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Bust of Abraham Lincoln by famed artist George Bissell
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN] GEORGE BISSELL,.
Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Patinated bronze cast of Abraham Lincoln by George Bissell, one of only three commissioned by Ralph Newman for THE USS AL. Boldly signed by the artist in the back Geo. E. Bissell Sc. George Bissell was an important American sculptor working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He produced two full length statues of Lincoln: one in Edinburgh and one in Clermont, Iowa. According to the letter from Lincoln College Curator Paul Beaver, the present item is one of three copies made from the school's original Bissell bronze bust of Lincoln by the Van Dyke Galleries of Chicago…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 131044
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Bust of Abraham Lincoln by famed artist George Bissell; One of only three examples
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN] GEORGE BISSELL,.
Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Patinated bronze portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln, marked "GEO. E. BISSELL Sc GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS copyrighted," and stamped "G 47." This is one of a series of popular desktop busts of Lincoln produced by the Gorham foundry in the early part of the 20th century. In fine condition. The piece measures 18 inches in height. An exceptional piece of American history.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 133797
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EACH OF BOB WOODWARD'S FOUR VOLUMES DOCUMENTING THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENCY, INSCRIBED BY HIM TO GENERAL COLIN POWELL
WOODWARD, Bob [Colin Powell].
Bush at War, Plan of Attack, State of Denial, and The War Within: A Secret White House History.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002-2008.
First editions of each volume, inscribed by Woodward to Colin Powell. Octavo, 4 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Bush at War is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Secretary Powell Very Respectfully Bob Woodward." Plan of Attack is signed by Bob Woodward on the front free endpaper. State of Denial is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Best Wishes Bob." The War Within is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Volume IV Warmest regards Bob Woodward." Each are near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. From the library of Colin Powell.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 140438
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Handsome Bronze Bust of President Abraham Lincoln
MAVCHI, J. [Abraham Lincoln].
Bronze Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Bust length portrait bronze of President Abraham Lincoln, signed and numbered by the artist, "J. Mavchi 09/100." Mounted on a square black granite or marble base. The base measures 10.5 inches in height. The entire piece with the base measures 12.75 inches in height. In fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145312
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Rare colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament; signed by 8 British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair
THATCHER, Margaret; Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; James Callaghan; David Cameron; Edward Heath; John Major; Theresa May.
British Prime Ministers Signed New Houses of Parliament Engraving.
Rare colored engraving signed by 8 former British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. One page, a fine colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament signed on the mount by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, David Cameron, Edward Heath, John Major, Theresa May, and Margaret Thatcher. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.25 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 123644
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Rare First Edition of Britain's Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book
WINSTON CHURCHILL; CLEMENT ATLEE,.
Britain’s Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book.
London: 1947.
First edition of this tribute to President Roosevelt with contributions by Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill and Clement Atlee, a selection of excerpts from the speeches of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a biographical note illustrated with photographs. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123823
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"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First edition of this work by Dayan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. From the library of Herbert A. Friedman with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. Friedman was a Reform rabbi who served as the CEO of the United Jewish Appeal and was the founding president of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He inspired the Wexner Heritage Program seminars, which have now been educating Jewish community leaders for over two decades. He co-founded the foundation in 1985 with Leslie Wexner,…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133918
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First edition of Bloomberg by Bloomberg; inscribed by Michael Bloomberg
BLOOMBERG, Michael.
Bloomberg by Bloomberg.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1997.
First edition of Michael Bloomberg's hard-hitting autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Rona Freedland Hope you enjoy this book, Mike Bloomberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nuart, Inc. Jacket photographs by Gregory Heisler.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 110923
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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 first edition of S. Putnam Waldo's Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes and the War of the Revolution
WALDO, S. Putnam. [James Monroe; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson].
Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes and the War of the Revolution, Between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain; Comprising Sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble and Com. Alexander Murray. With Incidental Allusions to other Distinguished Characters.
Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1823.
First edition of Putnam's work dedicated to American naval heroes of the Revolutionary War including James Monroe, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown. Rare.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 120635
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Rare Original Photograph signed by President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan
CLINTON, Bill.
Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph.
1995.
Color photograph taken during the the signing of the Oslo II Accords of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan and Hosni Mubarak on the White House lawn, signed by Clinton, Arafat and Faisal Husseini. On September 28, 1995, the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was signed in Washington, D.C. This agreement, which marks the conclusion of the first stage in negotiations between Israel and the PLO, incorporates and superseded the Gaza-Jericho and early empowerment agreements. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 13 inches. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 123430
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1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore
[CLINTON, Bill].
Bill Clinton 1966 Georgetown University Yearbook.
Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University, 1966.
1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Clinton's photograph is on page 278. In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 139242
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES; SIGNED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains. Comprising “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and “The Wilderness Hunter.”
New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1899.
Signed limited first edition of this fascinating account of every species of big game in temperate North America Roosevelt has hunted. Quarto, bound in full three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands restored by J. MacDonald Company, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original silk ribbon laid-in, 55 tissue-guarded illustrations by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost, J. Carter Beard, Swain Gifford, Henry Sandham and other well-known artists throughout. One of only 1000 copies signed by Roosevelt beneath the tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of himself in Rough Rider's uniform, this is…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145341
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Photograph of Big Ben; Signed by Five British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
Big Ben Tower Signed Photograph of British Prime Ministers.
Color photograph of Big Ben Tower, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 16.25 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73058
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"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America": First Edition of Between Hope and History Inscribed By President Clinton to United Nations Ambassador Bill Richardson
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson] [Bill Richardson].
Between Hope and History.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1996.
First edition of this work by President Clinton. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Bill Richardson with thanks Bill Clinton 9-7-96." The recipient, Bill Richardson served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary under the Clinton administration. Richardson became a member of the Democratic leadership as a deputy majority whip, where he became friends with Clinton after they worked closely on several issues. For his work as a back channel to Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexico's president at the time of the negotiations, he…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 146659
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Rare glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison
[HARRISON, Benjamin].
Benjamin Harrison Glass Bust.
Rare frosted glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Mounted on a hollow glass pedestal. In near fine condition. The bust measures 5.5 inches in height. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches in height.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 135664
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Autograph military appointment signed by both former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy
MUSSOLINI, Benito .
Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III Autograph Document Signed.
1926.
Autograph military appointment signed by both former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy from 1926. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131501