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"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends": First Editions of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Each Inscribed by President Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.
New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.
First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Includes: Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941. Includes an original photograph of Hoover with his Belgian shepherd King Tut. An exceptional set, uncommon signed and in the first printing.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94356
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with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation" Signed Limited Edition of Richard Nixon's Memoirs; Inscribed by Him to California Congressman Bob Badham
NIXON, Richard M.
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.
Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon's memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "To Congressman Bob Badham with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation from Richard Nixon August 8, 1979." The recipient, Robert Edward Badham was a politician from California. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Orange County-based 40th district from 1977 to 1989. In near fine condition in the original slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 133998
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First Edition of Theodore Roosevelts Rare First Book The Naval War of 1812
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Naval War of 1812 or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882.
Rare first edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s landmark first book. Octavo, original blue cloth, titles the spine in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 92868
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“A CONSENSUS MEANS THAT EVERYONE AGREES TO SAY COLLECTIVELY WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES INDIVIDUALLY”: First Edition of The New Diplomacy; Inscribed by Abba Eban to Alan Dershowitz
EBAN, Abba [Alan Dershowitz].
The New Diplomacy: International Affairs in The Modern Age.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of this work by Eban, inscribed by him to famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alan Dershowitz in friendship Abba Eban." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Alan Dershowitz.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 53046
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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…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103423
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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. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138018
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive": First Edition of The Opening of the Western-Eye; Signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
HIS HOLINESS TENZIN GYATSHO: THE XIVTH DALAI LAMA OF TIBET,.
The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.
Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1968.
First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 4545
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First Edition of First Lady, Julia Dent Grant's Personal Memoirs
GRANT, Julia Dent; Ralph G. Newman; Bruce Catton.
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant [Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant] and The First Lady as an Author.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.
First edition of First Lady Julia Dent Grant's collection of memoirs, published for the first time, posthumously, nearly seventy-three years after her death. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs of the Grant family and others. Edited with notes and foreword by John Y. Simon with introduction by Bruce Catton.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145105
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First Edition of The President Speaks: "A More Beautiful America": Inscribed by LBJ to Florida Senator George Smathers
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. Photographs by Ansel Adams.
The President Speaks: “A More Beautiful America” Excerpts from Speeches.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1965.
First edition of this collection of speeches from President Lyndon Johnson. Quarto, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To George Smathers from his devoted friend. Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, George Smathers was a United States senator from Florida from 1951-1969, and close friends of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Illustrated throughout from photographs by Ansel Adams, plus one by Wynn Bullock. Booklet "Message on Natural Beauty" by Johnson loose in rear endpaper pocket as issued. Near fine in a fine slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 56030
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First Edition of The Proceedings of the Government of the United States in Maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi
JEFFERSON, Thomas.
The Proceedings of the Government of the United States in Maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi [sic], adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston.
New York: Ezra Sergeant, 1812.
First edition, one of only 250 copies printed for Jefferson to distribute to senators, congressman and other political figures. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece map. Some wear to the wrappers, light dampstaining. Housed in a custom half calf clamshell box. Exceptionally rare.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 84930
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One of 250 Numbered Sets of Wharton's The Queens of Society and Wits and Beaux of Society
WHARTON, Grace and Philip.
The Queens of Society and Wits and Beaux of Society.
Porter and Coates: Philadelphia, .
Large paper edition, one of 250 numbered copies of The Queens of Society and Beaux of Society. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 102331
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Eleanore with best wishes Y. Rabin 10.31.79." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Renfer. Photograph by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92754
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Ruth and Allan Leigler with best wishes Y. Rabin 10.24.79." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Renfer. Photograph by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 99148
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication to Lord Peart
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs and five maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title in the year of publication, "To Lord Peart with great respect Y. Rabin 7.12.79." The recipient Fred Peart was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party. In 1976, Peart was created a life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal at a time when the Labour faction in the…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 118518
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First Editions of The Rabin Memoirs and Our Life, His Legacy; Both Volumes signed
RABIN, Yitzhak and Leah.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company and G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979 & 1997.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin and his wife Leah Rabin's memoirs. Octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated. The Rabin Memoirs is signed in the year of publication on the half-title page, Y. Rabin 11.2.79." Rabin Our Life, His Legacy is signed by Leah Rabin on the title page. Each are Fine in a near fine to fine dust jackets. Jacket design by John Renfer. Photograph by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 140493
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First edition of Rufus Wilmot Griswold's The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington; with twenty-one portraits of distinguished women
GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot.
The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.
First edition of Griswold's account of the American Republican Court during the presidency of George Washington. Quarto, original publisher's full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate stamping to the spine and panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with twenty-one portraits of distinguished women including Mrs. George Washington and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton engraved from original pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Trumbull, et al. In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138600
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First edition of Mikhail Gorbachev's The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik; signed by him
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik.
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1986.
