Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C., 2005. First Edition. 9.5" x 12.5". This book is still in the publisher's shrink wrap, so more detailed descripton of inside is not provided. Spain was the country of greatest explorations in the Western Hemisphere. The stories and descriptions of the Natives of this New World... More
Boston, MA: J. H. Eastburn, 1831. First Edition. New brown leather with titling and highlights in brilliant gilt on the cover. 5.25" x 8", pp. 6-100. Attractively rebound, with new end papers. Tipped into ffe, cut, partially printed, government document, dated 10th day of April, 1828 SIGNED "J. Q. Adams"... More
INSCRIBED "To...Spiro T. Agnew" and hand signed in black ink. 8" x10" black and white photo. More
Long Island, NY: 1919-39. 7 8.5" x 11" TLS consisting of 9 pp., single spaced on “Dan Beard Camp letterhead. Light mailing folds present, few staple holes and paper clip impressions. Minimal administrative notes in pencil. Daniel Carter (“Uncle Dan”) Beard (1850-1941) was an author and illustrator who founded the... More
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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: 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
Np: circa 1973. Photograph INSCRIBED, "Best Wishes / George Bush / Chairman / RNC," to FL State Representative Bill Nelson, bust portrait, showing the young future-president in 3/4 view. Inscribed in the blank right margin. 9.5" x 5.75" (image), 10" x 8" overall; minor smudging to the top of "ll"... More
Danbury, CT: Grolier Enterprises Corp. 1980. Registered Edition. Absolutely stunning 26 volume set of this timeless set of renown books. Number reduced to the most readable volumes of the original 51 known as 'Dr. Eliot's 5 foot shelf'. Blue, red, green, brown, and tan leather with matching color end papers... More
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" [10] pp. 1-211 [212-213]. President Carter has never been one to shy away from injustice and this time addresses the global discrimination and... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Cardboard pictorial covers of a buckskin wearing Revolutionary War soldier taking aim at the redcoats, titling in black on a white spine. SIGNED "J Carter" on blank title page. Famous for being the only historical fiction novel ever published by... 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
New York: Warner Books, January 1993. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED "Bill Clinton" in blue felt tip pen on half title page. 8vo 9.25" x 11" pp. [8] 9-127 with B&W photos chronicling the 1992 campaign. "Autographed Copy" silver oval sticker on back cover, else a pristine copy. "We're all... More
Washington DC: May 6 [1864]. Firmly addressed, personal communication from Gen. Custer to his wife Elizabeth. 3.5" x 8" envelope still sealed, slit at both ends, tear at bottom left, 1/2" stain at bottom, expert archival reinforced to tear on verso. Custer's own hand includes; "Mrs. General Custer / 339... More
Nov. 28 [2000]. Autograph Letter Signed "Jerry Ford", with close association to recipient. One page, 6.38" x 8.5", November 28 [2000] on personal stationary with Presidential Seal. A letter to former Press Secretary, Ron Nessen, in regards to a piece written by Nessen that appeared in the Washington Post. Handwriting... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Edition, Second Printing. Red cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and black trim. SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford / 1/17/97" on title page in blue ink with Ford's upward sloping signature. 5.5" x 8.25", pp. 7-508 with blue'd top edge... 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
Indianapolis, IN: January 21, ALS "Mary Lord Harrison", handwritten communication between the President's widow and General Robert S. Foster. 4.5" x 6.75". 8 pp. of dark blue ink on black bordered note paper. Second page separated at fold, several small foxing spots on last page, away from signature. Delicate along... More
SIGNED "R B Hayes" and attractively framed with a facsimile of a period engraving. 3.25" x 2". Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) was the nineteenth president of the United States. His presidency and the Compromise of 1877 effectively ended the Reconstruction Era that followed the Civil War. Matted and framed to... 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
1964. SIGNED "Lyndon B. Johnson" in fountain pen on lower right. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, published in June 1964. No known restrictions on publication. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Lyndon Baines Johnson (Aug 27, 1908 – Jan 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, served... 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
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: Grove Press, 1959. First Evergreen. Black Paperback with white, grey and red lettering on cover and spine. 5.5" x 8" pp. [6] 3-245. Evergreen Original E-160 with crease at top front cover and bent on first 22 pages, scuffing on spine some scratching on rear, but a firm... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Great Books of the 20th Century. SIGNED "Ken Kesey" on Title Page in his usual flamboyant marker (blue). [1-8] (1-3) 4-277 pp. with French flaps. If you can't own the Viking first edition, then this as new copy signed by the author should grace your... More