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
Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. First Edition. SIGNED " Allen Ginsberg, 1984 Seattle", 5.75" x 8.5" pp. vi 1-227. Rarely found signed title, this diary of the correspondence between two of the founders of the Beat Generation, who shared letters, Ginsberg signing his "As Ever". Cardboard wrap in fine... More
Madison, WI: Arthur H Clark Company, 1897 - 1911. A mix of page sizes from note cards to 8.5" x 11", mostly of personally written letters (14 HLS / 25 pp.) from Blair to Clark, Included in this collection is a holographic letter from Frederick J. Turner, winner of the... More
New York: Rand McNally, 1978. First Edition, thus. Tan cloth with four blue stars on the cover and red and blue titling on the spine. SIGNED "Omar N Bradley", 5.5" x 8.25", pp. xviii 2-618 with frontispiece and numerous maps, illustrations and photos throughout. Book and DJ are both in... More
Chicago: September 13, 1883. Promissary Bank Note SIGNED three times, "Simon B. Buckner" on a partially printed document. 8.5" x 14" with red border and red highlights on completed lines. Transmittal letter is fine with two of the slightest creases at two corners. The envelope is completely in tact minus... More
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... More
c. 1991. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", an "Official Card of Operation Yellow Ribbon" trading card, distributed during Operation Desert Storm. Bush signs boldly across the image in silver ink. George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924) served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He... 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Green board with 1/4 blue cloth, author, title, publisher on spine in gilt. SIGNED "Hillary R Clinton" in firm black felt pen. Soon to be first woman President of the United States. 16mo. 5.5" x 7.25" pp. [7] 8- 319. This book... More
Northhampton, MA: March 27, 1929. Two pages with first page having printed letterhead of, 21 Massasoit Street / Northhampton, Massachusetts, 6" x 9.5" fully in the former First Lady's hand. Two usual fold lines from mailing, otherwise an excellent quality communication in strong, clear, blue fountain pen. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge... More
Hartford, CT: The Travelers Press, 1959. First Edition. 6" x 9", pp. iii, 1-420, photos of examples on almost every page. Light bump at bottom of spine, homemade book cover has protected this volume from sun fade. A descriptive list of medalets, tokens, buttons, ferrotypes and other lapel devices relating... More
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... More
Berkley: Arthur H Clark Company, 1944-46. 8.5" x 11", 11 pp., 5 have chipping and/or small tears, mailing folds and editorial marks in pencil. Content: She recites her bio including first Ph. D. student of Prof. Herbert Priestly, she is picking up his unfinished book 'Since Porfirio Diaz" as well as... More
November 15, 1976. SIGNED " Gerald R. Ford" less than two weeks after losing the election to Jimmy Carter. 7.25" x 9" personal stationary addressed to Sue Mathis. One fold across top third Warmly written letter by the President. "...continue working for our beliefs while giving the new President-elect the... More
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
Washington DC, et. al. United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. From the estate of George M. Martin, Harrah Washington, on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Mr. Martin was elected as the General Chairman for the celebration of Harrah's Bicentennial Committee. Includes 7 TLS (3 with original signatures, the other four... More
Montclair, NJ: Burrows Brothers, c. 1899. Mostly 8" x 10", seven letters consisting of 12 pp. and 2 HNS in Fenn's flourishing, almost calligraphic handwriting. All in very good to fine condition with 2 pp. having one inch chipping at bottom right corner. Almost every signature is unique and with... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1951, 1952. Stated First Printing. Blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and a facsimile of Hoover's signature on the cover. Vols 1 and 2 INSCRIBED "To J. H. Gipson / With the Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover" and Volume... More
Stanford University: Stanford University Press, 1928. First Edition. Blue cloth with title embossed on front and spine in gold. Uncommonly available especially INSCRIBED by Herbert Hoover on free front end paper "With the Good Wishes / of / Herbert Hoover" with a tipped in card from the Publisher to Mrs... 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
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
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. More
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
New York: Avon, 1959. First Edition. Paperback original. 4 3/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. [6] 7-189 (190 - 192) with a back page advertisement for The Subteraneans. Stiff white wrapper printed in multicolor. Pages slightly yellowed, mostly toward the top, chip on front cover bottom right, tight firm copy... More
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