Washington DC: March 25, 1825. SIGNED by "J. Q. Adams" as President of the United States, "H. Clay" as Secretary of State and "William Wirt" as Attorney General. Clean, affirmative signatures. 11.5" x 15" Vellum document. Small corner tear on bottom right and top left not close to any script..... More
Columbus, OH: May 19, 1875. 13" x 17.5", 1 pp. Broadside. The Governor of Ohio appoints Jacob Tribolet as Second Lieutenant of the Ohio National Guard, Wilson's Light Artillery. Includes a 3" Great Seal of Ohio and partially printed with a scene from Ohio's industrial and agricultural heritage engraved at..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. First Edition. Three quarter light brown calf with matching marbled papers and marbled endpapers. Five raised bands, with decorative gilt design and titling in gilt inside red and brown leather labels. All gilt top edge, a few unopened pages. 4.5" x 7", Vol. I...... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, March 1999. First Edition, Third Printing. Black cloth over boards with titling in silver gilt on the spine. INSCRIBED, "To Jamie - Merry Christmas From The Man On The Moon! /s/ Gene Cernan 1999". 6" x 9.25", pp. xii, 2 - 356, with 16..... More
Agana, Guam: Department of the Navy, February 15. 1973. Glen. All items in archival sleeves and stored in a 3-ring binder. Unique, one-of-a-kind archive of photos and ephemera documenting the dedication of Brewer Field in Agana, Guam. Fifty (50) 8" x 10", B&W and color official photographs of the dedication..... More
Washington DC: June 9, 1896. SIGNED "Grover Cleveland" in his tight, diminutive script. Countersigned by "Wm L. Wilson", Postmaster General. 19" x 15", on appointment document for Edward H. Chase from Dexter, Maine, County of Penobscot. Cleveland's name engraved across the top with flourishes, blank sections of the document completed..... More
New York: Times Books Random House, 1996. First Edition. SIGNED on Bookplate "Bill Clinton" on half title page. 5.5" x 8.25", pp [i-iix] ix-xiii [1-2] 3-178. Bill Clinton lays out his vision for the country. "In this era of old and new problems, old and new threats, old and new..... More
U. S. A. 1987. Original. All letters are in sleeves and bound in a black 3-ring zipper binder. The Collection comprises 72 pages of letters signed by 46 governors (all but the governors of California, Delaware, Michigan and Oregon), including Bill Clinton, Mario Cuomo, Michael Dukakis, John Ashcroft, John Sununu..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, April 28,1845. Second Edition. Maroon cloth over boards titling in gilt on spine, orange end papers with dark shadows. 12" x 9", pp. xvi, 2 - 216 followed by 3 plates with chromatic frontispiece and tissue guard and general appendix containing the experimental documents. Clean..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963 / 1965. Limited Edition #843 / 1500. Natural colored, tan linen cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine, boxed in green with gilt border. SIGNED, "Dwight D Eisenhower" on tipped in blank following colophon page. Matching set, both with..... 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
December 7, 1889. ALS handwritten in full. 9" x 7.75" note paper folded in half for writing, folded again for sending. Excellent firm writing in black ink. Pages bordered in black, likely as a show of mourning for her brother, Col. John Cromwell Dent who had died on January 1..... More
1868. Impressive oval albumen print with jugate portrait of Grant and Colfax in opposing, bust length, 3/4 profile portraits. Laid down on conforming board imprinted at bottom "Grant and Colfax." Contained under glass in a period oval gesso frame. Age-toning and light stains. Dimensions: Albumen sheet [oval] - 7.12 "..... More
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
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1952. Stated First Printing. Navy blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED "To Jules Jones / With the Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover" on ffe in Hoover's often used blue-green pen. 9.25" x 6", pp. xv, 2-503 with fronitispiece and six..... More
Peking: Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1928. First Edition. Handsome original binding, attractive deep green leather with five [5] raised bands highlighted in gilt with titling in gilt on the spine, includes yellow patterned end papers. 12.75" x 9.5", 2 - 607 [3] pp. Number 405 of a limited edition of 1000..... More
Portland, OR: Cityful Press & Pigman Productions, 1993. First Edition - Signed and Numbered #1 / 25. Graphic semi-gloss card cover with titling in black, poem titles on the rear, cryptic cover graphic by Illustrator Bob Devine. SIGNED "Robert Hunter #1/25" on rear cover. Includes two autographed notes signed by..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Historic Record Company, 1915. First Edition, Illustrated Complete in One Volume. Half brown Moroccan leather with four (4) raised bands, gilt titling on the spine with two flourishes and gilt rule along the edges. Green marbled end papers. Rarely found in this quality condition, some scrapes and..... More
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County of Warwick: 1777. 27.5" x 30" Parchment with the bottom 2-inches folded up closed with five, white cloth tape, first page scalloped top edge. Approximately 44 lines of script text on each page, Docketed on the rear. two horizontal folds and two vertical folds. Signed by three parties at..... More
Wilcox County, AL: February 16, 1859. Folio, 15.5" x 12.5" folded horizontally through the center. Completely in manuscript with ink on blue paper with lined columns. A full accounting: credits on the left side of the ledger sheet, debits on the right. Docketed on verso; "Estate of Levi H. Seltzer..... More
London: The Casanova Society, 1923. Limited Edition, No. 623 of 750 Sets on Antique Paper. Half tan calf leather with faux brown leather over boards. Titling on the spine in gilt. 5.75" x 9", each volume approximately 225 pages, preceded by a full page color frontispiece on treated paper with..... More
University Station, Seattle, WA: The Washington University Historical Society, Oct 1906 - July 1908. First Edition. Green paper covers with Table of Contents on the cover and bound internally with three large staples, protected in mylar and housed in a custom sized black slip case. 10" x 6.75", pp. 2-378..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Bradley-Garretson, c. 1903. Deep Blue cloth over boards with folding snap cover and leather carrying handle. 7" x 9.75", contains four preliminary salesmen samples of books to be order pre-publication. Seven lines of ordering page filled out with examples of sample orders. Interior weakness to some spines, 3-of-4..... More
1985 - 2002. First Editions. Dr. Henry Lee and Dr. Jerry Labriola. Famous Crimes Revisited; From Sacco-Vanzetti To O. J. Simpson. Southington, CT, Strong Books, 2001, SIGNED "Best Wishes / Henry Lee" on front end paper. 6" x 9", xiv, 3-30 with 3 inserts of 8 pp. of B&W photos..... More
Concord, N.H. Dec. 3 1846. Autograph Letter SIGNED "Frank Pierce" 7.5" x 9.5" on light blue paper inlaid to another off-white border. Scripted on recto, verso blank with docket. Dated "Dec 3, 1846", and signed by Franklin Pierce as "Frank Pierce". Very fine condition with two ink smudges by author..... More