americana lots 261 – 305

Americana

Lots 261 – 282

opposite Lot 281 | Morris spiritualist Church and Power Center

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(REcEIPtS) (HancocK, JoHn)

In unknown hand. A manuscript account ledger (32 x 28 cm.), written for the firm of Treat & Pico, in regards to John Hancock. Accepted by one Elijah Browne on behalf of Mr. Hancock. Dockeded on the verso for both parties in another unknown hand. Dated in Boston, February 14, 1766. With chips to both upper corners matted-on; vertical fold bisecting, else very good. Property from the Collection of todd and Erin Nelson, Louisville, Colorado $400-600

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(REcEIPtS) (WaSHInGton, GEoRGE)

In unknown hand. A manuscript receipt, dated october 11, 1794, regarding a keg of vinegar for “General Washington.” (20 by 8 cm.), with torn corner containing the top half of the word “Washington;” lightly chipped at left margin, not effecting text. Through President at the time, Washington was often referred to as General. $100-200 263

(REcEIPtS) (InDEntuRES)

Partialy printed indenture document, signed by six overseers of the Poor and two Justices of the Peace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, regarding the apprenticeship of eight-year-old George Briard to Joseph Peirce, as Husbandsman. With 13 words interlined and ten words erased before signing; october 11, 1794. (18 x 31 cm.), docked at top edge; small chip missing from lower left corner, not affecing text. $100-200

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(ELEctIonS)

typescript letter, signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower as President. on White House stationery, dated November 15, 1956. Handsomely framed (16 x 21.5 cm. sight, 52 x 38 cm. overall), along with corresponding campaign ribbon, two campaign buttons, a first inaugural button, and a “Stick with Ike” matchbook.

Eisenhower thanks a group of grade school students for his landslide victory in their class election. $400-600

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(PRESIDEntS) SPaRKS, JaRED

The writings of George Washington. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847-1848.

twelve volumes. three-quarter leather over cloth boards (24 cm. tall), showing some scuffing, with gilt lettering to spine and marbled edges. Foxing to handful of pages. Illustrated with 34 black-andwhite plates. $400-600 266

(PRESIDEntS) aDaMS, JoHn QuIncY

Partially printed document signed (“J.Q. Adams”) as President, one page, on engraved vellum with embossed seal affixed to lower left; Washington, April 15th, 1825. Granting William Carpenter of sangamon County Illinois 80 acres. Countersigned by George Graham as (“Geo. Graham”) as Commissioner of the General Land Office. Matted and framed with portrait. Fading to seal, with toning to velllum along top edge; hole at lower right and ink lightly faded. $600-800 267

(PRESIDEntS) JacKSon, anDREW

Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Jackson”) as President; Washington, November 11th, 1830. one page, on engraved vellum, matted and framed (39 x 24.5 cm sight, 63.5 x 35.5 cm overall), accompanied by 9 x 14 cm color portrait. Embossed Presidential seal faded, but firmly affixed to lower left; toning to vellum, with ink lightly faded. Granting Gershom Jayne of sangamon County Illinois 80 acres. Countersigned by Elijah Hayward as Commissioner of the General Land Office. $600-800

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(PRESIDEntS) RoSEntHaL, MaX

With malice toward none, with charity for all. Philadelphia, 1908. Large portrait etching of Lincoln, surrounded by 36 small vignettes identifying the states of the Union. With a remarque of Lincoln’s life mask in the left margin. Unframed. signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. Matted.

together with two unframed Lincoln engravings by thomas Johnson. (1) Untitled Lincoln portrait copyrighted and published by Dodd Mead & Company, New York, 1899. signed by the artist in pencil. Paper toned; small losses to corners. (2) Untitled portrait of Lincoln signed in plate by the artist. (size of largest: 68 x 50 cm.) $600-800

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(PRESIDEntS) LIncoLn, aBRaHaM

Legal document in Lincoln’s hand dated March 17, 1852. Matted (20 x 14 cm., sight; 31 x 26 cm., overall); light foxing and staining on left edge, not effecting text. $2,000-4,000 270

(PRESIDEntS) LIncoLn, aBRaHaM

Partially printed document signed (“Abraham Lincoln”) on engraved vellum; Washington, April 7, 1863. Framed and matted (38 x 47 cm. sight, 75 x 64 cm. overall), with fascimile photograph of Lincoln (18 cm. x 23 cm) and engraved plaque. Embossed Presidential seal affixed upper left. Light toning to vellum, light fading to ink; one bisecting vertical fold, four horizontal folds, none effecting text.

