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Important Signed & Inscribed Books and Photographs

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STANLEY DISCOVERS CHURCHILL!

STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON. (1841-1904).  Anglo-American journalist and explorer of Africa.  Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry M. Stanley”, on his red-embossed 2, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, S.W. stationery.  Two full pages, octavo.  London, June 17, 1901.  

$2200.00
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN — AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY ON THE ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT —  FILES A SLANDER COMPLAINT AGAINST A DEFENDANT WHO “UTTERED AND PUBLISHED…FALSE, SCANDALOUS, MALICIOUS AND DEFAMATORY WORDS…”

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. (1809-1865). Sixteenth President.  “September,  1852”, “Tazewell County, Illinois” .  8” x 3 ½ inches.  An autograph fragment of a legal complaint filed by Lincoln on behalf of his client.  Nearly 90+ words in his hand.

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SAMUEL RICHARDSON ASKS HIS CORRESPONDENT, [MOST LIKELY HIS WIFE ELIZABETH] TO SEND OCTAVO COPIES OF HIS CLASSIC PAMELA TO HIM

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL.  (1689-1761).  English novelist; author of Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded (1740).  Exceedingly scarce Partial Autograph Letter Signed, “S. Richardson”.  One page, oblong octavo. 

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ERWIN  ROMMEL  ~  “THE DESERT FOX” WRITING FROM NORTH AFRICA  —   “THE GERMAN SOLDIER, EVEN UNDER THE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT DESERT CONDITIONS, HAS BEEN FIGHTING IN EXEMPLARY FASHION, BRAVELY AND IMBUED WITH A SENSE OF DUTY… FOR THE COMMON VICTORY”

ROMMEL, ERWIN.  (1891-1944).  German soldier; widely recognized as one of the finest tank commanders of WWII.  Superb Printed Letter Signed “Rommel”, in strong indelible pencil, circa 1941.

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ROBERT E. LEE & MARY CUSTIS LEE

A wonderful surviving original pairing of signed and further inscribed CDV photographs of the Lee’s.

$8500.00
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LINCOLN’S ‘TEAM OF RIVALS’ AND MORE! A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM CONTAINING SIGNED C.D.V.’S FROM LINCOLN’S LATE MID-FIRST TERM ADMINSTRATION AND PRESIDENCY ~ CIRCA JANUARY 1864 — THIS FABULOUS ALBUM IS HIGHLIGHTED BY ALL OF LINCOLN’S CABINET, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AT THAT TIME

[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]  [CIVIL WAR ERA PHOTOGRAPHY]. A remarkable and highly important civil war era photographic album containing 59 CDV’s, all [but 3] of which are either signed or bear the signature of the statesman depicted. 

$78,500.00
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“THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. LINCOLN. AT HOME, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864, FROM 9 UNTIL 12 O’CLOCK.”

[ABRAHAM LINCOLN].  Extremely-rare engraved presidential invitation to the White House.  One page, 16mo.  [4.5 x 2.5 inches]. No place, [Washington D.C.].  Printed probably late February 1864.

$3700.00
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