TWO PAGE ALS OF U.S. GRANT — SIGNED AS PRESIDENT
GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885). Eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877); Commander of the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War. Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “U.S. Grant”, as President, on ruled stationery. Two separate pages, octavo. Long Branch, New Jersey, July 25, 1871.
WOODROW WILSON — CHEERFULLY SUPPLIES HIS AUTOGRAPH
WILSON, (THOMAS) WOODROW. (1856-1924). Twenty-eighth President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Woodrow Wilson”, as President of Princeton University. One page, octavo. Princeton. [New Jersey], January 11, 1904.
FINE WILLIAM GLADSTONE ALS AS PRIME MINISTER — WITH COMMENTARY ON: WILLIAM PALMERS WORK, HIS THOUGHTS REGARDING THE HIGH ANGLICANISM MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND, AND HIS EPIC WORK, TREATISE ON THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
GLADSTONE, WILLIAM E (1809-1898). British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94). Significant Autograph Letter Signed “W E Gladstone”, as Prime Minister on imprinted 10 Downing Street stationery. 3 full pages, quarto. London, September 30, 1883.
T.E. LAWRENCE GOES TO LONDON ON LEAVE — “I…SHALL BE VERY GLAD TO LIE IN BED AND FORGET LIFE FOR A SPELL”
LAWRENCE, T(HOMAS) E(DWARD), called ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. (1888-1935). British adventurer, soldier and author, who mobilized the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I (1914-1918). Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “T.E.S.” [for T.E. Shaw, one of his many pseudonyms]. One full page, quarto. “14 Barton St., S.W.1.”, September 17, 1929.
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS – “THE STATE LASTS ONLY SO LONG AS WE LIVE, THE POEM CONTINUES TO LIVE AFTER THE STATE HAS DIED.”
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS. (1883-1963). American physician and writer; author of verse, essays, novels and short stories; won 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Pictures of Breughel. GoodTyped Letter Signed, “William”. Two pages, quarto. August 4, [19]51.
SIGNATURE OF ‘FREDERICK THE GREAT’ OF PRUSSIA
FREDERICK II, “THE GREAT” (1712-1786) King of Prussia, composer, musician, and military strategist. His diminutive signature: “Frederic” as cut from a document or letter.
CHURCHILL IN 1905 – AN ATTRACTIVE LETTER SIGNED
CHURCHILL, WINSTON, S. (1874-1965). U.K. Prime Minister. Manuscript Letter Signed “Winston S. Churchill” as Member of Parliament, on his personal imprinted 105 Mount Street stationery. Small octavo, [London]. July 6, 1905. Very fine condition.