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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; SIGNED BY BARACK OBAMA and Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2004.
First edition, first printing of the 2004 reissue of the future President of the United States’ first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama (with a full signature) and by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison on the title page. In discussing Dreams from Father, Morrison called Obama, “a writer in my high esteem” and the book “quite extraordinary.” She praised, “his ability to reflect on this extraordinary mesh of experiences that he has had, some familiar and some not, and to really meditate on that the way he does, and to set up scenes in narrative structure, dialogue, conversation—all of these things that you don’t often see, obviously, in the routine political memoir biography…. It’s unique. It’s his. There are no other ones like that.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket collage by Steven Dana. In 2008 Obama was the first African American elected to President of the United States of America. In 1993 Toni Morrison was the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. On May 29, 2012, President Obama presented Morrison with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rare and desirable signed both Obama and Morrison.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 117633
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"Victory belongs to the most persevering": Rare Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte Signed Document
BONAPARTE, Napoleon.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Joseph Bonaparte Signed Document.
1814.
Rare original manuscript letter in French signed by brothers and co-monarchs Napoleon Bonaparte and Joseph Bonaparte. Napoleon, in his role as French Emperor, has signed as “Np” near the center of the letter, while Joseph, in his role as King of Spain and the Indies, has signed as “Joseph” at lower left. Napoleon’s original command was directed from Paris on January 24, 1814, while the docket indicates that Joseph received the sum in question the same day. Ex-Good Speeds, per pencil notation from October 14, 1964 at top verso. Napoleon instructed François Roullet, Baron de la Bouillerie (1764-1833), to give 500,000 francs to his older brother Joseph. De la Bouillerie had served in various financial capacities dating from Napoleon’s earliest days as First Consul, including General Treasurer of the French crown after 1811. Translated in full, with unchanged spelling and punctuation: “Monsieur Baron Labouillerie, you will give to King Joseph five hundred thousand francs. You will attribute this payment to his appanage, as well as the one of 300,000 francs that was made to him previously. On this, I pray God keeps you in his holy care. Paris the 24 January 1814. In very good condition. The piece measures 7.25 inches by 7.875 inches.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 119537
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Portrait of George Washington By Artist Nicholas Alden Brooks
BROOKS, Nicholas Alden.
George Washington Portrait.
Portrait of George Washington, executed and signed by artist Nicholas Alden Brooks, 1840-1909. Pastel on paper. The portrait measures 21 inches by 25 inches. Framed, the entire piece measures In very good condition with light rubbing. Framed behind glass. The entire piece measures 25.5 inches by 30 inches.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 73082
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Color Photograph Signed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Gerald Ford
RONALD REAGAN, Richard Nixon.
Photograph Signed by Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Gerald Ford.
1990.
Color photograph taken at the opening ceremony of The Richard Nixon Library in July 1990 by Time Magazine’s White House photographer Diana Walker. Walker has signed and inscribed the image in ink in the upper margin, the lower margin is signed and dated by each of the four Presidents (Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George Bush while in office). This images was published in Time Magazine at the time of the ceremony and is used as the image opposite the title page in Walker’s book Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency. Comes with a copy of the book. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 15023
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First Edition of Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee; Inscribed by Captain Robert E. Lee to John Campbell
LEE, Captain Robert E. [John L. Campbell; Gerald Smythe].
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee.
New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904.
First edition of this work “the closest thing to an autobiography that Gen. Lee ever wrote” (Nevins I, 120). Octavo, original cloth, with photogravure portraits. A Presentation copy with an interesting triad of associations. The books is inscribed by Captain Robert E. Lee, General Lee’s son and author of the book, to John L. Campbell, the Treasurer of Washington and Lee University for 35 years, with a lengthy quote by Englishman Gerald Smythe on the half-title, taken from a letter by General Lee to Bishop Randolph about the importance of history. The inscription from Capt. Rob Lee to John Campbell is dated October 13, 1904, the year of the book’s publication. The inscription penned by Gerald Smythe is dated 13 June 1909, during Smythe’s “sojourn in Lexington” with Rob Lee in May and June 1909 [Confederate Veteran, January, 1921]. Captain Lee referred to Smythe as “the best Confederate I know” and Smythe later penned “An Englishman’s Visit to Capt. R. E. Lee” about his pleasant visit, issued of the Confederate Veteran, June 1915. All in all, a remarkable copy with significant associations, of this important work, described as
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 110342
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"Fight has never been and is not now a fight for conquest of land, for accumulation of wealth or domination of peoples, but for the recognition and preservation of the rights of man and the establishment of a truly free world for a free people": Exceedingly Scarce Signed Photograph of Albert Luthuli
LUTULI, Albert.
