Springfield, IL: Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1924 - 1940. First Edition. Light blue paper with 1/8 linen spine and paper labels for each year. 1924: Introduction: Logan Hay; The House of the House Divided: Henry A. Converse; Lincoln as a World Figure... More about Abraham Lincoln Association Papers (16 Vols
Washington DC: c. 1950. SIGNED by all nine Supreme Court Justices of what was known as the Vinson Court ('46 - '53). This B&W period photograph is copyrighted by Bachrach with raised authentication in lower left corner. An identical copy of this photograph, also with original signatures, is in the..... More about SCOTUS Signed Photograph of the Vinson Court
Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Paper cover with titling and illustration, mostly in black. Available individually for $50. 9.5" x 12.25", 20-32 pp., with illustrations, advertisements and stories pertinent to the soldiers. Includes the first (Vol 1, No. 1, Nov 23 '17) with and last (No. 24, May 4 '18) issued... More about Wadsworth Gas-Attack and The Rio Grand Rattler; 10 Issues, Including First and Last Issue of Vol. 1
New York: Easton Press, 1999. First Edition. Full leather in blue with author, title publisher in gilt. SIGNED "George Bush" on publisher numbered page, #455 of 1000. 6.5" x 9.5" pp. [6] 7-640 with 16 pages of B&W photos, gilt edges and gold string bookmark. Using a lifetime of correspondence... More about All The Best; My Life in Letters and Other Writings
New York: Times Books, 1995. First Edition. Bound in 1/4 white buckram over white paper covered boards, lettering silver. SIGNED by the author "J. Carter" on FFE. 5.75" x 8.25" pp. [vii] viii-xi [2] 3-130. Illustrated by Sarah Elizabeth Chuldenko. This prolific U.S. President turns his skills from prose to... More about Always A Reckoning and Other Poems
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. SIGNED by Author and former President "J Carter" on title page. 16mo 6.5" x 9.5 [viii] ix-x 1-212. An ideal unread copy in a like dust-jacket, Jimmy Carter again delivers his thoughts and philosophy of American moral values and how they can... More about Our Endangered Values; America's Moral Crisis
INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to Anne and Sean Robbins, Rosalynn Carter", SIGNED "Jimmy Carter", and " Amy Carter" 5" x 7" color photograph matted in frame. Photo taken in front of a painting of Rosalynn lovingly hugging her young daughter Amy. Sean Robbins was the godson of President Jimmy Carter. More about Color Photograph Signed
Antwerp: Balthasaris Moreti, Officina Plantiniana, 1641. Hardcover full leather, three raised bands, gilt edges gauffered. 2.5" x4.25", 283 pp, [4] pp, ornate engravings throughout, black and red print. Hinges worn, 1 metal clasps missing, front pastedown repaired, names of three previous owners written on ffep, dated 1650, 1887, and 1917... More about Breviarii Romani (Brevarium Romanium
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED "Bill Clinton" on title page with blue felt tip pen 16mo 6.5" x 9.5" pp. [4] 5-957 xlii with 32 pp. of B&W photos. Excellent copy which was originally signed and then put back on the shelf. "On my first day... More about My Life
New York: Warner Books, January 1993. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED "Bill Clinton" in blue felt tip pen on half title page. 8vo 9.25" x 11" pp. [8] 9-127 with B&W photos chronicling the 1992 campaign. "Autographed Copy" silver oval sticker on back cover, else a pristine copy. "We're all... More about Clinton: Portrait of Victory
Dwight D. Eisenhower: The White House Years. (Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1963), first edition, limited to 1,434 copies, two octavo volumes, including Mandate for Change, 1953-1956 (copy No.699), and Waging Peace, 1956-1961 (copy No.1171). Volume I: xviii, [1, List of Maps], [1]-650 pages, majority unopened. Volume II: xxiii, [1]-741... More about The White House Years and Waging Peace
1930: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. Limited / Signed Edition #1445 / 1500. Reddish brown cloth over boards with geometric pattern stamped in beige. 12.5" x 9.5", pp. 1-141, with five full page woodcuts and all text bordered on every page in black, white, and deep turquoise. Signed on colophon... More about Undine; Translated From The German By Edmund Gosse
New York: Arbor House, 1987. First Edition. Blue boards with white cloth spine and red details on spine. SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford" on front fly leaf by author and this U.S. President who obviously had a self-deprecating sense of humor. 7.75" x 9.5" pp. [12] [2] 3-162 with dozens of... More about Humor and the Presidency
Memphis: Towery Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Urban Tapestry Series bookplate affixed to front end paper and SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford". Extolling the virtues of his hometown on Lake Michigan, President Ford writes a delightful preface and script to this picturesque photographic tour. Coffee table book in coffee table condition. The... More about Greater Grand Rapids; The City That Work
New York: D. Appleton, 1890. First Edition, Rebound in Three Volumes. Quarter black leather with matching outside corners and textured black leather over boards with gilt titling on the spine with six gilt bands. 12.5" x 16.25", pp. iv, 2-162, rebound into 3 volumes from the one original, which not... More about Recent Ideals of American Art
Washington DC: January 31, 1975. SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford" in black on 6.75" x 8.75" The White House stationary, Presidential Seal at the top. A handful of small browning spots, early toning to right edge. Addressed to the Pupils of Mrs. Fink's Fourth Grade Class, Hiram School, Hiram, OH. Hiram... More about Typed Letter Signed
New York: The American Bible Society, 1955. Pictorial boards. Presentation Copy "Presented to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN. / Chief of Naval Operations, / by the Aviation Commanders / Naval Center of the United States, April 17th 1956". Signed by 14 high level Commanders including [1] "W. H. Halsey" -... More about The Good News; The New Testament with over 500 Illustrations and Maps
Oakland, CA: Self Published, 1961. Printed in an edition of 25 copies for Private Distribution. Black faux leather over boards with brilliant titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED on ffe, "March 23, 1962 Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Griffen with affectionate regards from Harold C. Holmes". 9.25" x 6"... More about Journal Of A Short Trip To England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire and the Isle of Sky; With A...
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New York: October 2, 1952. Autograph signature of the 31st President, great value item for any collection. SIGNED "Herbert Hoover", 7.25" x 10.5", on Hoover's personal letterhead, 1 p., off white stationary with 2 mailing folds, light ink smudge over "v". Note of sympathy, addressed to Mrs. Marcus Joffe. Addressed... More about TLS
New York: May 28, 1827. 9.75 x 7.75, 1 p., usual mail folds, lightly aged, includes a fine engraved portrait. Includes aContent: Hosack declines his election to the Board of Directors to the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, "In the confidence placed in me by stockholders.. in electing me on of... More about Autograph Letter Signed
SIGNED "John F. Kennedy" one page type written letter to Dr. Alan York dated August 17th, 1959. The letter discusses his impending decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Accompanied by original envelope. The letter is in very good condition with minimal toning at edges. Envelope bears a few small... More about TLS
Washington DC: General Land Office, July 1, 1868. Secretarial SIGNED by James Cowan. Attractive Land Grant, 16" x 10", with an imprint of a Harvest in the top left corner and General Seal of the United States affixed to the lower left. Printed and completed with strong calligraphic details. Two... More about Land Grant to Eau Claire Lumber Company
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Limited Edition (No. 27 of 250). Rich green leather with titling and bands in gilt on the spine housed in a gray mottled slipcase with title on beige label. SIGNED "Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. Eckert" on limitation page. 9" x 12.13", pp... More about The Owls of North America; (North of Mexico) All the Species and Subspecies Illustrated in Color...
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1955. First Edition. Light Blue with black spine and gold text on spine. INSCRIBED "For Mathilda Westbrook Sinclair - / With the very best wishes / John F. Kennedy", Quality copy of one of the most important Presidential books of the 20th Century, certainly the... More about Profiles in Courage
London: Hutchinson & Co, n.d. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Red cloth stamped in black. 16mo 5" x 7." pp. [xii] xxxiii 37-25 plus 16 pp. ads. JFK's Harvard thesis as it was adroitly published through connections of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was serving as Ambassador to Great... More about Why England Slept