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Signed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Martin Ginsburg and artist Everett Raymond Kinstler
GINSBURG, Ruth Bader.
State Dinner In Honor Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
1996.
Signed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Lotos Club menu for a State Dinner held in her honor on May 14, 1996, featuring a reproduction of the oil-on-canvas portrait of her by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Additionally signed by Everett Raymond Kinstler and her husband Martin Ginsburg. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 9.75 inches. In fine condition. Rare and desireable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144101
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From the Library of President James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A. [Charles Lamb].
The Works of Charles Lamb.
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856.
Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature, "J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio, Sept. 1856." Garfield's personal bookplate, "Inter Folia Fructus, Library of James A. Garfield," is affixed to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise case. Rare and desirable, from the library of the 20th President of the United States.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 58090
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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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Rare Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive
BENTSEN, Lloyd Millard [Jimmy Carter].
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive.
1981-1985.
Rare archive of autograph letters, photographs, and commemorative stamp folios from the collection of former United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Millard Bentsen. The archive includes a photograph of Bentsen with Jimmy Carter, inscribed by Carter to him, "Thanks & best wishes to my good friend Lloyd Bentsen - Jimmy Carter 2-21-80", two autograph letters and one typed letter signed by Lady Bird Johnson to Bentsen and his wife Beryl Ann thanking them for recent visits to the LBJ ranch, an autograph note signed by Kitty Dukakis regarding Lloyd Sr.'s passing, two commemorative stamp folios with autograph notes laid…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119532
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First Editions of each volume in Dumas Malone's work on Jefferson; Inscribed by Him
MALONE, Dumas.
Jefferson and His Time Six Volume Set: Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty; Jefferson the President First Term 1801-1805; Jefferson the President Second Term 1805-1809; The Sage of Monticello.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948-81.
First edition of each volume in Malone's landmark work on Jefferson. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of volume II, "To P.J. Federico with many thanks Dumas Malone Sept. 25, 1951." Volume one is a review copy, with the slip laid in. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. First edition sets are rare, especially signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 133891
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Rare first edition of Theodor Herzl's Philosophische Erzählungen
HERZL, Theodor.
Philosophische Erzählungen. [Philosophical Narratives].
Berlin: Verlag con Gebruder Paetel, 1900.
First edition of this collection of seventeen narratives written by Herzl during his years as a correspondent for the Viennese Neue Freie Presse. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over embossed boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, patterned endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 143199
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“THE ONLY THING NEW IN THIS WORLD IS THE HISTORY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW”: First Edition of President Trumans Mr. Citizen; Inscribed by Him to His Treasury Secretary
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Mr. Citizen.
New York: Bernard Geis, 1960.
First edition, the author's edition. Octavo, original half leatherette, slipcase, illustrated with 32 pages of black-and-white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Honorable John Wesley Snyder from his good friend, comrade and associate in most trying times. He was the greatest of the great Secretaries of the Treasury." The original slipcase is also inscribed to Snyder from Truman but has faded. John W. Snyder was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in 1946 by his close personal friend President Truman, with whom he had served in the Army Reserves. His task as Secretary was to establish a…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3806
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“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never...": First Editions of each volume of Winston Churchill's Collected War Speeches
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-46.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes,original cloth, illustrated with 50 half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces. Woods A66(a), A89, A114. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144322
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Finely Bound First Editions Churhill's of Marlborough: His Life and Times
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-38.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140247
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Rare silver gelatin print of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters; signed by Clement Atlee and Jawaharlal Nehru among many others
ATLEE, Clement; Jawaharlal Nehru; et al.
Clement Attlee and Jawaharlal Nehru Signed October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters Photograph.
1948.
Large black-and-white photograph of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters, signed by each sitter including British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The large silver gelatin print is signed on the mount by UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of New Zealand Peter Fraser, Sir Godfrey Huggins (Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia), Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan), Hugh Dalton (British Chancellor of the Exchequer), Louis St. Laurent (Prime Minister of Canada), and many others. In near fine condition.…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 137509
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Helen Ferris.
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.
First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein, "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 4553
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's If You Ask Me; Warmly Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
If You Ask Me.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1946.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marie with love Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 35094
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Rare Signed Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.
January 20, 1965.
Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound in, eight pages. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133502
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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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Rare Signed Photograph of The Members of The World War Debt Commission and Belgian Commission; Including Herbert Hoover and Andrew Mellon
HERBERT HOOVER AND ANDREW MELLON,.
World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph.
Signed photograph of the members of The World War Foreign Debt Commission and the Belgian Commission. Signed below by each member, including Herbert Hoover (Secretary of Commerce and future President of the United States), Andrew W. Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury), Frank B. Kellogg (Secretary of State and 1929 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize), Reed Smoot (United States Senator and co-sponsor of the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act), Theodore E. Burton (United States Senator from Ohio), Charles R. Crisp, Richard Olney, Edward N. Hurley, Garrard B. Winston, Arthur N. Young and F.G. Blair of the Debt Commission. Also signed by…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 21058
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"There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open": First Edition of Jawaharlal Nehru's Inside America; Signed by Him
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
Inside America: A Voyage of Discovery.
New Dehli: National Book Stall, n/d.
First printing of this edition of this collection of speeches by Nehru in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jawaharlal Nehru Dec 1956." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed, with none appearing at auction in the last 65 years.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142442
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Rare original photograph signed by both presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover, and inscribed by Beardsley, "For the Ken Brownes, Wm. S. Beardsley,"Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Herbert Hoover dated April 25, 1960 and addressed to Kenneth Browne, "Dear Mr. Browne: I do appreciate your sending me that Indian version of the 23rd Psalm. It was most gracious of you. Yours faithfully, "Herbert Hoover." Both the photograph and letter are in near fine condition. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 92470
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Rare January 20, 1989 Inaugural Address; signed by President George Herbert Walker Bush with his rare full signature
BUSH, George Herbert Walker.
George H.W. Bush Signed Souvenir Inaugural Address.
Typed inaugural address signed by the 41st President of the United States with a rare full signature, "George Herbert Walker Bush." One page, typescript, the souvenir inaugural address measures 4.75 inches by 3.25 inches, signed at the conclusion with Bush's rare full signature, "George Herbert Walker Bush." The address reads in full, 'I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.' Matted and framed with a…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145237
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face": Rare Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill.
1935.
Original series 1935 A one dollar silver certificate, boldly signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12 inches. We have never seen another signed dollar bill by Roosevelt.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133851