"ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES IN ENGLISH"
CHURCHILL, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill. London, 1906. Two volumes.
First edition of Churchill's distinguished biography of his father, with two photographic frontispiece portraits of Lord Randolph, in the original cloth. $2000.
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THREE DELICATE DRAWINGS BY HONOR CHARLOTTE APPLETON FOR BIGGS’ANTHOLOGY OF CHILDREN’S STORIES
APPLETON, Honor Charlotte. Three original drawings (one signed, two initialed). London, 1930.
Original pen-and-ink drawings by Appleton, illustrating three stories in Biggs’ popular children’s anthology. $1200.
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"BLESSED ART THOU WHO SENDEST DEATH TO ALL LIVING, BUT WHO WAKEST THOSE WHO DIE TO NEW LIFE"
(JUDAICA). Service for Preparing the Dead for Burial. New York, 1913.
First edition of this English-Hebrew guide to preparing a body for burial in the Sephardic Jewish tradition as followed by the oldest Jewish congregation in America, with essential prayers, instructions for washing the body, and preparing it for burial. $650.
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