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First Edition of Newton Mann's Import and Outlook of Socialism; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
MANN, Newton [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Import and Outlook of Socialism.
Boston: James H. West Company, 1910.
First edition of this historical, political, and economic examination of socialism; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed and dated by Gilman in pencil on the front free endpaper, "Charlotte P. Gilman 1911." Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations of utopian feminists. Best known for her semi-autobiographical short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis, Gilman has written works on gender and male domination that continue to maintain their relevance…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145592
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"For Vivien with all my love and admiration": First Edition of A Time of Gods; Inscribed by Roloff Beny to Actress Vivien Leigh
BENY, Roloff (Vivien Leigh).
A Time of Gods.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, "For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in early days a protégé of Peggy Guggenheim and Herbert Read. The circle of friends around him—actors, artists, collectors, writers—included such figures as Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Stephen Spender, Rose Macaulay, Bernard Berenson, Jean Cocteau, Henry Moore, and other luminaries of art and literature. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74016
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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
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“THE UNBELIEVABLE COINCIDENCES… JUST COULDN’T HAPPEN—AND YET THEY DID”: PORTRAIT OF THE ASSASSIN, warmly inscribed BY PRESIDENT FORD To Close Personal Friend and Mayor of Pittsburgh Bob O'Connor
FORD, Gerald R. and John R. Stiles.
Portrait of an Assassin.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission, boldly signed by Ford. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob O'Connor with warmest personal regards and very best wishes. Gerald R. Ford." The recipient, Bob O'Connor was the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a close personal friend of Ford. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Smith. Photograph on the front of jacket by James Murray. Housed in a custom half morocco…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125682
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Rare large format color photograph of the Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in Space; signed by Walter Cunningham
[CUNNINGHAM, Walter].
Walt Cunningham Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in Space Signed Photograph.
Rare large format glossy photograph of the historic Apollo 7/S-IVB rendezvous in space signed by Apollo 7 Pilot Walter Cunningham, "S-IVB stage during rendezvous, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Pilot, October 11-22, 1968." In near fine condition. The photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142635
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Rare Photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; Signed by Them
LEWIS, John; Nancy Pelosi; Steny Hoyer; John Larsson.
Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson Signed Photograph.
2010.
Rare photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; signed by them. Color satin-finish photograph of Nancy Pelosi holding a large gavel while walking alongside Steny Hoyer, John Lewis, and John Larsson, as they prepare to pass the Affordable Care Act, signed by each in black felt tip by their person, dated in the upper right corner "3/21/10." In fine condition with a JSA authentication label affixed to the lower right corner.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146737
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"The foundation of modern Latin lexicography": Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne's Thesaurus linguae latinae
STEPHANI, Roberti. [Robert Estienne].
Lexicographorum Principis Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in IV. Tomos Divisus.
Basileae: Typis & Impensis E. & J.R. Thurnisiorum, 1740.
Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne's "greatest monument of Latin scholarship", his Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Folio, four volumes bound in full vellum with spine labels decorated and titled in gilt, woodcut printer's device portrait of Estienne to each title page. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115020
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First Edition of Herbert A. Giles' A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
GILES, Herbert A.
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.
London: Bernard Quaritch and Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1898.
First edition of Giles' Prix Julien award-winning work which "enjoys pride of place in the history of Chinese bilingual dictionaries as the authoritative source for the Wade-Giles system of Romanization" (Yong and Peng). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original publisher's wrappers bound in. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138772
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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First Edition of Israel, Zionism and the New Left; Signed by David Ben-Gurion
RUBENSTEIN, Richard L. (David Ben-Gurion).
Israel, Zionism and the New Left.
New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1969.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the title page, "3.3.73 D. Ben Gurion." Ben-Gurion passed away in December of 1973. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding box.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 72028
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First Edition of Richard Neutra's Survival Through Design; Inscribed by Him To Adlai Stevenson
NEUTRA, Richard [Adlai Stevenson].
Survival Through Design.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Adlai Stevenson hope and inspiration of his countrymen cordially Richard Neutra 54." The recipient, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, was an American politician and diplomat noted for his promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 elections. Adlai Stevenson's ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Near…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 93541
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"WE WERE THEN STRUNG OUT IN A SIX-MILE LINE, THIRTY SHIPS, ALL HEADING WESTWARDS": FIRST APPEARANCE OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S A FLEET IN BEING
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Fleet In Being.
London: The Morning Post, 1898.
First appearance of of this collection of 5 articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Royal octavo, bound in blue boards, consisting of the original 5 Morning Post articles which appeared on November 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, 1898 clipped and adhered to octavo sheets and bound. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121680
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“Education is the movement from darkness to light": The Closing of the American Mind; Inscribed by Allan Bloom
BLOOM, Allan; Foreword by Saul Bellow.
