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Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office

Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office by Ronald Reagan

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Seller: The Raab Collection
Title
Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office
Author
Ronald Reagan
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
1981. Signed photograph, as President, inscribed to long-time friend and aide Nancy Clark Reynolds with the inscription ""Just a photo of two people who obviously are glad to see each other. My complaint is - it doesn't happen often enough.""
Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial

Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial by ROBERT MORRIS

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Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc.
Title
Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial
Author
ROBERT MORRIS
Seller
Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Financier of the Revolution forced into bankruptcy court: "Sixty days after date, I promise to pay unto Mr. Mathias Kurlin Junr or Order Thirteen Hundred & forty six Dolls & Sixty Seven Cents for value recd." ROBERT MORRIS. Autograph Document Signed, December 12, 1794. 1 p., 7⅛ x 3¾ in. On the document's verso is a note reading "Exhibited to us under the commission against Robert Morris, Philadelphia, 15th October 1801." Signed by John Hollowell and Thomas Cumpston, commissioners appointed to oversee the bankruptcy proceedings after Morris had languished in debtor's prison for three years. Historical Background Robert Morris (1734-1806), signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant and land speculator, is best known for his role as financier for the Continental Congress. With the national government virtually bankrupt, Morris risked his own personal fortune by purchasing supplies for the army, pressuring the states for cash contributions and securing a major French loan to finance the Bank of North America. He spent his remaining years in various public positions, including senator of Pennsylvania. Morris speculated extensively in Western land after the war, forming the North American Land Co. with James Greenleaf and Jonathan Nicholson. Soon after, however, the land market collapsed and Morris was ruined. The final blow came in 1798, when a minor creditor's claim sent him to the Philadelphia debtor's prison. It has often been said that while George Washington was president, he felt he could not pardon his long-time friend, but visited Morris in debtor's prison as a show of support. That story is only half true. Morris didn't enter debtor's prison until 1798, two years after Washington's presidency, so Washington couldn't have pardoned him, but he did visit Morris in prison, where the latter remained for three years until his wife was able to bail him out.
Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies

Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies by PILKINGTON, Mrs

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies
Author
PILKINGTON, Mrs
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1811. Early American edition. First English edition was printed in 1802 and first American edition in 1803. Present dedication page dated October 1, 1802. One twelvemo volume (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; 137 x 85 mm). iv, [1, contents], [1, blank], 5-292 pp. We could find no copies of either the first American or First English at auction. We could find only one complete copy of the 1803 edition in a library. Contemporary full sheep. Spine ruled in gilt. Morocco spine label. Boards rubbed and scuffed. Pages with toning and soiling as usual with American paper of this time. Pages 214-215 with some soiling, obscuring a few words. Small tear from upper outer corner of dedication page (pg iv), not affecting text. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Early ink ownership signature on front free endpaper. Overall a very good copy. "[Pilkington] decided to take advantage of her experience as a teacher and her interest in education and to become a professional writer for children. She had already published a volume of poetry in 1796 and now turned her hand to writing the first of many morally didactic tales. Three were published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1797... Pilkington quickly branched out into educational literature and wrote a succession of works designed for the growing market of girls' boarding-schools, including A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies (1798), Biography for Girls (1798), and Mentorial tales for the instruction of young ladies just leaving school and entering upon the theatre of life (1802). Although she regarded the religious and moral dimensions of education as paramount, she echoed both Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft in arguing that girls should be given an intellectual education and in asserting that 'the female mind is certainly as capable of acquiring knowledge as that of the other sex' (A Mirror for the Female Sex, 61)." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). HBS 68424. $1,000.
Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe

Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Title
Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Hollywood, 1954. Very Good. Lovely inscription by Liberace with a small vignette drawing of a grand piano beside his appropriately flamboyant signature. The inscription was to a Norma, and it reads: "To Lovely Norma, I think this is a most memorable Day for many reasons." The photo, framed by light card on the facing page, shows the young but easily recognizable Liberace smiling at Norma to his right, while Norma is looking straight at the camera, as is Andre Philippe, to Liberace's left. The photo is black and white and was surely taken by a roving photographer who worked the nightclub. Liberace in 1954 was at the height of his fame and popularity, which isn't to suggest that his star waned shortly thereafter, because it didn't. He had also played the Club Mocambo many times prior to 1954. We don't know, though, that he had a gig at the club the night of this photo. Andre Philippe, born in the Bronx as Everett Cooper (1927 to 2007), was an actor best known for his work on television, with a featured role in the series "Mr. Novak" in the early 1960s, guest roles on countless other television series, and smaller parts in many movies, some still well-known such as "Harry and Tonto". In the photo Andre Philippe looks like a young Desi Arnaz, and almost unrecognizable from his look during the core of his acting career. But from the signature there can be no doubt that he is one and the same. We do not know who Norma was. The photo and inscriptions are on the inside of a folded sheet photo sleeve from the club, with its name, location, and what was probably its logo on the front cover. Closed, the photo sleeve measures 17 by 21.5 cm. The photo, visible under its framing, is 11.5 by 16 cm. Light wear. Typical deterioration of the photo.
Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871

Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871 by Jordan, Dr. C.A. Jordan

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Seller: De Wolfe and Wood
Title
Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871
Author
Jordan, Dr. C.A. Jordan
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Lincoln, ME., 1871. Broadside. 10 1/2" x 6". Creasing, minor stains and lower left corner lacking. A poem celebrating the 4th of July in a small Maine town. Unrecorded.
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For Bitters Only by Ring, Carlyn

