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FINE MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED AMERICANA INCLUDING THE CHARLES GODDARD SLACK COLLECTION.
The auction catalogue from the sale at Sotheby's in 1992 which offered 287 items from the Charles Goddard Slack collection of Americana and other fine manuscripts. There are items signed by Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Andrew Jackson, Walt Whitman, John F. Kennedy and several more. Items about the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Declaration of Independence and political cartoons were also offered. Illustrated in black-and-white and color.
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> FIRST EDITIONS, AMERICANA, AN IMPORTANT LETTER OF BURNS AND OTHER AUTHOGRAPHS, THE ASHLEY CATALOGUE AND MANY OTHER BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, MAINLY THE PROPERTY OF HARRY K. MORRIS, NEW YORK.
> THE LIBRARY OF MARSHALL B. COYNE (SOTHEBY'S).
> WORKS BY EMINENT WRITERS IN HANDSOMELY BOUND SETS, BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORIES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE, THE LIBRARY REMOVED FROM OPHIR HALL, PURCHASE, NEW YORK, RESIDENCE OF THE LATE MRS. WHITELAW REID.
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THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC LEAGUE.
by Beatson, Jesse W.
Limited to 30 numbered copies (Peich 2). Printed by the author's grandson, Michael McCurdy. Cover Italian Fabriano; the inside paper is Japanese Masa. Type is Kennerly, designed by Goudy. A statement of purpose of one of a number of "economic clubs" founded in the early 20th century, many of which advocated Progressive Era reforms. The National Economic League itself was founded in 1906. Front wrapper bent near top edge, and stained near center spine.
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