Signed Letters (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover with pictorial boards, white text on cover and spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated only 2003. 104 pages. Includes script without illustrations following full comic. Title page signed "Thanks J---! BT" in silver sharpie, with a small illustration next to the message. Pages clean and glossy, binding neat and tight. Covers undamaged and still glossy. Please email us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Illustrator(s).

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 426pp very good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Self-Published by the Author, Lexington, KY. 1977. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; moisture warpage to bottom of rear wrap; torn spine pager near tail. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding.108 pp 8vo. This story begins with Benjamin Stinnett in 1777 in Ireland where he was born and Jane Karr, his wife who was born in 1780 and their coming to America and settling in Todd County Kentucky. From that marriage came 12 children and through the following marriages added the Dunn, Atkins, and Glenn family names to the tree. Family tree is stapled to rear wrap. A clean very presentable copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Full leather. Condition: Very good. Signed limited edition of All The Best: My Life In Letters And Other Writings by President George H.W. Bush. (illustrator). First Edition / Limited Edition. Octavo, [2], 640pp. Publisher's blue leather, gilt lettering on spine, gilt edges, silk endpapers. Housed in blue cloth slipcase. Bumped corners on both boards, notable wear to gilt along fore-edge and top edge. Internally clean, solid text block. From a limited edition of 1000 signed copies by President George H.W. Bush, this being number 398. The book is signed on the publisher's limitation page. "All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings" was first published in 1999 by Scribner and Lisa Drew Books. It consists of over 600 personal letters, diary entries, and notes from George H.W. Bush, spanning over 60 years of his life. The book covers various phases of his career, including his time as a Navy pilot during World War II, his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Vice President under Ronald Reagan, and his presidency. The memoir was reissued with updates in 2013, adding reflections on more recent events in his life. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Augustine Birrell's Copy who was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.It is signed and dated by Birrell 1892 on the half title page.In addition the book includes two dictated letters by Lord Roseberry who was Archibald Philip Primrose the 5th Earl of Rosebery and the 1st Earl of Midlothian and was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895.It's a Very Good Copy in Original black cloth Boards with gilt title lettering to spine with rough cut page edges.There are two Lord Roseberry letters one of which is to Baroness Constance Battersea and is dated 1920 asking if he would like to be Lord Lieutenant and saying that if so he must provide six seats a heavy price to pay,he also goes on to add that I am glad Birrell showed an interest in me as I am very fond of him and it is the first symptom he has shown of any such feeling.The second letter included is affixed to the front pastedown and is dated June 24th 1920 and is a letter of apology and it reads as such so as to show the context. '' My dear Birrell I am distressed by your letter,for you are quite in the right and I am in the wrong.I did give some plaintive hint to Lady Battersea,but Peggy assures me that my whine was unfounded.When one is ill in broods,which accounts,I fear,for my having said what I did. I wish you could find time to run down here: but I fear that that may not be possible'' So there it is a rather intriguing and delightful piece of British Political history.Fascinating with the close association of not just Augustine Birrell but of Baroness Constance Battersea who was a society hostess and philanthropist in London who established the Jewish Association for the Protection of Girls, Women and Children in 1885 and was prominent in the Temperance movement in the United Kingdom.8vo 287pp plus appendix First Edition [1891]. Signed.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small Octavo size (8vo) in faux vellum with red and gilt decorations to spine and front cover. 48pp. WITH four typed letters signed by author Baker (who was also managing director of Readers Union), plus a few news cuttings and Readers Union ephemera loosely inserted . [CONDITION: FINE, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy (spine a little sunned, top cover margins slightly tanned, few spots of very slight shelf rub to cover edges) ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first English edition of Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land by Amos Oz. (illustrator). First English Edition, First Impression. Octavo, 127pp. Blue hardcover, title in white on spine. Stated "First published by Chatto and Windus in 2018" on copyright page, with full number line listed. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket, "Signed by the author" sticker to front panel, £10.99 retail price on front flap. Signed by Amos Oz on title page. