Gift Details
Gift Information
Value: $14400.00
Year Received: 1999
Date Received: NA
Gift Description
Antique leather-bound books. (1) Six volume set of ``The World Crisis,'' by Winston Churchill, first edition, $2400. (2) ``Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes,'' by Edward Orme; illustrated with hand- colored lithographs, first edition, $3000. (3) ``Sonnets,'' by the Italian poet Petrarch, hand- illuminated edition, $5000. (4) ``Commentaries,'' by Caesar, edited by Clark in a large rebacked folio with maps, plans, and plates, $4000. Recd-- September 1, 1999. Est. Value--$14400. Archives Foreign. 8" x 11" green leather portfolio embossed with the seal of Morocco. Recd-- September 1, 1999. Est. Value--$30. Archives Foreign.
Justification
Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government