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Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe. Konrad Adenauer.

Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer

Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe.

N. P: [1963]. Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer. From the library of Henry Cabot Lodge who was one on the contributors to this collection. The magazine “Der Spiegel” produced a special issue to honor Chancelor Adenauer on his retirement. This notebook contains facsimiles of the contributions. The contributors are Harold Macmillan, Dwight..... Read More

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Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the Circulating Medium in the United States. Nathan Appleton.

A Nice Association Copy

Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the Circulating Medium in the United States.

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First edition. A Nice Association Copy. Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) was an American merchant and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1831-1833 and again in 1842. He was one of the founders of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. He... Read More

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England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations. Australian Colonies, Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

Founder of the “New Colonization System”

England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations.

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for..... Read More

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England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations. Australian Colonies, Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

Founder of the “New Colonization System”

England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations.

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1833. First Edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered..... Read More

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Typed letter signed "Otto H Kahn" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to success in life. Banking, Otto Hermann Kahn.

Typed letter signed "Otto H Kahn" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to...

New York: December 2, 1930. German-born investment banker, Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1943), was a well-recognized public figure who was immortalized in song by Fanny Brice and was the inspiration for the cahacter Roscoe W. Chandler in the Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers, though he appears to belie his notoriety in this... Read More

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Color photograph of the great financier and presidential advisor, inscribed in lower margin, “To Isabel in memory of many happy days / Affectionately / Bernie / BM Baruch”. Bernard Baruch.

Inscribed Photograph of Bernard Baruch

Color photograph of the great financier and presidential advisor, inscribed in lower margin, “To Isabel in memory of many happy...

n.p: n.d. Inscribed Photograph of Bernard Baruch. Isabel Leighton (Mrs. Frederick A., later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker), actress, writer, translator, playwright, radio personality, foreign correspondent, and editor of the best-selling The Aspirin Age, was a very close friend of Baruch over many decades until his death. Read More

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Photograph of oil painting of the great financier and presidential advisor, inscribed on the mount, “To Isabel Leighton with highest regard / BM Baruch 1931”. Bernard Baruch.

Inscribed Picture of Bernard Baruch

Photograph of oil painting of the great financier and presidential advisor, inscribed on the mount, “To Isabel Leighton with highest...

1931. Inscribed Picture of Bernard Baruch. Isabel Leighton (Mrs. Frederick A., later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker), actress, writer, translator, playwright, radio personality, foreign correspondent, and editor of the best-selling The Aspirin Age, was a very close friend of Baruch over many decades until his death. Read More

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Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Stephen D. Bechtel.

Builder Steve Bechtel to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt

Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt.

San Francisco: November 1955. Builder Steve Bechtel to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. One of the most influential and beloved men in the engineering and construction industry, the man who as head of the family's Bechtel Corporation built the first nuclear plant to produce electricity (a FORTUNE article on him was titled... Read More

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Jeremy Bentham and the Usury Law. Jeremy Bentham.

Usury

Jeremy Bentham and the Usury Law.

N. P [New York? 1836]. First edition. Usury. Commenting somewhat astringently on Bentham's various arguments on usury law in his 1787 work “A Defence of Usury.” The author criticizes Bentham and American bankers and stated that his/her intention was “to remove the prejudices which prevail (to a limited extent) among..... Read More

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Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism, with Reasons for Each ARticle. With an Introduction, shewing the Necessity of Radical and the Inadequacy of Moderate Reform. Jeremy Bentham.

Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism, with Reasons for Each ARticle. With an Introduction, shewing the...

London: T. J. Wooler, 1818. Second edition with notes and alterations. Bentham's plan for Parliamentary Reform was first written in 1809 but Cobbett's refusal to publish it delayed its appearance until 1817. Bentham maintained that the only solution and remedy for the country's problems was reform of Parliament, including annual... Read More

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