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Limited edition printing of The Letters of T.S. Eliot, signed by Eliot's wife, Mrs. Valerie Eliot. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, xxxix, 639pp. Full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. A fine example, appears unread. Includes three facsimile letters from the Eliot collection. Housed in the matching blue cloth slipcase. One of 500 limited edition copies, 250 for London and 250 for New York. This one is numbered 166 from the New York edition. Signed by Mrs. Valerie Eliot on the limitation page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed limited edition of John Fante's Selected Letters 1932-1981, published by the Black Sparrow Press in 1991. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, 351pp, [5]. Pictorial hardcover, title printed on green label affixed to cloth spine. Bound by Earle Gray. From a varied limitation, including one type in paper wrappers, 400 hardcover trade copies, and 176 handbound copies by Earle Gray. This copy is one of 176, numbered 148 on colophon. Signed by the editor, Seamus Cooney, and John Fante's wife, Joyce Fante, on a tipped-in limitation leaf. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Several item comprising a neat little archive of Sir John Bland-Sutton, belonging to his biographer W.R. Betts. Bound copy of the April 1930 issue of The British Journal of Surgery, dedicated to Sir John Bland-Sutton. About 180 pages, including ads. Original softcovers bound in to a gray hardcover binding. Original letter attached to the inside front endpaper from the editorial board of the journal ot W.R. Betts telling him that the editorial board of the journal had decided to ask Bland-Sutton's permission to dedicate the issue to him (dated January 1930). Also, an 8 page biography of Bland-Sutton reprinted from the Middlesex Hospital Journal 1937. Also, 5 letters from Bland-Sutton to W.R. Betts written in the early 1930's (on Bland-Sutton's stationery). 1 page handwritten letter on thin paper, initialed by Bland-Sutton on the bottom, titled 'Sir James Paget.' Original black and white photo of JBS with black cat. 3 copies of Moloch's caricature of JBS (printed in Chanticlair in June 1909). Mounted illustration of JBS from Punch magazine. Photogravure of JBS. Please email for details on the content of the (short) letters. Webb published a biography of JBS in 1956. If you've read this far, you already know who he is. but for the sake of completion: Sir John Bland-Sutton was president of the Royal Society of Medicine in the early 1920s; President of the Royal College of Surgeons after that. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Near fine. Handwritten by John Steinbeck, parts two and three of his three-part article for The New York Times Magazine titled, "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker." Together with three autograph letters signed by Steinbeck to NYTM editor Seymour Peck, and o (illustrator). Handwritten Manuscript. In total, this collection includes 12 legal page leaves, written in pencil by Steinbeck on rectos only, and one typed letter from his editor. All in near fine condition, with faint toning to edges and small paperclip indentations. (Goldstone & Payne C90, article) With an 11-page typed transcription of the drafts and letters, bound in chronological order of appearance. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell case, title printed on paper label affixed to spine. (Provenance: Christie's 1986; Christie's 1999) John Steinbeck's article "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker," begins in Part One (not included here) with his first unhappy (and short-lived) experience in New York City in 1925, at the age of 23. Part Two, handwritten here, details his second "assault on New York" in the fall of 1935, in which he begrudgingly transforms from a "Country Boy" into a true "New Yorker." At first, Steinbeck writes: "It is so strange to look back. I was going to live in New York but I was going to avoid it." Near the end of the installment, his anecdotes change. He writes: "Everything fell into place. I saw every face I passed. It was beautiful - but most important - I was part of it, I was no longer a stranger." In the final section, handwritten here, Steinbeck describes the broad dichotomy of the city, and romanticizes city life. He writes: "New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But. once you have lived in New York and it has become your home - no place else is good enough. All of everything is concentrated here, population, theatre, art, painting, publishing, importing, business, murder, mugging, luxury, poverty. It is all of everything." The correspondence between Steinbeck and NYTM editor Seymour Peck primarily discusses deadlines for the article drafts. In the first letter, Steinbeck tells Peck of his plans for the three-part article. Peck responds on November 26, 1952, asking for all writing to be completed by December 24, 1952. The second letter is inserted at the end of Part Two, informing Peck that Part Three will be along shortly. The third letter, dated December 17, 1952, accompanies Part Three, in which Steinbeck says the article "isn't very good, but it is heart-felt." A truly exceptional collection of autobiographical writings from a classic American author. Despite his reputation as a Californian, John Steinbeck spent nearly half his life living in New York City. In 1925, he left Stanford University without a degree and moved to the city for roughly one year. He returned to New York with his then-girlfriend Gwen, living for a while in Sneden's Landing. They stayed in New York until the birth of his first son, Thom, and the publication of Cannery Row (1945). He later returned to the East Coast with his third wife, Elaine, and bought a home in Sag Harbor in 1955. Steinbeck remained in New York City until his death in 1968. Signed.