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Cosway Style Binding by Bayntun of John Fyvie's Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era
FYVIE, John [Cosway].
Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era. [Cosway].
London: Archibald Constable, 1916.
Octavo, bound in full dark blue morocco Cosway-style binding by Bayntun. Both the front and rear panels with a double gilt fillet border around an inner border incorporating ornamental cornerpieces, upper cover set with an oval portrait miniature of an actress under glass, within an ornamental gilt border, lower cover with panel border; raised bands, gilt lettered in two compartments, a repeated ornamental panel in the rest; board edges gilt dotted, turn-ins gilt, doublures and both endpapers of dark blue watered silk, all edges gilt. Extra-illustrated with 10 additional plates. In fine condition. Housed in a felt-lined modern cloth box.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 27030
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MANDELA, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg.
Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.
Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela, Dr. Moroka, and Yusuf Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign Trial of 1952. Signed by both Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 4054
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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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Rare First Edition of I Am Prepared to Die; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
I Am Prepared to Die.
Kent: A.G. Bishop & Sons, Ltd, c. 1965.
Rare first edition of Mandela's Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed and dated on the front panel, "Mandela 15.3.06." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147121
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"THE FIRST CASUAL PORTRAIT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT": Rare casual color portrait of the 1977 Burger Court; signed by nine supreme court justices
BURGER, Warren; John Paul Stevens; Lewis F. Powell Jr.; Harry A. Blackmun; William H. Rehnquist; Thurgood Marshall; Warren E. Burger; Wm J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart; Byron R. White.
Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph.
c. 1977.
Large color photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices and referred to as "first casual portrait of the US Supreme Court." The full color photo print of the famed photograph taken on January 10, 1977 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices casually sitting or leaning on a set of library tables is signed in the lower margin, "John Paul Stevens," "Lewis F. Powell, Jr.," "Harry A. Blackmun," "William H. Rehnquist," "Thurgood Marshall," "Warren E. Burger," Wm J. Brennan, Jr.," "Potter Stewart," and "Byron R. White." The image measures 17 inches by 11.25 inches. The entire piece measures 20…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145513
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Black and White Photograph Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip; from the Royal 1954 Christmas Card
ELIZABETH II, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.
1954.
Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, signed by Queen Elizabeth II, "Elizabeth R 1954" and Prince Philip, "Philip." Removed from the official Royal 1954 Christmas card. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. Matted and attractively framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145203
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The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage; signed by John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1957.
Cardinal edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work; the Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy; signed by John F. Kennedy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by John F. Kennedy on the verso of the front panel. Accompanied by a photograph album of various locations within the yacht. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example with provenance.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 134268
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Clement Attlee's Personal Scrapbook of his Tour of the United States of America; Inscribed to Him by Harry S. Truman
ATTLEE, Clement; [Harry S. Truman].
A Tour of the United States of America.
1959.
The only copy of this beautiful record of the friendship between The Right Honourable Clement 'Earl' Attlee and President Harry S. Truman. Folio, original presentation faux leather boards with gilt fascimile lettering and ruling to the front panel, bound with green velvet rope, silver patterned engdpapers, original photographs and news clippings throughout. Inscribed by Harry S. Truman to Clement Attlee, "To my good friend Lord Attlee, with kindest regards and highest admiration for his public service and his contribution to the peace of the world. Harry Truman. Independence, Missouri October 28, 1959." Clement Attlee served as Prime Minister of the…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145339
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First Quarto edition of Washington Irving's Monumental The Life of George Washington
IRVING, Washington.
The Life of George Washington.
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1855-59.
First edition of Irving's monumental biography of George Washington. Quarto, bound in half crushed red levant with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 47 hand-colored plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. One of one hundred and ten numbered copies of the quarto edition, this is number forty-five. In near fine condition. An attractive example of this rare work.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 129307
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The American Flag that was flown over the United States Capitol during the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama
[OBAMA, Barack].
Barack Obama Inauguration Flag.
2009.
The American Flag that was flown over the United States Capitol during the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Flag, housed in the original box. Accompanied by a presentation certificate from Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers. In near fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 132991
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"If it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land": First edition of Paul G. Kauper's Religion and Constitution; lengthily inscribed by Bill Clinton to his former high school principal Johnnie Mae Mackey
KAUPER, Paul G. (Bill Clinton).