Albert Lutuli Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Albert Lutuli, the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Signed twice by him and dated by him 2/11/1961. The portrait shows Luthuli holding the telegram which announced his award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1960. The reverse of the photograph is rubber stamped “Copyright Photograph supplied by The Natal Mercury, Devonshire Place, Durban”. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 81123
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph
EISENHOWER, Dwight D..
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph.
1968.
Black and white photograph of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, signed by each below the photograph. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 12 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 109355
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this work by Taft, who is the only person to have presided over both the executive and judicial branches of the United States government. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Howard Taft on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 5388
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"Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down this Wall": First Edition of Ronald Reagan: The Wisdom and Humor of the Great Communicator; Inscribed by Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
REAGAN, Ronald; Edited by Frederick J. Ryan.
Ronald Reagan: The Wisdom and Humor of the Great Communicator.
San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of speeches from the 40th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Reagan on the half-title page, “To Jeannie Happy Birthday and Best Wishes Always Ronald Reagan.” Additionally signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. Rare and desirable signed by these two heads of states.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 103645
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"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb": First Edition of Long Walk To Freedom; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
Boston: Little Brown, 1994.
First American edition of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page, “NMandela 12.5.05.” It was signed in New York City by Mandela during a visit upon receipt of an honorary doctorate from Amherst College. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 55043
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"The Largest Portrait Engraving of Abraham Lincoln"; Rare Henry Gugler Life-Size Engraved Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
GUGLER, Henry. [Abraham Lincoln].
Henry Gugler Life-Size Engraved Portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
c. 1869.
Rare Henry Gugler engraving of President Abraham Lincoln, the largest engraved portrait of Lincoln produced. One of the foremost engravers of 19th century Germany, Gugler immigrated to the U.S. in 1853 where he found work with a New York firm specializing in bank note engraving. By the early 1860s he began working at the National Note Bureau, later known as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. and in 1863, the National Note Bureau of Engraving and Printing hired him as one of their first vignette engravers. It was there that Gugler engraved the “The Pioneer” which appeared on the $5 and $20 United States bills. Gugler’s most famous engraving was this life size steel engraving of President Abraham Lincoln; his most important work completed in 1869 after two years of work. In very good condition. In a period wooden frame with gilt inner border. The entire piece measures 27 by 22 inches.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 104856
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Finely Bound Extra Illustrated edition of de Bourrienne's Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte; bound by Riviere and Son
FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE, Louis Antoine [Napoleon].
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By M. de Bourrienne, his Private Secretary.
London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
Finely bound extra-illustrated edition set of de Bourrienne’s Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavos, eight volumes, bound in full 19th century crimson morocco by Riviere and Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central gilt Napoleonic coats of arms and double gilt ruling to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings including frontispieces to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 109608
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Rare Sammelband collection of the treatises of Thomas Paine; including Rights of Man and Common Sense
PAINE, Thomas.
Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, Part I; Rights of Man Part the Second. Concerning Principle and Practice; Letter Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation; Dissertations on First Principles of Government; Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America; A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America; Miscellaneous Articles of Thomas Paine.
London: H. D. Symonds, J. S. Jordan, J. Ridgway et al, 1792-1793.
Sammelband collection of early printings of the treatises of Thomas Paine. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt tooling to the spine, engraved frontispiece portrait of Paine. The collection includes: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, Part I [London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1792]; Rights of Man Part the Second. Concerning Principle and Practice [London: Printed for J. S. Jordan, 1792]; Letter Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation [London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1792]; Dissertations on First Principles of Government [London: Printed for the Proprietors]; Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America [London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1793]; A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America [London: Printed for J. Ridgeway, 1712 (1792)]; Miscellaneous Articles of Thomas Paine [London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1793]. In very good condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 122960
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Christmas Card From Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip; signed by both
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Coronation Portrait.