Appointment of Merrill N. Hutchinson as First Lieutenant of the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin M. stanton as secretary of War, and signed as recorded by E.D. townsend Assistant (and future) Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. Property from the collection of Dr. Robert steinberg, River Forest, Illinois $3,000-5,000 271

(PRESIDEntS) LIncoLn, aBRaHaM

Partially printed document signed (“Abraham Lincoln”), Washington, May 14, 1861. one page, on engraved vellum. Framed and matted (44 x 34 cm. sight, 60 x 50 cm overall). Embossed Presidential seal affixed upper left; light toning to vellum, fading to ink; one bisecting vertical fold, six horizontal folds; otherwise very good. Appointment of Joshua s. Fletcher as First Lieutenant of the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by simon Cameron as secretary of War. signed as received by Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the U.s. Army.

An early Civil War document, signed only one month after Ft. sumter, as Lincoln was struggling to build an army to preserve the Union. Property from the Estate of Edith M. Myers, Petalume, California. $3,000-5,000

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(PRESIDEntS) KIMMEL & FoRStER

President Lincoln and his Cabinet, with Lieut. Genl. Scott. Engraving with hand-coloring. Kimmel & Forster, [1866]. sheet size, 55 x 70 cm; in frame, 76 x 92 cm. Property from the Abraham Lincoln Book shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $600-800

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(PRESIDEntS) JoHnSon, anDREW

Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Johnson”) as President, one page, on engraved vellum, embossed seal affixed at lower center. Washington, January 22, 1866. Framed and matted, (36 x 42 cm. sight, 47 x 55 cm. overall.) Folded in eighths, light soiling to Navy Department seal, light fading to ink, diagonal crease at upper right corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Appointment of Frank L. Church to First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Countersigned by Gideon Welles as secretary of of the Navy. From one of Chicago’s oldest and most influential families, Church first joined the Corps in July of 1862, and served in Admiral David Dixon Porter’s Mississippi squadron, most notably during General Nathaniel Banks infamous Red River Campaign of 1864. His since-published journal provides one fo the few first-hand accounts by a Civil War Marine. With only 93 officers in the entire Corps, signed Presidential Marine Corps commssions of the Civil War era are very uncommon. Property from the collection of Dr. Robert steinberg, River Forest, Illinois $2,000-3,000 274*

(PRESIDEntS) JoHnSon, anDREW

Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Johnson”), on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 7, 1866. Appointment of John H. King as Captain in the First Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin stanton as secretary of War.

Partially printed document with stamped signature (“Andrew Johnson”) on vellum. With engraved head- and tail-piece, embossed presidential seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 7, 1866. Appointment of John H. King as Brevet Major General. Countersigned with stamp of Edwin stanton as secretary of War; signed as received by E.D. Townsend, Assistant (and future) Adjutant General of the U.s. Army. 40 x 50 cm; one bisecting vertical fold, six horizontal folds; in very good condition.

At this point in office, Johnson had stopped signing such commissions, and was using a stamped facsimile. John Haskell King had a long and distinguished career in the United states Army, seeing action in the seminole War, the Mexican War, and in such important Civil War battles as shiloh, stones River (where he was wounded), Chickamauga and in the Atlanta Campaign, where he commanded a division. Property from the Collection of todd and Erin Nelson, Louisville, Colorado $600-800 275*

(PRESIDEntS) JoHnSon, anDREW

Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Johnson”), on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 20, 1866. Appointment for John H. King as Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin stanton as secretary of War.

Partially printed document with stamped signature (“Andrew Johnson”) on vellum. With engraved head- and tail-piece, embossed presidential seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 7, 1866. Appointment of John H. King as Brevet Major General. Countersigned with stamped signature of Edwin stanton as secretary of War; signed as received by E.D. townsend, Assistant (and future) Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. 40 x 50 cm; one bisecting vertical fold, and five horizontal folds; in very good condition in still-bold ink.

