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Rare typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president to fellow American actor Charles Foy
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed.
1982.
Typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president. One page on Reagan's White House letterhead, the letter reads: February 3, 1982 Dear Sarah and Charlie: Please forgive this belated note to thank you and Ron for the terrific briefcase. It was a great Christmas present, and I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness. Many, many thanks for selecting this "piece of the West" for me. We had a wonderful holiday season and hope you did, too. Nancy joins me in wishing you all our very best for 1982. Sincerely, "Ron" Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foy 450 North Rossmore Los Angeles, California…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133078
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Finely Bound Example of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln
TARBELL, Ida M.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909.
Bound set of Tarbell's classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129092
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Rare Trustee's Deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass
DOUGLASS, Frederick.
Frederick Douglass Document Signed.
July 6, 1881.
Rare Trustee's Deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, "Fred'k Douglass, Recorder," three pages, 8 x 12.5 inches, July 6, 1881. Trustee's deed for a transaction between William Taylor Snyder and Nelson A. Ryon, signed on the docketing panel by Douglass as recorder of deeds, beneath a manuscript endorsement. Douglass served as the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia from 1881 to 1886. This role involved overseeing the recording of property deeds and other legal documents. His appointment to this position was a notable achievement, reflecting his prominence and the respect he had garnered…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146954
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"The true natural rights of men, then, are equal justice, security of labor and property, the amenities of civilized institutions, and the benefits of orderly society": First edition of Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind
KIRK, Russell.
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.
First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips to the spine. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132477
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Rare Original Publisher's Morocco First Edition of Stanley's In Darkest Africa
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publishers three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 102433
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First Edition of Pecora's Rare Work on Wall Street
PECORA, Ferdinand.
Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.
First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine condition, small name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132227
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First Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed twice by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed by Kai Bird on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Kai Bird on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147047
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FOSSATI, George.
Raccolta di varie Favole Delineate, ed incise in Rame (Volume 4).
Venezia: Pecora, 1744.
First edition. Large Quarto. Tome Quatrieme (Volume 4), contemporary vellum. Thirty-six finely engraved plates printed in sepia. Text in parallel columns of Italian and French. Some shelfwear and soiling, generally clean and sound internally.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1830
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Large Signed Portrait of Woodrow Wilson; Signed by Him and the Artist Frederick Reynolds
WILSON, Woodrow; Frederick Reynolds.
Woodrow Wilson Signed Portrait.
Limited edition engraving by artist Frederick Reynolds, signed by both the artist and Woodrow Wilson, one of 300 numbered. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 24 inches. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 29015
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Marcus Benjamin's Washington During War Time; Inscribed to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BENJAMIN, Marcus [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Washington During War Time: A Series of Papers Showing the Military, Political, and Social Phases During 1861 to 1865.
Washington City: Committee on Literature for the Encampment, 1902.
Official souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles, frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf. Presentaton copy, inscribed to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, "Mr. P. T. Sherman, with cordial regards. From Thomas M. Stewart, Brigadier General, U. S. Army. December 25, 1905." In very good condition with light toning to the spine and front panel, closed tear to the front free endpaper. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 145745
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"No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done": Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane.
Display model of the Bell X-5 experimental research plane, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 8.5 inches in height, 13 inches in height and 8.5 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 103598
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Rare second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental Chinese-English Dictionary
GILES, Herbert A.
A Chinese-English Dictionary.
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, & Yokahama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited and London: Bernard Quaritch, 1912.
Finley bound second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental work, the first Chinese–English encyclopedic dictionary published. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, rebacked, all edges marbled. The present enlarged edition contains the original 13,848 Chinese character head entries alphabetically collated by Beijing Mandarin pronunciation romanized in the Wade–Giles system with the addition of 67 entries and numerous usage examples. In very good condition. Exceptionally clean internally. A nice example of the most complete Chinese-English dictionary ever published.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138229
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Photograph of President Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson; Signed by Both
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of President Lyndon and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and additionally inscribed by Lady Bird, as follows, "To Mary Lasker from her friends Lady Bird Johnson Christmas 1966. The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 81062
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First edition of M. A Racinet's masterpiece Le Costume Historique
RACINET, Auguste.
Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.
First edition of Racinet's monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 500 plates including 300 chromolithographic plates in color decorated with gold and silver and 200 in monochrome. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135242
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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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. Lengthily inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Light rubbing to the bottom cloth, near fine in the rare dust jacket with light wear.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 25056
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First Edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Empire of Business
CARNEGIE, Andrew.
The Empire of Business.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Carnegie. In good condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 42664
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First Edition of Robert K. Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure; inscribed by Him
MERTON, Robert K.
Social Theory and Social Structure.
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1949.
First edition of this landmark work in sociology. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Fred, your friend for quite some time, Bob." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 126746
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Mikhail Kalashnikov's Conversation With A Gunsmith; Signed by Him
KALASHNIKOV, Mikhail.
Conversation With A Gunsmith.
2012.
Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Mikhail Kalashnikov on the title page. In near fine condition. Books signed by Kalashnikov are uncommon.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 125159
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"If my father had been an American, and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own": First edition of Churchill's December 26th 1941 speech delivered before the United States Congress
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
An Address by The Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain December 26th 1941.
Stamford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1942.
Rare first edition of Churchill's historic address delivered before Congress on December 26th 1941. Octavo, original boards. One of on thousand copies printed. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133199