ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I POSTER ADVERTISING THE AMERICAN RED CROSS' CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL
(WORLD WAR I) BLASHFIELD, E.H. Poster: Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Washington, 1918.
Original World War I chromolithographic poster by American artist E.H. Blashfield, featuring a nurse and the American national symbol, Columbia, advertising the American Red Cross' Christmas Roll Call from December 16th to 23rd, 1918. $3500.
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"PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARE OFTEN FOUL AND FULL OF ORDURE, WHEREBY WITH THE LEAST TOUCH A MAN CONTAMINATES HIMSELF"
BALZAC, Jean-Louis Guez de. Aristippus… Being a Discourse Concerning the Court. London, 1659.
First edition in English of Aristippe, a treatise on wisdom in political administration, a collection of "sound, if somewhat pessimistic opinions (some of them commonplaces from ancient authors) on ethics, politics, and literature" (Harvey & Heseltine). $2600.
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"ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FIELDS OF EXPLORATION IN THE WORLD"
(KARAKORAM) VISSER-HOOFT, Jenny. Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers. London, 1926.
First edition of Visser-Hooft's account of her and her husband's expedition to the Karakoram Mountains, richly illustrated with two maps (one folding), and 25 photographic plates. $950.
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