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Belmont 1891 Thoroughbred Horse Auction
n/a Private Presentation Copy Full-Leather Very Good No Jacket Privately Printed 4to - over 9¾ Henry Stillman
Nursery Stud Farm. Reprint of Catalog And Account of Sale and Dispersion of the Nursery Stud: Presented to "Elbora Davison" (hand written) with compliments Perry Belmont, August Belmont, Oliver Belmont. ND/NP (ca 1893). 4to. Seven fine prints and numerous charts. Five band gold embossed and decorated black morocan spine and tips with faux burgundy morocan boards, gold embossed vertical red banners across boards. The boards, red banner and tips are original, the new spine uses morocan leather matching the original tips and imitates the original spine with the same number and manner of bands and decorations. Decorated silk end papers. The text includes a description of the presale, sale and post sale. The sale was compared to Lord xxxx of England and his sale 10 years previous. For the major horses sold, their winnings the year before the sale was presented, their sale price, and their winnings in the year following the sale. Full page charts outline the bloodline of each horse. A narrative also accompanies each horse. Fine prints in excellent condition of August Belmont, and six horses:St Blaise, Ill Used, Carina, Magnetism, Princess, and Susquahanna.
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935.00 USD
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Reynolds, George Pickwick Abroad or the The Tour In France.
Lon Thomas Tegg 1839 Full-Leather Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Qrowquill, Phillips & Bonner
Reynolds, George, W.M. Pickwick Abroad or The Tour in France. Lon:Thomas Tegg, 1839. 8vo. Frontis & vignette title page, [xvi]; 628pp. Illustrated with forty-one steel-engravings by Alfred Crowquill and John Phillips; and with thirty-three woodcuts by Bonner. Contemporaneous binding, embossed & decorated black 1/2 calf with red leather label, brown boards; no dj: extremeties some bumping and wear, boards some wear. Marbeled end papers, owners inscription inside front free paper, light toning, light foxing primarily on edges of text block borders, plates some foxing with occasional light register on opposite page as typical for this publication. 1st bound edition of a book spoofing the popular Pickwick by Dickens. Reynolds, a prolific author of the day published many romances and miscellanies. This pastiche is clearly a plaigirization of Dickens concepts and was initially published in monthly parts (1838-39), also imitating Dickens form. Today, this would not be tolerated.
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215.00 USD
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Times Herald 1939: First Visit of British Monarch To U.S.
Washington, DC Times Herald 1939 very good
King Pays Homage At Mt. Vernon. Washington, DC: Times Herald, June 9, 1939. 12pp, A1-A12 (complete first section). Original newsprint, large masthead, very good condition, short tear left center border not affecting text. Headlines on this front page juxtapose international Allies positioning their heads of state for maximum political appeal, with the details of an impending war that is now just three months off.
This paper highlights extrodinary events surrounding this first visit of a British Monarch to the United States. By placing wreaths at both Washington's grave at Mt. Vernon and at the tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, the King and Queen acknowledge the loss of the American soldiers of the Revolution and the birth of America. The first formal acknowledgement by a British Monarch.
The timing and political theater, in hindsight, are obvious but no less relevant. Britain and Roosevelt, need the American people behind England in the approaching war. These acts will help Roosevelt with the political support for the lend lease program that provides England with American planes, ships etc.
Headlines include: 'King Pays Homage At Mt. Vernon';'Congress Cheers Royal Couple Ring In Capital. Monarch To Place Wreath On Tomb Of Unknown Soldier Late Today'; 'Piping Their Majesties Aboard the Potomac' (heading to large front page picture).
'Nazis Blamed For Riot Over Sarabia Death. Mexico Officials Say Students Did Not Volunteer In Demonstration Against U.S.'; 96 More Refugees In Despair Over Ban By Cuba (These refugees denied asylum are Jews aboard the French vessel Flandre. Like the 907 Jews aboard the more famous St. Louis, they are heading back to France, having been turned back from Cuba and rejected in Mexico.); 'Franco Charged With Food Seizure'; 'Nazis Spurn British Olive Branch'.
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Times Herald House Votes Income Tax For District
Washington, DC Times Herald 1939 First Edition Very Good
Times Herald. House Votes Income Tax For District. Washington, DC: Times Herald, June 12, 1939. 4pp [1,2,13,14 (1st section)]. Original newsprint, very good condition, complete sheet for front section including 1st two pages and last 2 pages. Front page has a combination of historic DC politics, great moments in golf, and the looming presence of the approach of ww2. Other important front page headlines include; 'Byron Nelson Wins U.S. Golf Title'; 'Peace Hopes Voiced Anew By President'; 'Hope Rises For 907 On Refugee Liner'; 'He Flew With Il Deuce'; 'All Saleries Over $2,000 Made Liable'; 'Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot' (over photo of departing King & Queen); 'King & Queen In Canada For 4-Day Stay'; 'U.S. Recalls Envoy To Albania And Shuts Legation'; '1,000 Carpenters JOin D.C. Strike'; 'CIO Fight on AFL Opens Auto Plants'. Picture of Byron Nelson under heading, Byron wins his first US Open championship where he beats, ironically, golfer "Wood", with a "miraculous" eagle. Jewish refugees on the infamous St Louis voyage where this article suggests some hope, but they are ultimately denied safe haven. Three months from war, Roosevelt voices peace hopes during West Point speech, acknowledges the value of the King & Queens visit to the US. American Envoy is withdrawn from Albania so as not to recognise the Italian takeover of that country.
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Times Herald FDR Memorial
Washington, DC Times Herald 1945 very good
Times Herald. FDR Memorial. Washington, DC:Times Herald, Friday, April 13, 1945. 8pp (complete special edition). Full front page photo FDR, 2 short tears, right side top and mid edge, small crease upper right corner, outer column p5 trimmed. Full front page photo FDR with dates birth and death lower bottom. Page 2 banner 'Roosevelt Is Dead'. Various headlines and photos,
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Washington Post Hindenburg Explodes With 97 Aboard; D.C. Man Escapes, 33 Die at Lakehurst
Washington, DC 1937 First Edition Very Good
Hindenburgh Explodes With 97 Aboard; D.C. Man Escapes, 33 Die at Lakehurst. Washington, DC: Washington Post, May 7, 1937. 12 pages, [1,2, 13,14 (4 pp section 1)], [15-22 (entire 8 pp section 20]. Original newsprint, left side loose, couple small stains lower middle edge and middle left edge not affecting text or images, 2 short tears middle lower edge 1 of which extends 1" into lower photo, short 1" tear left center edge not affectiing text. Huge 2/3 page photos, 2 line masthead, entire front page story. Complete second section dedicated to Hindenburg with additional photos. Front page headings include: [LEFT COLOMNS] 'F.L Belin, Jr., Leaps From Blazing Ship, Relatives Here Term His Jump To Safety A "Miracle." Change In Orders Keeps Two Naval Officers From Flight'; 'Hitler, Stunned, Refuses Comment On Airship's Loss'; [Right Columns] 'Others Near Death Given Last Rites, Last Rites Adminstered Capt. Lehmann; Blast Called "Strange" By Air Official of New Jersey.'; 'Berry Is Appointed Tennessee Senator.'
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