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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION) $100.00
51723-1
SID PIETZSCH Texas politician and media communications representative who rode in the motorcade two cars back with the mayor of Dallas.Fine content T.L.S, 1p. 4to., on personal letterhead, Dallas, July 3, 1973, to author Jim Bishop, in part "....Mayor Cabell was riding with his wife just two cars behind that in which rode the Kennedys and the Connollys...and recognized instantly the crack of the rifle that killed the President and wounded the Governor. While I personally believe that his story and that of his city is far more unusual than still another Ladies Home Journal parade of Kennedy legend, I believe also that his memory may still be too tender for exploration - -even now...". More fine content! Very good.

(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION) $50.00
51726-1
NORMAN COUSINS (1915 -1990) American author and world peace advocate.Excellent content T.L.S., 2pp., 4to., on World magazine letterhead, May 10, 1973, to fellow author Jim Bishop, in part: "...I was driving from New Canaan to New York...I turned the radio on....the announcer was saying something about a Governor having been shot. The announcers' voice was not particularly agitated...then suddenly it happened: The President had been shot and his car had broken away from the motorcade and was heading towards the hospital. Each statement more grave...more terrifying...I felt a great earthquake around me...everyone else seemed, too, know the world was not the same. The man at the toll booth on the Henry Hudson was sobbing. Some cars just beyond the toll booth had pulled over. The people in the cars were just sitting there, lifeless. A motorcycle cop was parked just behind one of the cars and seemed tamed and meek and out of character, as though there was nothing left for him to do. Everyone was driving more slowly now. The President's car had arrived at the hospital and everyone had a sense of the worst, even though the reports stopped short of finality. It was the noon hour when I drove into the parking lot on 44th street...the streets seemed devoid of people. The world hadn't come to an end but you had the feeling that this was what it might have been like..". Very good.

RICHARD M. NIXON $475.00
43532-1
(1913-1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. Fine content T.L.S. with his typically encircled initials "RN" on his personal letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Feb. 22, 1985 to Hon. Bob Wilson sending his book No More Vietnams. In part: "...Since April 30th will mark the tenth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we shall probably be inundated in the weeks ahead with scores of books, columns and television documentaries criticizing and lamenting the American role in Vietnam...after witnessing the reign of terror that has been imposed upon the people of Vietnam and Cambodia by the Communist regimes we opposed, fair-minded observers can reach only one conclusion: Whatever our mistakes, the United States tried and failed in a just cause in Vietnam...'No more Vietnams' can mean that we should not try [underlined] again. It should [underlined] neab we must not fail [underlined] again...". Fine, matted with a photo of Nixon greeting American soldiers.

EARLY REPORT OF LINCOLN ASSASSINATION $625.00
49912-1
Most desirable very early account of John Wilkes Booth's shooting of Abraham Lincoln, as reported in the New York Tribune, 8pp., New York, Apr. 15, 1865, uncut. The newspaper bears black-ruled borders with the late-breaking report printed on page four. The headline reads: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT! The President Shot! Secretary Seward Attacked". There follows ten dispatches from Washington, alternately reporting Lincoln as dead, then wounded, with Stanton as "assassinated". As the dispatches arrived, more and more details of the attacks became known, including a moment-by-moment account of events at Ford's Theater, Lincoln's slow death, the identification of Booth and efforts being made to effect his capture, and so on. At press time, the ditors indicate that they are still unceratin as to whether or not Lincoln was still alive. The coverage occupies three full columns, with light wear and soiling to folds on the front cover only, with two winy pinholes thereat, asmall collection label at top (could be removed), else very good. SOLD WITH: The New York Times, Apr. 17, 1865, 8pp. (uncut), further reporting on the assassination on page one, headed: "OUR GREAT LOSS…DETAILS OF THE FEARFUL CRIME…Closing Moments and Death of the President". The black-bordered columns ar efilled with details of the attack, the search for Booth, the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, church observances, and so on. Bottom half of front page is moderately foxed with a number of chips at margin, otherwise good. Two newspapers.

