Washington DC: American Forestry Association, 1950. First Edition. Bright clean colors. First time "Smokey the Bear" appeared in a comic book. 7" x 9.75", 16 pp. un-numbered. Prior to this comic book, Smokey Bear had peripheral exposure on posters by the American Forestry Association. This comic elevated his exposure to..... More
![Item #3126 Ten [10] Issues of The Sketch; Portland's Illustrative Weekly. Murray Wade](/pictures/thumb/3126.JPG?v=1663886703)
Portland, OR: Murray L. Wade, 1906 - 1910. First Edition. Issues range in size from 10." x 12" and larger. Range of dates is from Vol. I No. 12 (Sept 15, 1906) through Vol. IX, No. 17 (April 30, 1910). Six are in very good condition, Four are in good..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926 & 1939. First Edition, later printing for boxed set. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine, "A. Lincoln" blind stamped on the cover of the Prarie Years and "Your Obt. Servr. A. Lincoln" on the War Years. 6" x 9.25 Very..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Red cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spines and the cover, with gilt rules. 6" x 9", V. 1:xvii, 1 - 646 [1], followed by folded map tipped into rear endpaper, map is in fine condition. Other volumes..... More
c. 1944. 24" x 36", 1 pp. broadside, hand drawn with heavy pencil or charcoal, training material for WWII island invasions. Signed: "Landing Team-2 / Intelligence Section / Drawings By John G. Ward Jr. Fold-3 database identifies a soldier of the same name from Philadelphia PA, b. 1917, who was..... More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. Stated First Edition. Aqual blue faux leather over boards with titling in black on the spine. INSCRIBED "To Bradley Lewis / hope you enjoy this bit of 'Dubuquiana /s/ Dick Bissell Bubuque August 1953". 5 1/2" x 8", 3 - 245 pp. Nice..... More
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition, Second Issue. Burnt orange cloth over boards with titling in black on the spine. 5.25" x 7.37", 11 - 213, One of 1400 copies printed by HBC after the original publisher, Liveright, suffered financial failure after having printed only 800..... More
Washington DC: January 10, 1878. 9.75" x 7.5", 3 pp., on lined stationary, impeccable, crisp, readable penmanship. Very fine letter in which Henry writes to Joseph Patterson to thank him for setting up a Smithsonian Institution testimonial to himself. Henry is effusive in his humility and generous in his gratitude..... More
Washington DC: U. S. Government, August 6, 1842. Signed, as Secretary of State, granting a patent to Abram S. Valentine and Bellefonte Penn for their "Improvement in the construction of Steam boilers." Countersigned by Commissioner of Patents Henry L. Ellsworth. With an ink and wash diagram on paper and an..... More
![Item #3112 Three [3] Manuscript Letters From Surveyors in the Iowa / Wisconsin Territory. Wm....](/pictures/thumb/3112.JPG?v=1663195600)
1849 - 1854. Letters addressed to the Surveyor General of Iowa and Wisconsin, Caleb Booth. Reporting the surveyors work in the field, laying out what was then the near West. Blue stationery, 15" x 9" folded in half, with flattened mailing folds. All letters are docketed on the rear with..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B Mosher, September1912. First Limited Edition of 300 Copies. Green. 8.5" x 11.75", 50 un-numbered pp. Printed on hand made, Fabriano paper from Italy with uncut edges, text only on the recto of each page. Internally clean and well bound, 1918 gift inscription and previous owner (Malcolm..... More
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. 5.65" x 8.5", 49 un-numbered pages of typed poems. four [4] sets of poems stapled in top left corner, cover page detached from staple. This anthology of poems from world renown poets was typed as a submission to Harcourt and published in..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford, 1798. First Edition. Attractive contemporary binding, pocked brown leather with four raised bands, titling in gilt on black label on spine, mauve and blue feathered marble end papers. Manuscript note on title page: "Exlibris Biblioteca / Samuelis Wilson". Likely attribution of prior ownership..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1867. Brown textured leather with five raised bands, titling in gilt on the spine, decorative border blind stamped on the cover, gilt tooled decorative border on the edges of inside cover and yellow endpapers. Cracked gutters on inside covers, but integrity of the book is..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Bradley-Garretson, c. 1903. Deep Blue cloth over boards with folding snap cover and leather carrying handle. 7" x 9.75", contains four preliminary salesmen samples of books to be order pre-publication. Seven lines of ordering page filled out with examples of sample orders. Interior weakness to some spines, 3-of-4..... More
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1966. First Edition. Printed card covers in black text on spine and cover. Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eight-Ninth Congress, Second Session. 6" x 9", Vol 4: vi, 2901-3482, Vol. 5: v 3483-4029. Fascinating testimony before the Committee..... More
March 23, 1976. 8.5" x 14", 1 pp., photocopy of Form No. 2-0 [Ohio] with original signature from Ronald Reagan and countersigned as a witness by his campaign manager John P. Sears. This "Consent for use of name as second choice for the Presidency" was produced in great haste as..... More
Washington DC: May 6, 1991. 8.5" x 11", 1 pp Fine, SIGNED in blue felt tip pen, with her iconic smiley face in the loop of the "P" in her name. Includes autograph note, "Fight on - Hope to see you soon!" Pat Scott Schroeder was the first female Representative..... More
Washington DC: c. 1859. Strong, bold signature nearly 4" long on a note from the President to his Secretary of State, Lewis Cass, in the year leading up to the Civil War. 9.75" x 8", 1 pp. An ink spot touching one word at top third, two small, closed tears..... More
Georgetown, VA: Feb 27 1832. 10" x 16.25", folded, 1 pp., brown ink on woven period paper. Docketed on the rear, "To The President & Directors of the Bank U. S. Washington". Well written and nicely penned letter is addressed and written to the leadership of the Bank of U.S...... More
Dover Publications, 2012. First Edition. 11" x 8.25", 16 unnumbered pages, over 120 stickers and 2 big play scenes. Red vs. Blue, R vs. D, a cheeky memento of a historical election year and the politicians and press who memorialized it. "Help Obama, Gingrich, the Clintons, Romney, and others scramble..... 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. Attractive set with bright, red-black-ivory spines. Often found faded with chipped DJ's this is a superlative set, bright and vibrant. Christmas gift..... More
5.25" x 1.75", signed in ink on clipped letter. Strong clear, light fade at corners, attractively matted beneath an etching of Taney signed in pencil by the artist Alfred Rosenthal Roger Brooke Taney, a graduate of Dickinson College, might well be the most controversial Supreme Court justice in American history..... More
Houston, TX and Washington D. C. 1987 / 1999. Two letters signed by the 41st President. George H. W. Bush, and his always popular wife Barbara Bush. 1P, 6.5" x 8.5", December 31, 1999, Houston , TX. TLS on official George Bush letterhead written to a Mr. Harold Wiesenthal. Bush..... More
1983. Signed "Sally K Ride" in blue ink at lower left, just above her head. Photograph of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger Flight STS-7, a five member crew which also included: Robert L. Crippen (Commander), Frederick H. Hauck (Pilot), John M. Fabian, and Norman Thagard. Official NASA color..... More