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. A collection of signed photographs, inaugural programs, letters and documents from the archive of White House Special Assistant Sue Mathis-Richard. (illustrator). Photographs. Includes a signed letter from President Ronald Reagan regarding the federal budget deficit, dated 1980. Additional five signed photographs of President Ronald Reagan, all likely signed with autopen. Approximately 50 photographs of President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George H.W. Bush, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Patrick Buchanan, Secretary of State George Shultz, and Chief Justice Warren E. Berger. Additional inscribed photograph from Secretary of Education, William Bennett. Includes Inaugural Programs from 1981 with invitations to the White House, inaugural schedules and White House Christmas Cards. A unique collection of Reagan Administration ephemera, all housed in black leather archival folio. Sue Mathis, later Sue Mathis-Richard, served in the White House Media Liaison Office beginning in 1981. After the shooting of Press Secretary Jim Brady, her office was reorganized, and the office of Media Relations was created. In 1984, Mathis become the Director of Media Relations. In 1987 she left the White House and assumed a position as corporate communications director for Walt Disney Corporation. In 1988, she was asked to join the Bush-Quayle campaign, serving as the Florida communications director. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Splendid illustrations by Henry Hutt; could not be more suitable for The Gilded Age. Stunning illustrations. Scare with letters. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Splendidly bound in finely woven brown linen cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards and on the spine. With the Rhode Island seal stamped in gold and blue on the front boards, featuring an anchor and the word "Hope" on a waving banner. Printed on heavy, deckle-edged paper. Very clean and tight throughout. Top edges gilded. Some fraying and chipping to the top and bottom of the cloth of the spine ends. Corners bumped. With some light leeching and flecking of color to the center of the front boards. A substantial and handsomely bound book. With a a splendid colored frontispiece by Henry Hutt, many illustrations in photogravure and double-tone, and from drawings by Edward Stratton Holloway. All with tissue guards. With two maps in very good condition, crisply folded and pocketed in the rear paste-down: 1) Map of Newport; 2) Road Map of Island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island. And over 95 splendid full-page illustrations, photogravures, all with tissue guards throughout this limited edition. In addition to her signed presentation inscription on the front paste-down, there are 9 autographed letters (ALS) by Mrs. Van Rensselaer written to the her Newport friend and mentor, Dr. Arthur Sherman who served on the Newport Historic Society at that time. When Mr. Lippincott, the Philadelphia publisher, approached Mrs. Van Rensselaer about writing a special book on Newport, she sought the help of Dr. Sherman. These 9 handwritten letters in ink were written to Dr. Sherman dating from February 27, 1900 through December 23, 1900. The letters tell the story of how she came to write the book and thanks Dr. Sherman and Mr. Franklin for their many suggestions, ideas, and specific aid in writing Newport: Our Social Capital. She begins from her Philadelphia address in February by writing to Dr. Sherman for assistance, mentioning that "I have Mr. Mason s book on Rhode Island, but I want to know if there is a surviving congregation of the first Baptist Church and where it now is. Also if there is any sketch of it. So much has been written about Trinity, that I should like to bring the Baptists and their congregation more prominently before the public. I wish I could see you to ask a dozen questions about early days in Newport for you and your family must have many traditions. Can you give me the date when Bellevue Avenue was cut through to Rough Point? And when the Ocean Drive was laid out. I carried map and pictures to Mr. Lippincott, putting them in his hands; he promises to care for and to return them promptly. It gave me the greatest pleasure to send you a copy of my history of Newport. (A total of 9 letters, comprising 34 handwritten sheets of stationery, each sheet measuring 7"x 5.5", most with her No. 338 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia address). A fascinating archive which showcases the creation and development of one the finest books about Newport, RI. First Edition with matching dates of 1905 on the title and copyright pages. This edition is printed from the type, and is limited to Three Hundred and Forty-Seven copies. This is Number 148.".

