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collection of seven Supreme Court ruling pamphlets signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Harry Blackmun, Anthony Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas and Byron White
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day; Harry Blackmun.
Supreme Court Justice Signed Pamphlet Collection.
Rare collection of seven Supreme Court ruling pamphlets signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Harry Blackmun, Anthony Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas and Byron White. In fine condition. Cases include: Simon & Schuster Inc, v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board (regarding New York's "Son of Sam" law) signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Christine Franklin v. Gwinnet County Public Schools and William Prescott signed by Byron White, Michael Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc. signed by William H. Rehnquist, and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip signed by Harry S. Blackman. In fine condition. A unique collection.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 110586
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"MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR’S COLLECTION OF SPEECHES
REAGAN, Ronald.
Speaking My Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Signed limited first edition of President Reagan’s selected speeches. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, embossed seal to the front panel, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Ronald Reagan. In fine condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 139665
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Document Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Document.
1907.
Document signed by Theodore Roosevelt as president, one page, dated, April 2, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints John N. Dersam as "Postmaster at McKeesport, in the County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania." Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by Postmaster General George von L. Meyer. Gold foil seal remains affixed. The printed document reads in full: To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Know Ye, That, Reposing special trust and confidence in the Intelligence, Diligence, and Discretion of John N. Dersam, I do appoint him Postmaster at M. Keesport, in the County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, and do…
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 119615
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts India and the Awakening East; Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Warmly inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 12046
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts Classic Work You Learn By Living; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
You Learn By Living.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a previous inscription to the half-title page in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 50001
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Inaugural Invitation Signed by President George Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
BUSH, George H.W.; Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
President George Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Signed 1989 Inaugural Invitation.
President George H.W. Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Signed 1989 Inaugural Invitation. 8.5" x 11"; Washington, D.C.; with First Day Cancellation stamp dated January 20, 1989. Invitation to the inauguration of George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle. Signed by President George H.W. Bush, William H. Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor. Justice Rehnquist swore in President Bush, and Justice O'Connor swore in the Vice President Quayle. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 74988
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"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts This Is My Story; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
This Is My Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Small bookplate to the front pastedown, near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 21057
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“Governments don't produce economic growth people do”: First Edition of the 40th President of the United States Autobiography An American Life; Signed by Ronald Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald .
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1994." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony, Inc.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 144090
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“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's UN: Today and Tomorrow; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and William DeWitt.
UN: Today and Tomorrow.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of this work on the United Nations by the former First Lady. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the extremities. Rare signed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 22053
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grants Memoirs; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 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: $2,200.00 Item Number: 141402
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt
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, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page, "For Marjorie friedgood with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 62052
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Photograph Signed by The Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph.
Photograph of David Ben-Gurion boldly signed by him, "Gratefully presented on the occasion of Israel's "Bar Mitzvah" year to Harry J. Kahn whose devoted service as a Division Chairman in the 1960 campaign of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York has enabled so many of our people from all over the world to build new lives in freedom and dignity in Israel." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 19.5 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 79748
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Rare plaster replica of the famed Houdon bust of George Washington
ANDERSON, Ronald Lee. [Jean-Antoine Houdon; George Washington].
George Washington Houdon Bust Sculpture.
Life-size sculpture of the head of George Washington, after the famed Houdon bust of George Washington of 1785. Plaster, the piece measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches and is attributed to American portraitist Ronald Lee Anderson who likely sculpted the work as an exercise as a college student. French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was revered for his life-like portrayals of numerous notable eighteenth-century philosophers, inventors, and political figures including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Napoléon Bonaparte, and George Washington. In 1784, the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a statue of George Washington "to be of the finest marble and the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121908
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First Edition of Robert Kennedys Manifesto To Seek A Newer World; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, Robert F.
To Seek A Newer World.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967.
First edition of Robert Kennedy's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert F. Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket photograph by Lawrence Fried.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131782
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“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe": Dreams From My Father; INSCRIBED BY BARACK OBAMA
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2004.
First paperback edition of the future President's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob - All the best! Barack" In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133108
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Signed by eight justices, Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens
BURGER, Warren E.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
Washington, DC: 1973.
First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by eight justices beneath their portraits accompanying their biographies. They include: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens. 20 page pamphlet on the Supreme Court, published by them.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120344
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Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great
CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus.
De Rebus Alexandri Magni, Cum Commentario Perpetuo & Indice Absolutissimo Samuelis Pitisci. [History of Alexander the Great].
Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halma, 1685.
Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great. Octavo, bound in full vellum, with engraved title, folding map and 9 engraved plates (some folding) depicting the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a view of the ancient city, and a folding map of Alexander's domain. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131499
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First Edition of Winston S. Churchill's Step By Step 1936-1939; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Step By Step 1936-1939.
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1939.
First edition of this Churchill title, the last book he published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140070
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Rare Royal military appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.
1842.
Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 14th November 1842 and appoints John Aeneas Duncan to the position of Lieutenant in the 29th Regiment on foot. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper right corner, "Victoria R." Retaining the white Royal paper seal. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The document measures 13 inches by 9 inches. The entire piece measures 22.5 inches by 26 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124061
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Signed and Dated in 1959 by The Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph: United Jewish Appeal.
1959.
Photograph of David Ben-Gurion signed and dated in 1959 by him in Hebrew, presented to Max Goldweber in appreciation from The United Jewish Appeal. The UJA-Federation, as it is known today, was created from the 1986 merger of the United Jewish Appeal, established in 1939, and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, a predecessor organization established in 1917. It is the largest local philanthropy in the world. Headquartered in New York City, the organization raises and allocates funds annually to fulfill a mission to “care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 41088