1953.
Rare color portrait of the royal family the year of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, boldly signed, “Elizabeth R, 1953” and “Philip.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 9.25 inches by 7 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 119918
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely yours William H. Taft.” In very good condition.
Price: $4,400.00 Item Number: 114863
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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both": Signed Limited Editions Of President Eisenhower’s Mandate For Change and The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953-1956 and The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961.
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1963-65.
Signed limited first editions, each volume numbered 1287 of 1500 copies. Two volumes, thick octavo, original tan cloth, original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket, which are in near fine to fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. A nice set.
Price: $4,250.00 Item Number: 25038
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“THE ONLY PEACE IS THE PEACE OF OVERWHELMING VICTORY”: LARGE THEODORE ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph Portrait.
1909.
Large sepia-toned photograph of Theodore Roosevelt signed by him in the last year of his Presidency. Inscribed by him, “To Augustus W. Bennet with the regards of Theodore Roosevelt Feb 26th 1909.” “Copyright 1904 By George Prince” at lower right of photo. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 21.5 inches. An attractive piece.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 82500
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"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do": RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE COLLECTION OF JEFFERSON’S WRITINGS
JEFFERSON, Thomas.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
Charlottesville, VA: F. Carr and Co, 1829.
First edition of the first published collection of Jefferson’s writings, an impressive four-volume work edited by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, engraved frontispiece portrait after Gilbert Stuart in Volume I. In very good condition with some of the usual foxing endemic to this title. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 117576
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"For I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep": Jacqueline Kennedy quotation of Robert Frost
KENNEDY, Jacqueline [Robert Frost].
Jacqueline Kennedy Quotation of Robert Frost.
Jacqueline Kennedy hand writes the first lines from the Robert Frost poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. From the collection of Mary Gallagher, who was the personal secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy from 1957 to 1964, which includes the Kennedy presidency. Before that, she was Senator John F. Kennedy’s secretary and worked briefly for Jackie’s mother. Robert Frost was one of President and Mrs. Kennedy’s favorite poets. He was invited to present two of his poems at the Kennedy Inauguration on January 20, 1961. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is perhaps his best known work; and Frost himself admitted that it was “my best bid for remembrance.” Mrs. Kennedy slightly misquotes the three concluding lines, “For I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep.” Jacqueline wrote them on Mary Gallagher’s shorthand notebook in her new home in Georgetown, in 1964, where she moved to after leaving the White House. Gallagher further explains in her affidavit: “This happened to be but one of the many poems that [Mrs. Kennedy] had chosen daily from little stacks of books in which she had placed paper markers to designate the pages that had the various passages for me to type up over the next few weeks. As she explained, they were ‘for the fund-raising dinner in New York on the 16th, to be recited by Frederic March.’ The poem was recited by March at the Kennedy Library dinner and the Democratic Convention that same year. Matted and framed opposite a photograph of President and Mrs. Kennedy and Robert Frost. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 21 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 44052
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Color Photograph Signed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon
RONALD REAGAN, Gerald Ford.
Photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.
Color photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. Signed by each President below their likeness. A striking image with the Presidents flanked by an American flag on either side. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 95277
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"Never, never again will this beautiful land experience the oppression of one by another": First Edition of the Inauguration Book of Nelson Mandela; Boldly Signed By Mandela, Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk
MANDELA, Nelson.
Many Cultures One Nation: Presidential Inauguration.
Pretoria, South Africa: Government Office, 1994.
First edition of this work on the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nelson Mandela in the year of publication, “To Judy, Compliments & best wishes. NMandela 28.9.94.” Additionally signed by Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President F.W. de Klerk, who both participated in the inauguration. Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts in resolving and ending apartheid. In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid. After the first universal elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996. In 1997 he resigned the leadership of the National Party and retired from politics. In fine condition. Rare, especially signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 112659
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Etching as President
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Etching.
