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Royalty
Great Britain
King George III - nice vellum commission in which the King
appoints a lieutenant of volunteers as Great Britain expands its home
defense during the Napoleonic Wars, 6-27-1798, unframed
Queen Victoria - letter to The Queen from
Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, with Queen Victoria’s
signature approving his proposed appointment of a Major General as commandant in the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, 3-12-1852, unframed
Queen Mary of Teck -
early autograph letter signed in which the future British queen asks
for help with a garden party for friends and neighbors, unframed
King Edward VIII - The Duke of Windsor -
bold handwritten sentiment
signed and dated by the former King in April 1951, when he released his
memoir, A Kingʼs Story, unframed
The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor - album page boldly signed by the Duke
and Duchess in 1956, the year the Duchess published her memoir, The
Heart Has Its Reasons, unframed
Queen Elizabeth II - beautiful large document in which The Queen
appoints a consular officer in Germany, 2-14-1996, unframed
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - very scarce typed letter signed
sending thanks for an art print while nonetheless offering to
give it up for charity, 11-19-1982, unframed
World Leaders
Austria
Kurt von Schuschnigg - scarce signed
postcard photograph of the Austrian chancellor who opposed Hitlerʼs takeover
of Austria, unframed
Canada
Brian Mulroney - beautiful inscribed, signed formal portrait of
the conservative Canadian Prime Minister, unframed
China (Nationalist)
Chiang Ching-kuo Archive - In addition
to the archive of letters by Madame Chiang Kai-shek offered below, we are
offering an archive of letters by Chiang’s only biological son, Chiang
Ching-kuo, who served as Premier and later as President of the Republic of
China on Taiwan. We also have two notes by Chiang Ching-kuo’s
wife, Faina
Chiang Fang-liang. These items
are offered separately, but we can offer special pricing for
acquisition of the entire group:
● Chiang Ching-kuo -
typed letter signed by the son of Chiang Kai-shek sending thanks for
Christmas greetings five days after he became Nationalist China’s
Minister of National Defense, 1-19-1965, unframed
● Chiang Ching-kuo - typed letter signed by the Nationalist Chinese
Prime Minister sending holiday greetings to an American friend, 12-10-1974,
unframed
● Chiang Ching-kuo -
chatty typed letter signed in which Chiang reacts to “the distressing
news” of injuries to his
friends’ son, 7-25-1975, unframed
● Chiang Ching-kuo - typed letter
signed in which Chiang sends New Year’s wishes to an American formerly
stationed in Taiwan, 12-31-1975, unframed
● Chiang Ching-kuo - outstanding typed letter signed in which
Nationalist Chinese Premier Chiang shows his concern over possible U.S.
relations with Communist China, which later occurred, 12-15-1977, unframed
● Faina Chiang Fang-liang - autograph note signed
by the First Lady of the Republic of China sending
Christmas and New Year’s greetings, unframed
● Faina Chiang Fang-liang - autograph note signed
by the First Lady of the Republic of China sending
birthday greetings, unframed
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Archive -
We are privileged to offer an archive of personal letters by Madame Chiang
Kai-shek spanning the years from 1959 to 1975. Madame Chiang remains
as relevant and popular as she was when she died at age 105 in 2003.
