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George H.W. Bush Inscribes a Photograph to Lee Atwater, the Man Who Made Him President

George H.W. Bush Inscribes a Photograph to Lee Atwater, the Man Who Made Him President by George H.W. Bush

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Seller: The Raab Collection
Title
George H.W. Bush Inscribes a Photograph to Lee Atwater, the Man Who Made Him President
Author
George H.W. Bush
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
18/08/1988. Lee Atwater engineered Bush’s come-from-behind victory in the 1988 election. After a short tutelage as a Republican election consultant in his native South Carolina, where he got a reputation as an take-no-prisoners campaigner, he went to Washington and became an aide in the Reagan administration, working under political director Ed Rollins. In 1984, Rollins managed Reagan's re-election campaign, and Atwater became the campaign's deputy director and political director. Rollins later described Atwater as ""ruthless”. During those years in Washington, Atwater became aligned with Vice President George H.W. Bush, who chose him as his campaign manager for his 1988 presidential bid. Atwater developed a particularly aggressive media program featuring television advertisements designed to implement the Republican “Southern strategy” by playing on racial fears - the Willie Horton ads - and the idea that Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis was a lightweight unqualified to lead the military - the tank ads. The Horton ad campaign created a public opinion that Dukakis might be too liberal, and the ad that ridiculed Dukakis for riding in a tank by implying he was trying to seem military when he was not, were instrumental in Bush overcoming Dukakis' 17-percent lead in early public opinion polls, and win both the electoral and popular vote by landslide margins.Atwater was only 37 years old when Mr. Bush named him chairman of the Republican National Committee as a reward for managing the 1988 campaign. There Atwater focused on undermining Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley and organizing a public relations campaign against Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, who he viewed as a serious potential threat to Bush in the 1992 election. However, Atwater soon developed brain cancer, and he died March 29, 1991, at the age of 40.An 8 by 10 inch presentation color signed photograph showing Bush standing triumphantly before the Republican Nation Convention accepting its presidential nomination, inscribed “To Lee Atwater, August 18, 1988. A real ‘pro’, with many thanks on this special day.” It is still in its original George Bush frame. We obtained this directly from the Atwater heirs, and it has never before been offered for sale.
“General Grants election has brought such actual Peace, that there is not a part of a peg even, to hang an excitement on”

“General Grants election has brought such actual Peace, that there is not a part of a peg even, to hang an excitement on” by WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

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“General Grants election has brought such actual Peace, that there is not a part of a peg even, to hang an excitement on”
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
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Fine
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Sherman turns down an invitation to a "Grand Reunion of the Western Armies at Chicago." WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. Autograph Letter, to an unnamed general. Annapolis, Maryland, December 8, 1868. 2 pp., quarto. Sherman originally wrote this content as part of a longer letter; he marked this leaf "copy" and ends it with marks that show this section to be complete. Complete Transcript Copy U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis Md. Dec 8, 1868 Dear General, I had already received an invitation to the Grand Review of the Western Armies at Chicago, when I received your letter of Dec 2. I am however too unwell to go any where, and am now under the care of a physician who has put me under a certain course of treatment that I have to comply with. I assure you that I would be most happy to witness your Reunion which I expect will be a very pleasant affair, and I should be much pleased to meet there, the officers of the army with whom I have been at different times associated. I would not be surprised if this were the last meeting held by your Association, as General Grants election has brought such actual Peace, that there is not a part of a peg even, to hang an excitement on. Your old Army Corps will in the next four years have almost forgotten that there has been any thing like war, and the members devoting themselves to money making pursuits, will be unable to attend these meetings as they have done heretofore. Perhaps it is just as well that it should be so, and that there should be nothing to remind us of the strife through which we have passed. x x x x x x x Historical Background The election of 1868, which saw Grant as the Republican candidate, was the first post- Civil War election. The Republican campaign theme — "Let us have peace"— was taken from Grant's letter of acceptance. After four years of war, three years of wrangling over Reconstruction, and the impeachment of President Johnson, the nation craved the peace Grant pledged to achieve. Johnson was so unpopular that he failed to secure the Democratic party nomination, which instead nominated Horatio Seymour against the wildly popular (at least in the North and among the Freedmen) hero of Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant. William T. Sherman (1820-1891), a West Point graduate and Mexican War veteran, served as a corps commander under General Grant in successful campaigns down the Mississippi and in Tennessee. He then took command of the western armies when Grant was reassigned to the Virginia theatre. He was both recognized and criticized for his tactics of "scorched earth" and "total war," evidenced by his capture of Atlanta and "March to the Sea" through Georgia. He followed this feat by a swift campaign north through the Carolinas to force the surrender of the last major Confederate army. Sherman served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army from 1869-1883, during a period of Westward expansion and Indian Wars.
ALCUIN: A Dialogue. The Gehenna Press,1970, with Leonard Baskin Lithograph Signed

