New York: Bantam, April 1968. First Paperback. Pictorial cardboard covers with RFK's photo on the front and back. Signed, "Robert Kennedy" in his typically diminutive script on blank inside cover. 7" x 4.25", pp. xix, 1-235. The younger Kennedy's treatise on positions and politics in the run-up to the 1968... More about To Seek a Newer World
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First Edition. Tan calf with a red label on spine for title and black label for volume with thin gilt bands, leather appropriately treated with Kugel-G. Red marbled endpapers with Vol II having four small round spots of stripped card holder. 5.75" x 9"... More about Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant; (Two Volumes
New York: Random House, 1999. First / First. Quarter blue textured paper with matching blue paper and titling in silver with author's initials, JM, impressed on the cover. SIGNED "John McCain" on bookplate attached to ffe. 9.13" x 6.13", pp. xi, 4-349 with full page B&W photos of the three... More about Faith Of My Fathers
New York: Random House, 2004. First / First. Quarter ivory cloth with ivory paper over boards titling in gilt. Matching ivory DJ has titling in blue and red, backed by a polymer coating. INSCRIBED "To Larry - Best Wishes John McCain" in black felt tip on title page. 7.75 "... More about Why Courage Maters; The Way to a Braver Life
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1967. First / First. Quarter black cloth with bright blue cloth over boards and titling in gilt on the spine with author's initials "EVR" in purple on the cover. SIGNED "Eddie Rickenbacker, 1967" in black fountain pen on ffe. 9" x 6", pp. 1-458 with... More about Rickenbacker; An Autobiography
Washington DC: Regnery, 2004. First / First. Blue paper of boards with titling on spine in silver gilt. INSCRIBED "Michael, With thanks and best wishes, Mitt Romney" in black felt tip on ffe. 9" x 6", pp. XIX, 1-396 with 8 pp. of B&W photos of highlights from organizing the... More about Turnaround; Crisis, Leadership and the Olympic Games
Portland, OR: Oregon Mail Advertising Corp. Nov 11, 1922. 13" x 9.5" unfolded, brown font on tan paper, uniquely folded with doors opening in the front. Inside is 9.5" x 4.5" black and white photo of TR as a Rough Rider upon his horse, folded across the middle. The statue... More about Dedication Exercises at the Unveiling Of Statue of Theodore Roosevelt
New York: The Outlook Company, 1909. Consolidated and Republished. Brown paper covers with titling in darker brown on the cover. 7.25" x 5", pp. 3-125 with frontispiece of TR. Spine has three ~1/2" tear at top center and bottom of spine and one at top of front cover. Dog eared... More about Outlook Editorials
Washington DC: Ransdell Incorporated, March 4, 1933. Stapled graphic cover by Newman S. Sudduth with portraits in oval frame and the Ship of State plowing through challenging seas. 11" x 8.5", pp. 2-64 with biographies, photos, schedule of events, lists of committees and patrons, and a history of the presidency... More about Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies; Inducting into office Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
Charleston, S. C. May 24, 1991. SIGNED "W. C. Westmoreland" in black ink. 10.3" x 7.25" on Westmoreland's personal stationary from the city of his retirement, with envelope. Addressed to Kent Wall, President, Johnson and Murphy [Shoes]; "Your mastercraftsman, Dominick DiMeola is an interesting fellow and I look forward to... More about Typed Letter Signed; General Needs a New Pair of Shoes
np: W. E. Scull, 1909. Publisher's Advance Order Copy. Pictorial boards on red cloth with an outline of Africa on the cover and an illustration, highlighted in gilt and dark ink, of the quest of a lion. Gilt is present, though not as originally bright. Wear at the extremities, rubbed... More about Roosevelt's African Trip; The Story of His Life, the Voyage from New York to Mombassa, and the...
