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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": Why England Slept; Signed by Jack Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
First edition, early printing of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed in a contemporary hand "Jack Kennedy" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 122533
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Rare Original Photograph signed by President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan
CLINTON, Bill.
Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph.
1995.
Color photograph taken during the the signing of the Oslo II Accords of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan and Hosni Mubarak on the White House lawn, signed by Clinton, Arafat and Faisal Husseini. On September 28, 1995, the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was signed in Washington, D.C. This agreement, which marks the conclusion of the first stage in negotiations between Israel and the PLO, incorporates and superseded the Gaza-Jericho and early empowerment agreements. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 13 inches. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 123430
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers": Rare First Edition in Book Form of The Monroe Doctrine
MONROE, James.
Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.
First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 131707
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"ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY"; LIFE MAGAZINE INAUGURAL ADDRESS; INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY TO EVELYN SYMINGTON
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Inaugural Address.
Rare Souvenir Edition of Life Magazine's Inaugural Spectacle commemorating the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John F. Kennedy on the front panel, "To Evie Symington with very good wishes John F. Kennedy." The recipient, Evelyn Symington was the wife of Amherst, Massachusetts-born politician Stuart Symington. Symington served as a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri between 1953 and 1976 and emerged as a prominent critic of McCarthyism early in his term. He sought the the Democratic nomination in the 1960 presidential election with the backing of former President Truman, but the…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 117063
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Rare Willard's Hotel Menu; Signed by Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan on the Day of Jefferson Davis' Capture
GRANT, Ulysses S; Philip H. Sheridan.
Ulysses S. Grant and Philip H. Sheridan Signed Willard’s Hotel Menu.
Washington, D.C.: May 10, 1865.
Rare historical daily menu from the prestigious Willard's Hotel in Washington, D.C., dating to the very day that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured. One page, double-sided, signed inside by Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan, "U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A." and "Phil. H. Sheridan, Maj. Genl., U.S.A." In fine condition with intersecting folds. Double-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and a window at the rear, revealing the front of the menu. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 146517
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Full Leather Signed Limited Edition of Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom; One of 250 Numbered Copies Signed by Him
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom.
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 250 numbered copies of this classic autobiography, this is number 121. Octavo, bound in full green morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front panel, all edges gilt, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Fine in a fine slipcase as issued. Rare and desirable.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 134532
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“All he wanted was toleration, and by the enlightened use of the dispensing power to be the true father of all his people": First Editions of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Signed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions of each volumes of this classic set. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Winston Churchill in volume one. Each volume is fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 147142
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers": Rare First Edition in Book Form of The Monroe Doctrine
MONROE, James.
Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.
First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound with a number of other congressional reports in contemporary sheep, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition with rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels and some toning throughout. Rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146543
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"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often": Winston Churchill’s Collected Works; 38 Volumes In Full Vellum In the Original Slipcases
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition.
London: Library of Imperial History In association With Charles Scribner's Sons and The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973-76.
Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s complete Works, one of only 3000 sets produced, with the additional four volumes usually not present. Octavo, original full vellum, 38 volumes, stamped with the Churchill arms, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original dark green slipcases, also gilt-stamped with the Churchill coat of arms. In near fine to fine condition in the original slipcases. An exceptional set.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 140050
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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; In the Rare Original Boards
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, original boards, engraved frontispiece portrait after Gilbert Stuart in Volume I. Rare and desirable in the original boards.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143456
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Rare Civil War Era Carte-de-visite of Robert E. Lee; Signed by Him
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Signed Carte-de-Visite.
Rare Civil War era carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee in uniform, boldly signed "RE Lee". In fine condition. Quadruple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 103675
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"There is delight in the hardy life of the open": First Edition of African Game Trails; Inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt to His Aide O.K. King
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
First edition of Theodore Roosevelt's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt top edge, photogravure frontispiece, illustrated, 48 plates, map of Roosevelt's route and hunting trips in Africa. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To O.K. King with the esteem and regard of his friend Theodore Roosevelt Sept 22d 1910." The recipient, Oscar King Davis was a journalist for the New York Times and Chicago Tribune and had a long association with Roosevelt as reporter, aide, collaborator, and friend. Roosevelt contributed a chapter to King's 1908 biography of Taft, and king later became an aide to…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146118
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Rare colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament; signed by 8 British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair
THATCHER, Margaret; Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; James Callaghan; David Cameron; Edward Heath; John Major; Theresa May.
British Prime Ministers Signed New Houses of Parliament Engraving.