The Closing of the American Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition, early printing of Bloom's landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard A. Ware, One of the most admirable men I have met during my career and my special benefactor. Gratefully, Allan Bloom September, 1987." The recipient Richard A. Ware served under President Richard Nixon as acting assistant secretary of defense and who was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Board of Foreign Scholarships. He was later named president of the Earhart Foundation, which is an American private charitable foundation that funded research and scholarship. It…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 22016
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"With deepest appreciation for your dedicated service to all mankind which has greatly advanced the causes of justice, equality, brotherhood and peace"FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King to Actress Etta Motten Barnett
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King's autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Etta Moten Barnett with deepest appreciation for your dedicated service to all mankind which has greatly advanced the causes of justice, equality, brotherhood and peace. And with warm personal regards Coretta Scott King." Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with Barnett's bookplate to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138051
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Rare Signed Photograph of legendary executive Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.
Photograph of legendary executive and longtime president and CEO of General Motors Alfred Sloan, inscribed by him. Black and white photograph of the General Motors president in a handsome half-length pose in later age, inscribed by him in the upper right corner of the image, "For Edward Orio, with best regards, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., New York, June 7, 1955." Accompanied by a transmittal letter, June 9, 1955, in part, "I have your letter of May 30th and take pleasure in sending you herewith an autographed photograph which I hope will reach you safely. I appreciate your wanting it." In…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146991
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First Edition of The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; Signed by Gilles Peress, Eric Stover and Richard Goldstone
PERESS, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone.
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York: Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990's. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 973
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 26011
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First Edition of Capital Ideas; Signed by Peter L. Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter L.
Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.
New York: The Free Press, 1992.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Bernstein on the front free endpaper. With a signed postcard to the author from Bernstein's editor laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Michael Langenstein.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115654
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Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Signed by Him
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1925.
First edition of this address by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119470
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"I do not ask for saintly souls to help me on my way, or male and female devilkins to lead my steps astray": First edition of Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy; with an autograph letter signed by the editor John Galsworthy tipped in
KIPLING, Rudyard; Joseph Conrad; John Galsworthy; J. M. Barrie et al. Edited by John Galsworthy.
Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier.
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, [1918].
First edition of this scarce WWII periodical dedicated to wounded soldiers and sailors, containing appearances of Rudyard Kipling's A Pilgrim's Way, John Galsworthy's The Gist of the Matter, Joseph Conrad's The First News, and J. M. Barrie's Barbara's Wedding. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. With an autograph letter signed by Galsworthy tipped in. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121473
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First Edition of Thomas Szasz's Law, Liberty and Psychiatry; From the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan
SZASZ, Thomas S. [James M. Buchanan].
Law, Liberty and Psychiatry.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, from the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan with his signature to the front free endpaper. Buchanan was an economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962, The Calculus of Consent, then developed over decades for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' and bureaucrats' self-interest, utility maximization, and other non-wealth-maximizing considerations affect their decision-making. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ward and Saks.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133734
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First Edition of Dickson's Kuwait and her Neighbours; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DICKSON, H.R.P.
Kuwait and Her Neighbours.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956.
First edition of Colonel H.R.P. Dickson's classic work on the people and history of Kuwait. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, maps, tables. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is price-clipped.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140006
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“In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work”: First Editions of Sir Douglas Mawson's The Home Of The Blizzard; From the Library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott and William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps in rear pocket of Volume II. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111828
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Finely bound people's edition of G.R. Gleig's The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington; inscribed by Arthur James Balfour to his colleague at Eton
GLEIG, G. R. [Arthur James Balfour].
The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864.
The People's Edition of Gleig's biography of Arthur Duke of Wellington; gifted by his godson, Arthur James Balfour to his colleague at Eton. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Wellington. Presentation copy, inscribed by Arthur James Balfour on the front free endpaper, "Stamford Raffles Flint with the best wishes of Arthur James Balfour on his leaving Eton…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117318
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Exceptionally rare self-published printing of Garabed Pashayan Khan's Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers
PASHAYAN KHAN, Garabed.
Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers.
Alexandria, Egypt: Published by the author, 1906.
Rare work on occupational medicine self-published by Armenian physician and scholar Garabed Pashayan Khan. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated, text in Armenian. This rare self-published text is primarily concerned with the health and wellbeing of students and teachers in academic buildings, addressing hygiene, posture, study habits, transmissible and contagious diseases, remedies and cures. In very good condition. Extremely uncommon with no holdings located by OCLC.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141034
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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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First Edition of History of the Fourteenth United States Infantry; Inscribed by Captain L. S. Sorley to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SORLEY, Captain L.S. [Philemon Tecumseh Sherman].
History of the Fourteenth United States Infantry From January, 1890 to December, 1908.
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1909.
