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James Fergusson's A History of Architecture in all Countries; from the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
FERGUSSON, James. [Ronald and Nancy Reagan].
A History of Architecture in all Countries, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
London: John Murray, 1893.
Third edition of Fergusson's monumental work on the history of architecture. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's roan-backed cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated. From the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Nancy's ownership stamp to the second free endpaper listing the Reagan's 1669 San Onofre Dr. residence. The Reagans lived on San Onofre Drive in the Pacific Palisades from 1957 to 1981 before moving to the White House when Reagan became President. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145004
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Authorization of Proclamation 364: Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur Seals; Signed by Grover Cleveland as President
CLEVELAND, Grover.
Grover Cleveland Proclamation Authorization Signed.
Washington, D.C: 1894.
Rare authorization of Proclamation 364: Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur Seals, an act designed to drastically limit the hunting of fur seals by both the United States and Great Britain in and around the Bering Sea; signed by Grover Cleveland as President. Octavo, one page on Executive Mansion letterhead, partially printed. The document is dated April 9, 1894 and directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to "my proclamation of the Act of Congress approved the 6th instant, to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration at…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146748
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"the greatest statesman of our century": Rare Dag Hammarskjold Autograph
HAMMARSKJOLD, Dag.
Dag Hammarskjold Autograph.
1960.
Rare autograph of diplomat, economist, and author who served as secretary general of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash. Boldly signed "Dag Hammarskjold, 1 Februari 1960,” on a 3.5 inch by 2 inch card, which is affixed to a white 8.25 inch by 11.75 inch mount bearing an attached portrait of Hammarskjold. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117232
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Inscribed by Hillary Rodham Clinton to United States Senator Patrick Moynihan
CLINTON, Hillary Rodham.
It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to former New York United States Senator Patrick Moynihan, "To Pat- Thanks for the visit- Hillary Rodham Clinton." Clinton successfully filled the New York Senate seat left by Moynihan in 2000. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Purchased from the library of Moynihan. A nice association linking these two political icons.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 5387
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Rare Photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Signed by Them
TUTU, Desmond and The Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu Signed Photograph.
Rare photograph signed by the two Nobel Peace Prize winners. Color photograph of Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama holding hands in a joyous pose. Signed by each beneath their respective portraits. In fine condition. The piece measures 7.5 inches by 5.75 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147286
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"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other": The personal Memoirs of General William T. Sherman; from the library of his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, William T.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1891.
Early edition of this memoir from one of the most well regarded generals, “oft-consulted and much-quoted reminiscences ... Sherman wrote as he fought; dynamically and bluntly” (Nevins II, 89). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of William T. Sherman, illustrated with folding maps in each volume, his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the exterior, splitting to the interior front hinge of both volumes. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145721
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Two rare printed pamphlets regarding President James Monroe's position on the prohibition of the Slave Trade
MONROE, James.
Message From the President of the United States Stating the Interpretation Which Has Been Given To The Act Entitled “An Act in Addition to the Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade. [with] A Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred So Much of the President’s Message, of the 7th of December last, as relates to the Suppression of the Slave Trade.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1819-1826.
Two rare printed pamphlets regarding President James Monroe's position on the prohibition of the Slave Trade. Octavo. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132709
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"No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails": Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by the author, "To Ronel, Compliments and best wishes to an outstanding lady. NMandela 28.11.95." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143552
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War Memoirs of David Lloyd George; In the rare original dust jackets and an autograph note laid in
LLOYD GEORGE, David.
War Memoirs of David Lloyd George.
London: Odams Press Limited, .
First editions, early printings of the first two volumes in Lloyd George's autobiography, with an autographed letter signed of Margaret Lloyd George laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in very good dust jackets. On Lloyd George's Downing Street letterhead, the letter reads in full, "March 5th. Dear Mr. Grossmith Thank you so much for the chocolates last night. It was kind of you to send them. We thoroughly enjoyed the play. I have seen it several times, & we often hear it on the electro phone here in Downing Street. With renewed thanks from me & my daughter &…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135372
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“You will never effect real disarmament, less you renounce war, not merely on a scroll of paper but in the hearts of men”: Large Photograph of david lloyd george; Signed by Him
LLOYD GEORGE, David.
