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"The most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution": Rare Original 18th century printing of the Massachusetts Centinel; issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 during the presidency of George Washington
The Massachusetts Centinel. Wednesday, October 21, 1789.
Boston: Russell, Benjamin, October 21, 1789.
Number II, of Vol. XII of "the most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution", Benjamin Russell's Massachusetts Centinel, issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 (Hudson, 147). Folio, one page, folded. The issue includes front-page articles on recently enacted acts allowing compensation for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the temporary establishment of the Post-Office and appointment of a Post-Master General, both approved by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, President George Washington and Vice President John Adams on September 22nd, 1789. The issue also includes sections on Foreign Intelligence, News From France, and…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116337
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ROYAL 1961 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.
1961.
Royal 1961 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an color plate of Peter Paul Rubens' The Holy Family with Saint Francis from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 8.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137892
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"'Where is God?' Said the black girl to the missionary who had converted her?": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God; Inscribed by him and wife Charlotte to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife Eleanor
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933." Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96134
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William T. Sherman].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. P. T. Sherman's bookplate adhered to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145732
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ROYAL 1962 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal Christmas Card.
1962.
Royal 1962 Christmas and New Year Card with a mounted color photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1962” and “Philip.” In near fine condition. The card measures 9.75 by 14.5 inches.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134922
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Rare limited printing of The Atlantic Charter; printed by the busy bee; one of the most important literary publishing houses in the Netherlands
[CHURCHILL, Winston S. and Franklin Delano Roosevelt].
Atlantic Charter: August 12th 1941.
Holland: The Busy Bee, c. 1944.
Rare limited Busy Bee edition of the transatlantic statement that set forth the British and American governments' mutual economic and societal goals following the end of WWII. 12mo, original wrappers as issued. One of 100 numbered copies printed in secret in the office of the Busy Bee, this is number 73. One of the most important literary publishing houses in the Netherlands, The Busy Bee, or De Bezige Bij, was founded illegally in 1943 during the German occupation of the Netherlands by publisher Geert Lubberhuizen. Initially composed of a group of students, its first publication was a poem by Jan Campert…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 131557
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First Edition of Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911; Inscribed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
HARLAN, Malvina Shanklin; Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911.
New York: The Modern Library, 2002.
First edition of this memoir rediscovered by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Justice Ginsburg on the title page, "Best wishes to Bonnie Brewer Ruth Bader Ginsburg." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Afterword by Linda Przybyszewski. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Ginsburg.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 133534
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Inscribed Set of Herbert Hoover's Addresses Upon the American Road
HOOVER, Herbert.
Addresses Upon The American Road Complete Set.
New York: Scribners and Van Nostrand and Stanford University Press, 1938-1955.
Signed and inscribed set of President Hoover's famed addresses given upon the American Road. Octavo, 7 volumes. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Volume one is inscribed, "To my good friend Lewis Stevens from Herbert Hoover." Volume 2, "Same as volume I with affection Herbert Hoover." Volume 3, "Same as first and second volumes plus more affection Herbert Hoover." Volume 4, "What more do you want? Herbert Hoover. Volume 5, "This one marks the last of the least but has the spirit of the other four volumes H.H." Volume 5, "This is the next…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 48016
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ROYAL 1963 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1963 Christmas Card.
1963.
Royal 1963 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an engraved plate of Camillo Procaccini's The Adoration of the Shepherds from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 9.75 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 137652
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush; Additionally Signed by Rudy Giuliani
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush; George W. Bush; and Rudy Giuliani].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Boldly signed by both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Upon the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, President George W. Bush commented, "Today we remember a dark episode in our Nation's history, and we remember the leader whose life was cut short 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy dedicated himself to public service, and his example moved Americans to do more for our country. He believed in the greatness of the United States and the righteousness…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 112452
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FIRST EDITION OF SERGEANT YORK: HIS OWN LIFE STORY AND WAR DIARY; Alvin C. York's Personal Copy With His Corrections
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.
Alvin C. York's first edition copy of his autobiography, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original yellow cloth, frontispiece of a portrait of Alvin C. York, illustrated with eleven plates of black and white photographs. York's personal corrections penciled in throughout, including several notations on the front free endpaper asking the publisher to correct a list of pages, a canceled page affixed to p. 247, and several pages torn out. In very good condition, paperclip rusting to the front panel, stamp to the front free endpaper, "Please Return This Book Promptly to the…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145328
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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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"one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage": Photograph of 10 Downing Street; Signed by six British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
10 Downing Street Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of the 10 Downing Street doorway, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 65031
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"Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong": Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his administration
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration.
1860-1891.
A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents include a printed warrant for the pardon of John and Jerome Whisonant who were held at the Albany Penitentiary in 1874 signed by Grant, an 1860 one page autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill discussing misappropriated funds, an autograph quotation in the hand of 17th Vice President Schuyler Colfax, "Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong. Schuyler…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73063
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, Albert; Artist William Sharp.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, "A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960." The translation reads, "To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960." Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Howard Taft on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $3,600.00 Item Number: 146513
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First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rare First Book The Naval War of 1812
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Naval War of 1812 or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882.
