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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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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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"I do not think there can be any real improvement for the world while the gold premium continues to increase. With kind regards, Believe me, Winston S. Churchill": CHURCHILL WRITES TO HIS BANKER AT CITY NATIONAL BANK, BERNARD DUIS, JUST DAYS BEFORE ROOSEVELT'S 1932 LANDSLIDE ELECTION; Letter Signed by Him
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Autograph Letter Signed.
1932.
One page typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill, dated November 4, 1932, on his Chartwell letterhead stationery. The letter is to author and publisher to Bernard Duis discussing Roosevelt's upcoming election and the Depression. The letter reads, "My dear Duis, Many thanks for your letter of October 24. I am making steady progress and hope in a month or so to be able to attend Parliament again. I should have thought that the markets had rather discounted Roosevelt's election, and that if the Democrats put forward a number of very able men as principal officers of State - as…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 132305
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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 original Document; Boldly Signed by Founding Father John Hancock
HANCOCK, John.
John Hancock Signed Document.
1787.
Rare document signed by John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts. Boldly signed "John Hancock" on the upper left corner. Hancock's signature is an exceptional example. Countersigned by Secretary of the Commonwealth John Avery, Jr. as "John Avery jun Secy" at center bottom. Featuring a large paper seal showing a gorgeous impression of the Massachusetts state seal in the upper left corner. Massachusetts Governor Hancock appointed one "Joseph Green Gentleman" as "Captain of the thirteenth company, in the second Regiment and in the Ninth Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth comprehending the County of Berkshire." Matted and displayed to the right of a G. Barrie…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 119677
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First Edition, association copy of Winston S. Churchill's The River War; signed and annotated by E.B. Lack
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.
First editions of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Association copy, with signatures and annotations by E.B. Lack, who helped to supply gunboats to the Admiralty during the campaign. Woods A2(a). In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144336
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The River War; Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
Later edition of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Peake from Winston S. Churchill Sept 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144339
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"But what does it matter what I suffer for you to enjoy? That I perish for a people to live" Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar to Ecuadorian independentista Manuela Garaycoa
BOLIVAR, Simón.
Simón Bolívar Autograph Letter Signed.
Bogota: 1827.
Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar as President of Gran Colombia. One page, script in Spanish. Sent from Bogota, the letter is dated December 6, 1827 and reads in full, "A la Senora Manuela Garaycoa. Umd. siempre se eccele a si misma on bondades para conmigo y me prodiga elofios ques ellos solo, bastarian para saviar la codica del mas ambivioiso de gloria. Y que otra cora podria yo esperar de las Garaycoas de esas amigas fieles de esas Colombians constantes de esa Gloriosa sin rival? Yo les doy las gracias a todas y seame tambien permitido…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 126188
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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 near fine very good. 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 Dalai Lama: a Biography of the exiled leader of Tibet; Signed by His Holiness and Lowell Thomas
THOMAS, Jr..
The Dalai Lama: A Biography of the Exiled Leader of Tibet.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.
First edition of this early biography of The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed and dated in the year of publication by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a note to the recipient on official Tibetan letterhead from the private secretary to the Dalai Lama stating that The Dalai Lama has signed this copy. Also inscribed on the half-title page by the author, "With warmes regards and best wishes to Kenneth Crouch- and with a special salute from- Lowell Thomas Jr. Dec. 14, 62." Near fine in a very good dust jacket…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 83782
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JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE; INSCRIBED BY HIM; IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Graham, Best wishes, John Kennedy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138082
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First Edition of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War; Signed by Him in Triumph and Tragedy
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.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53.
First American editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Triumph and Tragedy is boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "From Winston S. Churchill, 1954." Each volume is fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139201
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“We write our own destiny; we become what we do”: First Edition of General Chiang Kai Shek; Signed by both General and Madame Chiang kai-shek
KAI-SHEK, Chiang and Madame.
General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937.
First edition of this autobiography of Chiang Kai-shek. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the half-title page in Chinese by Chiang Kai-shek and in English by Mei-ling Soong Chiang, former First Lady of the Republic of China, 1948-1975. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Exceptionally rare signed by both Chiang and Madame Kai-shek.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 48012
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Large Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant; Signed by Him as President of the United States
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Signed Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant.
1877.
Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 4608
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RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
PATTON, George.
General George S. Patton Signed Photograph.
Rare original gelatin silver print photograph of General George Patton in military uniform, signed by him, "G S Patton Jr." From the collection of Colonel Nicholas Campanole, Patton's Assistant Chief of Staff, with a collection of typed letters and postcards addressed to him. Colonel Nicholas Campanole was aide to Gen. John J. Pershing during the Mexican campaign of 1914 and served on his staff during World War I. Physically retired in 1937, Gen. George Patton recalled him to active duty in 1942 and he remained with Patton as assistant chief of staff throughout World War II. In very good condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139221
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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 Kennedy To Senator Joseph Clark
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Inaugural Address.
Life Magazine’s souvenir edition commemorating Kennedy’s inauguration. Presentation copy, inscribed by President Kennedy, “For Mr. Joseph Clark with very best wishes, John Kennedy. The recipient, Joseph Clark was a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. He worked with Kennedy in the Senate, and continued to their push for civil rights, highlighting the issue as a major part of Kennedy’s presidential campaign. He endorsed new legislation to extend voting rights, end discrimination in education and housing, and establish the Fair Employment Practices Commission. Kennedy announced during his campaign that Clark and Congressman Emanuel Celler had agreed to prepare a comprehensive civil rights…
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 69060
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First edition of The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record; inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy to her mother-in-law Rose Kennedy
NIXON, Patricia. [Preface]; [Jacqueline Kennedy; Rose Kennedy].
The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record.
New York: Great American Editions, 1973.
First edition of the first book to trace the history of and fully illustrate the grounds of the White House gardens. Oblong quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color plates by Harold Sterner. Association copy, inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy on the half-title page, "For Grandma with love Jackie." The recipient, Rose Kennedy, was the matriarch of the Kennedy family: the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., mother of John F. Kennedy and his eight siblings, mother-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy, and grandmother of the children of John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy. She was a devout catholic and deeply embedded in…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 142435
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"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you": First Edition of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words; Inscribed by Her to a childhood Friend
GINSBURG, Ruth Bader.
My Own Words.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016.
First edition of this work which gives "unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the Supreme Court and garner unparalleled appreciation for one of its finest minds" (Booklist). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Anita My dear friend since days when we were very young Ruth Bader Ginsburg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed with such a lengthy and warm inscription.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 139558
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"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness": Rare First Edition Of The Dalai Lama’s Autobiography My Land and My People; Signed By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
THE DALAI LAMA OF TIBET,.
My Land and My People: The Memoirs of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962.
First edition of the Dalai Lama's first autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Jaspar Blackall. Edited by David Howarth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 136902