19 May, 1943
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
An Address by Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Delivered Before Members of the Congress of the United States 19 May, 1943.
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1943.
Rare first edition of Churchill's second address before the Congress of the United States, produced for members of congress, one of only 600 copies. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131702
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"The best inside information is on the tape": Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.
Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Misses Niell and Tyson with best regards Richard D. Wyckoff April 19/32." In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Wyckoff are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145810
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THE FIRST EXPLORER TO REACH THE NORTH POLE: Deluxe signed limited edition of Robert Peary’s The North Pole; one of only 500 copies
PEARY, Robert E. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
The North Pole.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
Deluxe signed limited edition of Peary’s illustrated account of his journey to the North Pole, number 4 of only 500 copies signed by Peary and Captain R. A. Bartlett. Thick quarto, publisher's original full vellum decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated with a large folding map printed in color, four black-and-white mounted photogravures and 112 tipped-in photographic plates. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. In very good condition.
Price: $2,450.00 Item Number: 125090
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Les Mémoires de P. Reynaud et la Beligque [The Memoirs of P. Reynaud and Belgium]; Inscribed by J. Wullus-Rudiger to Winston S. Churchill
WULLUS-RUDIGER, J. [Winston S. Churchill].
Les Mémoires de P. Reynaud et la Beligque: Un appel à W. Churchill et au Gl de Gaulle. [The Memoirs of P. Reynaud and Belgium: A Call to W. Churchill and to Gl de Gaulle].
Brussels: Établissements Généraux D'Imprimerie, 1946.
Rare first edition of this memoir of Belgium and Prime Minister of France, Paul Reynaud. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, "Pour Monsieur Winston S. Churchill, en témoignage de profond respect, Wullus-Rudiger, Bruxelles, le 30 mars 1946. [For Mr. Winston S. Churchill, as a testimony of deep respect, Wullus-Rudiger, Brussels, March 30, 1946.]" From the library of Winston S. Churchill. In very good condition with some toning. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145458
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First edition of The Economic Reports of the President; boldly inscribed by President Harry Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
The Economic Reports of the President: As Transmitted to the Congress January 1948, January 1947, July 1947.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948.
First edition of this compilation of three of Truman's most memorable economic reports. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author opposite the title page, "Most sincerely Harry Truman." Introduction by President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is price-clipped and in very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box within a custom slipcase. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 139753
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Rare First Edition of Ludwig Von Mises' Die Gemeinwirtschaft. Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus.
Verlag von Gustav Fischer: Jena, 1922.
First German edition of this early work by von Mises. Octavo, bound in cloth. In near fine condition. The English translation appeared in 1936, as Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 6001
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"ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN A GREAT WRITER AND A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER EVER PUBLISHED": Scarce First Edition of The Sweet Flypaper of Life; Lengthily inscribed by Langston Hughes
DECARAVA, Roy and Langston Hughes.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955.
First edition of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper, "Especially for Lucian Stanton whose photographs I very much enjoyed seeing- Sincerely- Langston Hughes New York Feb. 23, 1960." An excellent example in the original dust jacket. Roth 101, Parr & Badger, The Photobook I, 242; The Open Book, 160. The hardcover is much more uncommon than the wrapper edition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 90534
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Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements; Inscribed by Him
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements.
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1906.
First edition, early printing of this overview of Tuskegee Institute. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "B. G. Hardwick from Booker T. Washington Jan 1906." In very good condition with some dampstaining.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 130484