Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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OBAMA, Barack. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. New York: Crown Publishers, [2006]. 8vo. Original publisher?s boards; original unclipped dust jacket; cloth folding case with morocco spine label gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of this New York Times and Amazon.com bestseller. In a speech given at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Obama ended his discourse with: ?Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!?. Obama would later announce his presidential campaign just three months after this publication on the now famous slogan of ?Hope?. SIGNED BY OBAMA on title?page.