Rare colored engraving signed by 8 former British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. One page, a fine colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament signed on the mount by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, David Cameron, Edward Heath, John Major, Theresa May, and Margaret Thatcher. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.25 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 123644
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Large Photograph of The Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion; Signed by Him
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph.
1947.
Large original silver gelatin photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion, boldly signed by him. Ben-Gurion's signature measures 5.25 inches by 1.25 inches. x 1.25" alone. Also signed and dated "Charles Bergman May 1947" who was possibly the photographer. The photograph was taken in May 1947, one year before Ben-Gurion declared the formation of the modern state of Israel on May 14, 1948. The British had controlled Mandatory Palestine since 1920, but in May 1947, they asked for international guidance in resolving the complicated question of possession and ownership. The British submitted the Palestine question to the United Nations.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 133617
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Signed Limited Editions Of President Eisenhower’s Mandate For Change and The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961; both volumes inscribed by Eisenhower to his Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
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 of Eisenhower's memoirs, each one of 1500 copies. Thick Octavo, two volumes, original tan cloth with green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the author. Association copy, Waging Peace is an Advance presentation copy, inscribed by Eisenhower to Secretary of Defense, Thomas S. Gates, Jr., "Devotedly Dwight D. Eisenhower" on an Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania bookplate. The recipient, Thomas S. Gates is mentioned numerous times in both of these volumes. "To replace Neil McElroy as Secretary of Defense I prevailed on Secretary of the Navy Tom Gates to delay…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 133263
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"One of the great iconic cigar smoking statesmen": Rare unsmoked Cuban Coronas Alhambra cigar from the personal collection of John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Unsmoked Cuban Cigar.
Rare unopened cigar given to 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy by a Philippine Ambassador to the United States, handsomely presented with a portrait of Kennedy. The Coronas Alhambra cigar is mounted in a shadowbox opening and is still stored in a cellophane sheath printed in gold lettering: “Specially Made For President Kennedy.” Under its red and gold label and black band inscribed “Choicest Philippine Tobacco Sumatra Wrapper." The 8 inch by 10 inch black and white photograph above shows President Kennedy smoking a cigar while reading the sports section of The New York Times on Saturday, August 31, 1963.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 140653
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Rare original dinner program from the celebration held in honor of the 80th birthday of Winston Churchill by the Woodford Division Conservative Association; signed by both Winston and Clementine Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S. and Clementine Churchill.
Winston and Clementine Churchill Signed Celebration Dinner in Honour Of Winston S. Churchill Program.
Essex: Woodford Division Conservative Association, November 23, 1954.
Rare dinner program from the celebration held in honor of the 80th birthday of Winston Churchill by the Woodford Division Conservative Association on Tuesday, November 23rd 1954. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers, ribbon bound in. Signed by Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill on the front panel. Accompanied by a typed transmittal letter dated February 9th 1955 signed by Churchill's personal private secretary L.M. Shillingford to John Redfern returning the signed menu with 'best wishes from Sir Winston and Lady Churchill for the work which you will be doing for the new Chigwell Division', a black and white photograph of Churchill…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142590
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Rare genealogical archive documenting the life and heritage of the first President of the Confederation Congress John Hanson
THOMAS, Douglas H. [John Hanson].
John Hanson Genealogical Archive.
c. 1880-1885.
Rare genealogical archive documenting the life and heritage of the first President of the Confederation Congress John Hanson, whose biographers have argued to be the true first President of the United States. The archive is composed primarily of letters, historical records and biographical documents prepared by Hanson's ancestors, most notably several biographical volumes composed by his descendant Douglas H. Thomas who, in his numerous biographical papers, promoted Hanson as the the true first President of the United States. Contents also include biographical accounts of Hanson's father Philip Thomas, and his descendant John Hanson Thomas who served in the American Civil…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 116321
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First edition of Joseph Hall's An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1800, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence; inscribed by him
HALL, Joseph.
An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1800, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence.
Boston: From the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring, [1800].
First edition of Hall's famed speech tracing the history of the American Revolution. Octavo, bound in paper-covered boards, original wrapper bound in at rear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Ephraim Williams Esq. from his friend J. Hall." In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Exceedingly rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 125043
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The Statesman Edition of the Complete Works of Charles Sumner; with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I
SUMNER, Charles. Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar.
The Complete Works of Charles Sumner.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900.
The Statesman edition of the complete works of Charles Sumner, with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 391. With three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner to the Rev. R.C. Waterston tipped into Vol. I. which reads in full, "Yesterday I read the enclosed account, which will explain itself.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 149581