Three (3) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) World War II posters. 1st item: TVA poster titled “Electric Power is a Weapon of War” depicting an electric plant on blue background with manâs black silhouette leaning against red reservoir on top of dam. Unframed. 40″ H x 28.5″ W. 2nd item: TVA poster titled, “Out of water […]
Lot 642: WWII U. S. Propaganda Poster, Joe Louis
Extremely scarce World War II United States propaganda poster featuring world heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis. Louis is depicted wearing a helmet and soldier's uniform and holding a gun with bayonet, reading "Pvt. Joe Louis says – 'We're going to do our part….and we'll win because we're on God's side". Published by the U.S. Government […]
Lot 643: 3 U. S. World War II Propaganda Posters
Three (3) World War II propaganda posters. 1st item: Black and white poster with newspaper headline text reading, JAPS EXECUTE DOOLITTLE MEN and WRECK OF DOOLITTLE'S PLANE IN CHINA. Text at bottom reads, WE'LL PAY YOU BACK TOJO THROUGH THE PAY ROLL SAVINGS PLAN IF IT TAKES OUR LAST DIME!. Depicts a man wearing glasses […]
Lot 641: WWII U. S. Propaganda Poster, Uncle Sam
Rare World War II United States propaganda poster titled "Buy War Bonds", depicting Uncle Sam standing in a yellow background above a cloud of smoke carrying the American flag with planes flying overhead and American soldiers charging with bayonets below. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. Rare, larger size. 59" H x […]
Lot 639: JFK and RFK Letters & Archive, U.S. Marshal Dick Bagby
Civil Rights Era Archive relating to U.S. Deputy Marshal Dick Bagby (1933-2003) of Dallas, TX, including letters from President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General. Subjects include the Ole Miss Riots and the Montgomery Bus riots, which Bagby helped quell, mafia violence, and more. The JFK letter, dated December 6th, 1962, praises […]
Lot 638: Archive of 25 Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Admin. Items
Archive of twenty-five (25) items related to the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), and President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), including birthday correspondence, Christmas cards, photographs, and other paper ephemera. 1st item: Printed card from Eisenhower to Master Dennis Harney, Forest Heights, MD, circa October 23, 1956. The card […]
Lot 636: Signed Copy of To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, signed 40th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed in blue ink on title page. CONDITION: Fine condition.
Lot 637: 16 Celebrity Signed Books
Sixteen (16) 20th Century Celebrity Autographed Books, including Paul Newman, A. E. Hotcher, Leonard Bernstein, Clint Eastwood, Norman Rockwell, Groucho Marx, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Woody Allen, Chuck Berry, and more. 1st item: Signed Shameless Exploitation: in Pursuit of the Common Good, First Edition, No. 797/1,350, by Paul Newman and A. E. Hotcher, 2003. Published […]
Lot 634: 1825 Butler Atlas incl. San Francisco
Butler, Frederick: A MODERN ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY COMBINED; undated, circa 1825. Wethersfield: Deming & Francis, Publishers. Includes a map of the United States. including an early reference to Fort San Francisco in California, plus maps of North America, the World, South America, Europe, the British Islands, Asia, Africa, and […]
Lot 635: Early Map of Denmark
Guiljelimus Blaeu, DANIA REGUM, hand-colored map of Denmark and Scandinavia from "Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas," published 1647. Includes two decorative coats of arms and title cartouche. Matted under glass with a silvered molded frame with presentation plaque to "Ambassador to Denmark Guilford Dudley Jr., Copenhagen Denmark 1969-1971 from the Embassy Staff ". […]