Religion and the Constitution.
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
First edition of this collection of lectures devoted to contemporary questions regarding religion in its relation to the constitutional order. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Bill Clinton on the front free endpaper, "5 - 14 - 66 Georgetown University To Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mackey, This little book is a glowing testimonial to the freedom of man in America and the efforts of our judges to perpetuate and insure that freedom to every man. But if it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land. May I make my small contribution…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 95273
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Rare Original The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner; Signed by John F. Kennedy as President
KENNEDY, John F.
The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner [John F. Kennedy Signed Program].
1961.
The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner held at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on December 5, 1961, boldly signed by President John F. Kennedy and college Hall of Famer Marshall Goldberg below. President John F. Kennedy gave the address at the annual awards dinner for the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. During the banquet the President received the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal for his promotion of the role of athletics in the development of civic and political leadership. In his speech President Kennedy congratulated the University of Alabama’s football team for…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 124804
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"I am afraid there can be no question of my releasing Volume I before the 15th November": Excellent typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to friend and publisher Desmond Flower regarding the publication of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
1955.
Excellent typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill. On Churchill's Chartwell letterhead, the return address of which has been corrected to La Cappocina, Cap d'Ail, A.m. The letter is dated 27 October, 1955, addressed to Desmond Flower, and reads: My dear Desmond, I am afraid there can be no question of my releasing Volume I before the 15th November. I have had Hodge and Kelly out here, and we have been working very hard. There is plenty of time. I am sorry if this should cause you inconvenience. Yours very sincerely, "Winston Churchill P.S. I have to read page 2…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 119601
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First Edition of The New Nationalism; Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The New Nationalism
New York: The Outlook Company, 1910.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mr. J.E. Rhodes Theodore Roosevelt Jan 19th 1911." In near fine condition. With an introduction by Ernest Hamlin Abbott.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145785
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Harry Truman Signed Cabinet
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman and His Cabinet Signed Photograph.
1945.
Signed photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet meeting on August 10, 1945, after the Japanese Surrender. Photograph is signed in the order the men are sitting, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis; Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley; Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace; Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 67008
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The Major Works of Winston Churchill; Finely Bound
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary First Edition. Complete 25 Volume Set comprising: The Second World War: A History of the English Speaking Peoples: The War Speeches: The World Crisis: Marlborough His Life and Times: Lord Randolph Churchill: My Early Life.
London: Centenary First Edition: In arrangement with Hamlyn, Harrap, Cassell, 1974.
Finely bound set of the major works of Churchill. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full dark red pebble grained leather with black title panels on spines, raised bands with the initial WSC, elaborate border to the front panel, all edges are gilt, silk endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps, frontispiece plates. In fine condition.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140428
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Rare original typographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln composed of his Emancipation Proclamation
LINCLON, Abraham; Designed and written by W.H. Pratt. Lithograph by A. Hageboeck.
Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Typographic Portrait.
Davenport, Iowa: 1865.
Original typographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln composed of his Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 26.5 inches by 19 inches. An exceptional piece, a rare and desirable piece of Americana.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 95831
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From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First edition of Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage; inscribed by Milton C. Regan to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
REGAN, Milton C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of Regan's interdisciplinary work examining the legal implications of marriage and divorce. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Justice Ginsburg - From one teacher to another. Warm wishes, Mitt, June 1999." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed "the Notorious R.B.G." (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146023
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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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"To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard": First Edition of The Lyndon Johnson Story; inscribed by Lyndon Johnson to his vice president Hubert Humphrey
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey].
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey took office on January 20, 1965, ending the 14-month vacancy of the Vice President of the United States, which had remained empty when then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140814
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Presentation copy of Winston Churchill's The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission; inscribed by Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Later printing of Churchill's acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 7 plates, one folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To E.A. Allen from Winston S. Churchill Christmas 1946." In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145060
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Rare collection of printed and manuscript documents signed by the first 28 Governors of Pennsylvania
MIFFLIN, Thomas; Thomas McKean; William Findley; Joseph Hiester; et al.
Collection of 28 Autographs of the First Governors of Pennsylvania.
c. 1798-1908.