At this point in office, Johnson had stopped signing such commissions, and was using a stamped facsimile. John Haskell King had a long and distinguished career in the United states Army, seeing action in the seminole War, the Mexican War, and in such important Civil War battles as shiloh, stones River (where he was wounded), Chickamauga and in the Atlanta Campaign, where he commanded a division. Property from the Collection of todd and Erin Nelson, Louisville, Colorado $600-800

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(PRESIDEntS) GRant, uLYSSES S.

A partially-printed document for a whaling ship, signed by Grant as President, on December 13, 1871. one page document, countersigned by Hamilton Fish as secretary of state. Framed, 56 x 42 cm. (sight), 65 x 54 cm. (overall). Presidential seal at lower right, faded but firmly affixed; with stamp of New Bedford (MA) Customs Office. With light cockling at lower edge; the sheet is creased from folding.

this is a “four language” ship’s paper, with printed text in French, spanish, English, and Dutch, testifying to the fact that the ship was an American vessel. In this case, the Europa, commanded by James H. McKenzie and bound from New Bedford for the Pacific with “Provisions, stores, and utensils for a whaling voyage.” Property from the collection of Dr. Robert steinberg, River Forest, Illinois $1,000-1,500 277

(PRESIDEntS) taFt, WILLIaM HoWaRD

A partially-printed document signed by taft as President, on July 15, 1935 in Washington. Framed and matted (39 x 48 cm., sight; 71 x 61 cm. overall), with black and white portrait of taft with an additional clipped signature of taft (Cincinnati, March 29 1902). With embossed seal of the Navy Department at lower level. With bisecting horizontal and vertical folds and light browning along edges; otherwise in very good condition.

Enacting the appointment of Walter B. tardy to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, as countersigned by Beekman Winthrop as Acting secretary of the Navy. Property from the collection of Dr. Robert steinberg, River Forest, Illinois $400-600

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(PRESIDEntS) (tRuMan)

Album of autographed photographs from Harry truman-era Washington, including the President, personalized to Col. James Hunt.

Leather album (36 cm. tall), lightly worn at head and foot of spine and stained on inside covers, but otherwise in very good condition. With 32 leaves featuring 64 full-sized photographs.

The very first inscribed photo is that of Truman (“Best wishes to Lt. Col. Jas. V. Hunt | Harry truman”). Among the other notables who signed for Hunt are Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy, Maine Congresswoman Margaret Chase smith, and Kentucky senator (and future Commissioner of Baseball) A.B. “Happy” Chandler. $1,000-2,000

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(PRESIDEntS) (KEnnEDY, JoHn F.)

Hearings before the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Washington D.C.: United States Government printing office, 1964. together with Report of the Warren Commission on the assassination of President Kennedy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964; with multiple signatures. 27 volumes total.

the one volume abridgement of the 26 volume report, with additional material from The New York Times, is signed on the front endpaper by five figures forever connected with Kennedy’s assassination. From top to bottom: Robert R. shaw, the Chief of thoracic surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital, who worked on Governor Connelly’s wounds; John B. Connelly, who as Governor of texas, was riding in the car with President Kennedy and seriously wounded; Gerald R. Ford, who as a Republican Congressman was part of the Commission that produced this report; “Henry Wade,” the District Attorney in Dallas, who would have tried Lee Harvey oswald for Kennedy’s murder; and Ralph W. Yarborough, senator from texas who was part of the fateful motorcade in Dallas, riding in the car with Vice-President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird. Property from the collection of Dr. Robert steinberg, River Forest, Illinois $2,000-3,000

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(aFRIcan-aMERIcana) GREEnER, RIcHaRD tHEoDoRE

Collection of five historical documents and books pertaining to the life and career or Greener, the first African-American graduate of Harvard University and Dean of the Howard school of Law from 18781880. Please inquire for further details. Property from the Collection of Rufus McDonald, Chicago, Illinois $6,000-8,000