These letters range from routine to outstanding political and philosophical
content. They are offered separately, but we can offer special pricing
for acquisition of the entire group of letters below:
● Madame Chiang Kai-shek - typed letter signed sending
thanks for a homecoming gift, 6-25-1959, unframed
● Madame Chiang Kai-shek - typed letter signed sending
President Chiang Kai-shek’s thanks for birthday
remembrances and discusses their trip—a dangerous one—to the embattled island of
Quemoy, which both Nationalist and Communist China claim, 11-9-1960,
unframed
● Madame Chiang Kai-shek - excellent letter in which Madame Chiang writes
of the morale of Nationalist Chinese troops, the cooperation between the
United States and the Republic of China, and the bonds of friendship between
nations, 2-11-1961, unframed
● Madame Chiang Kai-shek -
Madame Chiang sends thanks for birthday wishes and candy to Nationalist Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek
and expresses her delight that her correspondents were back on Taiwan,
11-6-1961, unframed
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek - very fine typed letter with handwritten
postscript, signed with both name and initials, 1-6-1962, unframed
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek - very fine typed letter signed, with
three-line handwritten postscript signed again with initials, in which
Madame Chiang, a Christian, sends thanks for the gift of a “beautifully
bound white engraved Bible,” 1-6-1962, unframed
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek - three weeks after her
husband’s death, Madame Chiang writes of carrying on the “great task” of carrying on Chiang Kai-shek’s “crusade for the defense of freedom,”
4-26-1975, unframed
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[Madame Chiang Kai-shek] - the personal calling card of Madame
Chiang imprinted with her name in both English and Chinese, with original
envelope, unframed
Cuba
Fidel Castro
- Castro signs, in person, a copy of the centerpiece
of his revolutionary reforms: the Cuban Agrarian Reform Act of 1959,
with documents of provenance, unframed
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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early letter by Nasser, sending his autograph,
three years after the revolution that overthrew Egyptian King Farouk I,
5-11-1955, unframed
Germany
Walther Funk
and
Richard Walther Darré -
important association Nazi Party biography of
Funk, Nazi Minister for Economic Affairs, with Funk’s letter sending it to Darré,
Nazi Minister of Food and Agriculture, who has signed and dated the book
Ulrich von Hassell
- rare signed
book from the personal library of the Nazi diplomat, a dissident executed
for his role in the assassination attempt on Hitler, boldly signed by von
Hassell with his handwritten note about how he received it, and with his
personal bookplate affixed below his handwriting and signature
Adolf Hitler
- scarce early Nazi party document expelling a
member for failure to attend an SA meeting, signed by Hitler and Nazi party
Supreme Court president Walter Buch,
3-31-1927, unframed
[Adolf Hitler] -
Hitler’s personal war-related books—two
concerning Nazi Germany’s military operations during World
War II—from his massive personal
library
Great Britain
Sir Oswald Mosley - in the midst of the Great Depression,
the British politician, soon to turn fascist, says that he may speak on “The Economic Position of Britain,”
1-9-1931, unframed
Israel
Golda Meir
- 8” x 10” photograph of
Meir answering reporters’ questions in Los Angeles as part of her
official 12-day
visit to the United States as Israeli Prime Minister, unframed
Philippines
Carlos P.
Romulo
- typed letter signed regarding his appearance on the
television reality show This Is Your Life, 1-15-1959, unframed
World Military
Germany
Werner von Blomberg
- rare personal
handwritten letter by the
German Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces,
7-1-1938, unframed
Albert Speer
- Hitlerʼs chief architect and Nazi Reich Minister of
Armaments sends thanks for reviews likely of his first book, Inside the
Third Reich, 3-24-1971, unframed
Great Britain
Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, GCB, PC, 1st Viscount Hardinge
- letter to The Queen from Viscount Hardinge with Queen
Victoria’s
signature approving his proposed appointment of a Major General as commandant in the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, 3-12-1852, unframed
Holocaust and
WWII Related Items
Adolf Eichmann
- rare and important war-dated directive by
Eichmann to Theodor Dannecker, Nazi head of the Jewish Department in Paris, to create a register of Jews for
efficiency in actions against Jews, 9-28-1941, unframed
Rudolf Höss
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extremely rare letter by Höss, the
Commandant at Auschwitz, requesting the assignment of more staff
officers for the infamous Nazi extermination camp, 7-16-1944, unframed
Pastor Martin Niemöller
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autographed letter signed on a postcard by
the German anti-Nazi dissident sending birthday greetings to a
friend, 6-15-1976, unframed
Miscellaneous
World History Fields
Authors
Alexandre Dumas, fils
- autograph note signed by the author
of The Lady of Camellias—Camille—expressing his regret at
missing a visitor, unframed
T. S. Eliot
- typed letter signed declining to publish the poems
of Howard Nemerov, later a Pulitzer Prize winner, 10-26-1955, unframed
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