William Corcoran, Signed (6 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by authors on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (1938) Second Printing; Near Fine/Very Good Plus dj, octavo, 247pp., bright red cloth hardcover, vg unclipped (UK7s 6d), binding tight, text unmarked, Presented & Signed on endpaper: "For Samuel & Dorothy Weil, Cordially, and in real friendship, William Corcoran, East Orange, March 4, 1938.". Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Copyright date is 1879, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY CORCORAN, founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., on the dedication page. In his introduction to his grandchildren, he notes: "The most valuable bequest I can make you is a good name, and I feel assured you will cherish it, for its price is above rubies.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Tall Octavo. Original three quarter leather with five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Letters and other documents preserved to posterity. Printed dedication page signed by William Wilson Corcoran. 3006 For Bio. Very good, worn at corners and spine edges.

First Edition. Signed by the author, William Wilson Corcoran, Founder of the excellent Corcoran Gallery, and dedicated to his grandchildren on a special bound in leaf. The book gives a sketch of CorcoranŐs father and reprints many letters from such noted people as General Robert E. Lee, Washington Irving, President James Polk, General William T. Sherman, and many more. Bound in original three-quarter morocco and with marbled endpapers. About fine. Rare.

LS. 1pg. 7 x 9. March 9, 1861. Washington. A letter signed W.W. Corcoran to Carlisle and Mann in Washington, D.C. The famous banker wrote: In answer to your note of the 8th I enclose a copy of a state of the Burton debt upon which the Judt. was based, dated 22 May 1857, and you will observe a discrepancy of $100 between it and the amt. state by you. The Judt. embraces everything including the debt secured by the Deed of Trust, as heretofore stated to you by the writer, and the whole amount, on the 1st Judgt., will be about $10,850, exclusive of costs. During the Civil War, Corcoran, a Confederate sympathizer, left for Paris, so he may have been trying to get some assets for his trip. The letter has some tape along the folds but is in fine condition with a large and fancy signature.