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Title
For Bitters Only
Author
Ring, Carlyn
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Wellesley, Massachusetts: The Pi Press, 1980. Quarto (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), [2], 543, [2] pages. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white, and with eight pages of color illustrations. Printed in brown ink throughout. FIRST EDITION. A detailed listing of collectible bitters bottles, with line drawing illustrations of many of the bottles. An essential resource. In white cloth, printed in tan and brown; corners a bit bumped, otherwise fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Richard E. Sheaff, Happy Collecting! Carlyn Ring, July 1984". Richard (Dick) Sheaff, is a former President of the Ephemera Society of America, and a master collector in many categories.
Witness to Witchcraft

Witness to Witchcraft by WRIGHT, Harry B.

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Title
Witness to Witchcraft
Author
WRIGHT, Harry B.
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Souvenir Press, 1957. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, light wear to extremities, in a bright, clean dustjacket with some inoffensive wear to the edges and corners, and some minor soiling to the white rear panel. A very good copy with a little fraying around the edges. 218pp. Internally clean, with a central section of black and white photographs of various rituals, and indigenous peoples. A fascinating account of those people who were at the time referred to by Westerners as "Witch Doctors", what that term means to different cultures, and the role that such practitioners occupy in their respective societies. A good example of mid 20th century 'intruder anthropology'.
The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad

The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad by [Utah Parks Company]

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Title
The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad
Author
[Utah Parks Company]
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Omaha, NE]: Union Pacific Railroad, 1950. Large [66 cm x 91 cm] / [26" x 36"] sheet with a bright color image [51 cm x 76.5 cm]. / [21" x 30"] Fine. 'A' condition. This large and bright image was likely produced from a photochrom, and was produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of U.P., that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona.
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A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46

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Title
A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Government Printing Office, 1915. Very Good. . A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. 611pp. 8vo. Olive green cloth. Book condition: Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The fore edge of the front cover is barely perceptibly stained.
The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster)

The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster) by Will, George F.

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Title
The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster)
Author
Will, George F.
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
The Free Press, 1986. Poster. Very Good. Poster. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 24" h x 17"w. Publisher's promotional poster, 24" h x 17"w, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR George F. Will at top edge -"To..... Best Wishes George F. Will". Very Good, slight creasing top left cornet, light soiling bottom left corner. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
Tinker Town Tom

Tinker Town Tom by Ames, Esther M.

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Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Title
Tinker Town Tom
Author
Ames, Esther M.
Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good Minus
Description
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1926 (1924). Red cloth titled in black with full color pastedown, wear to extremities, book slightly bowed, abrasions to endpaper and previous owner's name, some waviness to pages, occasional marks and small marginal edge tears. The adventures and trials of Tinker Tom set in a world of humanized toys. Illustrated in color on every other page. Scarce title.. Early Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Arnold L. Hicks. 8vo.
FIBER

FIBER by Bass, Rick

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Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Title
FIBER
Author
Bass, Rick
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780820320632
Condition
Fine
Description
Athens: Univ of Georgia Press, 1998. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Bass on the title page. Illustrations by Elizabeth Hughes Bass. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.
Bride of the Gorilla

Bride of the Gorilla by Weaver, Tom

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Title
Bride of the Gorilla
Author
Weaver, Tom
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Albany GA: BearManor Media. (c.2015). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. [a very nice, as-new book, with no discernible wear]. (Scripts from the Crypt, No. 3) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Everything -- and I really do mean everything -- you could possibly want to know about this 1951 Grade-B (optimistically) "outlandish monster melodrama." Includes: an introduction by John Landis; the full original screenplay; an article about the making of the film; a tribute to its screenwriter-director, Curt Siodmak; an essay on its music score (by Raoul Kraushaar); an interview with producer Herman Cohen; a timeline of the life and career of its star, Lon Chaney Jr.; a reproduction of the original pressbook; "and more" (if you can take any more). This book is ample proof (if any was needed) that there are no cinematic depths too low to be plumbed by film scholars; I personally won't be satisfied until every single film in the Medveds' historic book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" has been honored with its own lavishly-illustrated monograph. (Or maybe they already have, and I just haven't been paying attention.) ****NOTE that additonal postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy oversize paperback; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .
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English Blake by Blackstone, Bernard

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Title
English Blake
Author
Blackstone, Bernard
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1966. Hamden, Ct: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xviii, 455 pp, with 10 plates and portrait frontispiece. Good in original dark blue/black cloth; slight bubbling at base of rear cover. Internally clean, slight spotting to foredge and slight buckling at bottom of last few pages. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, BB, 1212: "a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon".
William Blake and the Age of Revolution

William Blake and the Age of Revolution by Bronowski, J.

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Title
William Blake and the Age of Revolution
Author
Bronowski, J.
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1965. New York: Harper Colophon, 1969. 8vo, 207 pp. 16 plates. Wrappers illustrated in orange, black and white, some edgewear and fading, underlining and short notes in pencil throughout. § Bentley, BB, 1288 I: "one of the most illuminating books on Blake".
National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China

National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China by Anagnost, Ann

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Title
National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China
Author
Anagnost, Ann
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780822319696
Condition
Very good
Description
Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 226pp+ index. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining, highlighting or notes.

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