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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
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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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FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: Young Statesman; complete with all three parts of its companion volume
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1967-1969.
First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill in 1904. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144722
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bethram Kapadia.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134303
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First Edition of My Life; Signed By Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON, Bill; Hillary Rodham Clinton.
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton's autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Boldly signed in full on the title page by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138187
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Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen
BUSH, George H. W.
George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen.
Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush's signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine condition requiring the nib insert.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114942
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Eleanor Roosevelt's A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty; In the rare original dust jacket
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D.
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.
Rare second large printing of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 142053
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Typed Letter Signed by Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter
FRANKFURTER, Felix.
Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed.
Typed letter signed by Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter. Two pages, typescript on Frankfurter’s Supreme Court letterhead, the letter is dated November 14, 1949 and reads in part, "My dear Mrs. McAllister: If persuasiveness, conveyed by an old and very cherished friend, could enable me to hurdle the obstacles that bar my presence at the 50th Anniversary Dinner of the National Consumers League, Molly Dawson's letter would have done it long ago. Please take my word for it that there are very few occasions which could possibly be so tempting as the League's Anniversary Dinner, and few occasions which would…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114070
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Signed limited edition of Sydney D. Smith's Grapes of Conflict; signed by Caesar Chavez, Chris Hartmire and Sydney Smith
SMITH, Sydney D. Foreword by Cesar Chavez.
Grapes of Conflict.
Pasadena: Hope Publishing House, 1987.
First edition, signed limited edition of Smith's account of the relationship between the Migrant Ministry and National Farm Workers Association in the 1960s farmworkers' movement. Octavo, original publisher's red velvet with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. Singed by Caesar Chavez, Chris Hartmire and Sydney Smith on the signature page. In fine condition.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 122036
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First American Edition of David's Sling: The Arming of Israel; Inscribed by Shimon Peres
PERES, Shimon.
David’s Sling.
New York: Random House, 1970.
First American edition of the story of the creation of Israel's armed strength. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 1971 in Hebrew by Shimon Peres on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith Studio. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 64048
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First Edition of David's Sling: The Arming of Israel; Signed by Shimon Peres
PERES, Shimon.
David’s Sling: The Arming of Israel.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970.
First edition of the story of the creation of Israel's armed strength. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Shimon Peres on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Derrick Holmes. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 127588
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Scarce first edition of Winston S. Churchill's Speech At the Mass Meeting Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Saturday 5th October, 1946
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Speech by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill O.M., C.H., M.P. At the Mass Meeting Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Saturday 5th October, 1946.
London: Published by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office, [1946].
First edition of Churchill's speech defending the position of the Conservative and Unionist Party. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 134618
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Signed Photograph of Potter Stewart to Fellow Justice Irving Kaufman
STEWART, Potter.
Potter Stewart Signed Photograph.
Signed photograph from Potter Stewart to Irving Kaufman. "For Irving R. Kaufman, With the best wishes and high regard of his friend Potter Stewart." The recipient, Irving Kaufman was the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom in 1987 by President Reagan “for his exemplary service to our country, his work as chairman of the President’s commission on organized crime and his multifacted efforts to promote an understanding of the law and our legal tradition." He awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 50026
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First Edition of Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution; Signed by Justice John Paul Stevens
STEVENS, John Paul.
Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011.
First edition of this work by Justice Stevens. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Paul Stevens on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lauren Harms.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 125667
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"The Breath of an old-fashioned nosegay": First edition of the Crum Elbow Folks; lengthily inscribed by Sara D. Roosevelt
BARNES, P.R. Foreword by Sara D. Roosevelt.
Crum Elbow Folks.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Barnes' classic tale of the small Quaker settlement of Crum Elbow with a foreword by Sara D. Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Sara D. Roosevelt on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Sept. 1938 For W. French Cyrus Paris - from Sara D. Roosevelt - This is a story of the 'Friends' who lived until lately in 'Crum Elbow' about a mile East from Hyde Park." In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 100315
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Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough to Artist Ellsworth Kelly
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Early printing of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to artist Ellsworth Kelly in the year of publication, "For Ellsworth with very best wishes David McCullough White Plains 11/18/92." The recipient Ellsworth Kelly was a painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and minimalism. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and illustration design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 118531
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"I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it": First edition of Lincoln: A Cinematic and Historical Companion; signed by the film's screenplay writer Tony Kushner
RUBEL, David. Tony Kushner. Forewords by Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy. [Doris Kearns Goodwin].
Lincoln: A Cinematic and Historical Companion.
New York: Disney Editions, 2012.
First edition of this pictorial companion to Spielberg’s monumental 2012 historical drama Lincoln. Quarto, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page by Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for the film loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137109
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First edition of Jack Valenti's A Very Human President; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
VALENTI, Jack. [William Safire].
A Very Human President.
New York: W.W. Norton & Compan Inc, 1975.
First edition of Valenti's intimate biography of Lyndon Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire - a wise and eloquent 'old pro' - and me dear and valued friend Jack Valenti." 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 supported him 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135521