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Personal Badges for the 1960 Democratic National Convention; with Typed Letter Signed

Personal Badges for the 1960 Democratic National Convention; with Typed Letter Signed by ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company
Title
Personal Badges for the 1960 Democratic National Convention; with Typed Letter Signed
Author
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR
Seller
The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Los Angeles: np, 1960. FIRST EDITION. Fine. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S OFFICIAL CONVENTION BADGES FOR THE 1960 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. With a signed letter from Roosevelt to her good friend Mayris Chaney concerning her arrival at the convention. TWO BADGES: Decorative medals held with red-white-and-blue ribbon, the first reading "Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt / Former First Lady" on two metal bars, between beautiful engraved patriotic designs at the top and bottom surrounding the text "United States of America" and "1960 Democratic National Convention Los Angeles"; the second badge, again with the beautiful patriotic emblems, reads "Honored Guest". The medals include the original box. On July 10, 1960, the day before the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Eleanor Roosevelt refused to ride in a limousine to a reception, preferring to walk half a mile with reporters. The absence of former President Harry Truman underscored the Democrats' break with the past and cast a warm light on former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who attended the convention to support the faltering and ultimately doomed Presidential Campaign of Adlai Stevenson. In speaking for Stevenson, Roosevelt questioned whether Kennedy's Catholic faith might cost him votes and said he didn't have the support of African Americans. Instead, she backed a Stevenson-Kennedy political ticket. This trip in 1960 proved to be the final Political Convention which she attended. After the election, Roosevelt chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's ground-breaking Committee which helped start Second-wave Feminism, the "Presidential Commission on the Status of Women." In 1999, she was ranked in the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Her letter to Mayris Chaney (included in this collection) is typed on Roosevelt's personal New York City letterhead and reads in full: June 24, 1960 Dearest Tiny: I have had another change in plans and will arrive the night of July 10th getting in at 7:30 p.m. but you need not meet me as Frankie is having a car and driver at my disposal. Let's hope this is the last change! Anyhow, it means I will be able to come to you sooner than I expected and this is a joy. With much love, Devotedly, [signed] E.R. [handwritten] Frankie is meeting me & - if avail we can come for you later after dinner. Mayris Chaney (Mrs. Hershey Martin), was a renowned dancer who worked with Roosevelt in the Office of Civilian Defense, and one of her closet friends for almost twenty years. Their friendship began in the early thirties after Roosevelt's bodyguard Earl Miller introduced his charge to Chaney and her dance partner Eddie Fox. Roosevelt felt so at ease with Martin that she quickly nicknamed her "Tiny," included her in the close circle of friends with whom she could relax in private (at Val-Kill and the White House, in their homes, and on vacation) and served as Godmother to Martin's daughter Anna Eleanor (named after Eleanor Roosevelt). The letter includes the original mailing envelope. 
A REMARKABLE HISTORICAL ARTIFACT.
Spirit: Entertainment for High / Tropical / Hot / [Etc.] Society (Complete Set)

Spirit: Entertainment for High / Tropical / Hot / [Etc.] Society (Complete Set) by HARA, Kōichi and Suntory

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Seller: Harper's Books
Title
Spirit: Entertainment for High / Tropical / Hot / [Etc.] Society (Complete Set)
Author
HARA, Kōichi and Suntory
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Printed to newsprint. Save for minor rubbing to color covers, and some chipping to spine of final issue, an overall near fine se
Description
Tokyo: Suntory, 1980-83. Printed to newsprint. Save for minor rubbing to color covers, and some chipping to spine of final issue, an overall near fine set. Scarce, with no OCLC records located.. First Editions. Folios. Nine volumes. Complete run of this glamorous promotional magazine from the famed Japanese distiller Suntory—think Bill Murray from Lost in Translation—with nine thematic issues dramatically designed by Kōichi Hara: Entertainment for High / Tropical / Hot / Sparkling / Tropical / Traditional / Asian Tropical / Western / Sweet Society. Hara would win the Grand Prize from the Tokyo Art Directors Club for his efforts. Contents, ranging from 24 to 48 pages, illustrated after mostly color—and often softcore—photography, along with cocktail recipes and interviews, tailored to each issue's theme. Originally distributed at select nightclubs worldwide, with the front covers sporting prices for Tokyo, New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Rome, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro.
The Life of John Marshall; Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker 1755-1788; Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; The Building of the Nation 185-1835

