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“I DAYDREAM THAT SUDDENLY, BY SOME MIRACLE, I WILL BE ABLE TO COME HOME TO YOU…”
DAYAN, Moshe. Archive of autograph letters signed. Acre, Palestine, 1939-1941. 13 original signed autograph letters by Moshe Dayan, consisting of 47 handwritten pages to his wife, parents, and parents-in-law, in Hebrew and English, written on fragile prison toilet tissue while held prisoner by the British. $96,500.
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“NEVER YET WAS A COUNTRY WORTH LIVING IN UNLESS ITS SONS AND DAUGHTERS WERE OF THAT STERN STUFF WHICH BADE THEM DIE FOR IT AT NEED”
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Autograph manuscript signed, “The Great Adventure.” No place, circa August 1918. Autograph manuscript draft of his essay “The Great Adventure,” signed by Theodore Roosevelt and with many additions and corrections in his hand that were incorporated into the final printed essay. Handsomely framed, and accompanied by a framed contemporary broadside edition of the essay. $60,000.
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“THE LADY-BEARER OF THIS—A QUAKERESS—WISHES TO DO SOME ACTS OF HUMANITY FOR SECESSION PRISONERS…”
(LINCOLN, Abraham). Autograph album. Washington, circa 1844. Stirring and very unusual autograph note signed by Lincoln from 1863 authorizing the bearer, a “Quakeress,” to tend to Confederate prisoners of war, whom he here describes as “secession prisoners.” The recipient tipped this note into her original mid-19th-century autograph album that contains more than 250 original historic signatures, including those of Presidents Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and John Quincy Adams, as well as many other figures important in politics leading up to and during the Civil War, both in the Union and in the Confederacy, most signed during the years 1843-1845. Also with a warm letter from the owner’s cousin, Dolley Madison, tipped in. $55,000.
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“FOR WASHINGTON… GEOGRAPHY WAS DESTINY”
WASHINGTON, George. Autograph document signed. Frederick County, Virginia, March 28, 1752. Scarce early autograph document of a surveying document from Frederick County, Virginia, with the technical portions written and signed by George Washington in his capacity as surveyor, dated the “28th day of March 1752”—barely one year before the 21-year-old Virginian was appointed Major Washington, Adjutant General of the Southern District, and embarked on a soldier’s life. $55,000.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHILE PRESIDENT
LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed. Washington, D.C., July 4, 1864. Autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln on the matter of a controversial Union colonel dismissed and arrested for his denunciation of Lincoln. The letter reads: “July 4, 1864. Senator Powell, Sir, The Sec. of War informs me that Col. Woolford will be put on trial this week & just as early in the week as the case can be prepared. Very Respectfully, A. Lincoln.” The letter was written only one day before Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in Kentucky as part of an effort to prevent Kentucky from joining the Confederacy. $42,000.
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IMPORTANT ROYAL AUTOGRAPH ARCHIVE, WITH OVER 20 DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY FRENCH KINGS, MARIE ANTOINETTE, CATHERINE DE MEDICI
AND OTHERS, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND
(ROYALTY). Four Centuries of French History. A Collection of Autographs. No place, 1461-1848. Rare, privately published 19th-century autograph collection containing numerous tipped-in court documents (some folding), a unique collection of French monarchical autograph leaves, most signed by French kings—from Louis XI to Napoleon III—as well as Catherine de Medici, Marie Antoinette, Josephine and others, in a sumptuous binding of gilt-stamped morocco and featuring over 40 full-page steel-engraved portraits of the monarchs. $25,000.
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SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, THE SAMUEL HEIMAN COPY, WITH MILNE’S PERSONAL SIGNED BOOKPLATE
AND FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ERNEST SHEPARD REGARDING ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE POOH BOOKS
MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young. London, 1924. First edition, first issue, of Milne’s first children’s book-the scarcest of the “Pooh Quartet”—in original dust jacket, with autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard regarding original drawings for When We Were Very Young and Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as Milne’s bookplate, signed by him, on the front pastedown. The copy of noted bibliophile Samuel Heiman. $25,000.
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“AND SO WE SAW THE WAY OF THE ENTIRE NATION, NOT AS IT IS BUT HOW IT SHOULD BE”
BEN-GURION, David. Autograph speech draft. No place, 1965. Original three-page autograph speech draft, entirely hand-written by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in Hebrew, in which he reflects upon the history and meaning of the state of Israel and his political beliefs. $18,500.
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LINCOLN WRITES TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR
LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph note signed. No place, March 23, 1863. Autograph directive signed by President Abraham Lincoln, “Sec. Of War, please see the bearer & appoint him a Quarter-Master, if another is needed. A. Lincoln. March 23, 1863.” $16,000.
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“THE TRUTH OF THIS WHOLE PAGE STANDS JUST AS TRUE AS ANY HOLLER IN ANY LAND ON EARTH”
GUTHRIE, Woody. Autograph letter signed. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1946. Original signed autograph letter, this eight-page letter written entirely in Woody Guthrie’s hand, signed by him and dated “10-8-‘46,” vibrant in imagery that captures “Guthrie’s importance in the American literary tradition… [and] strong impact on songwriters of the next generation, most notably Bob Dylan” (Santelli), featuring Guthrie’s pensive yet whimsical long poem to intimate correspondent Charlotte Strauss, with eight original sketches of a man adrift in a swirl of hearts. $16,000.
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