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Sell Your Eugene Debs Ben Hanford Socialist Party 1908 Sign
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Debs Signed “Debs and the Poets” 1920
Scarce signed and numbered rare book copy of “Debs and the Poets,” edited by Ruth Le Prade, with an introduction by Upton Sinclair. Pasadena, California: Upton Sinclair: 1920. First edition hardcover measures 5″ x 7.25″ and runs 99pp. Signed in black ink on rear pastedown limitation bookplate, “Eugene V Debs.” Number 157 of a 500 copy limited run, “prepared in order that lovers and friends of Eugene V. Debs might assist in furthering the cause of amnesty for political prisoners” Copy sent to Debs, “Convict 9653,” in an Atlanta penitentiary. An influential and controversial labor and political leader, Debs ran for the U.S. presidency on the Socialist Party ticket five times, including once from prison. Book was signed in the second year of his ten year sentence, which he received after being convicted in 1918 under the wartime Espionage Act for delivering an anti-war speech in Ohio. Volume includes poetry dedicated to Debs by Carl Sandberg, H.G. Wells, Helen Keller, Miriam Allen de Ford, Max Eastman, Eugene Field, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Laurence Housman, James Oppenheim, James Whitcomb Riley, Charles Erskine and others. Mild wear to gilt-stamped maroon boards and rubbing to backstrip. Weak hinges, though pages remain tightly bound. Previous owner’s ink to front free endpaper, otherwise excellent condition. Sold for $608.
The Scarcest of 19th Century Campaign Banners Hand-Colored by Currier and Ives — The John Bell and Edward Everett Jugate Banner Broadside for the 1860 Presidential Election
Scarce campaign broadside for John Bell and Edward Everett, the candidates for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 Presidential campaign. Lithograph is the scarcest of 19th century Currier and Ives broadsides, hand-colored by the storied print makers, and with full margins not usually found on this broadside. Strong unionists who believed that slavery was protected by the U.S. Constitution, the candidacy of Bell and Everett split the southern vote, effectively giving the election to Abraham Lincoln. Their campaign banner reads at top, ”Liberty and Union Now and Forever One and Inseparable / No North, No South, No East, No West, Nothing But the Union”. With Currier and Ives copyright in 1860 at bottom, which also reads, ”Grand National Union Banner for 1860 / The Candidates and Their Platform”. The candidates’ names of John Bell, of Tennessee and Edward Everett of Massachusetts are also featured in the banner. Broadside is hand-colored by Currier and Ives, with unfaded rich, dark colors. Lithograph measures 13.5” x 18”, with original borders. Expert restoration including rice paper backing, though no restoration to the coloring except to a small spot of scuffing just below the tassels between the red velvet curtains. Some foxing to margins. Overall in very good to near fine condition. Sold for $12,600.
Presidential Flag From the Truman Administration Used for Presidential Parades in 1948 — Grand Cloth Flag in Full Color Measures 75” x 59”
Large Presidential flag from 1948, used by President Harry Truman as he campaigned for re-election and marched in dozens of parades that summer. Used during one of these parades in Michigan, flag has print to hem along right edge, ”President Flag Parade MI 48”. Cloth flag in navy blue features the seal of the President of the United States, made entirely of integral cloth panels in six different colors with decorative stitching. Grommets are built in. Measures a large 75” x 59”. A few small holes, the largest measuring under 2”, else near fine. Sold for $12,500.
”I Want You” original Army recruitment poster from 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg. Perhaps nothing embodies the physical representation of America more than this poster, which finally put a face to ”Uncle Sam”, the nickname for the United States since the Revolutionary War. In the build-up to America’s entry into WWI, this image was originally featured on the 6 July 1916 cover of Leslie magazine with the text ”What are you doing for preparedness?”. The words ”I Want You” were added in February 1917, shortly after the U.S. intercepted code from Germany, encouraging Mexico to ally itself with Germany to fight the United States. Recognizing that war was imminent, the U.S. Army ordered this poster for recruitment efforts, and an American icon was born. Copyright information is printed along bottom margin, ”Copyright, 1917, Leslie – Judge Co., N.Y.” Poster measures 30” x 40.5”. In stunning condition, with folds smoothed against linen backing. Virtually no toning, with bright colors. A few minor creases, overall near fine condition. Sold for $10,625.
Polk TX Silk Badge From the 1844 Presidential Election
Silk ribbon entitled “Democratic National Badge”, worn by pro-Texas supporters of the Democratic ticket during the 1844 Presidential campaign. Cleaved by the issue of Texas annexation, the 1844 Presidential election was contested between the Democratic ticket of James Polk and the Whig ticket of Henry Clay. Polk of course, won the election and Texas was soon annexed two years later. Cream silk ribbon reads “TEXAS” under a symbol of the lone star with Polk and VP George Dallas’ names framing an image of Thomas Jefferson, with previous Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren also mentioned. An eagle holds a banner in its beak reading, “Union, Harmony and Vigilance”. Measures 3″ x 7″. Light soiling and a few very small holes, overall very good condition. Sold for $1,400.
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