Archive of twelve (12) paper ephemera items related to H. Graham Morison, Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, 1945-48 and Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Civil Division, 1948-50, including one (1) commission signed by President Harry S. Truman, 16 items total. 1st item: President Harry S. Truman signed commission document conferring on H. […]
Lot 734: Colonial Families of America, ed. Ruth Lawrence, circa 1928
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA, issued under the editorial supervision of Ruth Lawrence, published by the National Americana Society of New York, circa 1928. Hardcover folio, four hundred nineteen (419) gilt-edged pages, with fifty-nine (5)9 illustrations, including portraits and seven (7) full-color family Coat of Arms for the Wetherill, Foster, Chapman, Chamberlain, Brigham, Talmage, Thompson families, […]
Lot 735: 9 Nashville Related Publications, incl. Tax Ledger, Legal Books
Nine (9) Nashville historical related publications, including Tax Ledger, Legal Books, and Directories. 1st item: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, WARD NO. 9 TAX LEDGER, for 1936-1938, complied by Joe P. McCord, tax assessor, sworn before a county judge, June 14, 1936. Hardbound in brown leather with handwritten entries arranged in alphabetical tabs. 16" H x 11 […]
Lot 736: 3 Ronald Reagan Items, incl. Signed Book
Three (3) items related to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, including one (1) signed book. 1st item: Ronald Reagan signed and inscribed WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?: THE RONALD REAGAN STORY by Reagan and Richard G. Hubler, published […]
Lot 732: 2 Thomas Hardy Books, incl. Author Signed TESS, 1926
Two (2) Thomas Hardy novels, including Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, 1926. 1st item: Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES: A PURE WOMAN, Limited First Illustrated Edition, by Thomas Hardy, illustrated by Vivien Gribble, published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London, 1926. Hardcover octavo, 508 pages with 41 woodcut illustrations and foldout map by […]
Lot 733: Writings of Thoreau, Manuscript Edition, 20 vols.
Publisher Signed, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Manuscript Edition, Vol. I-XX, No. 133/600, published by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston and New York, 1906. Hardcover octavos, top edge gilt pages, each volume with handwritten number, frontispieces and additional illustration plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in three-quarter green Moroccan leather with tan marbled paper […]
Lot 730: Rimball, A Season In Hell, LEC Edition, 1986
Translator and Photographer Signed A SEASON IN HELL, by Arthur Rimball, translated by Paul Schmidt, with photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe, Limited Editions Club (LEC) Edition, Number 426/1000, published by the LEC, New York, 1986. Hardcover quarto, 87 pages with English and French text, 8 hand-rubbed photogravure plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in full red […]
Lot 731: Signed Alex Haley ROOTS & J. Will Taylor Bio., 2 items
Alex Haley signed and inscribed copy of ROOTS and James Willis "J. Will" Taylor Biography, 2 items total. 1st item: Author Signed and Inscribed ROOTS, by Alex Haley, published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, 1976. Octavo, 688 pages, hardbound in one quarter black leatherette with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, includes […]
Lot 728: 3 NASA Astronaut Signed 1967 Meet the Press Placards
Group of three (3) astronaut signed placards from a "Meet the Press" television broadcast, air date Sunday, May 21, 1967, signed by U.S. Navy Captain Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (1923-2007), one of the original seven astronauts and Commander of the Apollo 7 Mission, U.S. Air Force Colonel Frank Borman (born 1928), Commander of the Apollo […]
Lot 729: Group of 4 LEC Signed Books, incl. R. Bradbury, H. G. Wells
Group of four (4) Science Fiction Limited Editions Club (LEC) signed books, including Ray Bradbury and H. G. Wells. 1st item: Author and Illustrator signed THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, LEC Edition, Number 1312/2000, by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini, published by the LEC, Avon, 1974. Hardcover quarto, 309 black speckled pages with full-page color lithographic […]