1833 The Works of William Hogarth Bound by Bennett Illustrated 10" Tall Fine
THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY BENNETT IN FULL SCARLET MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT ILLUSTRATION AND RULE TO BOARDS, BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE TO SPINES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE REMARKABLY BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND LITTLE TO NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE STEEL ENGRAVINGS, BOOKS MEASURE 10.5"X8.5". 189 YEARS OLD. HOUSED IN CUSTOM SLIPCASE. A STUNNING SET IN SCARCE BENNETT BINDING.
1833 The Works of William Hogarth Bound by Bennett Illustrated 10" Tall Fine
THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY BENNETT IN FULL SCARLET MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT ILLUSTRATION AND RULE TO BOARDS, BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE TO SPINES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE REMARKABLY BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND LITTLE TO NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE STEEL ENGRAVINGS, BOOKS MEASURE 10.5"X8.5". 189 YEARS OLD. HOUSED IN CUSTOM SLIPCASE. A STUNNING SET IN SCARCE BENNETT BINDING.
1850 Expedition to Dead Sea and the Jordan by W.F. Lynch Foldout Maps VG+
BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BOUND IN PUBLISHERS EMBOSSED CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT ILLUSTRATION TO FRONT COVER, MIRROR IMAGE BLIND STAMPED TO REAR COVER. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. NICELY ILLUSTRATED - 2 LARGE FOLD OUT MAPS - SOME TEARS TO MAPS. 509 PAGES, BOOKS MEASURE 9.5"x6". 172 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION.
1832 1stED A System of Geography James Bell Illustrated Fold Out Plates Leather
THIS COMPLETE SIX VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BOUND IN PUBLISHERS FULL POLISHED CALF WITH GILT DOUBLE RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE SHALLOW BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. LEATHER HINGES DISCREETLY REINFORCED. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS FOLD OUT MAPS, BOOKS MEASURE 8.5"x5.75". FIRST EDITION, 190 YEARS OLD. HOUSED IN CUSTOM SLIPCASE WITH MYLAR WRAPPERS. AN ATTRACTIVE SET IN GREAT CONDITION.
1895 Celebrated Crimes Alexander Dumas **SIGNED** ALS Limited Edition Fine
THIS COMPLETE EIGHT VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH SILK COVER BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME RUBBING TO CORNERS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. NICELY ILLUSTRATED IN TWO STATES, BOOKS MEASURE 9"x5.75". LIMITED EDITION #253/500, BOUND WITH SIGNED ALEXANDER DUMAS LETTER IN VOLUME ONE. 127 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION.
1852 Uncle Toms Cabin 1st Edition Fine Leather Binding Illustrated by Cruikshank
BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. NICELY ILLUSTRATED BY CRUIKSHANK, 391 PAGES, BOOK MEASURES 8vo. FIRST CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATED EDITION, 170 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING BOOK IN REMARKABLE CONDITION.
1784 Voyages of Captain James Cook First Edition Copper Plates Folio 16" Tall
First one-volume collected edition of the three Voyages. With engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding map, and 155 copper engraved maps, charts, and plates. Pp. iv, [5]-655, [656, directions to binder], [4, list of subscribers]. 1 vols. Folio. First one-volume collected edition. Contemporary reversed calf, red morocco spine label. Ownership signature of Joshua Baskitt. Title page shaved along foot with loss of part of a line in imprint, minor marginal paper flaws to plates facing 45, 450, 546, 643 (not affecting image). A sound and clean copy. Very good plus to near fine Beddie 19; Hill 18; Forbes 61; Sabin 52455. Large folio measures 16" tall x 10.5" wide. Scarce period leather binding.
1908 The Essays of Michael Lord of Montaigne Fine Leather Bound by Frost
THIS COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY FROST IN 3/4 POLISHED CRIMSON CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 8.75"x6.25". 114 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN SCARCE FROST BINDING.
