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First Edition of Rosalynn Carter's First Lady From Plains; Signed by Her
CARTER, Rosalynn.
First Lady from Plains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
Early printing of the Rosalynn Carter’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 74093
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First Edition of Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary
MCCORD, David T.
Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.
First edition of this work published in celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Harvard College. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt Harvard Shield to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 102998
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Second Revised edition of Frederick Woods' Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill
WOODS, Frederick.
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill.
London: Library of Imperial History in association with Kaye and Ward Ltd., 1975.
Second revised edition of Woods’ authoritative bibliography of Churchill’s works. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in, frontispiece photograph of Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 114829
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First Edition of Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition of Herbert Hoover’s challenge to Roosevelt’s New Deal arguing it abandoned “the heritage of liberty.” Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 119982
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"A priest has as much liberty to proselytize as a patriot": First Edition of Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice
SCALIA, Antonin.
Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court’s Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice.
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2004.
First edition of this collection of opinions from Justice Scalia. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and interior design by Kristina Rutledge Phillips. Edited and with Commentary by Kevin A. Ring.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 101926
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Betty: A Glad Awakening; Signed by Betty Ford
FORD, Betty.
Betty: A Glad Awakening.
New York : Doubleday, 1987.
Early printing of the first lady’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Betty Ford on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 76338
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Jimmy Carter's Talking Peace; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation.
New York : Dutton Children's Book, 1993.
Early printing of this work by President Carter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Julie Metz.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 120782
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First Edition of Betty: A Glad Awakening; Signed by Betty Ford
FORD, Betty.
Betty: A Glad Awakening.
New York : Doubleday, 1987.
First edition of the first lady’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Betty Ford on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 44005
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First Edition of Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look at American Foreign Policy
GOLDWATER, Barry.
Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look at American Foreign Policy.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of this work by Senator Goldwater. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Barry Goldwater on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $70.00 Item Number: 103493
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"It is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in": Original Life Magazine of Winston Churchill’s Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
New York: Life Magazine, 1956.
Original Life Magazine of Churchill’s classic history. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 122433
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition, later printing of the 39th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 29083
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First Edition of Rosalynn Carter's First Lady From Plains; Signed by Her
CARTER, Rosalynn.
First Lady from Plains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of the Rosalynn Carter’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 44021
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First signed limited edition of Adlai E. Stevenson's major speeches from his 1951 Presidential campaign; one of 1000 copies signed by the author
STEVENSON, Adlai E.
Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson 1952.
New York: Random House, 1953.
First signed limited edition of Adlai E. Stevenson’s major speeches from his 1951 Presidential campaign. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece portrait by Life Magazine photographer Cornell Capa. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 36. Near fine in the original glassine which is in very good condition. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96776
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First Edition of Kenneth S. Davis' A Prophet in His Own Country: The Triumphs and Defeats of Adlai E. Stevenson; signed by both Kenneth S. Davis and Adlai Stevenson
DAVIS, Kenneth S. [Adlai E. Stevenson].
A Prophet in His Own Country: The Triumphs and Defeats of Adlai E. Stevenson.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957.
First edition of Davis’ definitive biography of Adlai E. Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Kenneth S. Davis and Adlai Stevenson on the second free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket desgin by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photograph by Arthur Siegel.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115063
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First Edition of Mr. Churchill Speaks
CHURCHILL, Winston.
Mr. Churchill Speaks. A Selection from the Speeches of Mr. Churchill Made During the Years 1938-1940.
London: Cassell and Company, 1940.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Winston Churchill. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 116249
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"To Jean with Love, Mother": First Edition of Nehru of India; Inscribed by the author to her daughter
SPENCER, Cornelia.
Nehru of India.
New York: The John Day Company, 1948.
First edition of this biography of Nehru. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front free endpaper, “To Jean with Love, Mother Cornelia Spencer June 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 103269
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Gene Williams Best Wishes Nancy Reagan Apr ’92.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1860
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"There is no greater human need, no greater human gift than to love a child": First Edition of Nancy Reagan's To Love a Child; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
To Love a Child.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1982.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 41039
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER’S CLASSIC WORK REMEMBERING KENNEDY: ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT
MANCHESTER, William.
Remembering Kennedy: One Brief Shining Moment.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1983.
Signed limited first edition of the historian’s most well-known piece of literature. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by William Manchester. Fine in the original acetate, original slipcase in fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119888
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": First Edition of The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYOR, Sonia.
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018.
First edition of Justice Sotomayor’s autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Bianchini and Larsson McSwain.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123929
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"I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people": First Edition of Decision Points; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
Decision Points.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2010.
Early printing of George W. Bush’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by George W. Bush on an official Decision Points bookplate. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W.G. Cookman.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119673
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 37643
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"God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race": Martin Luther King's Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958.
Later printing of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122321
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First Edition of Strategic Vision; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew.
Strategic Vision: American and the Crisis of Global Power.
New York : Basic Books, 2012.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Robert Hart- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski.”
