Price: $4,750 Israeli Prime Minister. Bust-length Photograph of the prime minister in mid-speech, pointing his finger, Signed, D. Ben-Gurion, on the mount below. The black and white photograph measures 3 ½ inches wide by 5 inches high.
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Burke, Edmund
Price: $2,500 British orator and statesman. Autograph Letter Signed, Edm. Burke, one page, quarto, April 24, 1796. To Stephen Thurston Ady, Burke’s friend and banker. Thurston was a partner in the banking house of Boldero, Kendal & Co. Fine condition. “I beg you to pay to a Mr. Chalkley, who will call on you for … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $25,000 Prime Minister of England. An extraordinary Photograph of Churchill seated in the library, his favorite room in the Villa la Pausa, with several Impressionist paintings above the bookcase, Signed, “Winston S. Churchill.” Churchill, seen from the side, smoking a cigar, is reading The Herald Tribune. A magnificient and highly unusual photograph, signed by … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $37,500 Prime Minister of England. THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN “THE AUTUMN OF 1940 HAS COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE SPIRIT THAT BROUGHT OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE WAR.” Typewritten Statement Signed in full, one page, quarto, September 1961. On imprinted stationery, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent. “It is most fitting that we should each … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $35,000 Prime Minister of England. “THE GOVT REACTION TO THE LATEST HITLER PERFORMANCE IS MORE ROBUST THAN I FEARED.” Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, Chartwell, April 28, 1939. On his imprinted stationery, to Sir Walter Layton. With the superscription, salutation, closing and postscript in Churchill’s hand. Headed Private. Winston Churchill writes: “As I … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $22,500 Prime Minister of England. CHURCHILL ACCEPTS NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S RESIGNATION FROM THE CONSERVATIVE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, [London], October 31, 1940. On his imprinted stationery, as Prime Minister, to Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Churchill’s War Cabinet. “Neville [Chamberlain] has written to tell me of his wish … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $15,000 British Prime Minister. Typewritten Letter Signed, “Your friend, Winston S. Churchill”, two pages, small quarto, February 20, 1947. On his address-imprinted stationery, To “Dear Mrs. Chandor”. “I feel I would like you to know how much pleased we are with the charming and life-like portrait your husband has painted of Mrs. Churchill. It … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $27,500 Prime Minister of England. “…THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM DURING THE WAR. NOW, UNHAPPILY, WE ARE ENGAGED IN ANOTHER STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD WON. UPON THE ISSUE OF THIS STRUGGLE THE FUTURE HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF OUR NATION AND EMPIRE DEPEND.” Typewritten Manuscript Signed, one page, quarto, London, September … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $17,500 Prime Minister of England. IN JUNE 1939 CHURCHILL WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT BOMB SHELTERS IN HIS BUILDING “THE MATTER IS NOT WITHOUT URGENCY.” Typewritten Letter Signed, WS Churchill, one page, quarto, Chartwell, Westerham, Kentshire, June 20, 1939. On his imprinted stationery, to Colonel Bill, concerning the building of bomb shelters in anticipation of … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $9,500 Prime Minister. The Second World War. Six Volumes. Signed, “Winston S. Churchill, 1957,” on the half-title page of volume one. First English edition. London: Cassell & Co., 1948-1954. Each volume handsomely bound in full crimson morocco, marbled endpapers, decoratively gilt tooled on inside edges, gilt lettered on spine, all edges gilt. When Winston … [ Read More ]
Cromwell, Oliver
Price: $17,500 Lord Protector of England. Letter Signed, Oliver P, one page, folio, May 16, 1654. To his old army comrade, Colonel Alured, requiring him to give up his command in Scotland to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood. With the integral address leaf attached. “I desire you to deliver up unto the hande of Lieutenant General Fleetwood such … [ Read More ]
Herzl, Theodor
Price: $12,500 Founder of Zionism. Autograph Letter Signed, Th. Herzl, one page, octavo, January 4, 1889. To Esteemed Doctor. “If it’s all right with you, I’ll come to you this afternoon at half past three, to work a little. If my messenger doesn’t find you at home, but hears that you are already in Vienna, … [ Read More ]
King Jr, Martin Luther
Price: $6,500 American Civil Rights activist. Autograph Sentiment Signed, “to Brother Hal / Best Wishes / Martin Luther King, Jr.,” in ballpoint pen on a yellow lined legal sheet of paper folded in half. Matted in blue with a black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr seated head resting in right hand, left … [ Read More ]
Napoleon I
Price: $10,000 Emperor of France. “…THE STEPS BEING TAKEN ARE WEAK…THE STUDENTS AND INHABITANTS OF UTRECHT WHO JEERED AT THE PATROLS BE ARRESTED AT ONCE AND TRIED BY A MILITARY COMMISSION.” Letter Signed, Np, one page, quarto, Paris, March 18, 1811. To the minister of war [General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke], the Duke of Feltre. … [ Read More ]
Napoleon I
Price: $12,500 Emperor of France. Letter Signed, one page quarto, Paris, May 15, 1815. To his longtime ally, Hugues Maret, then the Duc de Bassano. Napoleon had abdicated at Fontainebleau April 6, 1814 and was exiled to Elba. He escaped from Elba the end of February, 1815, and arrived in Paris on March 20 and … [ Read More ]
Napoleon III and Eugenie
Price: $1,500 Emperor of France. Autograph Letter Signed, Napoleon, one page, octavo, Chislehurst, May 5, 1872, in French. Together with the Empress’ Signature, Eugenie, penned on a blue sheet of paper measuring 4 5/8 inches wide by 2 3/8 inches high. “I was delighted to receive the two books which you sent me. I read … [ Read More ]
O’Connell, Daniel
Price: $3,750 Irish national leader, called “The Liberator.” Autograph Letter Signed twice, at the conclusion of the letter and on the address panel, one page, quarto, Tralee, [County Kerry], December 24, 1832. To P. V. Fitzpatrick in Dublin. With the address leaf attached. “I have cut the Gordian Knot. I am member for Dublin only-I … [ Read More ]
Perón, Eva
Price: $3,750 Wife of Argentine President Juan Perón, who, during her husband’s first term as president, became a powerful though unofficial political leader, revered by the lower economic classes. Signed Book. “Eva Perón and Her Social Work”. Signed and inscribed on the front cover, “a Jouhn Walcot / Eva Perón / 1950”. [Buenos Aires]: Subsecretariat … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $15,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “RR,” two pages, octavo, [August 30, 1968], as Governor of California. A retained draft with a line drawn through after his secretary had types it and, generally, signed his name to the types version. Dear Mr. Chandler, I hope you’ll forgive me for not complying … [ Read More ]
Tallyrand, Charles Maurice de
Price: $4,750 Minister of Foreign Affairs under Napoleon and Louis XVIII; instrumental in restoring the Bourbons after the defeat of Napoleon. Autograph Letter Signed, talleyrand, one page, octavo, January 4, [1823]. “At more than 88 francs, 30 centimes, you, Monsieur can have one hundred thousand francs of government bonds sold. I will have the honor … [ Read More ]