2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Political Historian

2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Political Historian

November 17, 2023

We've rounded up some of the most interesting and illuminating political memoirs, autographs from great American leaders, prints and collectible antiques that tell the story of the founding of our Nation's government. Receiving any of these gifts during the holidays is sure to delight any political history buff.

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2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Space Aficionado

2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Space Aficionado

November 17, 2023

From astronauts' signed memoirs, original NASA photographs and Apollo coffee table books, to moon passport wallets and galactic cufflinks, these gifts are truly out of this world. We selected gifts that are sure to inspire and thrill the Space aficionados in your life and celebrate our nation's rich history of space exploration. 

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2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Person who has Everything

2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Person who has Everything

November 17, 2023

We pride ourselves in having a spectacular collection, sourcing high and low to bring our collectors a wide array of rare books, original signatures and flags, and historical Americana. We love uncovering the unique stories behind each item.  With that said, some of our items truly are the cream of the crop. For the person who has everything, we suggest these one-of-a-kind showstoppers.

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2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Military Buff

2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Military Buff

November 17, 2023

This Holiday season, pay tribute to those who have dutifully and bravely served our country in the Armed Forces. From original WWII recruitment posters and collectible autographs, signed memoirs to inspire and learn from, to cufflinks and original aircraft gauges, our list offers unique, one-of-a-kind options sure to wow and pay tribute to their service!

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2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Explorer

2023 Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts for the Explorer

November 17, 2023

These hand-picked holidays gifts are perfect for the explorer in your life! Inspire them with the tales of intrepid explorers who have come before them, a gorgeous photography collection of the American West, pocket knives and tactical watches to use on the trails, and new journals to fill with stories of their favorite trips. 

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New In: Stunning 19th Century Family Bible

New In: Stunning 19th Century Family Bible

November 15, 2023

In the late 19th century, to counter the popularity of cheaper, popular dime novels, several publishers sought to elevate the book back to a piece of artistry that would be cherished for generations to come. They used expensive leathers, gilt details, and elegant engraved illustrations to do so. These sumptuously bound special editions of bibles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and poetry, like our new-in 1882 Family Bible, valued the book as a work of art in itself.

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Illustrator Edward Shenton

Illustrator Edward Shenton

November 03, 2023

Edward Shenton illustrated 152 books and their jackets for books published by Scribner’s. He worked with famed editor Maxwell Perkins to illustrate works by Thomas Wolf, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and other literary luminaries. Look inside our first edition of The Yearling to see examples of his expressive linework.

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Remington's Nocturnal Paintings

Remington's Nocturnal Paintings

October 18, 2023

More than half of Frederic Remington’s paintings in his later years were night scenes. From 1900 to his premature death in 1909, Remington completed more than seventy paintings exploring the colors of night.  They won both critical and popular acceptance and helped Remington realize an old ambition that had eluded him in the past- recognition not only as an illustrator, but as an elite artist as well.

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Admiral Halsey: An American Naval Hero

Admiral Halsey: An American Naval Hero

October 10, 2023

During World War II, the U.S. Navy fought in every ocean of the world, but it was the war in the Pacific against the Empire of Japan that would have the greatest impact on shaping the future of the U.S. Navy.  The impact was profound, thanks to the strategic and organizational leadership of our Navy Admirals. William F. “Bull” Halsey (1882-1959) was an American Admiral who led the task force attack on the Marshall and Gilbert islands and became commander of Allied naval forces in South Pacific commanding at the Solomon Islands and Leyte Gulf.

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Washington's Horse Blueskin

Washington's Horse Blueskin

October 10, 2023

Blueskin was one of Washington’s two primary mounts during the Revolutionary War. The horse was a half-Arabian, sired by the stallion "Ranger,” and a gift to Washington from Colonel Benjamin Tasker Dulany. He was a smaller horse than Nelson, Washington’s other mount, but could still easily carry the six-foot-tall Washington. Washington usually rode Nelson in battle, as the horse was less skittish around cannon fire. Yet due to Blueskin’s near white hair coat, he was the horse most often portrayed in artwork showing Washington on horseback.

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The Beautiful and the Damned: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and the Damned: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

September 20, 2023

The Beautiful and the Damned, published in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, presents the reader with a fictionalized telling of the perpetually problematic relationship between Zelda and Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald.  The novel is not only a landmark in the career of F. Scott Fitzgerald, but a glimpse into past high-societies wrapped up in a rebound cover of blue leather and hand-worked gilding. 

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JFK and James Bond

JFK and James Bond

August 29, 2023

President John F. Kennedy was a fan of Ian Fleming’s spy novels, and helped propel him to fame in the American market.

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