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CHURCHILL’S SPECIALLY BOUND COPY OF ‘THE END OF THE BEGINNING’

SIGNED BY HIM — AS WAR-TIME PRIME MINSTER  —  IN 1944

CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S.  (1874-1965).  British statesman and author; served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.  His book: The End of the Beginning, ‘War Speeches by the Right Hon[orable] Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P. – Compiled by Charles Eade’.  1943,  Cassell and Company Ltd., London.  First edition.  Boldly Signed on front free endpaper: “Winston S. Churchill / 1944”, as Prime Minister.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON WRITES TO CLEAR UP SOME ISSUES CONCERNING THE IMPLICATION OF RULES SURROUNDING THE TONNAGE ACT,  AND ITS PROVISIONS

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. (1755-1804). First Secretary of the U.S. Treasury;  political philosopher and economist; author of ‘The Federalist Papers’; Aide to George Washington in Revolutionary War.   Good Manuscript Letter Signed, “Alexander Hamilton.” 1 ½ pages, quarto. “Treasury Department” [New York City], June 10, 1791.

JOHN HANCOCK  —  A SCARCE EARLY FINANCIAL SIGHT-DRAFT —  BOLDLY SIGNED BY HIM

HANCOCK, JOHN.  (1737-1793).  American patriot and statesman, who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.  Autograph Endorsement Signed, “John Hancock”, on the verso of a sight-draft drawn for payment to John Hancock.  One page, oblong octavo.  Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 21, 1766. 

PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS IN THE WAKE OF THE “X,Y,Z AFFAIR” ADDRESSES THE CITIZENS OF HAMILTON, MASSACHUSETTS:   “DURING MY ADMINISTRATION;  THE ZEAL TO CONVINCE THE WORLD, THAT WE ARE NOT A DIVIDED PEOPLE;  THEIR OFFER OF THEIR PROPERTY AND LIVES, TO SUPPORT THE HARD-EARNED LIBERTY OF THEIR COUNTRY; AND THEIR CONFIDENCE UNDER HEAVEN, THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE MOST POWERFUL EFFORTS, AND MACHINATIONS OF FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC ENEMIES”

ADAMS, JOHN.  (1735-1826).  Second President of the United States, Signer of Declaration of Independence.  Exceedingly choice Manuscript Letter  boldly Signed, “John Adams”, as President, just days after making the details of the ‘X,Y,Z Affair’ known to Congress.  One full page, small quarto.  Philadelphia,  May 19, 1798.  To: ‘The Inhabitants of: The Town of Hamilton in the State of Massachusetts”. 

D.H. LAWRENCE TO SARA TEASDALE  —  ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF HER FLAME AND SHADOW  COLLECTION OF POETRY  —  “ONE MUST HARDEN ONES HEART AND LAST, OR DIE OF IT.  AS FOR ME, IT RESOLVES IN TO A LONG FIGHT.  AND ONE SEES THE SWORD IN EVERYTHING”

LAWRENCE, D.H.  (1885-1930).  English novelist, poet and essayist.  Terrific Autograph Letter Signed, “D.H. Lawrence”.  One full page, quarto. To poet Sara Teasdale.    “Villa Fontana Vecchia, Taormina”,   January 28, 1921.  Very fine condition.   

THE AUTHOR OF VANITY FAIR AND BARRY LYNDON  —  SENDS THANKS FOR A BOX OF CIGARS AND RETURNS PROOFS OF ONE OF HIS WORKS

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)  English novelist best known for Vanity Fair (1848); and The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844).   Brief, but charming Autograph Letter Signed, “W.M. Thackeray.” One page, 16mo. [approx 4 x 4 inches].  No place. No date. Thackeray writes to “Dear Smith”.

BAYARD TAYLOR —  AUTHOR OF ‘THE FIRST GAY NOVEL’  TO BE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA  —  PENS A FABULOUS EARLY ILLUSIONARY LETTER:  “NOW, THAT YOU YOURSELF WEAR THE FETTERS MATRIMONIAL, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DREAM ME INTO THEM SO EASILY.”

TAYLOR, BAYARD. (1825-1878) American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author.  Exceptional and early Autograph Letter Signed “J. Bayard Taylor”. [Taylor was christened ‘James Bayard Taylor’ at birth, thus the “J” in his signature].    Two full pages, quarto. Phoenixville, June 16, 1847. To Taylor’s early friend and apprentice in the printing trade, Edward Paxson, (1824-1905), later Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.