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Join us on November 5th for an exciting Political & Historical Americana sale. The auction features material dating to the 18th and 19th century, including a rare George Washington free frank, and a desirable John Quincy Adams Pewter mirror. Collectors will also find a wonderful selection of three-dimensional campaign items, an amazing Howard Hughes signed photograph, important association items, campaign posters, Lincolniana, and historical autographs.
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Lot 178

[SENATORS]. A Large Group of Volumes by American Senators and Notables, Many Signed. 

Estimate: $500 - $800
Current Bid
$250

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[SENATORS]. A Large Group of Volumes by American Senators and Notables, Many Signed. [U.S.]: v.p., ca. 1880s-1920s. A large group of 19 volumes by and about American senators and notables, many signed, including: 

 

WINTHROP, Robert C. Memoir of the Hon. Nathaniel Appleton, Ll.D. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861. 8vo. 79 pp. Later green cloth with leather backstrip. INSCRIBED BY U.S. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ROBERT WINTHROP TO HIS SON GEORGE DERBY WELLES. 

 

DOLE, Bob. Historical Almanac of the United States Senate. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989. 4to. 312 pp. Blue buckram stamped blind and silver. SIGNED BY SENATOR BOB DOLE.

 

NITTI, Francesco. The Decadence of Europe: the Paths of Reconstruction. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923. 8vo. 279 pp. Publisher's red cloth lettered gilt to spine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN ITALIAN TO HENRY CABOT LODGE, WITH LODGE'S BOOKPLATE. 

 

LODGE, Henry Cabot. American Statesman: George Washington in Two Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. 8vo. 2 vols. Blue cloth stamped gilt. SIGNED AND AUTHORED BY HENRY CABOT LODGE. 

 

Other signatories include Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Senator Alberto Beveridge, and Senator Chauncey Depew. 

Condition

Soiling and toning, chipping, rubbing, and edge wear; ownership inscriptions and bookplates; mold, binding separation, broken hinges, corners bumped and cloth fraying, paper loss and loss to boards, boards detached, missing leaves. Condition varies. Sold as-is. Fair to good.

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