(MCKINLEY, WILLIAM) $160.00
49833-1
A rare pair of signatures of the parents of President William McKinley, an A.L.S. of WILLIAM MCKINLEY, SR., 1P. 8VO., Canton, June 9, 1892 written to a man in Ohio: "...I was born Nov. 15th 1807. My wife was born April 22d 1809. Yours truly, William McKinley Sr" and also signed at bottom by McKinley's mother, NANCY MCKINLEY. Very good. William, Jr. was the seventh of the nine children of William and Nancy Allison McKinley. Both of his grandfathers had fought in the Revolutionary War and his father's father had opened a small iron foundry and settled in Niles, Ohio. His mother was a strong woman and a leader in their small village. When William was nine, she moved her family to nearby Poland, Ohio in order that they could pursue a better education, leaving their father behind for a few years to manage the family foundry.

HOOVER, HERBERT C. $200.00
47734-1
(1874-1964) 31st President of the United States whose attempts to reverse the course of the Great Depression led to his defeat at the polls by Franklin D. Roosevelt.Unusual typed D.S. as Director General of Relief for the Supreme Economic Council, 1p. 4to., Paris, July 3, 1919, a letter requesting that all aid and assistance be given to Herbert Bayard Swope who is "...traveling in behalf of various important American Journals, for the purpose of reporting on the economic and political situation in Germany...informing the American public as to this situation since the signature of peace...". Boldly signed by Hoover at bottom, with Swope's photo tied to the document with an embossed seal. Moderate dampstaining and some soiling at all margins, a clean 2" tear from left margin clear of text, else good. HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE (1882-1958) was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1917. He is also known for coining the phrase "Cold War".

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN NEWSPAPER $1,000.00
52038-1
One of the most rare, desirable and embarrassing newspapers ever printed, the Nov. 3, 1948 edition (front and last page only) of the Chicago Daily Tribune whose front page headline screams "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" and also reads: "PUTS G.O.P. BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE...SIZEABLE ELECTORAL MARGIN SEEN". Of course, one of politics' most enduring images is Harry Truman bearing a broad smile as he holds the paper up to be photographed. Five lines in second paragraph of right hand column inverted. A similar full copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune for Nov. 3, 1948 recently sold at Christies for $3,600! Toned with wear to the edges, a minor tear with no loss, else very good. EBAY 850

RICHARD M. NIXON $250.00
39836-1
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. T.L.S. on post-presidential letterhead, 1p. 8vo., New York, Oct. 10, 1983, to congressman John J. Duncan of Tennessee, in part: "...This is one of 1,000 copies of the private, limited edition of Real Peace: A Strategy for the West. Copies are being sent to a select group of government officials and opinion leaders in the United States and abroad...I trust it may contribute to a better understanding of where we have been, where we are, and where we should go in our relations with the Soviet Union, China, Japan, Europe, and the Third World...". Signed with his circled initials, and stamped with a received stamp. Very good condition.

FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT RECORDINGS $320.00
33546-1
A fine and rare collection of phonograph records, being recordings of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and their son, James Roosevelt, includes an acetate 78 RPM disc, aluminum, no label, along with a commercially issued edition of FDR's "War Address to the Congress of the United States As Broadcast on December 7, 1941", some wear to acetate and to vinyl disc and sleeve; with four acetate LP discs in original paper sleeves, original test pressings for Eleanor's Roosevelt's "This Is My Story", Parts 1 -8, sleeves annotated in another hand; with a 33 RPM test pressing "Introduction to James Roosevelt Speech / Thursday October 26", no year, slight wear. A rare collection of Roosevelt family recordings, from the estate of James Roosevelt.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT $400.00
60036-14
(1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the United States through most of World War II. An interesting from a rather desparate autograph collector, includes a T.L.S., 1p., 4to., Shaker Heights, Oct. 3, 1934, from autograph seeker Martin Miller to FDR's personal valet, Irwin McDuffie, an African-American. Miller requests McDuffie's help in obtaining Roosevelt's autograph, and tries to get chummy: "...When I was a small boy I had the good fortune to have the care of a loving 'colored mammy.' She is now quite old but I frequently cause great joy, for us both, by calling her at home... She takes great pride in my collection of autographed letters from great people throughout the world... I approach you to present a sincere request. Sometime soon, when you are aiding our great President, will you ask him to write a few words of greeting to me over his signature?..." Perhaps not surprisingly, McDuffie did not return Miller's letter. McDuffie's wife, Elizabeth, did reply at a much later date with a holographic note on verso: "...Quite some time ago you sent my husband this letter. The President does not autograph anything for people he doesn't know. So I am sending you a blotter from his desk..." True to her word, Lizzie McDuffie included in her letter Roosevelt's cardboard blotter, measuring 8" x 3", with the President's signature in reverse in several different colors of ink. A unique lot!

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