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(aFRIcan-aMERIcana) MoRRIS SPIRItuaLISt cHuRcH anD PoWER cEntER

Collection of archival materials relating to the Priest E. J. Morris and the spiritualist Power Center of Chicago (c. 1920s). Property from the Collection of Rufus McDonald, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

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(aFRIcan-aMERIcana) KInG JR., MaRtIn LutHER

Stride toward freedom: the Montgomery story. New York: Harper Brothers, 1958. Later printing; signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with silver stamping and lettering. With pictorial jacket, showing some edge-wear. signed by Dr. King, with “best wishes,” to front endpaper. With ownership stamp of Chicago recepient to front endpaper and title page. $2,500-3,000

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(cHIcaGo) (cHIcaGo DaILY nEWS)

A small archive of 60 items of correspondence (1880-1910), received by Melville Elijah Stone, founder of the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Morning News, and long-time General Manager of Associated Press. Mostly manuscript letters on a variety of letterheads, with a handful of typescript letters and telegrams. Correspondents include field reporters, rival editors, government officials, and utility companies.

The Chicago Daily News, one of the first penny papers, was also distinguished for its use of regional and foreign correspondents; a practice well-documented here. Also of interest are a handful of business documents, especially those pertaining to early telephone practices. $600-800

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(cHIcaGo) (FIELD, EuGEnE)

A small archive of 62 items of correspondence received by Eugene Field during his career as a journalist. Several letters include manuscript annotations from Field. Please inquire for further details. $800-1,200 284A

(cHIcaGo) (KoHLStaat, H. H.)

A group of six letters from 1897 to 1901 addressed to H. H. Kohlstaat, then-publisher of both the Chicago Times Herald and the Chicago Evening Post. together with a copy of Kohlstaat’s work From McKinley to Harding: personal recollections of our Presidents (Charles scribner’s sons, 1923).

the group includes an autograph letter signed from Lew Wallace (1898), hoping for Kohlstaat to offer a position to his nephew, and one from Paul Du Chaillu (1897), thanking him for his help in trying to secure “an appointment to sweden and Norway.” Also included are two typed letters signed by Presidential secretaries (for McKinley and Roosevelt); the latter appears on “White House” stationary, whereas the former is sent from the “Executive Mansion.” Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $600-800 285

(cRIME) MccutcHEon, JoHn tInnEY

A group of six original pen and ink illustrations for The Chicago Tribune on the theme of crime; circa 1926-1931. Largest dimensions being 53 x 36 cm., with minor variation between items; each of them signed.

titled cartoons include: “the stockholder meeting” (copyright 1926), “the Commission will do a good job if they can pry this pair apart” (1926), “To be or not to be? that is the question” (1931), and “How to sober-up drunken joyriders.” Together with a color page from the Chicago Sunday Tribune, May 27, 1917, on which McCutcheon’s WWI cartoon “the colors” was reprinted. $800-1,200

opposite | Lot 285

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(cRIME) (caPonE, aL)

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An archive of manuscript, typescript, and photographic materials from the United states Distict Court Judge James Herbert Wilkerson, who was chiefly responsible for the 1931 rejection of the plea bargain that had been negotiated on behalf of Al Capone and, ultimately, for his longterm sentencing. Wilkerson was reported to have declared: “the parties to a criminal case may not stipulate as to the judgment to be entered... It is time for somebody to impress upon the defendant that it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal Court.” this archive includes numerous materials relating to the Capone case, including legal correspondence, letters of congratulations, copies of subsequent legal decisions, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, an issue of Collier’s and manuscript notes in which the legal rationale for the rejection of Capone’s final appeal is workedthrough.

Also included are materials relating to Wilkerson’s professional development, correspondence relating to other legal matters, his popularity and various realia (a timepiece and a medal.) Please inquire for a full finding aid to this archive. $4,000-6,000 287*

(cRIME)

A Framed set of thirteen Engravings Depicting supreme Court Justices Height overall 40 1/2 x width 37 inches. Property from the Jean L. Fisher trust, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400

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(IntELLEctuaLS) EInStEIn, aLBERt

Albert Einstein: philosopher-scientist. Evanston: the Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949. Copy 235 of 750, twice signed.