Etching of Theodore Roosevelt by Jacques Reich, signed as president, “Theodore Roosevelt, Feb. 9th 1909.” Also signed by the artist, “Jacques Reich.” Affixed to a same-size board, with the reverse bearing a label from the Arthur H. Hahlo Co., identifying the piece as a limited edition autographed artist’s proof. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 101946
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First edition of Brian Mulroney's Memoirs 1939-1993; inscribed by him to President Bill Clinton
MULRONEY, Brian (Bill Clinton).
Memoirs 1939-1993.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007.
First edition of the 18th prime minister of Canada’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton, “For Bill, with friendship, admiration, and respect, Brian Mulroney.” Mulroney visited Clinton in June of 1993, only days before the end of his second term to discuss NAFTA and the development of a common solution to trade matters in Bosnia through the United Nations Security Council. Both Mulroney and Clinton introduced major international free trade agreements during their time in office; Mulroney introduced the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement on October 4, 1987 and Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement on January 1, 1994 which created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Bill McCarthy. From the library of Bill Clinton. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96550
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"The most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution": Rare Original 18th century printing of the Massachusetts Centinel; issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 during the presidency of George Washington
The Massachusetts Centinel. Wednesday, October 21, 1789.
Boston: Russell, Benjamin, October 21, 1789.
Number II, of Vol. XII of “the most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution”, Benjamin Russell’s Massachusetts Centinel, issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 (Hudson, 147). Folio, one page, folded. The issue includes front-page articles on recently enacted acts allowing compensation for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the temporary establishment of the Post-Office and appointment of a Post-Master General, both approved by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, President George Washington and Vice President John Adams on September 22nd, 1789. The issue also includes sections on Foreign Intelligence, News From France, and advertisements for John & Thomas Armory & Co., Mr. Lewis Hayt’s Auction-Room, the Boston Book Store, Joshua Thomas’ Books and Stationary, lost and found ads, listings for ships and houses for rent, a daily almanac. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116337
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"There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice;" The Papers of Grover Cleveland; Inscribed by Him
CLEVELAND, Grover.
The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Twenty-Second President of the United States.
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1889.
First edition of the collected papers of Grover Cleveland. Quarto, original brown cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Joseph C. Hendrix, from Grover Cleveland, May 1, 1892.” In very good condition with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by President Cleveland.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 32089
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"'Where is God?' Said the black girl to the missionary who had converted her?": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God; Inscribed by him and wife Charlotte to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife Eleanor
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.
First edition of George Bernard Shaw’s short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933.” Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the eldest son of Theodore Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt where they enjoyed lunch and Shaw assisted in editing one of Theodore’s reports to the war department. Laid is is a small copy of a selection of pages from Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt’s 1959 autobiography ‘Day Before Yesterday’ which describes the visit in detail and also mentions the occasion upon which they received the current inscribed volume in the mail after the Shaw’s visit. In near fine condition. In the original glassine which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable with exceptional provenance.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96134
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Rare Partially Printed Document Signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren and Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State
JACKSON, Andrew; Martin Van Buren.
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Signed Document.
January 19, 1830.
Rare military document signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State. One page, partially printed on vellum, the document measures 10.5 inches by 5 inches. Countersigned by David Henshaw as Collector for the District of Boston and Charleston. In very good condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116914
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First edition of Gallery of the Celebrated Landscapes of Switzerland; lengthily inscribed by Queen Victoria to a lady of her bedchamber
QUEEN VICTORIA,.
Gallery of the Celebrated Landscapes of Switzerland.
J.A. Preuss, and London: H. Rothe: Zurich, n.d. (ca. 1880).