Rare collection of printed and manuscript documents, signed by the first 28 (of 29) Governors of Pennsylvania, being a near continuous representation of the office from its establishment in 1790 with the first Governorship of Thomas Mifflin, up until the 1930s with the 29th Governorship of Gifford Pinchot. Quarto, each document is tipped in to a paper folder with calligraphic title (many with engraved portraits), and housed in a quarter blue gilt morocco presentation box with a gilt gift inscription to the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania, George Howard Earle III (1890-1974), from the "Wizard of Washington" and Democratic Party politico, Emil Hurja…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 142634
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First South African Edition of Long Walk to Freedom; Signed by Nelson Mandela and Mac Maharaj, who transcribed this volume
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition 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, "NMandela 15.3.06" and additionally signed by "Mac Maharaj 20 Sept 2007" on the verso of the front free endpaper. Maharaj was a political activist and member of the then banned South African Communist Party, who worked in a clandestine manner on anti-apartheid activities with Nelson Mandela. In July 1964, Maharaj was arrested in Johannesburg, charged and convicted with four others including Laloo Chiba and Wilton Mkwayi on charges of sabotage in the little Rivonia…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140892
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“THE DEBUT OF AN EXCITING NEW TALENT”: CHURCHILL’S FIRST BOOK, THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.
First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of them folding and in color. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 129393
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Rare original printing of The Gazette of the United States, issued on July 29, 1789
Gazette of the United States. No. XXXI. Wednesday, July 29, 1789.
New York: John Fenno, July 29, 1789.
Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States, issued during the presidency of George Washington on July 29, 1789. Folio, one page, folded, this issue includes a the following articles, many continued from previous issues: Sketch of the Political State of America, Original Specimens of Eloquence, Foreign and Domestic Miscellaneous Articles, and Sketches of Proceedings of Congress approved by G. Washington, President of the United States. In near fine condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 116728
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“THE DEBUT OF AN EXCITING NEW TALENT”: CHURCHILL’S FIRST BOOK, THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.
First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of them folding and in color. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 133224
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RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING OF THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, ISSUED ON Wednesday, August 19, 1789
Gazette of the United States. No.XXXVII. Wednesday, August 19, 1789.
New York: John Fenno, Wednesday, August 19, 1789.
Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States, issued during the presidency of George Washington on August 19, 1789. Folio, one page, folded, this issue includes a the following articles, many continued from previous issues: Extract of a Letter on Weights, The Bow, By Express From Paris, and Sketches of the Proceedings of Congress in the House of the Representatives of the United States, an Act for the Establishment of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers approved by George Washington as President of the United States, and the obituary of George Washington Knox. In very good condition with…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 116518
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First edition, first printing of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; inscribed by Bill Clinton and signed by Jimmy Carter
KENNEDY, John F. [Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter].
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work with the publisher's code M-E to the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Clinton on the half-title page, "To Adrienne Rogers Best wishes Bill Clinton" and signed by Jimmy Carter, "J Carter." In fine condition. A unique association copy.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145067
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First Edition of Taft Papers on League of Nations; Signed by President William Howard Taft
TAFT, William Howard; Theodore Marburg; Horace E. Flack.
Taft Papers on League of Nations.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.
First edition of this collection of speeches and articles by President William Howard Taft from May 1915 to the adoption of the revised Paris Covenant on April 28, 1919. Octavo, original publisher's tan cloth, red leather spine label. Signed by Taft on the front free endpaper. In very good condition with light toning to the spine, light bumping to the corners. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146671
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"The first full-sized marble statue in New England": Fine terracotta pedestrian statue of George Washington, after Sir Francis Chantrey's Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826
CHANTREY, Sir Francis. [George Washington].
Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826. [Sir Francis Chantrey George Washington Terracotta Pedestrian Statue].
c. 1850.
Fine terracotta statue of President George Washington, after Sir Francis Chantrey's Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826. Terracotta. In 1818, the Washington Monument Association commissioned Francis Chantrey to sculpt a pedestrian statue of George Washington in white marble. Unveiled in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House in November 1827, it was the first sculpture to be placed in the then new State House and the first full-sized marble statue in New England. In fine condition. The statue measures 14.75 inches in height.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 123164
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"I am a part of everything that I have read": First Editions of The Winning of the West; Inscribed by President Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Winning of the West.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899.
