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Typed Speech Inscribed and Signed
by Reagan, Ronald
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- 1980
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5 August 1980 delivered to the Annual Convention of the National Urban League. 13 pages. After an opening joke about his Hollywood career, candidate Reagan likens his speech before the to the appearance of candidate John F. Kennedy "before a skeptical" audience of Protestant ministers in 1960 "who wanted to know whether his religious beliefs would in dome way affect… Read more about this item Item Price
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Photograph Signed and Inscribed
by Reagan, Ronald
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- 1984
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COLOR PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN, NANCY REAGAN AND LUCKY - ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT: "This is with our new family member Lucky.Her paw print." Lucky was a female Bouvier des Flandres puppy, given to the Reagans by the March of Dimes Poster Child in 1984 and named after Nancy Reagan's mother Edith Lucket Davis. Eventually after Lucky had… Read more about this item Item Price
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The North American Indians
by Catlin, George
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- 1913
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- Original pictorial cloth.
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Redding, Connecticut, USA
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This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.2 Volumes. Large 8vo.. Original burgundy pictorial cloth, black and gilt, t.e.g., illustrated with folding map and numerous color plates throughout. Custom slipcase. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler. The original book, published in 1842 in London, was written during eight years of travel from 1832… Read more about this item Item Price
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Typed Letter Signed
by Reagan, Ronald
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- Jan 5, 1965
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Fortieth President of the United States. Very good content typed letter on his personal letterhead, signed "Ronnie" to Ted Humes a Goldwater campaign staff member in Pennsylvania. Reagan gained national attention in his speeches for Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign and at the urging of California Republicans was considering a run for Governor later that year. 4to., in fine condition. Item Price
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Typed Letter Signed
by Hemingway, Ernest
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- December 24, 1941
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Redding, Connecticut, USA
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One page on unmarked light brown paper to Ben Weissman. In part: " My own politics are exactly as they were in Spain. As a writer, after the war is over.I have to write things as I see them if we are to profit by our mistakes.In the end I think the writing straight will be the most valuable thing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Big Game Hunting
by Roosevelt, Theodore
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- First Edition
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- 1899
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Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains. Comprising "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and "The Wilderness Hunter" New York and London: G.P. Putnams Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1899.With 55 illustrations by Remington, Frost, Beard, and others. "Midway through Roosevelts third term [in the New York State Assembly] in 1884, his wife died after giving birth to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Razor’s Edge
by Maugham, Somerset W.
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- First Edition-Limited, Signed
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- 1944
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The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. An unnumbered copy of 750 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author. The Razor's Edge, by British novelist W. Somerset Maugham, was published in London and New York in 1944. Maugham was seventy years old when the book was published, and it was to be the last of his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lord Jim
by Conrad, Joseph
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- First Edition
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- 1900
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Redding, Connecticut, USA
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£1,639.47
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Original green cloth slightly cocked as usual. Boards professionally rebacked. A fresh and clean copy showing some mild toning and rubbing to the spine. The classic, powerful story many consider to be Conrad's best work. Item Price
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Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States of America
by Hillman, William (TRUMAN, HARRY S. )
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
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£4,293.85
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New York:: Farrar, Strauss, and Young,, 1952. Presentation Copy. One of 250, this one SIGNED BY TRUMAN ON THE LIMITATION PAGE AND INSCRIBED TO MATTHEW CONNELLY BENEATH THE FRONTISPIECE: "To a grand man and loyal public servant. Wish we had more like him/Harry Truman". Connelly was the chief investigator for the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Typed Letter Signed as President
by Truman Harry S
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- 1948
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£2,748.06
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Washington, D.C., 1948. One page, on White House stationery dated May 13, 1948, to Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Bishop of the Methodist Church in New York City. A highly interesting letter about religion and politics. President Truman thanks Bishop Oxnam, an active leader of the Federal Council of Churches and Americans for Democratic Action. for sending him a copy of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Salesman
by Miller, Arthur
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- Used - Fine
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- Limited Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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Redding, Connecticut, USA
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£854.87
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New York:: Limited Editions Club, 1984. This is copy No. 986 of the Limited Edition run of 1500 copies SIGNED BY ARTHUR MILLER AND LEONARD BASKIN. A beautiful copy in the original publisher's gray slipcase.. Limited Edition. Original Brown Morocco. Fine. Illus. by Leonard Baskin.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
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The Professional : Lyndon B. Johnson
by White, William S
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- Fine
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- First Edition Fourth Printing
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- 1964
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1964. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON on the title page to Jerry Wagner, a delegate to the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Also laid in a Typed Letter presentation Signed by John M. Bailey, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.. First Edition Fourth Printing. Fine/Fine. 8vo.. Item Price
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American Notes for General Circulation
by Dickens, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition - First State
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- 1842
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- Paperback
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London:: Chapman and Hall, 1842. First Edition/First State with the preliminary pages of volume I misnumbered. Smith Part II. 3 - this copy with the variant binding of vertically ribbed cloth.Original Leighton & Eeles cloth binding with their ticket in volume I. Uncut and housed in a 1/2 leather slipcase. Moderate wear and minor foxing and soiling but an exceptionally… Read more about this item Item Price
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