London: Printed for the Proprietor, by C. Stower Hackney, 1812. Reprint. Hardcover. 5.25" x 9", 74 pp, two vibrant hand colored plates, red cloth backed in red leather. Boards edge worn, names of two previous owners written on front paste down, one being E.S. Burgess. Subtitle: Transcribed, verbatim, from the..... More
3-Ring Binder with protective sleeves. Items include: War Resisters League, 1925; Militarizing Our Youth, 1927; Women's Peace Union, 1927; Illinois Committee on Militarism in Education, 1929; Committee On Militarism In Education, 1922; Two [2] Speech of Hon. Ross A. Collins, 1929 / 39; The Americaneer, 1937; Membership Application in the..... More
U. S. A. Papers are personal, government published or location specific. 1942 - 1945. One-of-a-kind collection of papers relating to Women's military service in WWII including Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC). This collection derives from multiple posts across the country particularly Fort Des Moines, IA..... More
Boise, ID: The Pacific Island Employees Foundation, Inc., 1945. First Edition. Blue cloth over boards with titling blind stamped in red-yellow on front cover. 8.5" x 11.5" on coated paper, pp 5 - 51. Bumped corners and head / foot of spine, not worn through. Small, 1/4" spot on front..... More
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1946. First Edition / First Printing. Light tan illustrated paper over boards with titling on cover, with a little fur creature, which is also depicted on the endpapers. 2" x 3.25", 28 unnumbered pages with 14 full color illustrations. Authors names in red (not..... More
Chicago: Henry Regenery Co., 1959. First Edition. Blue cloth over boards with titling in red on spine. 5.5" x 8", pp. 1 - 432. Very nice copy with only some light rubbing to extremities, Christmas gift inscription on ffe, 8 lines of penciled page numbers on rear fe. DJ has..... More
Austin: Bush For President, 1999. First Edition. Grey graphic cardboard wraps with titling in white and an image of GWB on the cover. SIGNED on the front cover and INSCRIBED on Title Page "To Kelly & Krista". 5.25" x 8.25", pp. v, 7-208, with black and white photos opposite each..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Light brown boards with quarter blue and spine with author, title and publisher in gilt on spine. SIGNED "J Carter" on free front end. 8vo 6.5" x 9.5" pp [1-12] 13-184 [185-186]. Jimmy Carter reaches back to growing up on a rural..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1948 - 1953. First Thus. Red cloth with titling in gilt, boxed in black on the spine, similar style author autograph on front cover. Vol. 1: The Gathering Storm, pp. xvi, 3 - 784. Vol. 2: Their Finest Hour, 1949, pp. xvi, 3 - 751. Vol..... More
Albany, NY: March 9th 1883. In the personal written hand of Cleveland's flat and forward leaning cursive, 2 page bifold stationary with printed headline "Executive Chamber / Albany, N. Y." Written while only 2 months into his term as Governor of New York, Cleveland responds to a constituent, apparently about..... More
Washington DC: September 11, 1893. 19.5" x 15", SIGNED as Grover Cleveland and counter signed by Secretary of the Treasury, "J G. Carlisle". Uniformly toned with stain across lower edge, small closed tear at top right corner, 1/2" chip at center top, none affecting printed or signed portion of the..... More
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
Personal Typed Letter SIGNED and INITIALED "Dwight D. Eisenhower / D.E." More
Washington DC: June 22, 1962. 8.5" x 11", 4 pp. folded dinner program signed by both the 34th U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), and by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (1896 - 1979) along the bottom edge of front . The program is from a Republican Congressional..... More
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
Seattle, WA: Dogwood Press, 1940. First and Limited Edition. White floral cloth pattern on black background, over boards with titling in brick red on the cover. 11.75" x 14.75", 28 pp. unnumbered, uncut bottom edge. This edition is limited to 250 copies. It includes a broadside, with quarter fold lines..... More
Washington DC: U. S. Government, 1989 - 1992. More than 35 mixed B&W and color, 8" x 10", original, official photographs of the Federal Service career of John Frohnmayer, the 4th administrator of the National Endowment For The Arts. This collection includes three (3) signed photographs [1] Inscribed by George..... More
np: November 2, 1880. SIGNED "J A Garfield / Nov 2, 1880" with authentication note on verso, "written on his day of election - & very first rate for President / C. Hines" The uniqueness of this card is that it was signed on Garfield's election day to the position..... More
New York: June 1st, 1895. SIGNED "Benjamin Harrison". 4.75" x 1.5" adhered to cardboard backing. Typed "Very sincerely yours", followed by signature. In a different hand beneath the signature is the provenance, "written to C. Ellis Stevens from Fifth Ave. Hotel NY. June 1st 1895" Benjamin Harrison (Aug 20, 1833 –..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First Edition. One eighth buckram spine with blue cloth over boards, titling boxed in black on the spine and quote by Truman in gilt on cover. INSCRIBED, "To Robert A. Wilson / From Harry Truman 2-23-63". 10.75" x 8", pp. 1- 253, with..... 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
Framed photograph SIGNED "The Good Wishes / of / Herbert Hoover, 13 x 15 in. in frame. Boldly signed in blue pen in the lower margin of a forward looking President. Very Good Condition. More
September 3, 1920. Typed Letter SIGNED, "Herbert Hoover", 1p., New York City, September 20, 1920, written on personal letterhead to playwright John Drinkwater, then residing in Gloucester, England. The future President graciously accepts Drinkwater's request to dedicate his new book, "Lincoln the World Emancipator", to Hoover. In 1920 Hoover was..... More
San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1980. First Edition. tan cloth with gold titling. SIGNED as "Lady Bird Johnson", the wife of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson on a bookplate on FFE. The custom bookplate matches a portion of the scene from the front cover. 8vo 7.75" - 9.75" pp. [iix]..... More
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, August 1940. First Edition, Third Printing. Red cloth with blue and white sleeping lion on the cover and white text on blue band on spine. This is the first U.S. edition of the first book of a future President. Derived from his senior thesis at..... More