First editions of the first three books in President Theodore Roosevelt’s monumental work. Octavo, three volumes of four bound in half cloth with gilt titles to the spines, top edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roosevelt on the front free endpaper of volume I, "James Carleton Young Esq with regards of the author, Theodore Roosevelt." The recipient, James Carleton Young was a book collector known as the "King of Books" for his collection of tens of thousands of books, many of which were signed. In his later years, the volume and complexity of his collection required a full-time staff to…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146672
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War; Bound in Full Morocco by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt, signature to the front panel of each volume, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137185
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"I visited Burma in 1961. I met Prime Minister U Nu. We discussed Buddhism": Autograph Letter Signed by David Ben-Gurion regarding his 1961 visit to Burma
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed.
1965.
Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Addressed to Dr. Martin Rywell, editor of Listen Magazine published in Harriman, Tennessee, the letter reads, "Sdeh. Boker, 22.6.65 Dear Dr. Martin Rywell, Only the first part of the story you mention in your letter is true. I visited Burma in 1961. I met Prime Minister U Nu. We discussed Buddhism but the story about "a trick" is a pure invention. D. Ben-Gurion." The letter refers to Ben Gurion's two-week sojourn to Burma in 1961, which marked one of the longest official trips abroad for an…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95287
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"Every history that has been written since has derived all its light from this, and followed its guidance in every question of importance": Rare first edition, first issue of Francis Bacon's The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh
BACON, Sir Francis.
The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh.
London: Printed by Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622.
Scarce first edition, first issue of Sir Francis Bacon's influential history of the reign of King Henry VII with "Highnesse" at the conclusion of the dedication and “souldiers” (3, line 12) (Pforzheimer 32; STC 1159). Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges red, woodcut frontispiece portrait of Henry VII, elaborate architectural borders to the title page, woodcut headpieces and initials. From the library of book collector Frederick Spiegelberg with his bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition,…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 114526
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Signed Engraving of Ulysses S. Grant
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Engraving.
Washington, D.C: 1871.
Portrait engraving of President Ulysses S. Grant. Boldly signed U.S. Grant. The engraving measures 5.5 inches by 4 inches. This portrait engraving produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In near fine condition, affixed to an 8 inch by 10 inch sheet bearing a small note. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches 18 inches.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 44047
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“THE MOST IMPORTANT SERIES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL DEBATES”: RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
LINCOLN, Abraham.
Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.
Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.
First edition, first issue of the most famous debates in American history which cemented Lincoln as a national presidential candidate. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind. First issue, with no rule above the publisher's imprint on the copyright page, no advertisements, and numeral 2 at the bottom of page 17. In very good condition with some loss to the crown and foot of the spine, light rubbing to the extremities, a few tiny closed tears to the top edge, bookplate to the front pastedown, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom folding chemise and half morocco…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145433
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"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me": First British Edition of Long Walk To Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom.
London: Little Brown and Company, 1994.
First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Dear Lynne, with thanks. Nelson Mandela 27.2.97." The recipient was the realtor who sold Nelson Mandela his estate in Houghton, Johannesburg; where he passed away in 2013. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 4426
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The Sisterhood; FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG Inscribed by Marcia Cohen to Her
COHEN, Marcia [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Sisterhood: The Inside Story of the Women’s Movement and the Leaders Who Made it Happen.
Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2009.
Early edition of this brilliant record of feminist history, with a new foreword by the author, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, "To the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg [sic] with years of gratitude - Marcia Cohen, 8/25/2017." The recipient, American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146275
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Christine Stansell's City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860; Inscribed by Stansell to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
STANSELL, Christine; [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987.
Early printing of this historical analysis of the laboring women of New York. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Christine Stansell on the half-title page, "To Justice Ginsburg From the Class of New Magistrate Judges 2018. With gratitude For your warm welcome to the Federal Judiciary." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146930
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"one of the most remarkable books ever written": First Editions of Jawaharlal Nehru's Glimpses of History
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Glimpses of World History: Two Volume Set.
Allahabad: Printed by M.N. Pandey , 1934-35.
First editions of "one of the most remarkable books ever written" (The New York Times). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In very good condition. Foreword by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. First editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 89875