First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by Mikhail Gorbachev at the historic Reykjavík Summit. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114360
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“THE SOUTHERN STATES HAD RIGHTFULLY THE POWER TO WITHDRAW”: JEFFERSON DAVIS’ HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERACY, FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED BY HIM TO HIS PHYSICIAN
DAVIS, Jefferson.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.
First edition of Jefferson Davis’ important history of the Confederacy, inscribed by him to his doctor. With 18 maps (14 folding) and 19 plates, including stipple-engraved portraits of Davis, members of the presidential staff, General Lee, and others. Thick octavo, original three-quarter brown morocco, original brown cloth gilt, patterned endpapers, with steel-engraved plates, including frontispiece portraits, wood-engraved plates, maps. Association copy, inscribed by him in volume one, "Maurice Davis M.D. with the respects of the Author." The recipient was his friend and physician, when the Davis' were in London. Dr. Maurice Marcus Davis (1821-1898) acted as physician to the Davis’s whilst…
Price: $42,000.00 Item Number: 129632
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"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything": First Edition of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Signed by Edmund Morris
MORRIS, Edmund.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979.
First edition of the first book in the author's acclaimed Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Edmund Morris on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Regine de Toledo. Author photograph by Ian Keown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145164
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First Edition, association copy of Winston S. Churchill's The River War; signed and annotated by E.B. Lack
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.
First editions of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Association copy, with signatures and annotations by E.B. Lack, who helped to supply gunboats to the Admiralty during the campaign. Woods A2(a). In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144336
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The River War; Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
Later edition of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Peake from Winston S. Churchill Sept 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144339
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"Dedicated to the millions of persons who are a part of the nonviolent revolution": First Edition, First Printing of The SCLC Story; signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and containing one of the earliest appearances of his I Have a Dream Speech
KING, Jr. Martin Luther. Editor's note by Ed Clayton.
The SCLC Story in Words and Pictures.
Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1964.
First edition, first printing of The SCLC Story containing one of the first appearances in print of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream Speech. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued, illustrated with photographs including a full-page photograph of King, photographs of the officers, executive board, regional, and secretarial staffs of the SCLC. Signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front panel, "Best Wishes Martin Luther King." With a letter of provenance that relays that the magazine was signed at an event where King spoke in Atlanta in 1964 and that it may have been first obtained when…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 141073
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First Editions of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War; Finely Bound
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 140498
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 125088
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War; Bound in Full Morocco by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel of each volume, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 137185
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War; Bound in Full Morocco by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles, ruling and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel of each volume, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 138059
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 139229
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First Edition of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War; Signed by Him in Triumph and Tragedy
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53.
First American editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Triumph and Tragedy is boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "From Winston S. Churchill, 1954." Each volume is fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139201
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"Remember we shall never stop, never weary, and never give in": First Editions of The Second World War; Inscribed by Winston Churchill in The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53.
First American editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece, preceding the British editions. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth, illustrated. The Hinge of Fate is an association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sylvia from Winston 1951." The recipient, Sylvia Henley was "one of those who had known Churchill best, and longest. a frequent guest at Chartwell" (Gilbert, p. 307). Along with Jock Colville, Henley was one of Churchill's most frequent Bezique opponents; Bezique was Churchill's favorite game, as he was an expert player. Each volume is fine in near fine dust jackets. Housed in the original publisher's…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 144323
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First Edition of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144548
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Winston Churchill's The Gathering Storm; signed by him and finely bound by Zaehnsdorf
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War. Volume I: The Gathering Storm.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1948.
First edition, second issue of the first volume of Churchill's masterpiece, The Second World War with the errata slip tipped into page 610. Octavo, bound in full 20th century crushed levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner denelles stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf, marbeld endpapers, all edges gilt, errata slip tipped into page 610. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Winston S. Churchill 1955." Gilt inscription to the spine, "Obsequio de Cesar Guillen Al Sindicato de Periodistas…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 145064
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First edition of The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865
MOTTELAY, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland.
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.
Richmond and New York: Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.
First edition of both volumes in this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, 2 volumes, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition. A rare complete set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134950
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[HAMILTON, Alexander].
The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, on an Indictment of Libel on Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
New York: Printed by G. & R. Waite, No. 64 Maiden-Lane, 1804.
First edition of this landmark case in the history of the First Amendment. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Rare with only a handful appearing in auction records.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142963
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Presentation copy of Winston Churchill's The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission; inscribed by Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Later printing of Churchill's acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 7 plates, one folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To E.A. Allen from Winston S. Churchill Christmas 1946." In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145060
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“THE DEBUT OF AN EXCITING NEW TALENT”: CHURCHILL’S FIRST BOOK, THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.
First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of them folding and in color. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 129393
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“THE DEBUT OF AN EXCITING NEW TALENT”: CHURCHILL’S FIRST BOOK, THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.
First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of them folding and in color. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 133224