Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - July - 2008 Issue
Spectacular Signed Documents from the Raab Collection
Some of the autographs in this 1960s collection.
Raab also has a large number of documents from the aforementioned California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown. First elected in 1958, he defeated Richard Nixon's attempted comeback as governor in 1962, but was defeated in 1966 by newcomer Ronald Reagan. Among the items in this section are several letters he received from President Kennedy, the bulletin he received notifying him of Kennedy's assassination, a 1973 letter from President Nixon promising to "bring this entire matter [Watergate] to a full and just resolution" (he did, but not the way Nixon expected), and a letter from Reagan shortly after he was elected governor. We will conclude this review with a reassuring quote in these difficult days received by Brown from former President Harry Truman in 1966: "The people may, from time to time, get confused or diverted by clever propaganda, or slick press agents - but not for long. When they think things through for themselves, the people will always vote for what is their own best interest and that of their country."
You may reach The Raab Collection at 800-977-8333. Their website is www.raabcollection.com.
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