David Lloyd George Signed Photograph.
Large photograph signed by Prime Mininster David Lloyd George and by the photographer, taken by the Vandyk Studio of London. The photograph measures 14 inches by 11.25 inches. Framed. The entire piece measures 21.25 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139570
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First Edition of Liliuokalani's classic Autobiography: Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
LILIUOKALANI [HAWAII],.
Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898.
First edition of the autobiography of Hawaii's last monarch. Octavo, original cloth, with 21 plates from photographs including the double frontispiece, top edge gilt. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142337
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Rare Original Photograph of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administering the vice presidential oath of office to Dan Quayle; Signed by both O'Connor and Quayle
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day and Dan Quayle.
Sandra Day O’Connor and Dan Quayle Signed Photograph.
January 20, 1989.
Rare original photograph of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administering the vice presidential oath of office to Dan Quayle. Signed by Sandra Day O'Connor and inscribed by Dan Quayle, "Rami Lasman With Best Wishes - Dan Quayle." In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 101584
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"I HAVE FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN": A KING'S STORY, Inscribed by THE DUKE OF WINDSOR to Ambassador Henry Taylor
WINDSOR, Duke of [King Edward].
A King’s Story.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1951.
First edition of King Edward's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the his official letterhead pasted to the half-title page, "To Henry N. Taylor with best wishes and congratulations on winning the Sullivan Award of the University of Virginia Edward May 1951." The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144116
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Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen; Inscribed by Jacob A. Riis
RIIS, Jacob A. [Theodore Roosevelt].
Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen.
New York: The Outlook Company, 1904.
First edition of Riis’s campaign biography of President Roosevelt. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and decoration to the front panel, beveled edges, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States drawn by George T. Tobin, illustrated with seventeen plates of black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "William Loeb Jr. with the friendly regards of Jacob A. Riis Washington April 7 1904." The recipient, William Loeb Jr., served as assistant secretary to the President under Theodore Roosevelt from 1901-1903 and…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145330
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Rare Presentation Copy of Democracy in the World; Inscribed by David Ben-Gurion to ADMIRAL LEWIS STRAUSS
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.
March 12, 1966.
Copy of David Ben-Gurion's undelivered speech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Unable to attend, Ben-Gurion sent the text of the speech, which was then published by the Center in 1963. Octavo, sixteen loose pages stapled in the upper left corner. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Admiral Strauss in friendship D. Ben-Gurion 12.3.66." In very good condition with some creasing throughout.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145288
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Joe Biden's Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics; Inscribed by Him
BIDEN, Joe.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.
New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition, early printing of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Darlene Dolson With best wishes Joe 8.25.07." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Stevenson.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117774
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"Come Then Let Us To The Task To The Battle & The Toil each to our part each to our station": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145964
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Rare Autograph Inscription from the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A.
James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.
19th c.
Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, "Very truly yours J.A. Garfield." In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing above the inscription. Double-matted and framed with a large portrait of Garfield and an informational placard. The piece measures 28.25 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146775
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"To one of the most gallant of his officers On the happiest and most important event in his life": Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray
ROOSEVELT, Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray.
1924.
Rare engraved silverplate presentation tray. Oval silverplate tray with wire loop sides interrupted on each long side with a vacant panel, raised on flattened bun feet. Engraved in the center, "With best wishes from his old C.G. To one of the most gallant of his officers on the happiest and most important event in his life Theodore Roosevelt December 5th 1924." In near fine condition. The piece measures 3.5 inches by 19.25 inches by 11.75 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147200
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Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales; Signed and Dated by Him
KING CHARLES III, Former Prince of Wales.
King Charles III Signed Photograph.
2001.
Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff. Framed glossy color photograph of King Charles as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff, signed and dated by him "Charles 2001." In fine condition. The piece measures 11.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145406