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19632742741963. unbound. 2 pages front and back 11.25 x 7 inches November 24 1963 concurring that a promotion was justified. Also signed by Alexei A. Epishev Chief of the Main Political Directorate who had previously taken into consideration one year earlier that the perspective candidate be considered for promotion. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Commander in Chief of the Soviet Air Forces and founder of the Cosmonaut Space Program. As a close friend of Yuri Gagarin he contributed extensively to the training program which culminated in the first successful walk in space.<br/><br/> unknown books
1956283317Chicago 1956. unbound. very good. T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal letterhead Chicago June 29 1956 to Presidential delegate Bernard Nadel reminding him of the important role he will play in selecting a candidate who will represent the Democratic Party at the up-coming convention. In small part: "Now that the Presidential Primaries are over I want to write to you in your capacity as a delegate to our Party's National Convention. The role you'll play in shaping our Party's course in this fateful year is most important. We must have a Democrat in the White House because the times are too perilous and the stakes too high for the country to run the danger of further Republican part-time management by people who do not represent all of us." Also included: a second T.L.S. 8vo. 1 page personal letterhead Chicago August 10 1956 to Bernard Nadel on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. In part: "Welcome to Chicago! - I am sure you and I as Democrats are resolved that our Party shall display once again to the watching world that united and pioneering concern for human needs which has been our special mission and strength. The decisions we reach the moral leadership we provide America may in sober fact determine the future of humanity" Both items are boldly signed and are in very good condition. Fine content.<br/><br/> American politician and diplomat who received the Democratic Party%u2019s nomination for President in 1952 and 1956.<br/><br/> unknown books
1953284434Chicago 1953. First. unbound. very good. Outstanding T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal stationary Chicago August 31 1953 to political adviser and Pulitzer Prize recipient Leland Stowe in part: ".I am baffled by the sudden change of attitude about McCarthy by many people I have talked to but perhaps "baffled" is not the word exactly. At any rate there seems to be a feeling he is slipping fast since his attack on the clergy and for me to proceed too aggressively would be to reinvigorate him because of the Protestant political implications." Stevenson's dilemma: McCarthy a staunch Catholic aligned himself with Joseph P. Kennedy a powerful Democrat and another rabid anti-Communist. The relationship was so strong that McCarthy even dated Kennedy daughters Patricia and Eunice. In addition to this Senator John F. Kennedy who served with McCarthy did not support Kennedy's Republican opponent Henry Cabot Lodge. As all this was happening McCarthy became godfather to Robert F. Kennedy's first child Kathleen and would later select Robert as a Council serving on this committee. After all Joseph Kennedy had an agenda: he would support McCarthy as a national Catholic politician who in return might help pave the way for a younger Kennedy's Presidential candidacy. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American politician and diplomat who served as Governor of Illinois from 1949-1953. In 1952 and 1956 he was selected as the Democratic Party's candidate for President.<br/><br/> unknown books
1937122606Atlanta 1937. unbound. 1 page 11 x 7.25 inches Atlanta June 29 1937. Rare letter signed "Margaret Mitchell Marsh" declining an invitation to a party because it conflicts with her wedding anniversary in full: "Dear Miss Hall: Sue Myrick forwarded to me your invitation and John and I appreciate it so very much. I know the party will be lots of fun and I only wish we could come but Sunday is our wedding anniversary and we have already made plans to spend it with friends. I admit that the temptation to break this engagement is strong because I liked Milledgeville so much when I was there at the Press meeting. And also I would love to attend your party as Prissy. That is the only role my size would warrant. The costume would be cheap too --just a croker sack and ten cents' worth of shoe polish. We do appreciate your invitation so much and I shall look forward to Sue's description of the party." Two horizontal folds and slight foxing; very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1945273977Washington D.C. 1945. unbound. 1 page Washington D.C. July 3 1945 to powerful New York attorney Frederic R. Coudert who had previously sent a congratulatory letter on his appointment as Ambassador to the United Nations in full: "The sentiments expressed in your letter of June 27 mean more to me than you know and I appreciate with all my heart your having taken the trouble to write me." Two horizontal folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> United States Secretary of State under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman; later served as the first United States Ambassador to the United Nations.<br/><br/> unknown books