Brown cloth boards (25 cm. tall), with gilt stamp to front board and gilt lettering to spine. top edge gilt and deckled edges. With matching slipcase, showing some sunning. With Einstein’s signature to colophon and gift inscription from editor Paul Arthur schlipp to half-title page, dated Evanston, 1964. Property from the Private Collection of Justine townsend smith, Naples, Florida $3,000-5,000

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(IntELLEctuaLS) ERnESt HEMInGWaY

Signature on bull-fighting ticket. $400-600

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(IntELLEctuaLS) KELLER, HELEn

A typed letter, signed in pencil (as customary) by Keller, on her New York letterhead concerning industrial accidents. $800-1,200 opposite | Lot 290

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(tEcHnoLoGY)

A group of four colored encyclopedia prints (50 x 38 cm.) pertaining to patents for advertising devices, mining, banjos and guitars, and music boxes. All printed by sackett & Wilhelms & Co. New York. C. 1900. All matted. Property from the Estate of Edith M. Myers, Petaluma,California. $100-200

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(EaRLY cInEMa)

Photo-plays I have seen. New York and Chicago: Ellen Publishing Company, 1915. Stiff papered boards (24 cm. tall), with repair to spine and some wear to corners.

A scrapbook allowing early cinema fans to collect photographs of their favorite stars, while documenting which of their “photo-plays” have been viewed. this copy includes 37 tipped duotone reproductions of the images of actors and actresses (to versos), along with manuscript titles of a handful of related films to rectos. $200-400

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(tEcHnoLoGY) tESLa, nIKoLa

Autograph letter, signed. Bifolium, on tesla’s personal letterhead, dated July 15, 1899.

A letter to the Chicago newspaper publisher H. H. Kohlstaat, in which tesla discusses the recent development of his laboratory in Colorado springs, his writings on telepathy, his need for money, and the “highly gratifying” nature of his progress. “I feel now absolutely sure that by the time the Exposition comes I shall be able to furnish [an] apparatus which will carry a message to the European Continent and perhaps more than this.” An early declaration of tesla’s goal to build the World Wireless system. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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(tEcHnoLoGY) DEFoRESt, LEE

two inscribed books with a series of letters and patent documents associated with Lee DeForest.

Books include: A conquerer of space: an authorized biography of ... Lee DeForest. New York, 1930. Inscribed by DeForest on front endpaer; Television today and tomorrow. New York, 1941. Inscribed by DeForest.

Also included: three typed letters signed; a telegraph; photographs; a collection of greeting cards, many inscribed by Mrs. DeForest; and additional ephemera. Property from the Estate of John sanabria, Aurora, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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(tEcHnoLoGY) (ZEnItH RaDIoS)

A typed letter signed, dated, and addressed to Judge James Wilkerson from the President of Zenith Radio. $400-600

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(tEcHnoLoGY) (EaRLY coMPutInG)

A small archive from mathematician and UNIVAC programmer Joseph D. Rutledge. six folders of printed and manuscript material (1951-1956) including correspondence, notes, equations, conference papers, early computer manuals, and invoices.

Rutledge, who would later work with Bill Buxton to invent the IBM trackpoint, was an employee of Remington Rand during this period, where he was one of the engineers responsible for the development of UNIVAC. $600-800

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(WAR) (FOLK)

Song composed by Major Johnston for 4th of July, 1807. One page manuscript (20 x 32 cm.), written on both sides, with typescript transcript provided. Three horizontal folds, with light foxing; elve very good, in a very bold hand. An Independence Day tribute to George Washington, providing variations on a standard. $200-400

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(CIVIL WAR) FORBES, EDWIN

Life studies of the Great Army. New York, 1876. 20 (of 40) copper-plate etchings each signed in pencil by Mrs. Edwin Forbes. Accompanied by contents page and housed in an impressive gilt box, with handles. Property from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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(WAR--CIVIL) (SLAVE REQUISITION)

Autographed letter signed (“Francis S. Holmes”) to James Berry, Esq., and [illegible] Esq. on May 5, 1862. One page on lined stationary (20 x 31 cm.), with four horizontal folds, two vertical folds; light toning at head, otherwise very good. $600-800 299

(WAR--CIVIL)

Autograph letter signed, from Colonel D. S. Curtiss to Benson John Lossing, written on Treausry Department letterhead, introducing 10 manuscript leaves by Curtiss. Dated December 4th, 1866, Washington, DC. With two contemporary newspaper clippings affixed.

