Nov. 30, 1993. INSCRIBED "To Joe / all the Best! Jim / Bear / Brady" with doodle. 5.75" x 9.25", 12 pp. document known as "The Brady Bill". Two light creases from folding. James Scott "Jim" Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an assistant to the U.S.... More
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... More
SIGNED "George Bush" facsimile of a reply by the former President in response to a two page letter from Mark J. Sullivan, a criminal trial attorney from California. The 3 pages are framed in a 22" x 12" along with photos of John Quincy Adams and Robert Todd Lincoln. Mr... More
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
Princeton: March 14, 1901. Autograph Letter SIGNED “Grover Cleveland”, 4.5” x 6.75”, 2 pages. Choice letter in Cleveland's recognizable, minute, precise hand. Written to John J. Ramey, Esq. Cleveland pens, in full. small tear on right side of verso not visible from the front, a small toning mark on opposite... More
Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1897. First Edition. 12 mo, 32 pp., White leatherette, with green and gilt design on front. A tight copy in fine condition, slight fading on pages 8-9 from binding strings. Rarely found in a G+ condition, this DJ has chipping at top and bottom of... More
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Quarter black cloth with red paper over boards and titling on spine in gilt and "CC" in gilt on the cover. INSCRIBED "To my old friend, David Barrett, who I am glad to claim as my grandson - I send my affectionate regards... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. First Edition. SIGNED on title page, "Hillary R Clinton". 6.5" x 9.5" [i-vi] vii-xi 1-562, 32 pages of B&W photos. Hillary's C.V. in book form chronicling her life from birth through the end of Bill Clinton's second administration which laid the ground work for... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. First Edition. SIGNED on free front endpaper, "Hillary Rodham Clinton". 6.5" x 9.5" [i-vi] vii-xi 1-562, 32 pages of B&W photos. Hillary's C.V. in book form chronicling her life from birth through the end of Bill Clinton's second administration which laid the ground work... 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
Personal Typed Letter SIGNED and INITIALED "Dwight D. Eisenhower / D.E." More
New York: Doubleday, 1963. First edition after the printing of a limited edition. Blue cloth with presidential seal and spine in gilt. INSCRIBED as "For / Doyle Colton / with the warm / regard of his friend / Dwight Eisenhower". 6.25" x 9.5" pp. [vi] vii-xvii [3] 4-650. Eisenhower shares... More
SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford". 8" x 10" full color photograph with Presidential flag in the background signed across center of picture in gold felt tip pen. 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
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
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Collector's Edition. Full brown leather with gilt flourish on both covers and gilt text on spine. SIGNED, "Al Gore" on presentation page of this leather bound Collector's Edition No. 69 of 5000. 6.25" x 9.25" [ix] x-xix 2-407 with gilt edges and bookmark. Al Gore... 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: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First Edition. Publishers green cloth with embossed U.S. Grant medal on front and back with gilt titling on spine. 5.75" x 9" 8vo. Vol. I frontispiece of Grant as a young 2LT (A. H. Ritchie Daguerreotype, 1843), pp. 8-584 with 2 facsimiles and 15... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott, March 1979. Berkley Edition. Paperback. SIGNED "Ted Kennedy" on front color page. The book has been joyfully read with the associated scuff and crease and bend. But it is always fun when a public figure like the "Lion of the Senate" associates himself with a wink... More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. 1922. First Edition. Blue cloth with author's name and title in gold on front cover and spine. INSCRIBED "With Kind / Regards of / Herbert Hoover" on front endpaper. 4.87" x 7,25" pp. 72. Sun fading at the spine and small chipping at top... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. First Edition. Medium brown board with dark brown spine author, title and publisher in gold. SIGNED on half title page "Lyndon B Johnson". Included is a historical guide to President Johnson's boyhood home circa 1965. 16mo 6.38" x 8.25 pp. [7] 8-146. This lineage memoir is... 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
Circa early 1964. Autographed, personalized, hand written note card with black border and gold seal of the Department of Justice above the masthead, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL / WASHINGTON. 5.13" x 3.5" quality stock card with small plastic tape stain, 3/8" x 1/4" on front top center left. These cards were... More
New York: Avon, 1960. First Edition. Soft cover, 120 pp. by the master originator of poetic prose. Pages are vaguely yellowed, first eight pages in tact but slightly loose at binding with half inch tear at bottom right of spine. "My poems stolen, my money stolen, my Tristessa dying, Mexican... More
New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing, 1897. Dark blue cover with title in gilt on spine. AUTOGRAPHED "William McKinley" on Executive Mansion, Washington calling card (4.25" x 2.25"). 8vo. 5.25" x 7.5" pp. [3] iv 5-338 with 8 pages of bust drawings of McKinley and other politicians and 5 pp. of... More