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Important Signed & Inscribed Books and Photographs

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WILLIAM R. SHAFTER —  UNION GENERAL, MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER AND COLONEL OF THE 17TH US COLORED INFANTRY

SHAFTER, WILLIAM RUFUS.  (1835-1906) Union Army officer during the Civil War; awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks; In April 1864 he was appointed Colonel of the 17th United States Colored Infantry and led the regiment at the Battle of Nashville; played a prominent role as a Major General in the Spanish-American War. His scarce Signature and rank: “Wm. R. Shafter  / Major Genl. Vols. / Brig. Genl. U.S.A.” as cut from a larger document.  

$195.00
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MARGARET FULLER ~ THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN OF THE TRANSCENDENTIALIST MOVEMENT AND THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST FEMINIST BOOK IN THE UNITED STATES

FULLER, SARAH MARGARET. (1810-1850) Journalist, women’s rights activist, considered the most important woman in the Transcendentalist movement; she was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism; her book:  Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.  Exceedingly-rare, almost unobtainable, and highly desirable Autograph Letter Signed “S. M. Fuller”.  One page, quarto.

$22,500.00
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BRIGHAM YOUNG — AN EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE SIGNED UTAH SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY PAY ORDER

YOUNG, BRIGHAM.  (1801-77).  American religious leader and colonizer of Utah.  Exceedingly-scarce Partly-Printed Document Signed, “Brigham Young”, on a pay order drawn on the “Utah Southern Railroad Company”.   One page, oblong octavo.  1872.

$4500.00
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HE INSPIRED EDISON TO DEVELOP THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB!

FARMER, MOSES G.    (1820-1893).  American electrical engineer and inventor; built a platinum filament incandescent light in 1859 and lit the parlor of his home with incandescent lamps, thus being the first house in the world to be lit by electricity.  His excessively-scarce Signature “Moses G. Farmer”.

$1500.00
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ULYSSES S. GRANT —  AN OUTSTANDING AND LENGTHY PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED,  DEFENDING AND DEFINING HIS CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS

GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885). Union General and Eighteenth President of the United States.  Excellent, important, and lengthy Autograph Letter Signed, as President.  Four very full pages, quarto.  “Long Branch,  N[ew] J[ersey] /   July 11th 1872.” 

$18,500.00
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY  —  1933  AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS LITERARY PRIME ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIVING BACK A MANUSCRIPT FROM THE SOON TO BE PUBLISHED PREMIER EDITION OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE – TO WHICH HE CONTRIBUTED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED:  “MARLIN OFF THE MORRO –  A CUBAN LETTER”.

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. (1899-1961)  American Nobel Prize winning author and journalist; published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works.   Official “Post Office Department / Registered Article” postcard, Signed “E. Hemingway”.

$3000.00
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS —  AN EXCEEDINGY RARE SIGNED ENGRAVED PORTRAIT

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.  (1767-1848).  Sixth President of the United States (1825-29).  An exceedingly rare, engraved portrait of J.Q.A. produced by Nathaniel Dearborn.  Boldly Signed across the top margin, above his image, in black ink using his full name, “John Quincy Adams.”

$12,500.00
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