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Rare January 1971 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Senator Ted Kennedy
KENNEDY, EDWARD [TED].
Senator Ted Kennedy Signed 1971 Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine November 29, 1971.
Original cover from the November 29, 1971 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Senator Ted Kennedy, signed by him. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139032
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"nothing could be more delightful than to live in solitude, and enjoy the spectacle of nature, and sometimes read some book or other": Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls
GOGOL, NIKOLAI V.
Dead Souls.
London: Vizetelly & Co. n.d..
Finely bound example of Gogol’s masterwork, “the first novel from which the world began to form its ideas of 19th-century Russia” (Hornstein, 139). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132581
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Rare First Edition of H. Graham Aldous' The Beer Duty; Containing analyses and discussions on the taxation of beer
ALDOUS, H. GRAHAM.
The Beer Duty.
London: Privately Printed c. 1901.
First edition of this collection of discussions and charts analyzing the effects of taxation on the beer trade in early 20th century England, in the midst of the Temperance Movement. Octavo, original leatherette covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, all edges marbled, illustrated with charts, tables and graphs including a diagram showing the upward or downward movement of Trade, Drink and Crime. Appendix. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100125
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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 speaking at the dinner by Gerald J. Sharp of South Woodford, an invitation to the dinner, a telegram from Churchill dated December 1952 thanking Redfern for his kind message, and a letter from Woodford Conservative Association asking him to contribute to a portrait of Lady Churchill by John Napper to be presented to Churchill as a birthday present. In near fine condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142590
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Rare Original Autograph Letter Signed by Stonewall Jackson to Virginia governor John Letcher
JACKSON, THOMAS "STONEWALL".
Stonewall Jackson Autographed Letter Signed.
: May 25, 1861.
Rare autograph letter signed by Stonewall Jackson written on May 25, 1861 to Virginia governor John Letcher, which reads “Governor, the object of this letter is to state that Mr. W. S. H. Baylor late colonel of the Augusta regiment has qualities which would make him a valuable colonel if an opportunity were offered for their development. During the insubordination at this place, which resulted from depriving the regulars of their field and general officers, Mr. B. instead of at once going to Richmond to advance his personal interests, remained here until he succeeded in quelling the insubordination in his regiment, and I was forcibly impressed with the influence which he exerted over his men. He possesses fine qualities for an officer, and consequently feels deeply that other colonels were reinstated, whilst he was only appointed a major. I am well satisfied from what I know of him personally that he would as a colonel, be an ornament to the Service. I am, Governor, your obedient servant, T.J. Jackson, col. VA vols.”
This letter was written just after the referendum to secede from the Union overwhelmingly passed in the Virginia house on May 23, 1861. Stonewall Jackson was commander of the Confederate army garrison at Harpers Ferry starting April 30. On the 27th of April, Maj. Thomas J. Jackson, of the Virginia military institute, was appointed colonel of Virginia volunteers and ordered to Harper’s Ferry to take command of the forces there assembled. At the same time an order was issued decapitating every militia officer in the State’s volunteer service above the rank of captain, the vacancies thus created to be filled by the governor and his council of three. Colonel Jackson arrived at Harper’s Ferry on the 29th of April and took command on the 30th. This order, resolving the Virginia forces into units of organization, created much indignation among the deposed officers, and greatly excited the troops they had commanded. In the midst of this excitement, Imboden ordered the Staunton artillery into line and informed them that they were required to muster into service, either for twelve months or the war, at their option, but urged them to go in for the full period, as it would be much to their credit to do so and set a good example to others. His men shouted unanimously, “For the war !” They were at once mustered in, and their captain had the pleasure of handing to Colonel Jackson the roll of the first company mustered in “for the war,” for which the colonel expressed his thanks and asked that the same be conveyed to the men. Jackson then requested Imboden to muster in the two other artillery companies present, which he did and returned the rolls before sunset. This action of the artillerists was followed the next day by the other troops; all were mustered in, and the organization into regiments and battalions began. Soon after this, Letcher appointed Harper colonel of the Fifth Virginia, Harman, lieutenant-colonel, and Baylor, major, and thus was organized one of the finest regiments of the famous Stonewall brigade.” Although recommended for colonel, William Smith Hanger Baylor (1831-62) did not achieve that position until 1862. Baylor was an American lawyer and soldier. Before the war, Baylor commanded a militia company, the West Augusta Guard, which later became Company L of the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. In April 1862, he was appointed colonel of the regiment. Baylor assumed command of the Stonewall Brigade after the death of Brigadier General Charles S. Winder on August 9, 1862, at Cedar Mountain. Before his promotion to brigadier general could be confirmed, Baylor was killed in action on the afternoon of August 30, 1862, at Second Manassas after taking the colors of the 33rd Virginia Infantry and gallantly leading his brigade to the unfinished railroad in a charge against the Union V Corps. A significant letter commending a Confederate military figure who would end up as a commander of Jackson’s own brigade. Signed by Jackson and also with notation on verso that might be in Jackson’s hand as well. In very good condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 143621
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"the widest and the best description the empire of China has had worldwide": Rare 18th century hand-colored map of the Chinese Islands of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau from Jean- Baptiste Du Halde's celebrated Description Geographique
DU HALDE, JEAN-BAPTISTE [CHINA].
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].
: J. Wood c. 1736.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important cartographic record of the region of the eighteenth century. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137249
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Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L'Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, EUGENE-EMMANUEL.
Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L’Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance. [Dictionary of French Furniture from the Carlovingian Period to the Renaissance].
Paris: Librairie Centrale d'Architecture n.d.
Finely bound example of Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc’s authoritative resource on the evolution of furniture styles in France from the Carolingian Period to the Renaissance. Royal octavo, 6 volumes bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous plates and text illustrations. In near fine condition. A very nice example of this standard reference.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144610
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Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia
SELLER, JOHN.
Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].
London: c. 1685.
Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning’s A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123641
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“The Body of Benjamin FRANKLIN Printer, Like the Covering of an Old Book Its contents torn out and stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies Here, Food for Worms": Scarce first edition of Nathaniel Ames' 1771 Almanack, containing the first known printing of Benjamin Franklin's famous epitaph
AMES, NATHANIEL. [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN].
An Astronomical Diary or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1771.
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers [1770].
First edition of Nathaniel Ames’ 1771 Almanack, containing the first known printing of “the most famous of American epitaphs” (Mark Van Doren). 12mo, original wrappers stitched as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example of this scarce early almanac.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 125283