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First Edition of Health Security: The President's Report to the American People; Inscribed by Hillary Clinton
CLINTON, Bill and Hillary.
Health Security: The President’s Report to the American People.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this work by the 42nd President of the United States and First Lady. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the front free endpaper, "To Ann Marie and Hank Dullea with best wishes Hillary Rodham Clinton." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 41032
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First edition of the first volume of Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of Winston S. Churchill: Youth: 1874-1900; complete with the Companion Volume in two parts
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1966-1967.
First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated with photographs, frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill as second lieutenant, 4th Hussars, 1895. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front and rear endpapers. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144945
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"We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more": First Edition of Giving; Signed By Bill Clinton
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson].
Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. Octavo, blue boards. Boldly signed by Bill Clinton on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 132496
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"And they said one to another, behold, this dreamer cometh": First edition of William Bradford Huie's He Slew the Dreamer; Signed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford. [Martin Luther King.
He Slew the Dreamer: My Search, With James Earl Ray, For the Truth About the Murder of Martin Luther King.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970.
First edition of the sensational journalist's report on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Bradford Huie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wenk/Schwartz.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 121041
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First Edition of The Bush Family Cookbook; Signed by George and Barbara Bush and Ariel De Guzman
BUSH, George and Barbara Bush; Ariel De Guzman.
The Bush Family Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Stories from One of America’s Great Families.
New York: Lisa Drew Books, 2005.
First edition of this collection of recipes from the Bush family. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by George and Barbara Bush, as well as the author on the half-title page. Ariel De Guzman has written in his hand, "8/06 To Jamie & Russ From the Buh's kitchen to yours - .. enjoy!" Forewords by George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jeb Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 147215
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First Edition of The path to Power; signed by Margaret Thatcher
THATCHER, Margaret. [Dennis Thatcher].
The Path to Power.
London: Harper Collins Publishers , 1995.
First edition of Thatcher's best-selling memoir, covering her life from her birth in 1925 until she became Prime Minister in 1979. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Margaret Thatcher on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with strips of sunning. Front jacket photograph: Margaret Thatcher in 1959 by Amy Milner. With four original color photographs of Thatcher at the book signing event during which she signed the book laid in.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146915
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First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
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First edition of Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; from the library of American writer and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen
BROWN, Stephen [Editor]. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Introduction by David Allen Sibley [Peter Matthiessen].
Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 2006.
First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea" (Michael…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 135489
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“World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor—it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance": John F. Kennedy's First Edition Copy of The Strategy of Peace
KENNEDY, John F.
The Strategy of Peace.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960.
First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a very good jacket. Edited by Allan Nevins.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144218
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Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell's My Mystery Ships; from the library of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
CAMPBELL, Gordon [Clement Atlee].
My Mystery Ships.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
Early printing of Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell's My Mystery Ships; from the library of United Kingdom Prime Minster Clement Attlee with his bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 134587
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First Edition of Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of Brzezinski's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Garrett Loube Design Associates.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 144069
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"he alone saved our civilisation": First edition of The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; signed by Boris Johnson
JOHNSON, Boris.
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
First edition of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's work on the the life and character of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Boris Johnson on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132034
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"he alone saved our civilisation": First edition of The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; signed by Boris Johnson
JOHNSON, Boris.
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
First edition of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's work on the the life and character of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Boris Johnson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146247
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First Edition of Albert Luthuli's Let My People Go
LUTHULI, Albert.
Let My People Go. An Autobiography.
Johannesburg and London: Collins, 1962.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Laureate. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. Introduction by Charles Hooper. A nice example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 114241
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First Edition of Renewing America's Purpose; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.
Austin, TX: Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.
First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush in a contemporary signature on the cover. In near fine condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 147230
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First edition of Stewart Alsop's The Center: People and Power in Political Washington; inscribed by him to fellow journalist William Safire
ALSOP, Stewart.
The Center: People and Power in Political Washington.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of American journalist Stewart Alsop's vivid portrait of political Washington. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Helene - Bill tells me you even got through the Supreme Court... which is more than I could ever do Best, Stew Alsop." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135146
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"He expressed the unconquerable spirit of the nation": limited edition Spode bone china Winston Churchill plate
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.].
The Churchill Plate.
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode, .
Rare limited edition Churchill Spode bone china plate. One of a limited edition of five thousand numbered plates commissioned by Thomas Goode and Co. Ltd. of London, this is number 860. The plate features a portrait of Churchill flanked by rampant lions and surrounded by a botanical gilt border. Founded by Josiah Spode in 1770, Spode pottery is renowned for perfecting the technique for transfer printing in underglaze blue on fine earthenware and credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. In fine condition. The plate measures 10.5 inches in…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117035
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First Edition of A Fresh Start for America; Inscribed by First Lady Laura Bush
BUSH, George W. [Laura Bush].
A Fresh Start for America: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush.
Austin, TX: Bush for President, Inc, 1999.
First edition of this collection of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by First Lady Laura Bush on the front free endpaper, "To Perry & Karen, with very best wishes! Laura Bush." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147237
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147852
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A World Transformed; Signed by President George Bush and Brent Scowcroft
BUSH, George H.W. & Scowcroft.
A World Transformed.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
First edition, early printing of this stimulating reflection on American foreign policy during the Bush administration. Original half cloth. Signed by President George H.W. Bush and Brent Scowcroft on a bookplate adhered to the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147251