Rare first edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s landmark first book. Octavo, original blue cloth, titles the spine in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 92868
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Rare original photograph of the 946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference; signed by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Jan Smuts and each other sitter
ATLEE, Clement; Ben Chifley; Walter Nash; Jan Smuts; et al.
Clement Atlee Signed 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference Photograph.
1946.
Large original photograph of the 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, signed by UK Prime Minister Clement Atlee among every other sitter. The large silver gelatin print is signed on the mount by UK Prime Minister Clement Atlee, Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Walter Nash, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, and Labour Cabinet Minister Arthur Henderson among others. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 34.5 inches by 24.5 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 137423
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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
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 three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 125088
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The author's autograph edition of Richard Byrd's Little America; Additionally inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt
BYRD, Richard Evelyn. [Eleanor Roosevelt].
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic The Flight to the South Pole.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.
Signed limited edition of Byrd’s account of his first expedition to the South Pole. Octavo, original publisher's half parchment over blue boards, with 74 illustrations and maps. Author's Autograph Edition, one of one thousand copies signed by the author and publisher on the limitation leaf, this is number 303. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor Roosevelt with the highest possible admiration and affectionate regards Dick Byrd New Years Day 1931." The recipient, Eleanor Roosevelt, first met Richard Byrd when her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Byrd, a recent…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 124132
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Rare Ulysses S. Grant Autograph; Additionally Signed by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and U.S. Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler
GRANT, Ulysses S.; Hamilton Fish; Leonard Wood; Joseph Wheeler.
Ulysses S. Grant, Hamilton Fish, Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler Autographs.
N.p., [1874-1902].
Autographs of President Ulysses S. Grant, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, and United States Army Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler. Octavo, one page. Signed by Grant, "U. S. Grant." Additionally signed and dated by Wheeler ("Joseph Wheeler Genl. USA. Apl. 11. 1902"), Wood (Leonard Wood Army Genl USA June 30th 1902"), and Fish ("Hamilton Fish Sect of State June 5/74"). In very good condition with light toning to the edges. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 146684
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Large etching of Chaim Weizmann signed by him and artist Harry S. Moskovitz
WEIZMANN, Chaim.
Chaim Weizmann Signed Etching.
Signed portrait of the renowned Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and signed by the artist Harry S. Moskovitz in lower margin. Moskovitz was a celebrated portrait painter and graphic artist whose subjects included Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. The etching measures 11 inches by 14 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 21 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1186448
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"With kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A": Harry Truman signed photograph
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1957.
Large black and white photograph of the Senate Committee investigation headed by Harry Truman into the $40 million contract for wartime planes with Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser, lengthily inscribed by Truman, "To my good friend and Committee Councilor Charles Patrick Clark, with kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A. Harry Truman, Chm, Independence, Mar. 15, '57." To the sides of the inscription Truman has listed those in attendance. In near fine condition. The photograph measures 13.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 94776
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Large Photograph Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Nelson Mandela Signed Photograph.
Original color photograph of Nelson Mandela. Boldly signed and dated "N Mandela 18.6.2000." Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 19 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 24057
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"Who was always there all the way for his Country & his President from his friend": Signed limited first Edition of The Vantage Point and additionally inscribed by him to Friend and businessman Abe Feinberg
JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines.
The Vantage Point: Perspectives on the Presidency.
New York : Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
Signed limited first edition of President Johnson's autobiography, one of 300 copies, this is number 61. Octavo, original red cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 72 pages of photographs. Signed by Lyndon Baines Johnson. Additionally inscribed by Johnson in the year of publication on the dedication page, "To Abe Feinberg who was always there all the way for his Country & his President from his friend Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ Ranch ‘Xmas ’71." The recipient Abraham Feinberg was a successful businessman with investments and businesses in New York and Israel. A supporter of Jewish causes, Feinberg is regarded as having been…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 120772
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA; with an autograph letter and 1883 warrant signed by Queen Victoria laid in
VICTORIA, Queen. Edited by Arthur Christopher and Viscount Esher.
Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from her Majesty’s Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861.
London: John Murray, 1907.
First edition set of this selection of the letters of Queen Victoria, written between 1837 and 1861. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco by Henry Southeran and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings including tissue-guarded frontispieces to each volume. Gift inscription tipped in dedicating this set to prominent Freemason and British Liberal Party politician Harry Manfield. With a partially printed Queen's Warrant dated 17 February 1883 signed by Queen Victoria and an additional note in her hand requesting the presence of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132058
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"There can be peace in the world": First edition of Growing Toward Peace; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Regina Tor.
Growing Toward Peace.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of this work by Roosevelt and Tor. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Laid in is a publicity photograph of both authors. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. This is the first example we have seen signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 5476
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed": First Edition of A History of the 90th Division in World War II; Signed by General Dwight Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
A History of the 90th Division in World War II: 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945.
Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Company , 1946.
First edition of this work on the 90th division in World II. Quarto, original leatherette boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by General Dwight Eisenhower on the title page, "To Skippe Sheppard Best wishes from Dwight D. Eisenhower." The recipient, Captain Harlo John Sheppard was in the 712th Tank Division, with his name and notes throughout. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Eisenhower, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 140008
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Rare 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Battle Flag
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Progressive Era Battle Flag: Theodore Roosevelt.
1912.
Progressive era "Battle Flag" from 1912 with a printed portrait of Theodore Roosevelt at the center surrounded by the text "Progressive/Roosevelt 1912 Battle Flag", with the initials "D & C" at the lower left. The flag measures 21 inches by 24 inches. Frustrated that he did not win the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1912, Roosevelt founded the Progressive or the "Bull Moose" party in order to challenge the Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. Both would ultimately lose to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Framed. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 78674
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RARE NINETEENTH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GARDNER, Alexander. [Abraham Lincoln].
Abraham Lincoln Portrait.
c. 1860.
Rare original painting of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. After a photograph by Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. Scottish photographer Alexander Gardner immigrated to the United States in 1856 where he became best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, and the execution of the conspirators to Lincoln's assassination. In near fine condition. In a period frame. The entire piece measures 20.75 by 16.75 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 95830
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“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT TREATISES ON WAR THAT HAS EVER BEEN WRITTEN”: FIRST EDITIONS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S THE WORLD CRISIS; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The World Crisis 1916-1918.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.
True first editions of the first two volumes of Churchill's The World Crisis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with numerous maps (many folding), charts, facsimiles, photographs. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets with light wear.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 103784
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“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for”: The complete writings of George Washington; Finely Bound
WASHINGTON, George; Jared Sparks.
The Writings of George Washington Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848-52.
The complete writings of George Washington. Octavo, 12 volumes, uniformly bound in full three quarters calf, morocco spine labels, illustrated. Editor Jared Sparks was a noted early American historian and President of Harvard College. Sparks worked as editor of the North American Review and a Unitarian pastor in Baltimore. Sparks' most notable work was his Writings of George Washington. He was an important early American Antiquarian and influential in his historical scholarship on the new nation. In very good condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 141401
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John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait; Signed by Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors
REAGAN, Ronald. [John F. Kennedy].
Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait.
1967.
Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connally, Tim Babcock, Jack Williams, Don Samuelson, John J. McKeith, Walter J. Hickel, and others. With a 13-cent "John F. Kennedy" stamp, cancelled on the anniversary of JFK's birthday, May 29th 1967. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 16.5 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94707
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"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends": First Editions of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Each Inscribed by President Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.
New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.
First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Includes: Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941. Includes an original photograph of Hoover with his Belgian shepherd King Tut. An exceptional set, uncommon signed and in the first printing.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94356
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"The herculean task of the United States Government today is to take care that its citizens have the necessities of life" Veto Message of PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; SIGNED BY HIM
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.
Washington, D.C.: United States Government, 1935.
Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 4680
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"The greatest Lady of This Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed": First Edition of Ojike's My Africa; Inscribed by Him to Eleanor Roosevelt
OJIKE, Mbonu [Eleanor Roosevelt].
My Africa.
New York: The John Day Company, 1946.
First edition of this work by the Nigerian novelist and nationalist, inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eleanor Roosevelt The greatest Lady of this Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed. Mbonu Ojike." Bookplate of Eleanor Roosevelt, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 102465
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First Edition of Arms and the Covenant; Signed by Randolph Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Randolph Churchill.
Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: George G. Harrap, 1938.
First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill's son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill." In near fine condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 115632
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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves": First Edition of Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama; Signed by Him
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA,.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama.
New York : Harper Collins, 1990.
First edition of The Dalai Lama's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147186
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Large black and white photograph of the Roosevelt Luncheon at Lordvale, the home of industrialist Henry Worcester Smith in Grafton, Massachusetts; Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph.
1909.
Large black and white photograph of the Roosevelt Luncheon at Lordvale, the home of industrialist Henry Worcester Smith in Grafton, Massachusetts, held on September 1st 1916. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt on the lower right corner of the photograph, "Theodore Roosevelt." Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches. The entire piece measures 21 inches by 19.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 88168
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“one of the transcendent moral influences of our century" (John F. Kennedy) Albert Schweitzer's Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography; Inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949.
First edition, early printing of the Nobel laureate's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the recto of a photograph to Miss Margaret Lial and additionally inscribed and signed by him in French on verso and additionally inscribed by conductor and pianist Antonia Brico. The Dutch born conductor and pianist, Antonia Brico had an enduring friendship with Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the organ-playing doctor who practiced medicine in the wilds of Africa. The two shared a love of Bach’s music, and she detoured home from an engagement in Europe to visit Schweitzer in Africa in 1950. This…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140103