1903 History of Egypt Chaldea Babylon Syria Limited Edition Color Plates 10"Tall
THIS COMPLETE THIRTEEN VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS, FIVE COMPARTMENTS AND FOUR RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - COLOR PLATES, BOOKS MEASURE 10.25"x7.25". FIRST EDITION, 119 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION.
1938 Harry Truman **SIGNED** Anti-Lynching Bill Extraordinary T.L.S. JSA LOA
Truman hopes to vote for an anti-lynching bill. Extraordinary T.L.S. "Harry" of his Senate letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, Jan. 25th, 1938 to John Snyder in St. Louis, Truman's friend who would later serve as Truman's secretary of the Treasury. Truman hopes to visit his friend six days hence, but complains: "...This legislative has me worried to some extent..." He rather nonchalantly explains: "...I cannot under any circumstances leave here if there is a possibility of a vote on the ANTI-LYNCHING bill because every negro organization in the State has an agreement with me to vote for it and I will almost have to deliver under the circumstances. I am sincerely hoping that we get it out of the way before the weekend. I will call you Saturday and let you know just what the situation is..." File holes at top else fine. Comes with JSA Letter of Authenticity.
1863 Pass for Confederate Slave to go Through Union Lines to Join His Master
Civil War: Confederate slave descent through Union lines. 7/7/1863 Vicksburg Mississippi Three days after Confederate forces surrendered to the Union army under Grant, Confederates in Vicksburg were given a parole & pass. In this document Thomas a slave belonging to Lieut Thomas S.McLane, 41st GA Regiment, was given a pass to go through Union lines & join his master. "Vicksburg July 7 1863 The Black Boy Servant to Lieut Mclane 41st" Rgt has permission to go with his master through the lines" By order of Maj Genl McPherson L.S. Willard
1965 Martin Luther King Jr. **SIGNED** Peace & Freedom Award Framed 30"x17" Fine
Rare original program from the 1965 Davenport Catholic Interracial Council Pacem In Terris: Peace and Freedom Award ceremony. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King Jr. on the front panel. On April 28, 1965 at the Masonic Temple of Davenport, Iowa the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council Peace and Freedom Award was awarded to four individuals including King. After accepting the award, King delivered a powerful speech to a crowd of over 800 viewers, demanding their participation in social action to end racial segregation, asserting, To make justice a reality, we must develop massive action programs. With a strong action program--picketing when necessary, demonstrating when necessary, marching when necessary--all undergirded with the philosophy of non-violence we can bring the American dream into full reality. In fine condition. Matted and framed with a photograph of King accepting the award and a plaque describing the event. The entire piece measures 29.5 inches by 17 inches. Martin Luther King Jr. was an Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama. He also helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech. On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following year he and the SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In his final years he expanded his focus to include opposition towards poverty and the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled Beyond Vietnam. In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, and as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.
1783 John Hancock Draft "I Received a Letter From the President of Congress"
John Hancock on the Laws of Nations and Rights of Neutrality: "I have received a letter from the President of Congress...Relative to the Violation of the Laws of Nations and Rights of Neutrality Alleged to have been Committed by Church & Haden"
JOHN HANCOCK. Boston, July 7, 1783, original Draft Manuscript Letter from John Hancock to the General Courts, with autograph docketing of "Message to General Court July 7, 1783". 1p., 8" x 13". Overall very good; some loss along two inches of one fold. Sold at Early American Auctionsfor $3,368 in 10-22-06. Ex. Sigety, Ex Christies.
"Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives -- I have received a letter from the President of Congress Inclosing Copies of five Letters and other Papers Relative to the Violation of the Laws of Nations and Rights of Neutrality Alledged to have been Committed by Church & Haden Requesting that Inquiry may be made into this matter & such measures taken as may be most Effectual for procuring Satisfaction for the Injury done, as it is not in my Power to do that which is Requisite upon this occasion with only your aid I have directed the Secretary to lay these Papers before you & Doubt not you will take such order there upon as shall appear to you necessary for the Preservation of the Honor of the State & procuring Satisfaction for the Injury done, as is alledged & the flag of His Catholic Majesty."
The Docket reads: "Message to General Court July 7, 1783".
