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.....
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First Printing. Half black boards with half black cloth and spine with gold lettering. 16mo 5.25: x 8" pp. (i-iv) x-v (xvi) (1) 2-255 This is one of the foundational troika of Beat Literature along with "On The Road" and "Howl". The book survived...
New York: Touchstone, A Simon and Schuster Co., 2000. Second Trade Edition First Printing. Wraps. Association Copy INSCRIBED on the president's personal tipped-in bookplate, "Les Csorba, Sr. / All the best, / George Bush", 6"x 9.25" pp. [6] 7-640 with 16 pages of B&W photographic illustrations. Photographic wrappers bright and...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 2nd Printing. SIGNED "George Bush / Brent Scowcroft" on publisher's bookplate affixed to half title page. 8vo 6.3" x 9.5" pp. [ix] xiv [3] 4-590 including 8 p. of B&W photos. Previous bookseller notation in pencil on FFE and Presidential Library and Museum sticker...
Balt. & Ohio Railroad, Sept. 14, ?8. SIGNED "Benj. F. Butler" as Manager, R.A.D.V. (Railroad Authority for Disabled Veteran Soldiers), 4.25" x 2.25", on franked ticket for "John White from Washington to Columbus via Balt. + Ohio R.R.", in another hand. Circular, blue stamp in lower right, punched by conductor...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014. First Edition. Blue boards with author, title and publisher in gilt on spine. SIGNED "J Carter' on title page.6.25" x 9.25" pp. [10] 1-211 [212-213]. President Carter has never been one to shy away from injustice and this time addresses the global discrimination and...
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1965. Limited Edition. Light brown cloth with green plate and gilt text on spine, gilt Presidential Seal on cover. Association Copy, No. 392 of 1500. SIGNED "Dwight D. Eisenhower", as usual for this edition, signed on tipped in end paper as well as on Eisenhower's...
Baseball SIGNED by President Gerald Ford in blue ink with CoA. Some of the once bold signature ink has been absorbed by the leather but still Ford's very distinctive and very readable signature.
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...
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...
New York: Regan Books, 2004. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Ken - Tom Franks 8-6-04", 16mo. pp. [xi] xvii [3] 4-590 with 32 pages of color photographs. The Commander in Chief of CENTCOM during the early years of the Iraq / Afghanistan War gives his insight and assessment from the inside out...
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Light brown cloth with gold emboss on spine and Eastern imprint on the cover including the all seeing eye. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with DOODLE "for Kathryn Stewart / Portland Oregon / Allen Ginsberg" on Author Bibliography page with a drawing of a....
Roslyn, New York: Walter J. Black, c. 1960's. First Edition. Half tan, textured cloth with red cloth over boards. Titling on spine in gilt, boxed by red and bordered by blue with a sun symbol and author's name. 5" x 7.25", all volumes approximately 250 pp. with blued top edges...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Founded 1957. Bollingen Series XX. Black cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine and cover. 6" x 9", pp. from 350 - 500, with detailed charts, illustrations and diagrams. All of the volumes are in fine condition, tight, clean, unmarked. Five volumes have...
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...
White plastic boaters, each with applied "Win with Kennedy" paper hatband. One further decorated with paper photograph of Kennedy on top. 12" x 3.50" x 13 Both hats cracked at edges, yellowing tape, for 55+ year old Democratic Convention artifacts they are in serious good condition.
1982. INSCRIBED "To Sean - / With warmest best wishes / for your happiness and success / in the future - Your friend, / Ted Kennedy / '82".Color Photograph 8" x 10". Patriotic photo of John-John (JFK Jr.) wearing a sailor uniform and soulfully gazing into his future. Sean Robbins was the godson of President Jimmy Carter.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1966. First Edition. 5 3/4 in. x 8 3/8 in., [i-ix] x-xxviii [1-3] 4-366 pp., 3 blank leaves. Yellow end papers with orange cloth with JK's name printed in gold on the front cover and title in gold on spine. Two smudges on front cover, small hole...
London: Chatto and Windus, 1938. First British Edition. SIGNED "Anne Morrow Lindbergh" and "Charles A. Lindbergh, I Illiec 1938" on half title page. 5.25" x 8", pp xii, 3-274 with uncut bottom edge. A dirt spot on the front cover, light rubbing on front and back, dirt spot on top...
1943 - 1978. Mostly First Editions. This collection includes 53 line items, more than 100 individual items chronicling the life and publications of Bill Mauldin, the greatest editorial cartoonist of The Greatest Generation. 28 books including three copies of Up Front, 1st Printing in Fine condition and a signed paperback...
Seattle, Washington: Wood & Reber, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Light blue with gold titling. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the President's brother and SIGNED by author, "To Peggy McDougal / With best wishes / Edgar N. Eisenhower / John McCallum". 6.25" x 9" pp. [12] 1-132 with 26 pp. of B&W...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition. Blue boards with 1/4 black cloth spine, gold text on spine. INSCRIBED by Richard Nixon on Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Bookplate, "To Heather & Richard Wolcott / from / Richard Nixon", Gift Inscription at top of the page, Christmas 1990. 16vo...
Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 17-374 pp. In original printed green wrappers, covers with various scuffs, much of spine portion chipped away, text-block broken but held by stitch, gutters repaired with paper. Period ink to covers, front blank and final text page, contents with some light...
New York: Crown Publisher, 1992. First Edition. Gray boards with dark blue spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author, "To Doris - / Merry Christmas! / With Best Wishes / Nancy Northcutt / October 14, 1992" and "Marilyn Quayle" AUTOGRAPH on bookplate tipped in at FFE. Chip on bottom of DJ...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition / Early Printing. 3/4 red boards with blue cloth spine and information in gilt on spine. Provenance: Reagan Library Gift Shop price sticker on rear over barcode. SIGNED "Ronald Reagan" on Presidential Seal bookplate. 6.5" x 9.5" [7] 8-748 with 30 pp...