Hardcover. Bound in brick red cloth stamped brightly in black, the book is in very good minus condition. The front and rear boards are clean, the corners are bumped. With light wear and a touch of fraying to the top and bottom of the spine ends. The spine bulges a little because of the additional leaflets and letters glued in; and the hinges are tender and separating; the rear hinge is mostly sprung. This extra-illustrated copy is unique. First it is inscribed: "To W. Thornton Parker. M.D. With kind personal regards of the Author. Homer W. Wheeler Col. H.O. Cavalry. Retired. Los Angeles, Calif. May 13th 1924." The front paste-down bears the armorial bookplate of William Thornton Parker, M.D. The volume is then extra-illustrated with photographs, leaflets, and letters from Homer Wheeler to Thornton Parker. On the verso of the title page Dr. Parker has pasted a photograph of himself attired in buckskins, holding his rifle across his knees and cradling his dog's head with his right hand. Inscribed beneath the photo: "William Thornton Parker, M.D. Surgeon N.L. Indian Service-- White Earth Indian Reservation Minnesota 1879-80." On the next page is the photo of a Chippewa tomahawk and written in ink: "Presented to Dr. W. T. Parker by Chippewa War Chief Meeshee Kee Gee Shig." There are two sepia photos of "Fort Leavenworth Kansas, 1880" glued in between pages 196 and 197. Another striking sepia photograph is of "Fort Cummings New Mexico" tipped in after p. 124. There is an 8 page pamphlet titled: "Personal Experiences among our North American Indians from 1867 to 1885 by W. Thornton Parker, M.D. published in Northampton, MASS in 1913" tipped in opposite p. 309; and an article entitled: "The Evolution of the Colored Soldier by W. Thornton Parker, dated in ink 1899. In addition to several other pieces of ephemera glued in there are three letters (one 2 pages) written in black ink in Homer Wheeler's hand and signed by him. The letters are tipped-in at the front and rear of the book and dated 1922 and 1924. There are also a few newspaper articles glued in along with Military Testimonials from 1915.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition with matching dates of 1972 on the title and copyright pages. With "Printed in Great Britain by Bristol Typesetting Co., Ltd. Barton Manor, St. Philips, Bristol." at the bottom of the copyright page. Personally Inscribed in bright black ink on the title page: "To Jeffrey with my best wishes. Richard Adams England 19th September 2007." Handsomely bound in finely woven brown cloth, stamped brightly in gilt on the spine and the front boards. Very clean and crisp throughout. With a faint convex crease down the center of the spine. In a very good plus original dust jacket printed in black ink on honey-brown-colored paper. With two tiny spots near the top of the spine adjacent to and just below the black print "ADAMS". Light edge-rubbing to the jacket, wear to the corners, and slight tears to the top and bottom edges with short separations at the top and bottom of the folds. With the original price of "£3.50 net" at the bottom of the inside front flap of the jacket. First Edition with matching dates of 1972 on the title and copyright pages. With "Printed in Great Britain by Bristol Typesetting Co., Ltd. Barton Manor, St. Philips, Bristol." at the bottom of the copyright page. 1st Edition. With matching dates of 1972 and Rex Collings Ltd. copyright page.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1763 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 42 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 42 Author of the Letters Signed Scipio Americanus.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. With Two Autographed Letters Signed. (illustrator). Very Good (spine lightly sunned & dull; contents clean & tight). "David McCord, Cambridge, June, 1926" written in ink on front endpaper. First Edition, fifteenth printing. With two autographed letters signed by Ellis. The two letters are folded (as mailed) and both in a single envelope addressed to David McCord at Brown & Shipley in London. The envelope is tipped to the front endpaper. First letter: A one-page autographed letter signed, on his Dover Mansions stationery, dated August 1, 1927. To David McCord, who worked for Brown & Shipley in London. In 1825, the new trading firm financed merchants who were shipping goods between Britain, the United States and other parts of Europe and the Americas. Over the years, the trading activities ceased and its merchant banking activities grew. The company still exists ?Dear Mr. McCord, I shall be pleased to meet you, but on it presents only brief & uncertain hints to London. At the moment I am here but am leaving in an hour or two. But if possible I will run up next week. I may be able to arrange a meeting for later Wednesday afternoon. -But I will I will write again about this. Sincerely yours, Havelock Ellis,? Second letter: Two-page autograph letter signed, on his Dover mansions stationery, dated Sept. 4, 1927. Also, to David McCord. ?Little Frieth, Hanley-on-Thames. Dear Mr. McCord I find that it is on Thursday next that I shall be at Brinton & I should be phoned if you can call at 5 in the afternoon of the day. If that is inconvenient for you perhaps you will kindly send me a line to Frieth, not later this Tuesday. A bus from Trafalgar Square- no. 3 or 58 or 59 (1597)- brings you in twenty minutes to Graham Road, a few (yards?) from Dover Mansions. Sincerely yours, Havelock Ellis.? ??Little Frieth? is a cottage in Buckinghamshire that Ellis rented during the summers of 1925 through 1928. Havelock Ellis [1859?1939], was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer, who studied human sexuality. He co-authored, with John Addington Symonds, the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, ?Sexual Inversion.? The 1897 English translation is preceded by the 1896 German edition. Ellis also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the concepts of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. Ellis was among the pioneering investigators of psychedelic drugs and authored of one of the first written reports to the public about an experience with mescaline, which he conducted on himself in 1896. ?The Dance of Life? is one of Ellis's most popular philosophical work- a survey of modern civilization giving the author's own outlook on life. Signed.