ALCUIN: A Dialogue. The Gehenna Press,1970, with Leonard Baskin Lithograph Signed by BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN

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ALCUIN: A Dialogue. The Gehenna Press,1970, with Leonard Baskin Lithograph Signed
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BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
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This is copy 250 of 300 books printed in 1970, orange cloth boards in marbled slip case. This edition's "Afterward" offers an explanation for this work. Brown (1771-1810) has been recognized as, "the first professional man of letters in the United States." The first and second parts of this three part book, "were printed originally as a book in New York in 1798...the second parts..posthumously published in 1815...." as part of Brown's biography by William Dunlap. The 1970 edition offers, "a single volume containing the entire text of all parts of Alcuin...." The book promoted the rights of women when the topic was actively debated in the late eighteenth century with Mary Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792) leading the way.
Alan Paton Writes About His Book The Land & People Of South Africa

Alan Paton Writes About His Book The Land & People Of South Africa by ALAN PATON

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Alan Paton Writes About His Book The Land & People Of South Africa
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ALAN PATON
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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ALAN PATON (1902-1988). A South African author, Paton is best remembered for Cry, the Beloved Country. He was an outspoken opponent of apartheid.TLS. 1pg. 8 x 10. November 5, 1962. South Africa. A typed letter signed Alan Paton on blue air mail stationery. He wrote to Mrs. Peter Scott of West Orange, New Jersey: Thank you for your letter of October 23. At the moment THE LAND & PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA is being revised, and I do not have a copy of the earlier edition. I have translations, but do not suppose you would want any of these. However, if you were to approach the publishers, J.B. Lippincott, 521 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, and ask them when the revised edition is likely to be out. I would be glad to autograph a copy for your fund raising effort, if the book were sent to me in time. The Land & People of South Africa was published in 1955. The letter has a rough right edge and is in very good condition.
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Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. by ALCOTT, Louisa May.

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Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
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ALCOTT, Louisa May.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Norwalk:: Easton Press,. Near Fine. 1976. Hardcover. Introduction by Edward Weeks. Collector's edition. Octavo, fully bound in dark blue leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine. ; 429 pages .
Escape from Corregidor

Escape from Corregidor by Edgar D. Whitcomb

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Escape from Corregidor
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Edgar D. Whitcomb
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor of Indiana Edgar B. Whitcomb (1917-2016) describing his experiences as an airman during the Battle of Corregidor, his evasion and capture by the Japanese, and his successful escape attempts, the final involving swimming eight hours through the night to the mainland where he managed to book a passage to China using a false identity.
Resistance, an anarchist bi-monthly, vol. 12, no. 1, April 1954

Resistance, an anarchist bi-monthly, vol. 12, no. 1, April 1954

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Resistance, an anarchist bi-monthly, vol. 12, no. 1, April 1954
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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New York: Resistance Group, 1954. Magazine. 12p., wraps, paper lightly toned, rear wrap browned else good condition, 8.5x11 inches. Contributors include Gaston Leval (on Spanish anarchist collectives), George Woodcock and Paul Goodman.