EDMUND BURKE. 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 ]
World Leaders
Churchill, Winston
Prime Minister of England. CHURCHILL WRITES IN 1908 ” … I RIPEN & MELLOW AS THE YEARS PASS….” Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, octavo, [London], November 24, 1908. On imprinted stationery of the Board of Trade, as president of the Board of Trade, to Lord Northcliffe. Headed Private. “I am quite alive to what you … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
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 year remember … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
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 war. With … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Prime Minister of England. 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
CONSOLIDATING HIS POWER, FIVE MONTHS AFTER BECOMING LORD PROTECTOR, CROMWELL DISMISSES AN OLD COMRADE WHO DARED TO QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY 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. … [ Read More ]
Herzl, Theodor
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, I’ll come … [ Read More ]
O’Connell, Daniel
DANIEL O’CONNELL. 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
EVA PERÓN. 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 ]
Tallyrand, Charles Maurice de
CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLYRAND. 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 … [ Read More ]