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Secretary of State William P. Rogers 'Pen that Ended the Vietnam War'
ROGERS, WILLIAM P. [RICHARD NIXON].
Secretary of State William P. Rogers’ Pen Used to Sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement.
Paris: January 27, 1973.
The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, ending the Vietnam War, Paris, 27 January 1973. Sheaffer fountain pen with 14 karat gold tip, housed in an adjustable gold pen holder, wooden base, brass hardware including etched plaque. The plaque reads, “To the Association of the Bar of the City of New York / Pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to Sign the Viet-Nam Peace Agreements / Paris January 27, 1973.” During his tenure as Secretary of State under President Nixon, William P. Rogers was involved in multiple matters of foreign policy including negotiations leading up to the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 after years of negotiations and secret talks. On 27 January 1973, representatives of the South Vietnamese communist forces, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States gathered in Paris to sign the Paris Peace Accords and officially end the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. The ceasefire took effect the next day on January 28, 1973, and the last U.S. troops left Vietnam in March 1973. In very good condition. A unique piece of world history.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145329
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WASHINGTON APPOINTS FIRST SURVEYOR GENERAL: Rare manuscript document appointing Simeon De Witt as the first surveyor general; signed by President George Washington
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.
George Washington Signed Appointment of the First Surveyor General.
Philadelphia: May 13, 1796.
Rare manuscript document boldly signed by George Washington as the first President of the United States. One page, oblong quarto, manuscript document in a secretarial hand on vellum, Philadelphia, 13 May 1796, signed at the conclusion, “G. Washington” and countersigned by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. With paper presidential seal, docketed on verso, creased from folding. Trained in surveying as a youth, Simeon De Witt (1756-1834) gained early distinction making maps for George Washington during the Revolution, ultimately becoming Geographer and Surveyor of the Continental Army. After the war, De Witt settled in Albany, where he served for a half century until his death as the surveyor general of New York State. His 1802 state map set a standard for American cartography. In 1796, Washington nominated and appointed De Witt to become Surveyor General of the United States, but De Witt turned down the nomination. Washington wrote to Thomas Jefferson describing De Witt as “extremely modest, sensible, sober, discreet, and deserving of favors. He is esteemed a very good mathematician.” Despite Washington’ praise, Jefferson never adopted any of De Witt’s proposals during his presidency. Although De Witt declined Washington’s appointment as surveyor general of the United States, while serving on the Manhattan street commission he eagerly accepted a position (1810) on the first state commission exploring a cross-state canal to Lake Erie. De Witt’s unrivaled mapping and surveying experience made him a logical choice for the street commission. Given his extensive record laying rectilinear grids elsewhere in the state, De Witt was the likeliest among the commissioners to propose and promote a regular grid for Manhattan. De Witt was responsible for the hiring of his likeminded young Albany protégé, John Randel, Jr., to serve as the commission’s chief surveyor. In near fine condition.
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 145490
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Rare 1896 Standard Oil Stock Certificate; Signed by Henry Morrison Flagler
FLAGLER, HENRY MORRISON.
Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Stock Certificate.
New York: International Bank Note Co May 18th 1896.
Rare 1896 Standard Oil Stock Certificate signed by American business magnate Henry Morrison Flagler. One page, partially printed, the certificate is dated May 18th 1896 and issues 75/972,500 shares of Standard Oil Trust to R.C. Tilford. Boldly signed by Henry Morrison Flagler, “HM Flagler.” With stub attached and usual co-signatures, transfer of stock document affixed to verso, cancellation rubber stamp dated 5 August 1899. Accompanied by a small portrait and biography of Flagler. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145862
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First Edition of John B. Foster's Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide; with a photo of Babe Ruth and his Minor-League Team
FOSTER, JOHN B; [GEORGE HERMAN 'BABE' RUTH].
Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide Thirty-Ninth Year 1915.
New York: American Sports Publishing Company 1915.
First edition of this official baseball guide. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with over 100 full page engravings of ballplayers and teams and 16 cartoons by famous American artist Homer C. Davenport, featuring George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth’s first ever appearance in a Spalding guide on page 198. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine and extremities. An incredible piece of baseball history.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145326
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First Edition of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem
ARENDT, HANNAH.