Various. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Collection from the Executive Director of the Boys' Clubs of America, David W. Armstrong, including letters and signed books from President Harry Truman and President Herbert Hoover. (illustrator). First Edition / ALS. Includes two books inscribed by President Hoover, four letters signed by Hoover, a letter signed by President Truman on White House stationery and a statement signed by George C. Marshall. Books: First edition of The Problems of Lasting Peace by Herbert Hoover (1942), inscribed: "To David W. Armstrong, With the Kindest Regards of Herbert Hoover." First edition of On Growing Up by Herbert Hoover (1962), inscribed: "To my good friend Dave Armstrong, With the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Letters: Letter from President Harry Truman on White House stationery, signed and dated March 16, 1948, thanking David H. Armstrong [sic] for his leadership of the Boys' Clubs of America. Statement from Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall thanking the Boys' Club of America for preparing the youth of America. Dated February 8, 1951 and signed by Marshall. Poem titled "Boys' Clubs of America" by Edgar A. Guest, American poet and radio personality. Signed and dated Dec. 9/53. White House Visitor Pass for October 20, 1953 for David W. Armstrong. TLS from Herbert Hoover to David W. Armstrong on personal stationery, dated August 16, 1954. TLS from Herbert Hoover to David W. Armstrong on personal stationery, dated August 15, 1951, thanking him for the birthday greetings. TLS from David W. Armstrong to Herbert Hoover, dated October 14, 1954, asking "the Chief" for his approval to print his comments. Signed by Hoover with "OK / H." TLS from David W. Armstrong to Herbert Hoover, dated September 14, 1954, asking "the Chief" to send a thank you card to the wife of H. Charles Ehrenfels of Standard Oil. The letter contains a humorous response from Hoover saying: "I don't think I can write an obituary hope to a lady that has not yet passed away. Ask Mr. Hall to pass along our joint gratification." Former President Herbert Hoover, often called "the Chief," was Chairman of the Board of the Boys' Clubs of America. The organization, originally founded in 1860, came together to form a national organization in 1906, called the Federated Boys' Clubs. In 1931, they changed their name to the Boys' Clubs of America, and by 1990, they were known as Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The organization continues to help at risk young people with after school programs and mentorship. Signed.

1) Curtis E. LeMay, General, USAF, Chief of Staff; 2) Stanley R. Resor (2 letters), Secretary of the Army; 3) President Lyndon B. Johnson; 4) Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey; 5) Billy Graham 6) Harold Brown, Center for Strategic & International Studies; 7) Andrew J. Goodpaster, General, U.S. Army (Ret); 8) Manuel Lujan, Jr.; 9) Pete Domenici, United States Senator (2 letters); 10) Edward A. Knapp; 11) Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; 12) John A. Gordon, Administrator, Department of Energy; 13) Edward Teller. Number 3, the letter from President Johnson, informs Agnew that he has been granted an Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Award for 1966. Numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 contain congratulations for Agnew's 80th birthday. Photos of Johnson's, Humphrey's and Teller's letters are included. The album contains sleeves in which the letters are inserted.