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Signed 1st Ed NORMAN MAILER Tough Guys: Signed first edition copy of Tough Guys Dont Dance by Norman Mailer. Signed by author to flyleaf. Hardbound in leather with gilt decoration. Published by The Franklin Library, 1984. Measures approx. 6

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Signed Ltd Ed NORMAN MAILER The Naked & The Dead: Signed limited edition hardbound in leather copy of The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer. Illustrated by Alan E. Cober. Published by The Franklin Library, 1979. Signed to flyleaf. Measures approx.

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Ltd Ed STEPHEN VINCENT BENET John Browns Body: Limited edition copy of John Browns Body by Stephen Vincent BENET. Hardbound in leather with gilt decoration. Illustrated by Peter Harritos. Published by The Franklin Library, 1976. In good condition.

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Playwright, Author IRWIN SHAW - Hs Book Signed, 1st Ed: Irwin Shaw (1913-1984) Playwright, author. Shaw is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the sam

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Field Marshal John Harding, 1st Baron Harding- Signed Vintage Card: Vintage 3X5 index card signed in black ink, "Harding F.M." Comes with a pre printed photograph of him.Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MC

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ZEMKE'S WOLF PACK - Book Signed by 4 Aces, 1st Ed: Zemke’s Wolf Pack. Under the leadership of Colonel Hubert “Hub” Zemke, the U.S. Eighth Air Force’s 56th Fighter Group (also known as “Zemke’s Wolfpack”) emerged as one of the mos

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John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse, ADS, 1667: Autograph document signed by John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (1614–1689.) December 12, 1667. Folio (13.25" x 9"), large folded sheet, 4 p. (two pages with MS), on laid with water-mark. With wax se

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Signed HERMAN WOUK The Cain Mutiny: Signed limited edition hardbound copy of The Cain Mutiny by Herman Wouk. Signed by author to flyleaf. Illustrated by a George H. Jones. Published by the Franklin Library, 1977. In good condition. Meas

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Signed Book by Bruce Catton The Coming Fury: A limited edition signed book by author Bruce Catton, tittle: The Coming Fury, privately printed by The Franklin Library , Pennsylvania USA , c. 1980. Book is navy leather with gilt edge pages and gil

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Limited Ed EZRA POUND Personae & XXX Cantos: Limited edition copy of Personae and A Draft of XXX Cantos by Ezra Pound. Hardbound in leather with gilt decoration. Illustrated by Quentin Fiore. Published by The Franklin Library, 1981. In good cond

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My Experiences in the World War, Signed 1st Edition: Signed 1st Edition, My Experiences in the World War, by John J. Pershing, signed by author. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York. Publication Date 1931. Blue cloth cover, slight wear to edges.

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Partially Printed MS Civil War Field Promoton Document: Illustrated with U.S. spread winged shield breasted egle surmount promoting Ambose M. Barber to Sergt. on 1st day of November, 1863, signed by Major John R. Tappen then commander of the 120 Regiment a

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Civil War GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN + Stribling 1905 strategy: Stribling, Robert Mackey; Gettysburg Campaign and Campaigns of 1864 and 1865 in Virginia; Petersburg VA: Franklin Press Company 1905. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 308 pages. Hardcover. Military History

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John Campbell Letter Signed: American jurist (1811-1889) who was appointed by Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853, serving until the outbreak of the American Civil War, when he became an official of the Con

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Fitz John Porter Autograph Letter Signed: ALS signed “F. J. Porter,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Commissioner's Office, New York Police Department letterhead, October 9, 1887. Letter to General Franklin, regarding the famil

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JOHN TOLAND - Franklin Library 1st Ed Signed

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John Toland (1912-2004) Author. Toland is best known for his bestselling biography of Adolf Hitler and for his Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II history of Japan, The Rising Sun.. His book, Gods of War, The Franklin Library, 1985, no dust jacket, limited first edition, signed on the first white free end page. Privately printed for members of The Franklin Library's â€œSigned First Edition Societyâ€series. Hard bound in full leather with raised bands to spine edge with gilt to all page edges, silk end pages and ribbon book mark. Condition, as new.