The Life of John Marshall; Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker 1755-1788; Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; The Building of the Nation 185-1835 by Beveridge, Albert J.

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
The Life of John Marshall; Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker 1755-1788; Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; The Building of the Nation 185-1835
Author
Beveridge, Albert J.
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Life of John Marshall by Albert J. Beveridge.. Thick octavo, [four volumes]. Three-quarter navy blue morocco, blue cloth covers. Top edge gilt, silk bookmark sewn-in each volume. Solid text blocks, light wear to corners and hinges. A near fine set. Each volume features a landscape frontispiece and portrait protected by tissue guards. Signed by the author on a specialty plate in Volume I, featuring the home of John Marshall. All volumes from a limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 4. John Marshall (1755-1835) was the fourth Secretary of State and the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He is the longest serving chief justice in the history of the court, and established numerous judicial precedents, including the right of judicial review and the constitutional separation of powers.
Prague Winter; A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. With Bill Woodward

Prague Winter; A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. With Bill Woodward by Albright, Madeleine [Senator Richard Lugar]

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
Prague Winter; A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. With Bill Woodward
Author
Albright, Madeleine [Senator Richard Lugar]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: HarperCollins, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Inscribed to Senator Richard Lugar, the first edition of Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright.. Octavo, x, 467pp. Brown hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $29.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear to rear panel, a near fine example. Inscribed by the author on the half title: "To Senator Richard Lugar / A man who has always appreciated the lessons history teaches us. / Best wishes / Madeleine Albright." Richard Lugar (1932-2019) was a lifelong politician, serving as a US Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. During his time in Washington, Lugar was Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Prior to this, Lugar was the 44th Mayor of Indianapolis, in office from 1968-1976. Lugar's legacy lives on through The Lugar Center, a nonprofit public policy institution he established in 2013 to continue advocating for global issues he focused on while in office.
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Poems, National and Non-Oriental by Arnold, Edwin; [Terry, Ellen]

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Seller: Sanctuary Books
Title
Poems, National and Non-Oriental
Author
Arnold, Edwin; [Terry, Ellen]
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Trubner & Co., 1888. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth; 8vo, in custom chemise and slipcase; pp. viii, 375, [1] (blank), 12 (ads). Ellen Terry's copy, with her name and annotations on the title-p., and a four-page autograph letter signed, dated 21 February 1889, from Arnold, congratulating her on her celebrated performance as Lady Macbeth. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly bumped; small spots of soiling on the cloth. Previous owner's bookplate on rear paste-down.
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DISPLAY FOR THE MAN'S SHOP by Anonymous

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$112.00
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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
DISPLAY FOR THE MAN'S SHOP
Author
Anonymous
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
DISPLAY FOR THE MAN'S SHOP, Style for Men / The National Trade Press, (1938), first edition, small chip missing from the head of the spine, closed tear to the front upper spine hinge, else a vg+ copy in fragile boards and printed on slick paper. Profusely illustrated with actual photo displays of dressed windows on virtually every page. Quite scarce.
The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales

The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales by Yolen, Jane

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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper
Title
The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales
Author
Yolen, Jane
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9780690002164
Condition
Fine
Description
Thomas Y Crowell Co, 1974. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 9x7x0. Palladini, David. Signed. Red cloth boards under white illustrated dust jacket. Price-clipped DJ else fine. Signed "Enjoy!" by Yolen & dated 1994 on the title page. First edition with full number line.

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