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Fine Joseph Alexander Ames oil portrait of George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army; signed and dated by the artist
AMES, Joseph Alexander. [George Washington].
Portrait of General George Washington.
1862.
Fine oil portrait of George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by Joseph Alexander Ames. Oil on canvas, the portrait depicts Washington in profile in his Continental Army uniform. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner, " J. Ames 1862." Ames, a self-taught artist born in 1816 in Roxbury, New Hampshire, was known for his portraits and genre scenes. He was influenced by Washington Allston's "old master" techniques, which is evident in the rich, layered colors and detailed rendering of this portrait. Ames's works were exhibited in prominent venues such as the Boston Athenaeum…
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 149202
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"All persons held as slaves within any State shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free": Rare first War Department and fifth overall printing of the Emancipation Proclamation
[LINCOLN, Abraham].
[Emancipation Proclamation]. General Orders, No. 1. War Department Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, January 2, 1863.
Washington: Government Printing Office, January 2, 1863.
Rare first War Department and fifth overall printing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Twelvemo, General Orders No. 1 extracted from the larger volume of orders for 1863, 4 pages, disbound. President Lincoln had intended to issue the order earlier in 1862 but deliberately delayed its release until after the Union's strategic victory at Antietam, at which point he announced the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. (General Order No. 139, September 22, 1862) which declared that all slaves held in rebelling states would be forever free from the first day of January 1863. The text of the final Emancipation Proclamation, present in this order, is noted…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 149486
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First Edition of Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965; signed by Gemini Astronauts Michael Collins, James Lovell, Edward H. White II, Frank Borman, Jim McDivitt, and Clifton Williams
COLLINS, Michael; James Lovell; Edward H. White II; Frank Borman; Jim McDivitt; Clifton Williams.
Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965.
Indialantic, Florida: C.W. Scarboro, 1965.
First edition of this visual chronicle documenting the early development of the U.S. space program at Cape Canaveral. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by six Gemini astronauts on the dedication page: Michael Collins, James Lovell, Edward H. White II, Frank Borman, Jim McDivitt, and Clifton Williams. Foreword by Kurt H. Debus. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed, especially by Edward White who passed away in 1967.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 148483
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The Limited Edition Club signed limited edition of Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame De Paris; One of 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Frans Masereel
HUGO, Victor. Translated by Jessie Haynes. Critical Introduction by Andrew Lang.
Notre-Dame De Paris.
Paris: Printed By R. Coulouma For The Members of The Limited Editions Club, 1930.
The Limited Edition Club signed limited edition of Hugo's masterpiece. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher's wrappers, with wood-cut illustrations by Frans Masereel. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, this is number 1316. Fine in the original publisher's glassine dust jackets which are in fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 149724
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"Follow after - we are waiting, by the trails that we lost, for the sounds of many footsteps, for the tread of a host": Signed Limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English; one of 500 numbered copies signed by illustrator W. Heath Robinson
KIPLING, Rudyard; Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson..
A Song of the English.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1909.
Signed limited edition of Kipling's collection of songs of the seas and cities, elaborately illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, original publisher's full pictorial vellum decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with 30-tipped in plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this is number 218. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148683
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Rare first edition of the official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor of 1792; with the rare folio atlas volume
STAUNTON, Sir George. [Sir George Macartney].
An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, In Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary.
London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797.
Rare first edition of the official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, the failure of which led to the establishment of the British trading post at Hong Kong. Three volumes (two quarto volumes of text and one folio atlas volume of plates) bound by Clarke Preston in full diced calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Quarto volumes illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces of Emperor Tchien Lung and the Earl of Macartney, one plate and 26 engraved tailpiece illustrations. The atlas volume contains 44 engraved plates, maps and charts, including one folding, and 7…
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 149247
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FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, MARK TWAIN'S THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER; IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1876.
First edition of one of the great masterpieces of American literature and Twain's best-selling book. Octavo, original blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, illustrated with frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by True Williams and others, second issue with the half-title and frontispiece printed on the same leaf. The first and second printings were only 5,000 copies each. (MacDonnell; BAL 3369). In near fine condition. With the gilt and black-stamping exceptionally well preserved. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 149830
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First Edition of this classic Arms and the Covenant; inscribed by Winston Churchill and in the rare original dust jacket
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
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 important collection of speeches, a forerunner to Churchill’s classic war speech volumes, which sets the stage for them. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Presentation copy, inscribed by Winston S. Churchill on the front free endpaper, "To George from Winston. August 1938." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in good condition. Edited by Randolph Churchill. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 148479
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First Edition of James M. McPherson's Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction; Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Chris Ripple Regards from James McPherson." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James M. Wall.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 149848
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"Audubon's definitive study of American four-footed wildlife... the most successful color-plate book produced in America in the 19th century": Rare first octavo edition of John James Audubon’s The Quadrupeds of North America
AUDUBON, John James and the Rev. John Bachman.
