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ROYAL 1963 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1963 Christmas Card.
1963.
Royal 1963 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an engraved plate of Camillo Procaccini's The Adoration of the Shepherds from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 9.75 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 137652
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ROYAL 1964 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.
1964.
Royal 1964 Christmas and New Year Card featuring a black-and-white photograph of the Royal family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1964" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 7.25 by 19.25 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137583
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ROYAL 1962 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal Christmas Card.
1962.
Royal 1962 Christmas and New Year Card with a mounted color photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1962” and “Philip.” In near fine condition. The card measures 9.75 by 14.5 inches.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134922
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ROYAL CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal Christmas Card.
Royal Christmas and New Year Card with a mounted color reproduction of Sebastiano Ricci's The Holy Family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth, "Elizabeth R" and Prince Philip, "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measure 18.5 inches by 7.75 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 134861
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"No other Prime Minister would ever for me be able to hold the place of my first prime minister": Exceptionally Rare Document Signed by both Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill
QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND WINSTON S. CHURCHILL,.
Queen Elizabeth II and Winston S. Churchill Signed Document.
1954.
An extremely rare document signed by both Winston S. Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II. Churchill writes to the Queen from Downing Street, December 28th 1954, in full, "Sir Winston Churchill, with his humble duty to The Queen, has the honour to recommend that William Rankine Milligan, Esqure, Q.C., be sworn of Your Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as Lord Advocate." Boldly signed by Churchill, and countersigned by the Queen at the top, "Appd, E.R." Matted and framed with a photograph of the Queen and Churchill. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 13 inches. Rare signed…
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 132450
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First edition of James Pope-Hennessy's Queen Mary; bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
POPE-HENNESSY, James.
Queen Mary 1867-1953.
London: George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1959.
First edition of Pope-Hennessy's esteemed biography of Queen Mary, for which he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1960. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 131526
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Rare Royal Appointment Signed by Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Appointment Signed.
1842.
Rare signed signed by Queen Victoria on vellum, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13 x 9, November 1, 1842. Queen Victoria appoints Archibald Richard Harene "to be Ensign in Our Ninety Seventh Regiment of Foot." Signed at the head by Queen Victoria. The affixed paper seal and blue ribbon are present. In very good condition. Double matted and framed, the document measures 13 inches by 9 inches. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119348
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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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Rare Royal military appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.
1898.
Rare large format Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 9th April 1898 and appoints Francis Duncombe Astley-Russell to the position of Quarter Master in Her Majesty's Land Forces. Boldly signed by Queen Victoria in the upper right corner, "Victoria R." Retaining the blue Royal paper seal. Countersigned by Landsdowne. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope. The document measures 15.25 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 32.25 inches by 28 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124088
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Rare Royal military appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.
1854.
Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 13th June 1854 and appoints Francis Eastwood Newport Tuiley to the position of Captain of a Company in the 21st Regiment on foot. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper left corner, "Victoria R." Retaining the white Royal paper seal. Countersigned by Palmerston. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The document measures 15.5 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 26.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 125238
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First edition of Richard R. Holmes' Queen Victoria; profusely illustrated with engraved portraits from the royal collections
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes. Quarto, bound in three quarter vellum over cloth-covered boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings, several after portraits from the Royal Collections, original wrappers bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137819
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First edition, limited issue of RICHARD R. HOLMES' QUEEN VICTORIA; PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition, limited issue of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes, to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. Folio, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and central royal Coat of Arms to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings after portraits from the Royal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139233
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear": First Edition of Rosa Parks' Quiet Strength; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed.
Quiet Strength.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.
First edition of this work by Rosa Parks. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Rosa Parks opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136722
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First edition of Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career; from the library of Woodrow Wilson with his ownership signature
BLACKBURN, Henry. [Woodrow Wilson].
Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career.
New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886.
First American edition of Blackburn's biography of famed British illustrator Randolph Caldecott; from the library of Woodrow Wilson with his ownership signature. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, with one hundred and seventy two illustrations, frontispiece portrait of Caldecott. Signed by Woodrow Wilson on the title page. One of the most influential children's book illustrators of nineteenth century, British artist Randolph Caldecott published 16 picture books throughout his career, including The House that Jack Built (1878), John Gilpin (1878), The Three Jovial Huntsman (1880), and The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885). The Caldecott Medal, first proposed by Frederic G. Melcher…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 125249
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"What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?": First Edition of Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts; Signed by Antonin Scalia
SCALIA, Antonin & Bryan A. Garner.
Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/ West, 2012.
First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Frank H. Easterbrook.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 83475
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First Edition of Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts; Signed by Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner
SCALIA, Antonin & Bryan A. Garner.
Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/ West, 2012.
First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by both Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Frank H. Easterbrook.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 135494
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"If it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land": First edition of Paul G. Kauper's Religion and Constitution; lengthily inscribed by Bill Clinton to his former high school principal Johnnie Mae Mackey
KAUPER, Paul G. (Bill Clinton).
Religion and the Constitution.
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
First edition of this collection of lectures devoted to contemporary questions regarding religion in its relation to the constitutional order. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Bill Clinton on the front free endpaper, "5 - 14 - 66 Georgetown University To Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mackey, This little book is a glowing testimonial to the freedom of man in America and the efforts of our judges to perpetuate and insure that freedom to every man. But if it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land. May I make my small contribution…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 95273
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First Edition of George Cornewall Lewis' Remarks on The Use and Abuse of Some Political Terms
LEWIS, George Cornewall.
Remarks on The Use and Abuse of Some Political Terms.
London: B. Fellowes, 1832.
First edition of Cornewall Lewis' classic work. Octavo, original boards. From the library of American journalist William Safire, although not marked. 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 The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134502
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Rare Original Ulysses S. Grant United States Civil War Army Report Cover; inscribed by General Grant
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Report of Lieut. General U.S. Grant of the Armies of the United States. 1864-1865.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865.
Rare Civil War era report cover inscribed by Ulysses S. Grant as Lieutenant General of the United States Army. One page report cover, inscribed by Grant, "Wm E. Dodge, Esq., New York, N.Y. U.S. Grant Lt. Gen." Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General of the United States Army on March , 1864, a rank which had only previously been held by George Washington. Following Lincolns assassination in April of 1865, Grant became America's first four-star general and played an important role in aiding Congress in their effort to reconstruct the South. In near fine condition. With a first edition…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 114672
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First Edition of Reykjavik: Results & Lessons; Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
Reykjavik: Results & Lessons.
Madison, Connecticut: Sphinx Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition of this collection of speeches and writings of the historic meeting in Reykjavik between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95984