First edition of this extensive gallery of photographs of Switzerland. Quarto, original publisher’s full decorative vellum with gilt titles to the spine and elaborate gilt central motif to the front panel depicting an alpine postal carriage, all edges gilt, gilt patterned endpapers, illustrated with one hundred collotypes displaying views of Switzerland. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription from Queen Victoria to Horatia Stopford, a Lady of her Bedchamber, “To dear Horatia Stopford from her affec. & grateful friend Victoria R Christmas 1885.” In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 109082
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, Albert; Artist William Sharp.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, “A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960.” The translation reads, “To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960.” Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 22.5 inches. A unique piece, rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060
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"I think we shall have fulfilled our mission well if when our time comes to give up active work in the world we can say we never saw a wrong without trying to right it": Signed Limited Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's Rare First Book It's Up To The Women; One of 250 Signed Numbered Copies
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
It’s Up To The Women.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933.
Signed limited first edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s first book as first lady. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, tissue guard present opposite the frontispiece. One of 250 signed copies by Eleanor Roosevelt, this is number 21. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 92782
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush].
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. Boldly signed by both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Upon the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, President George W. Bush commented, “Today we remember a dark episode in our Nation’s history, and we remember the leader whose life was cut short 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy dedicated himself to public service, and his example moved Americans to do more for our country. He believed in the greatness of the United States and the righteousness of liberty, and he defended them. On this solemn anniversary, Laura and I join our fellow citizens in honoring our 35th President.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. Foreword by Allan Nevins.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 112452
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Rare Publisher's Presentation of The Burden and the Glory; Signed by Jacqueline Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.; Jacqueline Kennedy.
The Burden and the Glory: The Hopes and Purposes of President Kennedy’s Second and Third Years in Office as Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
First edition. Octavo, publisher’s special presentation issue binding of full blue crushed morocco, front cover double-ruled in gilt, with gilt central presidential seal, spine ruled in blind and stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves. Signed by Jacqueline Kennedy on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the joints, slipcase with some wear. Rare and desirable signed by Jacqueline Kennedy.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 37002
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Photograph Signed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon
RONALD REAGAN, Gerald Ford.
Photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.
Color photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. This photograph was taken of President Ronald Reagan with Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter before they left to attend the funeral of President Anwar El- Sadat of Egypt who was assassinated October 6, 1981. Countersigned by Gerald Ford, James Carter, and Richard Nixon as President Reagan’s representatives for the funeral. A striking image with the Presidents flanked by an American flag on either side. Triple matted and framed. The photograph measures 7.5 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 22 inches. A very attractive piece, rare and desirable signed by all four Presidents.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 57002
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Photograph of Big Ben; Signed by Five British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
Big Ben Tower Signed Photograph of British Prime Ministers.
Color photograph of Big Ben Tower, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 16.25 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73058
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"Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong": Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his administration
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration.
1860-1891.
A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents include a printed warrant for the pardon of John and Jerome Whisonant who were held at the Albany Penitentiary in 1874 signed by Grant, an 1860 one page autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill discussing misappropriated funds, an autograph quotation in the hand of 17th Vice President Schuyler Colfax, “Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong. Schuyler Colfax Feb 8. 1873”, an 1865 autograph letter signed by 18th Vice President Henry Wilson to President Johnson, and 1873 autograph note signed by Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, a clipped signature by Postmaster General James W. Marshall, an 1875 autograph letter signed on Depart of the Interior letterhead by Secretary of the Interior Zachariah Chandler to Gent. Adam Badeau with a second clipped signature, an 1867 autograph note signed by Secretary of the Treasury George S. Boutwell, and an 1891 autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow. An exceptional collection.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73063
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"one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage": Photograph of 10 Downing Street; Signed by six British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
10 Downing Street Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of the 10 Downing Street doorway, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 65031
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Signed Limited Editions Of President Eisenhower’s Mandate For Change and The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953-1956 and The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1963-65.
Signed limited first editions, each one of 1500 copies. Two volumes, thick octavo, pictorial endpapers, original tan cloth, original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket, which are in fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 55057
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill’s masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 122051
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“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed": First edition of Charles G. Washburn's Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His Career; signed by Theodore Roosevelt
WASHBURN, Charles G. [Theodore Roosevelt].
Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His Career.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
First edition of Washburn’s account of Roosevelt’s political career. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Theodore Roosevelt on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Theodore Roosevelt Dec 2nd 1916.” In near fine with a bold signature from Roosevelt. Rare and desirable signed by Roosevelt.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 110824
