Washington City: E. A. Cohen & Co., 1834. Period brown leather with gilt border on front and back, Directory 1834 on spine in gilt with four bands. 4.5" x 7.25", Missing first blank end page and last two pages of advertisement, top corner of pp. 25-32 have been torn off... More about For 1834 A Full Directory, For Washington City, Georgetown, and Alexandria
Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1977. Reprint. Green cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine Unigraphic framed logo on the cover. 10.75" x 8.25", pp. 941 w/ 124 pp. index, with photographs and illustrations. Faithful reproduction of the uncommon 1904 edition by Interstate Publishing. Previous owner name and address on... More about History of Klickitat, Yakima And Kittitas Counties, Washington; With an Outline of the Early...
INSCRIBED "To...Spiro T. Agnew" and hand signed in black ink. 8" x10" black and white photo. More about Photograph Signed
New York: Prentice-Hall, January 1955. Third Printing. Half black cloth with light gray paper with embedded fibers over boards. Titling is in gilt on the spine with red highlight as well as the title on the cover. INSCRIBED "To Bill / from / Louis Armstrong / Satchmo" in green ink... More about Satchmo; My Life in New Orleans
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1957. Fourth Edition. Green cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and cover. 10" x 7.5", pp. xvi, 1-1882. Clean and well bound for such a large book. Previous owner name in pencil on ffe, title page has a verticle wrinkle and... More about Black's Law Dictionary; Definitions of the the Terms and Phrases of American and English...
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 about Document Signed with Transmittal Letter
Los Angeles, CA: Haynes Corporation, 1944. First Edition. Dark blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine and cover. INSCRIBED, "Dear Dr. Bird / This book is inflicted upon as a penalty, for being a Sunsetter, Yours sincerely, F. R. Burnham" in blue ink on ffe in an... More about Taking Chances
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 about Desert Storm Card, Commander in Chief, Signed
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 about Correspondence To / From George H.W. Bush
New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. First Edition. White semi-gloss paper over boards with titling in black and red, seven painting reprints on the front and one on the back. SIGNED "George Bush" on publisher's inserted half title page. 8" x 10", pp. 8-191 with 66 color reproductions of Bush's original... More about Portraits Of Courage; A Commander In Chief's Tribute To America's Warriors
Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Tipped in SIGNATURE of "Warren G Harding" on title page (1" x 3.38"). Presentation copy, INSCRIBED "1st Edition No 9 / For my friend and Warren Harding's friend Judge E H Gary / With sincere regards of his (?) & an appreciation... More about Life and Times of Warren Harding; Our After-War President
New York: Viking Penguin, 1992. First Edition. Black boards with 1/4 black cloth on spine and red metallic print on spine. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the original Beats, SIGNED "Allen Ginsberg / Naropa 7/8/93", INSCRIBED "Michael McClure / Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination / for Keith Naropa... More about The Portable Beat Reader
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Green board with 1/4 blue cloth, author, title, publisher on spine in gilt. SIGNED "Hillary Rodham Clinton" in firm true pen. Soon to be first woman President of the United States. 16mo. 5.5" x 7.25" pp. [7] 8- 319. This book in... More about It Takes A Village; And Other Lessons Children Teach Us
Washington DC: The White House, August 31, 1993. SIGNED " Bill Clinton" on 7" x 10.5" stationary with White House letterhead and presidential seal on Whitings Woven Linen stationary, likely auto-pen. Addressed to Michael Andrews, Director, Salomon, Inc., Clinton thanks Andrews for his support of the economic and deficit reduction... More about Typed Letter Signed and Copy of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1996
Personal Typed Letter SIGNED and INITIALED "Dwight D. Eisenhower / D.E." More about TLS, Photograph (2), Franked Envelope Framed
Baseball SIGNED by President Gerald Ford in blue ink with CoA. Some of the once bold signature ink has been absorbed by the leather but still Ford's very distinctive and very readable signature. More about Ephemera
New York: Arbor House, 1987. First Edition. Blue boards with white cloth spine and red details on spine. SIGNED "Gerald R. Ford" on front fly leaf by author and this U.S. President who obviously had a self-deprecating sense of humor. 7.75" x 9.5" pp. [12] [2] 3-162 with dozens of... More about Humor and the Presidency
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 about Greater Grand Rapids; The City That Work
Cincinnati, OH: Jones Brothers & Co., 187x. First, Issued by Subscription Only. Green cloth over boards, titling in gilt with black shadowing, geometric cover border and iconic international scenes in black on spine and cover. 8.75" x 6.25", pp. 21-810 vs. 1879, tipped in title page, embellished with nearly 200... More about A Tour Around The World; Being a Narrative of the Incidents and Events of His Journey
Roslyn, New York: Walter J. Black, c. 1960's. First Edition. Half tan, textured cloth with red cloth over boards. Titling on spine in gilt, boxed by red and bordered by blue with a sun symbol and author's name. 5" x 7.25", all volumes approximately 250 pp. with blued top edges... More about 75 Volumes with Advertising Inserts
1952 - 1975. SIGNED, 3 TLS and 1 B&W Photograph all in VG to Fine condition. Straub letter has small circular spot in the center, letters have usual mailing folds, a few dog-ears, photo in fine, INSCRIBED state. Charles A. Sprague (1887 - 1969), 22nd Governer; Douglas McKay (1893 -... More about Typed Letters Signed by Prominant Oregon Governors
SIGNED "R B Hayes" 4.5" x 2.5" in black ink on autograph book paper, not clipped from a document. Professionally mounted in an 8.5" x 11" presidential blue matte beneath a colorized print of Hayes. Rutherford Birchard Hayes (Oct 4, 1822 – Jan 17, 1893) served as the 19th President... More about Autograph Signature
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 about Mr. President; The First Publication From The Personal Diaries, Private Letters and Revealing...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 and 1940. Dark blue cloth with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Both copies INSCRIBED "To J. H. Gipson / With The Kind Regards / of Herbert Hoover". 5.75" x 8.25" Volume 1 is FE 4th Printing, pp. vii 1-390, uncut... More about Addresses Upon The American Road; and Further Addresses Upon The American Road (2 Vols
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 about The New Day; Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover