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Announcing the UN Resolution to Establish a Jewish State in Israel
[ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE],
Broadside. November 29, 1947. 1 p. 27.5 x 39.5 in.
To the Workers of Israel, celebrating the historic decision of the United Nations General Assembly authorizing the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.
Item #21546, $5,000
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“A Visit from St. Nicholas” First Publication to Identify Clement C. Moore as the Author of The Night Before Christmas and First Publication in Book Form
CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE (1779-1863),
with many other authors, in The New York Book of Poetry. N.Y.: George Dearborn, 1837. Printed by Scatcherd & Adams. Additional engraved title with large vignette. First edition, with a presentation inscription on the front fly-leaf from publisher Dearborn to William Duer (president of Columbia university from 1829-1842): “Wm Duer with the respects of the publisher.” 5-1/8 x 9-1/8 in., 253 pp.
This publication is the first time that Moore is identified in print as the author of his famous poem, and the first appearance (other than from almanacs) of the poem in book form.
Item #21681, $1,750
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David Ben-Gurion Signed Envelope
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Envelope Signed. Ca. 1960. 9 ½” x 6 ½”. Color envelope With postage date stamp “27.4.60”, Tel Aviv – Yafo, signed in Hebrew on center front.
Item #20245, $350
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David Ben-Gurion Calls for a Home in Jerusalem for the Bible Society
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Letter Signed, 17 Kislev 5731, to Menasche Elissar. December 15, 1970.
“every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home...”
Item #20230, $2,950
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A Stone/Force Printing of the Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
Copperplate engraving printed on thin wove paper. Imprint at bottom left, “W. J. STONE SC WASHn” [William J. Stone for Peter Force, Washington, D.C. ca. 1833]. Printed for Peter Force’s American Archives, Series 5, Vol I. Approx 25 x 30 in.
“In Congress, July 4th 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America...”
Item #22733, $38,000
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Rare Signed Photograph of Emmeline Pankhurst
EMMELINE PANKHURST, Leader of the Suffragette Movement,
Black and white photograph signed and inscribed, “Yours Truly E. Pankhurst,” in black ink on mat below photo by Harris & Ewing studio, Washington, D.C., undated. Condition: 7.25” x 5” picture laid-down on mat, 10.75” x 7.25”, Choice Very Fine
The photograph is a wonderful, and rare, head and shoulders photograph of Mrs. Pankhurst. Though the photograph is undated it was probably taken in 1909, during Mrs. Pankhurst’s first tour of the United States to arouse interest in and to raise money for the case of Women’s Suffrage. The picture was taken by Harris and Ewing, a prominent studio in Washington, D.C., well known for its portraits of government officials.
Item #20205, $1,250
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Accepts the Presidential Nomination
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
Typed Manuscript Signed [ca. July 2, 1932]. Inscribed in type at the bottom to F. Houston Martin. Corrections in another hand. 1 p., 8⅜ x 10¾ in.
“This is no time for fear, for reaction or for timidity … ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned action, of enlightened international outlook, and of the greatest good to the greatest number of our citizens…”
Item #21937, $7,500
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Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton – before Parting Ways
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Autograph Quotation Signed. [n.p.], 1867. 1 p. With Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Autograph Note Signed [n.d.], in initials, “E.C.S.”, on same sheet.
Eloquent autograph quotations signed on the same sheet of paper by two of the most prominent American abolitionist leaders. Douglass’s pride of citizenship, achieved with congressional passage of civil rights legislation and the 14th Amendment in 1866, pulses through each word. Douglass wrote in 1867, just two years after the Civil War; Stanton’s lines are undated. Within a year, Douglass and Stanton would split over the competing priorities of black male suffrage and women’s suffrage. Stanton’s query, “when shall we three meet again,” may refer as much to their divergent political aspirations as to geography.
Item #21908, $18,000
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Golda Meir Stresses the Need to Settle New Immigrants
GOLDA MEIR,
Typed Letter Signed “Golda Meyerson” as Minister of Labour, to Yaakov Hazan. Jerusalem, October 23, 1954. 1 p., 6 x 8 in. In Hebrew on Ministry of Labour letterhead.
Golda Meyerson (she would change her name to Meir in 1956), promotes the idea of Mapam (the Marxist United Workers’ Party) joining Sharett’s Mapai (Workers’ Party) government. Hazan, the recipient, was one of Mapam’s co-founders.
Item #22933, $4,200
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Harry S. Truman on His 1948 Proclamation Recognizing Israel
HARRY S. TRUMAN,
Typed Letter Signed, Independence, Missouri, March 25, 1970. 1 page. With envelope with printed free frank. [7.25”x10.5”]
“As for your interest in the proclamation of May 14, 1948, any document or statement issued by the President goes through a series of statements to make certain of its accuracy and clarity of meaning. I continue to hope that a reign of peace will soon come to pass ...”
Item #21308.01, $18,000
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J.P. Morgan Signed New Jersey Junction Railroad Bond
J.P. MORGAN,
Partially Printed Document Signed as Company Trustee. $1000 bond of New Jersey Junction Railroad Company. Bond #1708. June 30, 1886.
Item #12009, $1,750
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis and His Wife
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Signed Photos (CDVs) as President of the Confederate States and Varina Davis as First Lady, by photographer Vannerson. Richmond, Virginia. Ca. 1860’s [13.5” x 12.5”].
Matched pair of signed photographs, both boldly signed. President Davis photograph is circa 1864, taken while president of the Confederate States by photographer Vannerson in Richmond, Virginia. First Lady Varina boldly signed “as ever your devoted friend Varina Davis.” Her photograph was taken around 1867 when they traveled to Canada and then to England, before returning to Memphis.
Item #21507, $5,500
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Johann Homann’s Nova Anglia
JOHANN HOMANN,
Map. Nova Anglia. Nuremberg, ca. 1716-1730. 2nd State. 19 x 22 ½”.
Item #21497, $1,800
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John Marshall’s “Life of George Washington” and Companion Atlas with Hand-colored Maps
JOHN MARSHALL. [GEORGE WASHINGTON],
Books, The Life of George Washington Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States, Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to him by his Deceased Relative, 2nd edition, in two volumes. Philadelphia: James Crissy and Thomas, Cowperthwait, 1840. 982 pp. plus index, 5½ x 9 in. Both have pencil inscription on blank fly leaf “A. Seeley 1851 Presented by T.C. Gladding.” Rebound; very good, some foxing toward the front. OCLC 183328030. With: Atlas to Marshall’s Life of Washington, Philadelphia: J. Crissy, [1832], 10 hand-colored maps. Ex-Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Massachusetts bookplate on front paste-down. Black cloth spine and corners, original green boards with label. Internally fine. OCLC 191237946.
Chief Justice John Marshall’s magisterial biography of George Washington was originally a five-volume set. This 1840 publication, revised and issued in two volumes, also includes the 1832 companion atlas of maps relating to the Revolutionary War.
Item #22477, $1,250
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Playbill for Junius Booth (John Wilkes’s Father) as Iago in Othello
JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH,
Broadside. September 9,1851.
“Positively Last Night but Two of Mr. Booth’s Performance.”
Playbill for a performance of “Mr. Booth” as Iago in Othello at the Boston Museum. Junius Brutus Booth, a theater manager and celebrated actor, was the patriarch of the Booth family of actors, which included his sons John Wilkes, Edwin, and Junius Brutus, Jr. The popular actor, once decribed by Walt Whitman as “the grandest historian of modern times,” died a year after this performance.
Item #21933, $400
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Philadelphia with a View of Independence Hall
MATTHEW ALBERT LOTTER,
Map. A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia.... Augsburg, Germany, 1777. Original hand-colored copperplate engraved map retaining full English text of original map of same year. Approx. 19 x 25 in., without frame. Framed, 28¼ x 34½ in.
Revolutionary War map of Philadelphia, with military-related descriptions such as “Chevaux de Frise [navigational barriers] which the Americans have laid across [the river] to obstruct the navigation” and “Battery demolish’d.” Featured on the map is an early published view of the Pennsylvania State House, known today as Independence Hall, site of the Declaration of Independence.
Item #21886, $6,800
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Hours after the Battle of Culpeper Court House, Lee Escapes Again
ROBERT E. LEE,
Autograph Letter Signed, to William N. Pendleton [Chief of Artillery]. [Virginia], September 13, 1863. 8 x 5 in., 1 p.
This decisive field order enabled Robert E. Lee to elude Union General George Meade, just as he had done in July after the Battle of Gettysburg. “…go with the Artl [Artillery] tomorrow and at daylight towards the Rapidan river & see to its being placed in position to defend the fords”
Item #21553.01, $28,500
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The Stamp That Started a Revolution
STAMP ACT,
Tax stamp, two shilling and six pence, 1765. Grey embossed paper, 3 x 3 ½ in., cut from parchment document. On verso, a paper stamp, 1 x 1 in., with George III’s seal.
Item #463.04, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Theodore Roosevelt Keeps Lincoln Alive Against the Party Machine
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Typed Letter Signed, New York, N.Y., August 14, 1914, to Henry M. Wallace, a Detroit businessman and member of the National Progressive Committee for Michigan. On personal stationery, 4 pp. 8 x 9½”.
“It is extraordinary how impossible it seems to be to make men learn the lessons of history. Apparently you … have absolutely forgotten how things were done in the early days of the Republican party. There was no attempt made to insist upon uniformity of action in every state…. Of course, I am no more to be compared to Lincoln than the present crisis is to be compared to the Civil War; but the principles are the same in the two cases…”
Item #21879, $11,000
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1846 Thomas G. Bradford & Samuel G. Goodrich’s Universal Atlas
THOMAS G. BRADFORD & SAMUEL G. GOODRICH,
A Universal, Illustrated Atlas, exhibiting a geographical, statistical and historical view of the World. Boston: Charles D. Strong, 1846. 13 ⅞ x 17 ⅝”. Tinted lithographic additional title with decorative surround, tinted lithographic frontispiece. 44 hand-colored engraved maps and 5 city plans.
Item #20913.99, $22,500
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