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1897. First Edition. Bright red cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine with spine and cover having a near east decorative pattern also in gilt. 7.87" x 5.25", pp. [1] vii, 3-253, [2] 3-226 with fold-out map following last page, with B&W photographic... More about Morocco; Its People And Places, Two Volumes
Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1828. Printed by Griggs & Dickenson, Whitehall. Light brown, mottled, calf with titling in gilt on a red label on spine. 5.5" x 3.5", pp. 4-478. Small, thick book with early cracking, but not detached rear cover, light foxing, mostly to endpapers, moderate fade to pages... More about The American's Guide:; Comprising the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation,...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition with "A" on colophon page. Black cloth over boards with brilliant gilt titling on the spine and Washington's crest impressed on front covers with the motto, "Exitus acta probat" Fine 5 Volume set of this classic historical biography of the America's first... More about George Washington; A Biography in Five Volumes
West Point, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1965. First Edition. Spiral bound wraps of heavy, black, textured cardboard with cover imprint of titling and topographic map in gold. 14" x 12", pp. 1-164, complete with of diverse types of cartigraphic maps: aerial, pictorial, topigraphical, geological, in both color and... More about Atlas of Landforms
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. First Edition. Lavender cloth over boards with titling in silver on the spine. iNSCRIBED, "For Gloria Harrison.../s/ Adrien Stoutenburg / Lagunitas, Calif./ July 8, 1968". 8" x 5.25", pp. 15-127. This book is from the Gloria Grace Griffen American West Collection at the Univ... More about Heroes, Advise Us
Madison, WI: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1965. First Edition, Second Printing. Brown striated cloth with titling in gilt on the spine and a buckskin clad frontiersman on the cover. Mapped end papers. 9" x 6", pp. 5-444. Near as new copy with not defects noted. This book is... More about The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway; Kept on the Expedition of...
Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Three quarter, deep brown Moroccan leather with similar brown pebbled cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the spines. 10.38" x 7.75", with gilt top edge and marbled fore / bottom edge with decorative end papers. Vol I, pp. xxxv,19-847, [2]... More about A History Of Montana; Three Volumes
New York: Arnold Gingrich, December 1969. Graphic paper wraps with Eldridge Cleaver, Spiro Agnew and Jackie Onassis on the cover, in green slipcase with photos of period celebrities on front and back. 13" x 10", pp. 3-338, with articles, photographs and advertisements. Light wear at bottom of spine, else fine... More about Esquire; The Magazine For Men
New York: Science Fiction +, March 1953. First Edition. Coated stiff wraps with color illustration on the front and B&W on the rear. SIGNED COVER ART "Alex Schomburg" in blue ink at bottom of cover page. 11" x 8.5", pp. 4-66, with short stories and articles. Fade and stain on... More about Science-Fiction Plus; Preview of the Future
Fairfield, CT: Cartoonist Profiles, March 1979, No. 41. First Edition. Stiff orange paper cover with Hagar the Horrible on front cover and advertisement for Field Newspaper Syndicate on the rear. 11" x 8.5", pp. 3-98, with a Typed Note Signed (TNS) from Jerry DeFuccio to Alex Schomberg, the great science... More about Cartoonist Profiles
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
New York: A. L. Burt, [1886]. Reprinted from the Latest Revised London Edition. One quarter calf leather with leather corners, marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers. Five bands and gilt titling on the spine. 7.5" x 5", pp. xxv, 2-467, gilt top edge, frontispiece of the author with tissue... More about The Holy Roman Empire
North Hollywood, CA: Russell Long, B. S. E., Sept. 5th, 1952. First Edition / Review Copy. INSCRIBED, "Sept. 10-1952 / For the Library of the University of Nevada / en los E. U. A. /s/ Russell Long" 7.75" x 5.37", pp. 1-317, followed by fine fold-out map of Mexico and... More about Viva Libertad
Paris: E. Dentu, 1888. First Edition. One quarter brow leather with four bands, titling in gilt with marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers. 7" x 4.35", pp. x, 2-317, of a near fine book, tight and well bound with a faded green string bookmark, light edge wear.Light foxing to... More about Les Contes Du Reveillon