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.
New York: The Viking Press 1963.
First edition of this classic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Photograph of Arendt by Alfred Bernheim.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145895
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Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface; Signed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, BUZZ.
Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.
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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module ‘Eagle’ onto the surface of the moon. Color photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle” onto the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver felt tip, ‘Buzz Aldrin.’ In near fine condition. The piece measures 9.75 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145294
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"So figure some way to explain to her, boy, you know women better’n I do...": Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White
KEROUAC, JACK.
Jack Kerouac Autograph Letter Signed.
: 1954.
Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White. Bifoliate leaf, one page covered; pencil. With envelope addressed in autograph, postmarked Jamaica, New York. The letter reads in full, “Fri. Jan. 7 Dear Ed – For reasons completely unexplainable to someone like Beverly I’d on New Year’s Eve made a vow not to leave the house (my hermitage) till I’d accomplished 2 things, (1) a certain piece of writing, (2) a certain term of reading – study and tranquil meditation – so when she called last night I had nothing to say in defense of my private plans + said I’d see her Saturday, + you today, etc. but in conscience I can’t leave this room till I’ve done what I vowed to do – so figure some way to explain to her, boy, you know women better’n I do – Before I head for California in February I’ll drop up to Columbia to see you – As ever, Jack.” The recipient, Edward Divine White Jr. was lifelong friend to Jack Kerouac from 1947 to Kerouac’s death in 1969. The pair exchanged over 90 letters and postcards throughout those years and White notably appeared in Kerouac’s On the Road as the character Tim Gray, in Visions of Cody as Ed Gray, and in Book of Dreams as Al Green and Guy Green. Kerouac and White met in the fall of 1946 at Columbia University through mutual friend Hal Chase, who, that same year, introduced both to Neal Cassady, a bold and adventurous petty criminal from Denver, Colorado who would become Kerouac’s muse and the hero of On the Road. White is credited with suggesting that Kerouac try, “sketching with words rather than writing conventionally,” in 1951. White was also a longtime friend of Columbia University classmate and Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle Allan Temko and Columbia University classmate Allen Ginsberg. White’s own forty-year practice (1955 through 1995) as an architect focused on contemporary architecture and historic preservation. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145634
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Rare First Edition of Oswald Spengler's Der Untergang Des Abendlandes [The Decline of the West]
SPENGLER, OSWALD.
Der Untergang Des Abendlandes: Umrisse Einer Morphologie Der Weltgeschichte: Gestalt Und Wirklichkeit. [The Decline of the West: Outlines of a Morphology of World History: Form and Actuality].
Germany: Wilhelm Braumüller 1918.
Scarce first edition of the first volume of this work on history and culture. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over patterned boards with titles in six compartments within raised bands, two fold-out panels of ‘simultaneous’ intellectual and political epochs. In near fine condition with toning and ownership signatures to the half-title page, marks to the title page. A bright example. Rare, with only a handful appearing at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 145336
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"The music of 'Led Zeppelin I' had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin's manager": Led Zeppelin II; Lengthily Signed by David Juniper and Frank Borman
JUNIPER, DAVID; FRANK BORMAN; [LED ZEPPELIN].
David Juniper and Frank Borman Inscribed Led Zeppelin II.
Burbank, CA: Atlantic Recording Corporation 2014.
Led Zeppelin’s second album, first released in 1969. Double-folding album with designs by cover artist David Juniper. Signed by David Juniper on the front panel, “The music of ‘Led Zeppelin I’ had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin’s manager David Juniper – designer of the cover art for ‘Led Zeppelin II.'” Additionally signed by Frank Borman on the front panel, “Not Neil Armstrong! Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR.” In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145289
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First Literary Guild Edition of Miss Hickory; Inscribed by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
BAILEY, CAROLYN SHERWIN.
Miss Hickory.
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press 1946.
Scarce first Junior Guild edition of this Newbery award-winning children’s book. Octavo, original red cloth with black lettering to the spine and black flower decoration to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, red top stain, lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Helen Fuller, my treasured friend, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Miss H.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket and signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145270