First edition of this military history of the Fourteenth Infantry; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue wrappers, illustrated with seven maps of battles, operations, and expeditions. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to P.T. Sherman, "Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman, with the compliments of Lewis Stone Sorley, Captain 14th U. S. Infantry." In good condition, missing front wrapper panel and rear wrapper panel detached, losses to the extremities. Rare, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145966
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"Ambitious by nature, he was never torn by ambition, never tried to be something he was not. He stood for common sense, common decency": First Edition of Truman; Lengthily Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed with a quote by the author on the title page, "For John Rogers with greetings from David McCullough 'Ambitious by nature, he was never torn by ambition, never tried to be something he was not. He stood for common sense, common decency.'" Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket and illustration design by Wendell Minor. A unique example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146839
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"I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the highest political good), but also as the necessary condition for the flowering of all the other goods that mankind cherishes: moral virtue, civilization, the arts and sciences, economic prosperity"; First Editions of Murray Rothbard's Landmark Work Conceived in Liberty Volumes 1-4
ROTHBARD, Murray.
Conceived In Liberty: Volumes 1- 4.
New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1975-79.
First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed four volume series. Octavo, four volumes, original cloth. Each are near fine in excellent dust jackets with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 15030
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First Edition of Nobel Prize Winning Economist's Thomas C. Schelling's First Book; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
National Income Behavior: An Introduction to Algebraic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44748
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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 House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, printing Edward VIII's "Instrument of Abdication" in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne
KING EDWARD VIII,.
House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne.
1936.
Rare extract from the printed Minutes and a singular moment in British royal history. "Abdication of Edward R. I." in blue pencil at top right. Framed such that both sides of the document can be read, visible portion of the unfolded sheet measures 16 x 12.5 inches; frame measures 22.5 inches by 20 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119889
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Scarce first edition of Charles McClenachan's History of the Most Ancient Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in New York; inscribed by Grand Secretary Edward M. L. Ehlers
MCCLENACHAN, Charles. [Edward M. L. Ehlers].
History of the Most Ancient Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in New York From the Earliest Date: Embracing the History of the Grand Lodge of the State, From Its Formation in 1781, and a Sketch of Each Lodge Under Its Jurisdiction.
New York: Published by the Grand Lodge, 1888-1894.
First edition of McClenachan's important history of the order of Free and Accepted Masons. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings including frontispiece to each volume. Presentation set, inscribed by Edward M. L. Ehlers on the fly-leaf ov volumes I, II, and III, "To JM Cheesman Compliments EML Ehlers Grand Secretary." Edward M. L. Ehlers served as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York for thirty-five years (1882-1917) under the administration of twenty-two Grand Masters. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, carved a bust portrait of Ehlers which remains on permanent display at the The Chancellor Robert…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133064
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him and Inscribed by "Israel's James Bond" Mordechai Ben-Porat
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Mordechai Ben-Porat in Hebrew, "To Mr. Arthur Hertzberg with great respect. Ben-Porat co-chairman-WOJAC 20.10.1977." Ben-Porat has been called Israel's James Bond for his role in the rescue of the Jews of Iraq, for which he was awarded the Israel Prize, and was a colleague in the Knesset with Dayan during which time he served as Minister without Portfolio. The recipient, Arthur Hertzberg was a noted rabbi, civil rights activist and author who served…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133514
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"Linking three militant English suffragettes": First edition of Gertrude Baillie-Weaver's The Life of Emily Davison; from the collection of Emily Duval with her ownership inscription
COLMORE, G. [Gertrude Baillie-Weaver; Emily Duval].
The Life of Emily Davison.
Kingsway, W.C.: The Woman's Press, 1913.
First edition of Gertrude Colmore's brief biography of Emily Wilding Davison. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Davison. Association copy, from the library of fellow English suffragette Emily Duval with her ownership inscription, "Emily D. Duvall Given to her by Mrs. Green Dec. 17th 1913." Like Davison, Emily Duval was a militant petitioner in the fight for women's voting rights and was imprisoned several times. Publishing as Gertrude Colmore, American writer and suffragist Gertrude Baillie-Weaver was active when the suffragettes were most militant. In 1911, she published her best-known work, Suffragette Sally, which furthered the cause of the women’s movement…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 135208
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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 edition of Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924; inscribed by William K. Vanderbilt
VANDERBILT, William K.
Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.
New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.
First edition of Vanderbilt's account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C. M. ... from W. K. Vanderbilt June 26th 1925." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143551
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T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1949.
Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147244
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First Edition of Smith's The Cries of London
SMITH, John Thomas.
The Cries of London: Exhibited Several of the Iternerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times.
London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839.
First edition of this collection of this work on the street cries of London. Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 30 engraved plates. In very good condition. A very nice example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 71850
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First Edition of Paul Johnson's Left of Centre; Inscribed by Him to Publishing legend Martin Secker
JOHNSON, Paul.
Left of Centre.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1959.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sylvia and Martin Secker with best wishes from an Aspiring Author Paul Johnson." The recipient, Martin Secker was London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, Henry James, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell. He began publishing just before the First World War. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
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