The Quadrupeds of North America.
New-York: Published by V. G. Audubon, 1849-1854.
First octavo edition in the rare original morocco of Audubon’s famed Quadrupeds, the most successful color-plate book produced in America in the 19th century. Tall octavos, three volumes in the original publisher's elaborately blind-stamped and gilt-lettered brown full morocco, all edges gilt, illustrated with 155 hand-colored tissue-guarded lithographic plates. In very good condition. A very nice example, rare and desirable in the publisher's full morocco.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 149375
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First Edition of Henry Green's Loving; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GREEN, Henry.
Loving.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1945.
First edition of the author's classic work, which was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century by Modern Library. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the verso. Edward Robinson name to the front free endpaper, name to the title page. Jacket design by John Piper. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 149845
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First Edition of The Spirit of St. Louis; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh in the month of publication to legendary environmentalist Marjory Douglas
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.
First edition of Lindbergh's autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the title page, "To Marjory Douglas, with admiration and best wishes Charles A. Lindbergh Sept. 1953 Publication date is Sept. 14th." The recipient Marjory Douglas was a journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. She lived to 108, working until nearly the end of…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149841
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"I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1886.
First English edition, cloth issue of Stevenson’s classic work, printed simultaneously in wrappers. Octavo, original publisher's salmon cloth with black lettering to the front panel, olive green patterned endpapers. From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. In very good condition.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 148204
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Rare Wilson Official NFL football signed by President Bill Clinton
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson].
Bill Clinton Signed Football.
1993.
Rare Wilson Official NFL football signed and dated by and as the 42nd president of the United States, "Bill Clinton 5-18-93." Clinton is an avid fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks, his home state's college football team, and has been noted for using football analogies in his speeches. As President, Clinton hosted Super Bowl watch parties at the White House in 1993, 1994, 1997, and 2000, and at Camp David in 1999. JSA authentication sticker affixed to football. In fine condition. Housed in a custom plastic case.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 148488
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"the most finely printed of the early editions of don quixote and the first edition printed in northern europe": rare and significant first brussels edition of cervantes' masterpiece don quixote
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Brussels: Por Roger Velpius, 1607.
Rare first Brussels edition and seventh edition overall of the first part of Cervantes' unparalleled masterpiece, considered the most finely printed of the editions to date (from initial publication in Madrid in 1605 until this printing of 1607) and the edition that introduced the text to Northern Europe. Octavo, finely bound in full early mottled calf, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its ‘variety, liveliness, and gibes at…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 149255
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"In the airport business, a handshake is often more binding than a legal document": First Edition of Airport; inscribed by Arthur Hailey to President Gerald R. Ford
HAILEY, Arthur [President Gerald R. Ford].
Airport.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968.
First edition of the author's New York Times bestselling third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to Gerald R. Ford on the second free endpaper, "For Congressman Gerald R. Ford I hope this book may be of interest, and perhaps the one to follow it - set in Detroit, Michigan...With Thanks and all good wishes Arthur Hailey and Family July 1969." The recipient, Gerald R. Ford, was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed office following the Watergate scandal and sought to restore public trust in government through…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 148462
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"In the twentieth century, the influence of Robert Moses on the cities of America was greater than that of any other person": The Power Broker; Signed By Robert A. Caro
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
Later printing of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Robert A. Caro on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 149777
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY; finely bound in full morocco by the harcourt bindery
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955-1957.
Complete set of each title in Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Tolkien to each front panel, gilt scrolled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, folding map at rear of each volume. Each volume is a fourth impression. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 149630
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Until August; Signed three times by Legendary Designer Chip Kidd
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia [Chip Kidd].
Until August.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
First edition of this extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Anne McLean. Edited by Christobol Pera.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 149873
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Rare Remington Model 1871 Rolling Block Target Pistol; From the Collection of General William T. Sherman
[GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.
General Sherman’s Remington Model 1871 Rolling Block Target Pistol.
1871.
Rare Remington rolling block target pistol from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Remington altered model 1871 with a 10 inch round barrel, approximately 32 caliber, and buckhorn sight. The pistol possibly dates from Sherman's time in Egypt when he was commissioned by Khedive Isma'il Pasha to reorganize and modernize the Egyptian military. In very good condition. The piece measures 14.5 inches.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 147825