1936266694New York 1936. unbound. 1 page 10.5 x 7.25 inches Park Avenue New York City March 16 1936. Written to Nelson Bell entertainment editor at the Washington Post in full: "Here is the photograph I promised you of Frank and me enclosed. It is not nearly nice enough for you but it is the only one I have at the moment." Accompanied by an outstanding heavy-stock 10 x 8-inch original silver gelatin photograph by George Hurrell 1904 - 1992 with his stamp on the bacl in which he used his trademark "soft lighting affect" achieving extraordinary results. Both items have a paperclip impression near the upper left corner; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> English actress of the stage and cinema who often worked with her husband-actor Frank Lawton.<br/><br/> unknown books
P004216St. Petersburg: V drukarniakh Tiblena i komp. i Kulisha 1864. Large octavo 26 Ã 17 cm. Recent half-calf binding over five raised bands with gilt title to spine and marbled edges; VII 1 2-304 1 II-XVII pp. Owner signature to title page Zinovii Bilenko. Occasional markings in pen in the margins else very good. First edition. Considered the finest achievement in Slavic paroemiology of its time this collection of Ukrainian riddles and proverbs was assembled by the Ukrainian ethnographer folklorist writer and educator Matvii Nomys pseudonym of Matvii Symonov; 1823-1900. The proverbs cover the most diverse spheres of life customs and beliefs of the Ukrainian people and contributed to the development of national consciousness in Ukraine then a part of the Russian Empire. The book is divided into two parts: the first part in 20 chapters contains 14339 proverbs and sayings the smaller second part offers 505 riddles. <br/><br/>The collection includes proverbs collected not only by Nomys but also by other prominent Ukrainian writers and ethnographers such as the brothers Mykola and Vasyl Bilozerski Panteleimon Kulish Vasyl Lazarevsky Stepan Rudansky and the husband and wife folklorists Opanas Markovych and Marko Vovchok. In the 1840s many of these writers belonged to the secret political society called Cyril and Mythodius Brotherhood with Ukrainian national rebirth as its focus. The Brotherhood advocated the abolition of serfdom literacy and education for the broad masses the possibility for all Slavic nations to develop their language and culture and the unification of all Slavic nations with their center in Kiev. The society was quickly apprehended and its members which numbered at about 100 variously arrested and temporarily exiled in 1847. The brief existence of the society 1846-1847 left a mark on the Ukrainian intellectual milieu and many of the participants continued the project of building national consciousness by other means such as through collecting folklore. The publication of this collection gave a powerful impetus to the further development of Ukrainian paremiography with the second edition published in 1885 and a manuscript facsimile released in 1928. The edition was also confiscated following Alexander II's 1876 Ems Ukase which prohibited the use and dissemination of Ukrainian-language documents. This copy from the library of Ukrainian writer Zinovii Bilenko 1909-1979. KVK OCLC show this edition at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek IISG Monash Ottawa Princeton Toronto UCL and Urbana Champaign. hardcover books
WRCLIT70195Washington DC War Production Board / GPO. 1942. Folio color photolithographic broadside 40 x 28" 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. Faint tanning to folds on blank verso otherwise a lovely fresh unused copy. A striking contribution to the war production effort by the San Francisco artist and illustrator produced during his brief tenure on the east coast 1939-1945. The image is printed in black and shades of blue and gray and depicts a helmeted soldier manning an anti-aircraft gun focusing on the sky. Three planes recede into the upper background below the blue letterpress. Washington, DC unknown books
19641340485Cheshire: Cherry Hill Books 1964. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First printing; Limited edition 1000 copies; VG-/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with purple print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners edgewear stray ink mark on front light smudging; Boards in purple cloth with silver print slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by both authors on title page; ix 111 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1340485. FP New Rockville Stock. Cherry Hill Books hardcover books
196631424Princeton: Princeton University Library 1966. 1st printing. Marbled paper wrappers with printed paper title label to front wrapper. A VG copy. 65 1 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Princeton University Library unknown books