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 7278
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First edition of Moshe Dayan: The Soldier, the Man, the Legend; inscribed by Shabtai Teveth
TEVETH, Shabtai. [Moshe Dayan].
Moshe Dayan: The Soldier, the Man, the Legend.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972.
First edition of the renowned journalist’s biography of Israeli commander Moshe Dayan. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Vera and Isaac, for their music and friendship (and occasional Caviar & Vodka) – with love, Shabtai Teveth Tel Aviv, November 19 1972.” Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alex Berlyne.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 118109
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill and the Senator From Texas
O'NEILL, Eugene .
Eugene O’Neill and the Senator From Texas.
New Haven: Yale University Library Gazette, 1961.
Signed limited first edition, number 79 of 100 examples, signed by Earle B. Mayfield. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Edited by John S. Mayfield. With an original signed letter from the editor laid in.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 112069
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Laid in is a note from her office thanking the recipient for the letter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 64571
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Signed Limited First Edition of Abba Eban’s Autobiography
EBAN, Abba.
Abba Eban: An Autobiography.
New York: Random House, 1977.
Signed limited first edition of Eban’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 copies signed by Abba Eban. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115148
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It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us; Signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON, Hillary Rodham.
It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 20096.
First edition of the 10 Anniversary edition of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103479
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First edition of Cameron Rogers' The Legend of Calvin Coolidge; inscribed by Cameron Rogers
ROGERS, Cameron. [Calvin Coolidge].
The Legend of Calvin Coolidge.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928.
First edition of Cameron Rogers’ intimate biography of the 30th president of the United States of America. Octavo, original cloth with paper labels to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Albert Horwitz; Senior, with the regards of Cameron Rogers.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121948
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First Edition of The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy; inscribed by Mario Cuomo to William Safire
CUOMO, Mario [William Safire].
The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1994.
First edition of the 52nd Governor of New York’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Bill Safire, One of our proud hoasts [sic] (but isn’t there something wrong with that grammatically? Mario 1994.” The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter A. Davis. Author photograph by Don Pollard.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103423
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"Every presidential decision cannot be immediately revealed in a major speech, and every presidential speech cannot reveal a major decision": First edition of John F. Kennedy's To Turn the Tide
KENNEDY, John F.
To Turn The Tide: A Selection From President John F. Kennedy’s Public Statements From His Election Through The 1961 Adjournment of Congress, Setting Forth the Goals of His First Legislative Year.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this selection of President Kennedy’s speeches and writings from election through his first legislative year. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by John W. Gardner. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Introduction by President Kennedy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ricki Levinson. Author photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 123012
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First Edition of The Grand Chessboard; Signed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition of this “masterful synthesis of historical, geographical, and political analysis…. Geostrategic thinking in the grand tradition of Bismarck” (Samuel Huntington). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “and with best wishes Zbigniew Brzezinski.” Small name, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5797
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First Edition of James Baker's The Power of Diplomacy; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
BAKER, III.
The Power of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989-1992.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.
First edition of this work by the former Secretary of State. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jim Baker on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus Studio. Written with Thomas M. DeFrank.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 121877
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"He expressed the unconquerable spirit of the nation": rare limited edition Spode bone china Winston Churchill plate
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.].
The Churchill Plate.
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode, .
Rare limited edition Churchill Spode bone china plate. One of a limited edition of five thousand numbered plates commissioned by Thomas Goode and Co. Ltd. of London, this is number 860. The plate features a portrait of Churchill flanked by rampant lions and surrounded by a botanical gilt border. Founded by Josiah Spode in 1770, Spode pottery is renowned for perfecting the technique for transfer printing in underglaze blue on fine earthenware and credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. In fine condition. The plate measures 10.5 inches in diameter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117035
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": First Edition of Sonia Sotomayor's My Beloved World; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYER, Sonia.
My Beloved World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
First edition of Justice Sotomayor’s autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123476
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Inscribed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Best Wishes to _______ _______ Jimmy Carter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 366
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Signed Limited Edition of Jimmy Carter's Keeping the Faith
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs Of A President.
Norwarlk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1982.
First edition of the signed limited edition of the thirty-ninth President of the United States autobiography. Octavo, original full gray leather, with titles to the spine in gilt and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed by Jimmy Carter. In fine condition without wear.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 42069
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First Edition of David Halberstam's War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals; Inscribed by Him
HALBERSTAM, David.
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals.
New York: Scribner, 2002.
First edition of “Halberstam’s most important book” (Leslie Gelb). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page in the year of publication, “For Pat and Liz with the gratitude of someone who like so many others benefited from the richness of their and life and gifts David Halberstam Aug 31, 2001.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket by Mark Cohen.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116103
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Rare photographic portrait of Desmond Tutu; warmly inscribed by him
TUTU, Desmond.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Signed Photograph.
Color photograph signed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “God bless you Desmond Tutu 10.12.98.” The photograph measures 5.75 by 4.25 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112961