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
London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1988. Limited Edition #349 / 1000. One half ivory cloth with mottled brown paper over boards, solid brown end papers. 10.75" x 15.5", with maps, facsimiles and commentary. Vol. 1, Folios and Maps with three (3) maps in front pocket. Vol. 2 Introduction & Translation, pp... More
14 Wall St., New York, NY: February 11, 1946. SIGNED "Uncle Joe" in black ink and then "Francis Cardinal Spellman" in a different pen. Unique letter written the week before his trip to Rome for elevation to Cardinal by Pope Pius XII. The letter details Spellman's itinerary on this trip;... More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1876. Red cardboard cover with titling in black. 4.35" x 6.75", pp. 3-48 with both folded maps (Reference Map of Philadelphia and Plan of the Grounds and Buildings) still attached to the front and rear inside covers. Maps are in very good condition... More
Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, July 7, 1927. First Edition. Gray paper cover with titling in black. SIGNED "Walter J. Coates" on blank title page. 6" x 9", 28 four line stanzas and 18 footnotes of historical support in this 16 p. stapled booklet. Written for the Vermont Sesqui-Centennnial Commission... More
San Diego: William Tomkins, 1926. First Edition. Green patterned paper cover with title, author and illustration of a pipe smoking Indian on the cover. 6.5" x 9.75", pp. 6-77, with illustrations on most every page. Nearly a very good copy with age and toning along the edges and spine, fluttered... More
Poughkeepsie, NY: Father Tree Books, 1986. First Edition. Purple cloth over boards with titling on spine in silver. ASSOCIATION INSCRIPTION "To my dear son Richard / With Love, Dad" by Alex Schomburg. Additionally, tipped on the recto of ffe is a limited edition card #17 / 500 SIGNED by both... More
July 19, 1781. Quality document ideal for framing and presentation. 7.5" x 11.5", 1 pp. manuscript in dark brown ink on clean watermarked period paper. Originally folded into eighths, with light, old fold marks; four, minimal pin holes on two upper folds, one toning mark on rear, three words with... More
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1903. Three quarter leather bound. Deep brown leather with titiling and blocked decoration in gilt on spine and leather corners with green-brown marbled paper on the covers. 6" x 9", Vol. 1 pp. x, 1-206, other Vols. similar number of pages. Gilt top edge, all... More
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1902. Maroon cloth with titling in gilt on spine, Lincoln's gilt signature on the cover beneath a bust profile of Lincoln impressed on the front. 6" x 9", Vol. 1 pp. x, 1-206, other Vols. similar number of pages. Gilt top edge, uncut fore edge... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, Nov. 1904, N. First Edition. Maroon cloth over boards with titling in gilt impressed on the spine. 6" x 8.75, Vol. 1 pp. xix, 3-406, Vol. 2 xiii, 409. Both volumes of similar wear; cracked end papers front and back, wear at edges and... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. First Edition. 5.5" x 8.75", pp. xii, 1-361, uncut edges with 17 pp. of B&W illustrations. Very Good book minus chip at top of front inside spine and same at the bottom of rear end paper. bumped corners and spine ends, nick on... More
Baldwinsville, NY: Arthur H Clark Company, December 5, 1895. 5" x 8" lined note paper with densely autograph commentary. Good plus condition with mailing folds, top right corner torn, small closed tear at right side along fold line. Second letter is dated Jan. 6, 1999, 2 pp., very good condition... More
Montreal, CDA: Arthur H Clark Company, 1897-1899. 4.5" x 7" folded note card, autograph manuscript from note to length to multiple pp. Near fine condition with a paper clip impression at the top of several, mailing fold, otherwise clean and legible. Content: Translation difficulties, submission of partial completion, request for paper... More
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
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Blue textured cloth with gilt titling on spine and RN on cover with a design of gilt stars. SIGNED "Richard Nixon" on publisher's tipped in signature page. 6.75" x 9.5" (vii) xii [2] 3-1120, with 3 inserts of B&W photos... More
Palm Beach County, FL: 2000. 16” x 13” plastic platform with 5.5” x 7.5”,2 pp. ballot. Includes 10 Ballots and the chad stylus. Printed on the "Butterfly Ballot' are the names of the ten Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with Bush / Chaney at the top followed by Gore /... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Tan cloth over boards with titling in red on spine. INSCRIBED by an admirer to Judge Warren E. Burger on ffep. 5.5" x 8.25", pp. xviii, 2-233 with Ex-Libris Warren E. Burger bookplate with Seal of the Supreme Court at top. This... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Dark blue cloth with titling in gilt on spine and cover with blocking in tan and red. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED "For Dave Leroy / Arthur M. Schlesinger" in black ink on ffep beneath Leroy's business card and ownership signature. 5.5" x 8.25", pp xiv, 2-1087. Very... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First / First. Blue grey cloth over boards with titling in silver on spine and cover. ASSOCIATION COPY "For Dave / Arthur M. Schlesinger" in black ink on fep, beneath owner signature, "Dave Leroy" and tipped in business card. 6" x 9", pp. xii, 2-1066 with... More
P. F. Collier and Sons, 1909 / 1910. First Edition. Red leather covers and gilt titling and gilt bands on the spines, Veritas crest embossed on the covers. Top edges are vibrant gilt. Front and back end papers are blue grey with "VE RE TAS" pattern. The first 25 volumes... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1938. First British Edition. SIGNED "Anne Morrow Lindbergh" and "Charles A. Lindbergh, I Illiec 1938" on half title page. 5.25" x 8", pp xii, 3-274 with uncut bottom edge. A dirt spot on the front cover, light rubbing on front and back, dirt spot on top... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Stated First Edition. Bright red cloth with titling blocked in blue on spine and a blue rectangle with LBJ's signature impressed on cover. SIGNED "Lyndon B. Johnson" on LBJ bookplate with presidential seal and initials in gilt on a publisher's tipped in half... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First / First U. S. Edition. Half maroon cloth with maroon paper over boards and titling in brilliant gilt on the spine. INSCRIBED "To Johanna Neuman / Best Wishes / Margaret Thatcher" on title page in blue ink. 6" x 9.2", pp. xiv, 3-656 with... More
New York: Crown, 2010. First / First. SIGNED, "George Bush" on publisher's bookplate affixed to fep. 6" x 9.25" pp. xii, 2-497 with 32 pages of color photographs. Book and DJ both in fine condition, minus 1" rub on fep and an unrelated autograph gift inscription on the dedication page. George... More