RARE SHIP’S PAPERS SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM SEWARD
LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed (ship's papers). Washington, DC, September 26, 1864.
A remarkable ship’s passport signed by President Lincoln and his Secretary of State William Seward during the Civil War, authorizing passage for the ship Illinois, "lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean, and laden with provisions, stores, and utensils for a whaling voyage." $38,000.
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"THEY HAVE MUCH LITERARY AND BIOGRAPHICAL IMPORTANCE"
DONNE, John. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour. London, 1651.
First edition, first issue, with engraved frontispiece portrait of Donne by Pieter Lombart, and woodcut initials, in contemporary calf boards. $13,500.
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INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION OF VIRGIL THOMSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THOMSON, Virgil. Virgil Thomson. New York, 1966.
First edition inscribed by Thomson for tennis player Eleanor Means, “For Eleanor Means/ tennis champion/ whom/ I serve/ loyally/ Virgil T./ 1967.” $400.
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