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John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Inscribed by Him to Judge Carl Wahlstrom
Kennedy, John F.
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Judge Carl Wahlstrom with high esteem John Kennedy,” Inscription to the recipient, bookplate of Judge Wahlstrom to the front pastedown, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin.
Price: $7,800.00
PROFILES IN COURAGE; INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY
Kennedy, John F.
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Francis P. McCloskey with very best wishes John Kennedy.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. An excellent example with noted provenance.
Price: $7,600.00
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“A MAN DOES WHAT HE MUST — IN SPITE OF PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES”: PROFILES IN COURAGE; INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY
Kennedy, John F.
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Philip Sang with best wishes John Kennedy Dec. 3, 1957.” Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $8,200.00
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Inscribed by Him
Kennedy, John F.
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Butler with my best regards, John Kennedy.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. With a portrait of the recipient laid in. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $12,500.00
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First Edition of Profiles In Courage; Signed by President Barack Obama
Kennedy, John F. [Barack Obama].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Boldly signed by President Barack Obama on the half-title page, “All the best Barack Obama.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin.
Price: $5,800.00
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Rare 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Battle Flag
Roosevelt, Theodore.
Progressive Era Battle Flag: Theodore Roosevelt.
1912.
Progressive era “Battle Flag” from 1912 with a printed portrait of Theodore Roosevelt at the center surrounded by the text “Progressive/Roosevelt 1912 Battle Flag”, with the initials “D & C” at the lower left. The flag measures 21 inches by 24 inches. Frustrated that he did not win the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1912, Roosevelt founded the Progressive or the “Bull Moose” party in order to challenge the Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. Both would ultimately lose to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Framed. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,500.00
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First edition of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Principles: Selections From Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore. Edited by Elmer H. Youngman.
Progressive Principles: Selections From Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912.
London: Progressive National Service, 1913.
First edition of Roosevelt’s Progressive Principles: Selections From Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00
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"To me, PT 109 has always been one of the great war stories of all time" (Senator Edward M. Kennedy): First Edition of PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II; Inscribed by Bob Donovan
Donovan, Robert J. (Introduction by John F. Kennedy).
PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work regarding Kennedy in World War II. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page, “Many thanks Bob Donovan.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rupert Finegold. Introductory letter by President Kennedy.
Price: $400.00
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"To me, PT 109 has always been one of the great war stories of all time" (Senator Edward M. Kennedy): First Edition of PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II; Inscribed by Bob Donovan
Donovan, Robert J. (Introduction by John F. Kennedy).
PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work regarding Kennedy in World War II. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jim An old friend, with thanks for much help and encouragement. From the twelfth survivor of (PT 109), Bob November 8, 1961.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Rupert Finegold. Introductory letter by President Kennedy.
Price: $475.00
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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States; Signed by President Gerald Ford
Ford, Gerald R.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Gerald Ford 1975.
Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1977.
First edition of this collection of public messages, speeches, and statements of President Ford. Thick octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Ford on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, bookplate, deaccessioned from a library.
Price: $350.00
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"To Fred and Audrey Truman from Uncle Harry"; Inscribed by President Truman to His Nephew and Niece
Truman, Harry S.
Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S. Truman 1948: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the Presidents; January 1 to December 31, 1948.
Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1964.
First edition of Truman’s papers from 1948. Thick octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by President Truman to his nephew and niece opposite the title page in the year of publication, “To Fred and Audrey Truman from Uncle Harry with very best wishes 11-28-64.” In near fine condition. A nice association.
Price: $1,250.00
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Autograph Card Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with a Photograph of the Royal Family
Elizabeth, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Autographs.
1973.
Autographs boldly signed “Elizabeth R. 1973” and “Philip” on a card. Matted and framed with a full color photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their children Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 11 inches. In fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $1,800.00
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Signed Card From Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Elizabeth, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Signed Birth Announcement.
1960.
Royal birth announcement welcoming Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip’s third child, Prince Andrew. Featuring a black-and-white family photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their children, Charles, Anne, and Andrew. Boldly signed below the image in fountain pen, “Philip” and “Elizabeth R. 1960.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $3,800.00
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Royal Christmas and New Years Card Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with a Photograph of the Royal couple
Elizabeth, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card.
1964.
Royal Christmas card with an original black and white photograph of a young Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip seated in an automobile amidst a cheering crowd. Boldly signed by Queen Elizabeth, “Elizabeth” and Prince Philip, “Philip.” In fine condition. A striking example.
Price: $2,500.00
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Rare Legal Counsel Appointment Signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria Legal Counsel Appointment Signed.
Eton Square: January 9, 1859.
Rare original document signed by Queen Victoria appointing George Markham Giffard, Hunton Rodwell and Henry Hawkins to her Counsel Learned in the Law. One page, approved and signed by Queen Victoria at the head of the page, “App. Victoria R.” In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00
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Rare Royal License to Plead Grant Signed by Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria License to Plead Grant Signed.
November 29, 1870.
Rare original document signed by Queen Victoria granting John R. Davidson a license to plead in Manchester at a trial for conspiracy. One page folded with the white paper Royal Seal to the front page. Signed by Queen Victoria at the top of the document, “Victoria R.” In fine condition.
Price: $600.00
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"The important thing is not what they think of me, but what i think of them": Photograph of her Majesty Queen victoria signed by her
Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria Signed Photograph.
1887.
Rare sepia tone photograph of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Signed by Queen Victoria in the bottom right corner, “Victoria, R.I., June 1887.” Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 11 inches by 13.25 inches. Accompanied by an original handwritten letter by Major General Sir Henry Ponsonby on Privy Purse Letterhead, dated June 14th 1887, “Having laid before The Queen your letter of the 8th respective your grandmother, Mrs. Smith. I am commanded by Her Majesty to request that you will thank her for the kind congratulation and that you will give her the enclosed photograph of The Queen.” Photographs signed by Queen Victoria are rare and with noted provenance.
Price: $7,800.00
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From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Inscribed to her
Victoria, Queen. Introduction by Raymond Mortimer (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis).
Queen Victoria: Leaves From a Journal. A Record of the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the Queen and of the Visit of the Queen and H.R.H. The Prince Consort to the Emperor of the French 1865.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1981.
First edition of this contemporary reprint of the journals of Queen Victoria with an introduction by Raymond Mortimer. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece in color, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed to Jacqueline Kennedy on the front free endpaper, “To Jackie, with admiration! & Love!! Molly.” Very good in a good dust jacket with chipping to the front and rear panel.
Price: $500.00
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First editions of each volume in Douglas Southall Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography; Inscribed by him
Freeman, Douglas Southall.
R. E. Lee: A Biography.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934-1935.
First edition of Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert E. Lee. Octavo, four volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume I, “Inscribed for Mrs. Nan Walker Blackburn blessed in many things and most of all in her children, Douglas Southall Freeman.” In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00
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First editions of each volume in Douglas Southall Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography; Inscribed by him
Freeman, Douglas Southall.
R. E. Lee: A Biography.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934-1935.
Early printing of Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert E. Lee. Octavo, four volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume I, “Autographed for Joseph Reed with all good wishes Douglas Southall Freeman.” In near fine condition with light toning. An nice example.
Price: $450.00
