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Official Peace Corps Act Page; Signed by President John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Peace Corps Act Page.
September 22, 1961.
Seventh page of an official printing of 'An Act to provide for a Peace Corps to help the peoples of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for skilled manpower.' One page, boldly signed in the lower margin by President John F. Kennedy. In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 10 inches. This section of the document outlines the general powers and authorities granted to the president under the act, and it appears to be from a printer's proof of the act: an erroneous quotation mark next to part "(d)" is circled in pencil, which…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145801
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George Frideric Handel's XXIV Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts as they were Perform'd at the King's Theatre
HANDEL, George Frideric.
XXIV Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts as they were Perform’d at the King’s Theatre [AND] Six Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts from the Oratorios.
London: Printed for I. Walsh, c. 1760.
Rare second and third edition collection of overtures by the greatest composer of the "high baroque" style. Quarto, five volumes, original half calf over marbled boards with hand-written paper labels to the front panel, engraved throughout with sheet music. The collection includes three volumes containing a second edition of XXIV Overtures as they were Perform'd at the King's Theatre, a second set of XXIV Overtures for Violins &c. in Eight Parts from the Oratorios, and the 9th and 10th collections of Six Overtures; one volume containing just the second edition of XXIV Overtures at the King's Theatre and the second…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146573
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Rare Original September 15, 1967 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Former President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu
THIEU, Nguyen Van.
Nguyen Van Thieu Signed Time Magazine Cover.
August 27, 1968.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the September 15, 1967 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Nguyen Van Thieu painted by Boris Chaliapin. Boldly signed and dated by Thieu as President at the lower left, "Thieu Aug. 27th 1968." In near fine condition with mail folds and clipping to the edges. Signed pieces from Thieu are exceptionally rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146627
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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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"Oh, friend of my heart, it is good to see you": Rudyard Kipling's In Black and White
KIPLING, Rudyard.
In Black and White.
New York: Hurst and Company, n.d..
Rare separate edition of this classic Kipling tale, which first appeared in Soldiers Three. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 123071
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Rare George Orwell Autographed Letter Signed
ORWELL, George.
George Orwell Autographed Letter Signed.
June 1944.
Rare autographed letter signed by George Orwell signed to Amy Charlesworth Byrne detailing his usual weekly routines between his home and the offices of Tribune, in order to make lunch arrangements to meet her and her husband, also promising her a book ("...I'll try & find a copy of 'Burmese Days for you. These Penguins are sold out as soon as published nowadays, but I believe I have a few copies somewhere... signed E. Blair"), one page, 10a Mortimer Crescent, London NW6, 23 June 1944. Amy Charlesworth, with whom Orwell had corresponded in 1937, had now married her second husband…
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 142004
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Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED Green MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
BALZAC, Honore de.
Eugenie Grandet I.
Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.
Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac's short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130184
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RARE ELABORATELY ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A 16TH CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS DEPICTING THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE SHEPHERDS
Illuminated 16th Century French Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf. [The Annunciation of the Shepherds].
Paris: c. 1500.
Rare illuminated leaf from a 16th Century French Book of Hours, likely executed by Gilles and Germain Hardouyn. The detailed miniature is elaborately decorated with gold leaf and depicts the Annunciation of the Shepherds on the recto. The verso contains text, illuminated initials and elaborate decorated borders. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 8.5 inches by 5.25 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132104
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen, octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates, the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling, wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 91369
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"This faint resemblance of thy charms, though strong as mortal art could give": Finely bound collection of the Poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by an elaborately engraved plate
LORD BYRON. DRAWINGS BY CHALON, Leslie.
Heath’s Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron, From Drawings by The First Artists.
London: A. Fullarton, And Co, c.1830.
Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95864
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin Postcard Signed to Stuttgart publishers Levy & Müller
ZEPPELIN, Ferdinand von.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin Autograph Postcard Signed.
Friedrichshafen: November 2, 1908.
Autograph postcard signed, in German, by Ferdinand von Zeppelin to Stuttgart publishers Levy & Müller thanking them for sending 6 copies of his book, 'Zeppelins Kampf und Sieg,' first published by them in 1908. Small duodecimo, original stamped envelope, illustrated with a photograph of the LZ 4 airship by Eduard Schwarz. In near fine condition with some toning to the postcard and envelope. Accompanied by an autograph postcard from publisher Eric Levy signed, in German, to Gertie Levy hoping to find her healthy, mentioning his having rested in Zürich. Small duodecimo, post stamped with a cancelled 20-centime 'Helvetia' featuring Wilhelm Tell,…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145305
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THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON'S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS
THOMSON, Charles. [George Washington].
George Washington’s Commission as General and Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies.
Philadelphia: June 19, 1775.
One of only two originals of George Washington's Commission as General and Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies; the Ahlstrom discovery, the only duplicate of Washington's own document now in the Library of Congress. One-page, oblong folio on sheepskin vellum, autograph document signed, entirely in the hand of Charles Thomson Secretary of the Continental Congress (including the signature of John Hancock which Thomson copied from the original document), appointing George Washington as General and Commander in Chief of the army of the United Colonies, Philadelphia, 19 June 1775. The document reads in full, "In Congress The…
Price: $975,000.00 Item Number: 145372
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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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Rare Autograph Document Signed by Andrew Jackson as President
JACKSON, Andrew.
Andrew Jackson Autograph Document Signed.
December 6, 1830.
Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. One page partially printed on vellum the document is dated November 11, 1830 and officially grants Scott Riggs a 72-acre land parcel in Springfield, Illinois. Signed at the conclusion "Andrew Jackson" and "Elijah Hayward" with the white paper paper seal to the lower left corner. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 by 13.5 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 104206
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Kenneth Grahame's The Golden Age; finely bound
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Golden Age.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, c. 1920.
Finely bound example of the author of Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame's collection of short stories for children. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 111086