Curtiss provides an account of the raids, and railroad sabotage, executed by the 1st District of Columbia Cavalry in the defense of the City of Washington. Benson John Lossing (1813-1891) would refer to Curtiss’ account in the third volume of his popular history on the American Civil War. $600-800

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(WAR--CIVIL) RANDOLPH, GEORGE W.

Autograph letter signed by George W. Randolph, as Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America; Richmond, Virginia, June 13, 1862.

Notification of President’s appointment of Captain David Rhine to Assistant Quartermaster of a Texas Cavalry Regiment, to take rank on March 10, 1862. $600-800 301

(WAR--HISTORIOGRAPHY) CHURCHILL, WINSTON

Typed letter signed; one page, on address letterhead (20 x 25 cm.), signed “Your sincerely / Winston S. Churchill.” Bisecting vertical and horizontal folds, otherwise in very good condition. Dated June 6th 1932, to Mr. (George) Harrap, his publisher, regarding chapters for Churchill’s biography of his famous ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough, which would come out the following year. With special mention made of the work of his research assistant. $600-800

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(WAR--HISTORIOGRAPHY) CHURCHILL, WINSTON

The story of the Malakand field force, an episode of frontier war. New York and Bombay: Logmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition.

Green cloth boards (20 cm. tall), title stamped in gilt of front cover and spine. Corners rubbed and bumped, with some edge-wear. Some foxing to a few pages and on extremeties.

First as a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and then as an officer with the 4th Hussars, young Churchill saw action on the Northwest frontier of India against rebellious Afghan tribesman. This is the story of that 1897 campaign. $600-800

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(WaR--HIStoRIoGRaPHY) cHuRcHILL, WInSton

Ian Hamilton’s March. New York and Bombay: Longman’s, Green and Co., 1900. First edition.

Red cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with gilt inlay on front cover and spine. spine cocked and lightly sunned, with shaken front hinge and some pencil marginalia; otherwise good. Illustrated with frontispiece, nine maps, one folding map, and with 32 pages of ads in the rear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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(WoRLD WaR onE) PERSHInG, JoHn J.

My experiences in the World War. New York: Frederick A. stokes Company, 1931. First edition, signed. 304

(WoRLD WaR onE) GEoRGE V, KInG

Facsimile autographed letter signed (“George R. L.”). one page (13 x 13. cm.), with red seal of Windsor Castle stamped at top center; horizntal bisecting fold; light toning, else very good; dated April 1918. With envelope (toned and torn along top edge) headed “A message to you from His Majesty King George Vth.” With envelope toned and torn along top edge.

the grandfather of Elizabeth II welcomes the soldiers of the United states entering the British Isles to join fighting with the Allies as The Great War was nearing its climax. “I wish that I could shake the hand of each one of you & bid you God speed on your mission.” $400-600 305

(WoRLD WaR tWo) EISEnHoWER, DWIGHt D.

Typed document, marked “Confidential --- Urgent”, on EtoUsA [European theatre of operations UsA] / Staff Message Control / Incoming Classified Message letterhead; May 7, 1945. Pink copy paper, 20 x 27 cm.; two horizontal folds, three vertical creases; light edgewear; else very good.

A truly historic message, announcing the end of World War II in Europe. the order was sent down to all American, British, British Commonwealth, and French forces down to the divisional level; this is copy number Eto IN 36414. $1,000-1,200

two volumes. Blue cloth boards (24 cm. tall), with titles gilt-stamped on spines and gilt facsimile of author’s signature to front boards. top edge gilt with deckled edges. Illustrated with 15 plates in each volume; 10 maps in first volume, 26 maps in the second. signed by Pershing on half-title page of the first volume. $200-400

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