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June 1967 Time Magazine Cover Signed by Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine, June 16. 1967.
Original cover from the June 16, 1967 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Moshe Dayan, signed by him, "M. Dayan." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a letter signed by Dayan's secretary on his Officer of the Minister of Defence letterheard dated August 14, 1967 returning the signed cover to collector Karl Peterson. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138437
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Fine pair of rare early 19th century of Regency Twelve-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
CARY, George; John and William Cary.
Pair of Regency Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
London: George and John Cary and by John and William Cary, c. 1816 and 1821.
Fine pair of rare early 19th century celestial and terrestrial table globes the cartouche of the terrestrial globe reads Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Delineated From the best Authorities extant Exhibiting the late discoveries towards the North Pole and every improvement in Geography to the present Time London Made & Sold by G & J Cary, 86 S. James's St. March 15th 1821; the cartouche of the celestial globe reads Cary's New Celestial Globe on white are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars Selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the year 1800. With the extent of each…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 141475
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Songs For Youth From Collected Verse
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Songs For Youth From Collected Verse.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1924].
First edition this selection of Kipling's songs for children. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Leo Bates. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121607
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Rare Supreme Court Ruling Document; signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.
Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.
Washington, D.C.: June 11, 1986.
Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided on July 11, 1986, the document offers Burger's opinion in the Richard Thornburgh, et al., Appellants v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. regarding the legality of a minor seeking an abortion without parental consent. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 122766
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The Albion edition of the Poetical Works of Thomas Moore; finely bound with a double fore-edge painting
MOORE, Thomas.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d..
The Albion edition of Moore's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Moore. With a double concealed fore-edge painting revealing two golfing scenes. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129405
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Typed Letter Signed by Agatha Christie.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Agatha Christie Typed Letter Signed.
May 2, 1969.
Typed letter signed by Agatha Christie to 'Mr. and Mrs. Holden' in answer to the question of how many books she has written. One page on Christie's Winterbrook House letterhead, duodecimo, the typed letter reads, '2nd May, 1969 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Holden, In answer to your question, how many books have I written, the answer is between 60-100, but I cannot tell you exactly because books of short stories differ here and in American publications. I suggest that you get Agatha Christie Mistress of Mystery by G.C. Ramsey published in America by Dodd Mead & Co of New York,…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 145287
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John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook.
C. 1961-1963.
John F. Kennedy official presidential matchbook. Official presidential matchbook, printed with John F. Kennedy's name on the front and the presidential seal on the rear, stapled and unopened with original matches. The piece measures 1.9 inches by 2.1 inches.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145325
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Queen Elizabeth II Hand-Drawn and -Colored Christmas Card Signed to Her Governess, Marion Crawford
QUEEN ELIZABETH II,.
Queen Elizabeth II Hand-Drawn and -Colored Christmas Card
c. 1930.
Queen Elizabeth II hand-drawn and colored Christmas card signed to her governess, Marion Crawford. One page, folded, illustrated with a Christmas tree traced and colored with crayon and a golden horseshoe wrapped in holly, the card reads, "To Crawfie From Lilibet." Elizabeth was given the nickname, 'Lilibet,' which was used primarily by her immediate family members with the exception of her nanny and tutor, Marion Crawford. Crawford served the royal household from 1932 to 1947 but allegedly fell out of favor with the family after the release of her memoir, 'The Little Princess: The Story of the Queen's Childhood by…
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 145365
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Rare original color photograph signed by Jacqueline Kennedy; and additionally signed by Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. as children
KENNEDY, Jacqueline; Caroline Bouvier Kennedy; John F. Kennedy Jr.
Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Photograph.
c. 1968.
Rare original color photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy with her children Caroline and John, Jr., inscribed by her on the mount, "For Billie Jean - with much love from us all Jacqueline Kennedy." Additionally signed by the young Kennedy children, "Caroline" and "John." Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to daughter Caroline on November 27, 1957. At the time, she and husband John F. Kennedy were campaigning across Massachusetts for his re-election to the Senate, and they posed with their infant daughter for the now iconic cover of the April 21, 1958, issue of Life magazine. John F. Kennedy, Jr. was born at…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 146234
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"One of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century": Rare Original Hank William's Country Hit Parade Original Songbook; Signed by Hank Williams and all four members of the Drifting Cowboys
WILLIAMS, Hank.
Hank Williams’ Country Hit Parade Original Songbook Signed.
Nashville, Tennessee: Acuff-Rose Publications, c. 1950.
Rare original songbook featuring scores to Hank Williams' most popular country songs. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, featuring 20 of Williams' most popular songs, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the front panel by Hank Williams and all four members of the final line-up of The Drifting Cowboys: steel guitarist Don Helms, fiddler Jerry Rivers, guitarist Sammy Pruett and bassist Cedric Rainwater. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Williams and his final ensemble.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 96144
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"I am afraid that 'Kaspar's Song In Varda' is one of my own compositions": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed.
September 2, 1907.
Rare autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to R. G. Von Berg. One page on Bateman's Burwash Etchingham letterhead, the letter reads in full, "Sep. 2 1907 Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the 28th Aug. I am afraid that 'Kaspar's Song In Varda' is one of my own compositions and that you will not find it in the works of your great poet. Sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling R. G. Von Berg." Also known as 'Butterflies,' 'Kaspar's Song in Varda' was a sister-poem that accompanied Kipling's short story 'Wireless,' first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1902 and later…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146537
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"let those who are really inclinable to buy, come forward, like men that are in earnest, and say what they will give": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by George Washington as the First President of the United States of America
WASHINGTON, George.
George Washington Autograph Letter Signed.
January 24, 1790.
Rare autograph letter signed by George Washington as the first President of the United States. Quarto, one page, the letter reads in full, "New York Jany 24th 1790 Sir Capt. Burnett delivered me your letter of the 18th and is so obliging as to take charge of this answer - It is my sincere opinion that the land mentioned in it is worth what I asked for it--to wit four dollars per acre and once would have sold for it; but if, in the present scarcity of cash it rather fetch that sum, let those who are really inclinable to…
Price: $65,000.00 Item Number: 141583
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Manuscript copy of the 1841 Democratic Republican Convention Proceedings; signed by Colonial American Reformer Thomas Dorr
DORR, Thomas W.
Thomas Wilson Dorr Signed January 20th 1841 Democratic Republican Convention Proceedings Document.
January 20,1841.
Rare manuscript copy of the proceedings of the January 20th 1841 Democratic Republican Convention, signed by Chairman Thomas W. Dorr. Octavo, one page, the document reads, "Resolutions. Resolved, That the members of the Convention must cordially concur in the strong recommendations of William Ennis for the post of paymaster in the Army, or purser in the Navy which have been presented by many distinguished citizens of this and other states; and they assure the President, that this appointment is most earnestly desired by the Convention, would by very generally acceptable to our citizens, and particularly gratifying to the friends of…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142568
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David Livingstone: The Great Missionary Explorer; finely bound in full morocco
[LIVINGSTONE, David].
David Livingstone: The Great Missionary Explorer.
New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, n.d. c. 1908.
Finely bound example of this anonymous work on the life of David Livingstone. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, frontispiece. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A fine example of early 20th century binding.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124055
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The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
TRESILIAN, Stuart. [Rudyard Kipling].
The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
London: Issued by The Boy Scouts Association, n.d..
Rare official collection of copyright illustration cards from Rudyard Kipling's All the Mowgli Stories. Octavo, the envelope includes 8 full color illustrations cards. The cards are in near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126993
