Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Limited Edition / One of 575 copies with 500 copies autographed. Eight black cloth with dark green paper over boards and titling on spine label. Signed by author on fourth blank title page. 7.25" x 11", 4 - 45 pp with frontispiece of Roosevelt. Light..... More
New York: May 23, 1951. Scholastic paperback. Signed "Jean", on blue The Waldorf - Astoria stationary, with graphic of the The Towers in header. 6.75" x 5.5", Bi-folded stationary with mailing fold across the middle. Symmetric spotting on inside, p.2, not affecting text or signature, some bleed through to front..... More
London: PL Pamphlets, 1941. First Edition. Three staple binding with graphic card covers and French flaps. Black and white surrealistic cover art design by renown British artist, Cecil Collins. 8.5" x 5.5", 1 - 19 pp. Previous owner two-word note on half title page and price on flap in red..... More
[n.p.]: July 7, 1951. Signed "Philip" inside a red stamped block "Commanding Officer / 7 July 1951 / H. M. Magpie", in top right corner of the ship's log, approving ship repairs at the end of a week. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921 - 2021). husband and consort to..... More
Corvallis, OR: 1921 - 1926. Maroon felt over flex boards with a two hole binding, fastened by screws and Sigma Phi Sigma logo stitched on the cover. 15" x 11", 34 pp. containing more than 160 items of memorabilia from the creator's four years at the Oregon Agricultural College, 24..... More
Poolesville, MD: Feb 8th, 1863. 5" x 8", 4 pp., folded lined correspondence written in pencil. Includes stamped mailing envelope to Miss Abbie Grafford, Springfield, VT. Eagle embossed in top right corner of stationary. Light aging at centerfold and tiny chip on edge of p. 3/4, not touching script. An..... More
The White House: September 29, 1938. Unique inclusion of First Lady Elanor Roosevelt's Signed Note and a hand written transcription by her secretary. Includes mailing envelope, posted Oct 2, 1938 from New York. .6" x 9.25, on The White House stationary, slight impression from paper clip at top left, usual..... More
Washington DC: March 29 1907. GCM. SIGNED "Theodore Roosevelt" in firm, 5+" autograph. Counter signed by Postmaster General, George B. Cortelyou. 21" x 17", 5 teeth missing from gold embossed Postal Service seal with pony-express rider. Aging to the perimeter edges where mounted beneath the matte, 1" tear at bottom..... More
Washington DC: September 1892. Both letters signed "W. S. Rosencrans" on linen stationary. First letter dated Sept. 12 has (mite) holes along the right margin an edge, fade and shadow from being overlaid by another document. Second letter is near fine with only incidental edge aging and previous seller note..... More
Traditional string tied photo album with beige construction paper leaves. The photos have been glued onto the pages 2 -5 per page. Most all photos have some manuscript cation of location or explanation of activity. 16 leaves, 100+ B&W photographs of a young sailor's duty station in New Guinea in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Deluxe. Attractive, contemporary, 1/2 brown leather binding with original marbled boards and original marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 2 volumes, 5.5" x 8.75", V 1, xiv, 2 - 547 with map pocket at rear endpaper includes map pocket with color map of..... More
Washington City: Smithsonian Institution, 1853. First Edition. Brown paper wraps with titling framed on front cover. 12.5" x 9.5", pp. 4-24, with 10 engraved plates. Light foxing on plates 3 & 8 which extend beyond the others at the bottom, chip at bottom right affecting most pages, 5" horizontal tear..... More
Aboard the S. S. Cleveland: c. May 5, 1953. Holograph in the 33rd President's hand. One page on American President Lines letterhead imprinted "Mrs. Harry Truman", 7.25" x 10.25"; aboard the SS President Cleveland. A cable addressed to George Killion, president of American President Lines. Following leaving office after the..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Autograph Edition, #470 of 500 copies. Very attractive half red cloth with similar corners and beige chain link paper over boards. Titling in black on labels on spine with red rules, includes red silk book markers. SIGNED by the Author below frontispiece of..... More
SIGNATURE "Thom. Wharton, Chman", a Pennsylvania merchant and politician during the Revolutionary War era, served as the first President of Pennsylvania after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Like many other Colonial merchants, Wharton joined boycotts in protest of the 1765 Stamp Act and the 1767 Townshend Acts. On May..... More