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
New York: G. H. Buek & Co., 1894. First Edition. Pictorial wraps of a wildflower bouquet on the cover and two cherubic children romping in a field on the rear. Illustration by Maud Humphrey. Two staple binding. 8.5" x 12", not paginated, 16 pp. of colored illustrations and descriptions of..... More
1943 - 1945. All items stored in archival sleeves. An archive of forty-five (45) V-Mails from at least 20 different soldiers from various locations across the WW II geography. Also included are two packets of blank V-Mail templates, one complete with 25 blanks. While authors' exact location from the writing..... More
Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Facsimile Edition Copy #371 / 950. Half calf leather spine with five raised bands and burnt orange buckram cloth over boards. Slip case made of the matching color cloth, no exterior titling. SIGNED by the artist, "Ansel Adams" on rear colophon page, an..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1951. First Edition, Presentation Copy (1/28). Red leather with titling in gilt on spine and 5-Star insignia on cover with map endpapers. INSCRIBED, "I very much appreciate the fine assistance you gave to Chet and me in puting (sp) the book in shape. ONB". 1/27 leather..... More
[Washington DC]: Copyright James W. Murphy, Reporter for U. S. Senate, 1923. Limited Edition. Titling on the spine and on the front cover is brightly gilted. Cover design includes National Seal and decorative border. 6" x 9", pp. xv, 17-395. Gilt top edge, uncut fore and bottom edges. This copy..... More
Vienna: Julius Springer, 1929. First Edition. Brown, patterned cloth over boards. Title: "Demolition of the Logistics: With special consideration of relational theory and its applications" Previous owner name, Edmund Callie Berkeley, written on free front end paper with an acquisition date of July 11, 1940. 5.5" x 8.5", pp. vi..... More
New Haven: Yale University, 1935. First Edition. Light purple cloth over boards with titling in red on the spine and front cover. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED WITH CARTOON " For Henshaw Ward from Clarence Day" with an original free form carton of Day climbing a hill and once oh his creatures..... More
Philadelphia, PA: B. Franklin, D. Hall, 1759. First American Edition. 4.38" x 6.25", pp. iv, 5 - 43. All edges gilted. Volume has been rebound from the original as text block tightly trimmed at the margins, mostly the top edge, affecting several page headers. Chain link end papers have uniform..... More
Seattle, WA: 1959 - 2021. [A] Key To The City of New Orleans: Framed New Orleans City Council Proclamation honoring Fischer as an Honorary Citizen, 14" x 9", 1 pp. broadside and includes an 8.5" symbolic key to the city with a plate identifying C. Ray Nagin as the Mayor..... More
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..... More
Antwerp: Theodore Galle, 1606. 18th-century brown leather calf binding with richly gilt-stamped spine, gilt illustrations between spine panels, and gilt-stamped borders on the boards, and inside margin. Two parts in one volume. Small 4to. With 168 full-page prints (portraits), numbered 1-151 and A-R. Complete. Followed by Commentarius, title page,pp. 2..... More
Antique Lot of 6 President and Presidential Family Photographs mounted on cards. They include [1] President J.A. Garfield with his signature beneath 3/4 photo, top right and bottom right corner clipped 4.25" x 6.5" . [2] President Garfiled looking younger, earlier in his career 2.5" x 4.18" very good [3]..... More
Washington DC: March 1, 1877. 16" x 10", Partially printed document, secretarially signed, with distinct similarity to authentic signature, by D[avid] D. Cone, Secretary to the President. Bright red seal of the Land Office, affixed to lower left, all teeth of seal present. Document is previously folded into sixths, leaving..... More
Columbus, OH: October 14, 1876. 13" x 17.5", 1 pp. broadside, official government document. Three vertical and horizontal folds, attractive period document, partially printed with a scene from Ohio's industrial and agricultural heritage engraved at the top. State Seal embossed in lower left corner. Previously framed document, still with original..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Young, 1952. First Edition. Blue cloth cover with quote on front and gray cloth spine with author, title, publisher in gilt on black inset mount. INSCRIBED by our 33rd President, "To: Jerome Peltier / From: Harry S. Truman" on frontispiece. 8.25" x 11.25" pp..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1953. Eighth Printing. Navy blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED "To Dr. Herbert Moffett / Withthe Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover". 9.25" x 6", pp. xv, 2-503 with fronitispiece and four full page B&W photographs. Quality text block, clean, and..... More
New York: Doubleday, Duran and Company, 1942. First Edition. Blue cloth with publisher imprint on front and title and authors in gold leaf on the spine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by both authors, "The Good Wishes of / Herbert Hoover", "& Hugh Gibson" on free front end paper. Also includes a...... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1922. Limited Edition #229 of 560 of which 500 copies were for public sale. Quarter green cloth with graphic covers in symmetric pattern, paper title labels on spine and front cover. 9.75" x 7.25", [11] 12 - 27, followed by 32 B&W photos of women of renown..... More
February 22nd, 1837. 19" x 27", partially printed document on vellum with two attractive engravings: one of a menacing eagle at the top with "E Pluribus Unum" scroll and a variation of the military landscape of weapons, flags and military imagery. This is an appoint of Albemarle Cady to First..... More
July 17, 1866. SIGNED "Andrew Johnson" as President. 15.25" x 19.5" on parchment. Countersigned by Secretary of War, Edward M. Stanton, Recorded, docketed and signed by G. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Affixed to a cardboard backing for mounting, wrinkles at the four sides, some smudges along the bottom. Signatures..... More
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
Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed, 1945. First Edition / First Printing. Maroon cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and boxed in black on the front cover. 6" x 9", pp. xi, 1 - 75 with a frontispiece of Joe Kennedy in his Class A naval uniform, an..... More
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..... More
Great Britain: Andre Deutsch, 1974. First Cloth. Pinkish red textured paper over boards with silver titles stamped on spine. 8vo. 5" x 7.75" pp. [4] 5-155. Previous bookseller annotation in pencil on FFE. This is an unblemished copy of a Kerouac classic republished in its first hardback form. We never..... More