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National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a mid-May auction that featured a wide assortment of presidential-related material, nautical-themed books and signed first editions. Among the featured items was a 1919 signed three-volume limited edition set of Rudyard Kipling’s “Verse” which sold for $2,091 (including buyer’s premium). Bound in vellum with the very scarce original dust jackets present, this limited edition set is a collection of works by acclaimed author Rudyard Kipling and is known as the "Inclusive Edition," with the author's signature on the limitation page of each volume. This set was numbered 90 of the small printing run of 100 copies.

A 1938 original charcoal and pencil political cartoon drawn by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Rollin Kirby, which sold for $1,230 (including buyer’s premium), was also offered during the 480-lot auction. The 18” X 14” cartoon bore a handwritten title at the top, "Via Dolorosa," and exposed escalating Nazi bullying and abuse of the Jewish people.


Two important signed copies of “Profiles in Courage” by John F. Kennedy were offered.  One edition was signed by then-Senator John F. Kennedy and a later Memorial Edition (1964) bore signatures of Rose and Ted Kennedy. The 1956 author-signed copy earned a hammer price of $1,599 (including buyer’s premium).

An author-signed copy of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” sold for $3,567 (including buyer’s premium) and included the original dust jacket, custom slipcase, signature authentication certificate and the tipped-in page signed by Lee.

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