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Rare Unionist Program Signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
CHAMBERLAIN, Neville; Anne Chamberlain.
Neville Chamberlain Signed Unionist Program.
1938.
1938 Unionist Association Annual Dance and Whist Drive Program signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and hi wife, Anne Chamberlain. 12 mo, one page folding. Signed by the Chamberlains on the front panel who are listed as the special guests of the evening. The event was held at the Palais de Danse on Friday, February 18th, 1938. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134522
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First Edition of Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film; Signed by Him
STONE, Oliver.
Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.
New York: Hyperion, 1995.
First edition of the screenplay which was the basis for the work by the legendary director. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In fine condition. Edited by Eric Hamburg. Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133168
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"It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve, but if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die": First Edition of No Easy Walk To Freedom; Signed and Dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
No Easy Walk To Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses.
New York: Basic Books Inc., Publishers, 1965.
First edition of Nelson Mandela's classic account of the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "NMandela 25.5.95." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Parke P. Bowman. Introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 109564
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First British Edition of No Easy Walk To Freedom; Signed and Dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
No Easy Walk To Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
First British edition of Nelson Mandela's classic account of the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author opposite the title page, "NMandela 15.3.06." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. Foreword by Ahmed Ben Bella. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $18,500.00 Item Number: 134215
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"It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve, but if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die": First Edition of Nelson Mandela's No Easy Walk To Freedom
MANDELA, Nelson.
No Easy Walk To Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses.
New York: Basic Books Inc., Publishers, 1965.
First edition of Nelson Mandela's classic account of the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Parke P. Bowman. Introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144890
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“We should constantly be reminded of what we owe in return for what we have": No Ordinary Time; Warmly Inscribed by Doris Kearns Goodwin
KEARNS GOODWIN, Doris.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition, early printing of the historian's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bonnie, With best my best wishes, Doris Kearns Goodwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 143772
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Rare First Edition of Lenin's Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh' Razivitya Kapitalizma v' Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed
LENIN, Vladimir.
Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh’ Razivitya Kapitalizma v’ Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed. Shtatat Ameriki. [New information on the Development of Agricultural Capitalism. Part I: Capitalism and Agriculture in the United States].
Petrograd: Zhizn i Znaniye, 1918.
First edition of this work by Lenin. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare with only one library holding for this, at the State Library of Germany.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133222
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Signed Photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
HOLMES, Jr..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.
1932.
Large photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in his judicial robes, boldly signed by him, "Oliver Wendell Holmes, April 9, 1932." The photograph measures 13.25 inches by 9.5 x 13.25. In fine condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 132468
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On China; Inscribed by Henry Kissinger to Admiral James Winnifeld
KISSINGER, Henry A.
On China.
New York: Penguin Press, 2011.
First edition, early printing of Kissinger's 13th book, in which he draws on historical records and 40 years of direct interaction with four generations of Chinese leaders to analyze the link between China’s ancient past and its present day trajectory. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Admiral James Winnifeld Thank you for your service Henry A. Kissinger." The recipient, James Winnifeld served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Darren Haggar. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144070
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"Who kept the heat on me and made me like it. With appreciation and great respect": First Edition of On China; Warmly Inscribed by Henry Kissinger and with an Autograph Letter Signed
KISSINGER, Henry A.
On China.
New York: Penguin Press, 2011.
First edition of Kissinger's 13th book, in which he draws on historical records and 40 years of direct interaction with four generations of Chinese leaders to analyze the link between China’s ancient past and its present day trajectory. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ann Gandolff Who kept the heat on me and made me like it. With appreciation and great respect Henry A Kissinger." Laid in is a autograph letter signed on Kissinger letterhead that reads in entirety "Dear Ann -- this is a tribute to your calm leadership. Warm Regards H. Did I…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144311
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts On My Own; Inscribed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
On My Own: The Years Since The White House.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of Roosevelt's last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Inscribed for V____ M_____ by Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 92117
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"You must do the things you think you cannot do": A presentation for friends of the First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts On My Own; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
On My Own: The Years Since The White House.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of Roosevelt's last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. One of the advance signed presentation to friends of the author signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. In near fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 130498
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"And say simply Very simply With hope Good morning": First Edition of The Inaugural Poem; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya [Bill Clinton].
On the Pulse of Morning: The Inaugural Poem.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of the poem that Maya Angelou read at the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton on January 20, 1993. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "____ ____ Joy Maya Angelou." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3972
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"There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom": FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT TREATISE ON POLITICAL-MILITARY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY EVER WRITTEN; CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ'S ON WAR; With the Rare Frontispiece
VON CLAUSEWITZ, Carl Philipp Gottfried.
On War.
London: N. Trubner & Co, 1873.
First edition in English of arguably the most important treatise on political-military analysis and strategy ever written. Small quarto, three volumes complete in one, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Clausewitz. Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham from the third German edition. In near fine condition. From the library of Lt. Colonel Walter Pipon Braithwaite with his bookplate and ownership signature. General Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite was a British Army officer who held senior commands during the First World War. After being dismissed from his position as Chief of Staff for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, he received some acclaim as a…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 127055
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"A STATE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER": First EDITION OF JACQUELINE AND LEE BOUVIER'S ONE SPECIAL SUMMER
BOUVIER, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
One Special Summer.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.
First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141411
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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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"STILL FIGHTING FOR POPULIST CAUSES": FIRST EDITION OF BERNIE SANDERS' OUR REVOLUTION
SANDERS, Bernie.
Our Revolution. A Future To Believe In.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's, 2016.
First edition of Bernie Sanders' account of his life and influences, featuring a detailed account of his campaign praised as "well worth reading… his ideas basically just as fresh to him today as when he left his native Brooklyn." Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Bernie Sanders in facsimile. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Storrings.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 130641
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FIRST EDITION OF OUR TIME IS NOW; SIGNED BY STACEY ABRAMS
ABRAMS, Stacy.
Our Time Is Now. Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
First edition of this "striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory" (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Stacy Abrams on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design Christopher Sergio.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134697