New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1971. First Edition. Blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED to Elliot Roosevelt, Eleanor's fourth child, by both the author and his brother, Franklin Roosevelt Jr. who wrote the introduction. 6" x 9.25", pp. xvii, 4 - 765 with..... More
Washington DC: July 13th, 1892. 18,75" x 22.5", on vellum with two attractive engravings: one of a menacing eagle at the top with "E Pluribus Unum" scroll and a variation of the military landscape of mortar and ball, flags and military imagery by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, U...... More
February 22nd, 1837. 19" x 27", partially printed document on vellum with two attractive engravings: one of a menacing eagle at the top with "E Pluribus Unum" scroll and a variation of the military landscape of weapons, flags and military imagery. This is an appoint of Albemarle Cady to First..... More
Washington DC: March 22, 1907. 21" x 16", partially printed document on vellum for Alfred M. Hunter, appointed Major in the Artillery Corps, bearing the signatures of President Theodore Roosevelt and William H.. Taft, Secretary of War with attached U.S. War Office seal (bottom left), plus stamped The Adjutant General's..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1951. First Edition, Presentation Copy (1/28). Red leather with titling in gilt on spine and 5-Star insignia on cover with map endpapers. INSCRIBED, "I very much appreciate the fine assistance you gave to Chet and me in puting (sp) the book in shape. ONB". 1/27 leather..... More
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 seven volume set of this classic historical biography of the America's first..... More
Charleston, SC: January 31, 1964. Two items: Typed Letter Signed, 1 p. 4to addressed to an Ernest Schwartz of Ardmore Junior High School confirming the inclusion of having signed stamp covers. Usual mail folds, light fade mark to left center. Printed on The Citadel Stationary. Also included is a 4"..... More
Camp Parks, CA: 1944. Excellent war time archive of letters from U. S. Seabee Russell Cody to his wife Peggie in Bridgeport, CT. 6.25" x 10.25" mostly on stationary with colorful Seabees letterhead, 1 from SF USO. Included are most the original transmittal envelopes. Handwriting is neat and legible. Cody..... 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
Quarter tan cloth with brown paper cover resembling the original book. 6' x 9' x 2" box bearing a cloth spine and a cover from the 1940 book "The Guarantors of German Victory". On the inside cover, Sperrle pasted a printed quote by Adolf Hitler: "Only one can win and..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Quarter black cloth and tan cloth over boards with titling in silver gilt on the spine. Different endpapers, both with maps of Pacific Ocean and operations area. INSCRIBED "Stevphen W. Bumball / With warm personal regards & May your seas..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. Book Club Edition. Blue cloth over boards with gilt titling on spine. SIGNED by Rickenbacker and five (5) of the six comrades who were adrift at sea for 21 days on the Pacific and two seaman who assisted in the rescue. 5.5"..... More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Stated First Edition. Blue cloth with visible weave, title block on spine in red with gilt titling. SIGNED, "Montgomery of Alamein, F. M. / 1958" on free front endpaper. Red top edge, 6" x 9.25", pp. 15 - 508, with forty pages of..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Edition after printing of 525 De Luxe copies. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine. SIGNED "Carl Sandburg" on half title page in his, almost calligraphic script. 6" x 9.25 Vol. I pp. [vi] vii-xxxi [2] 3-660, else complete and..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1971. First Edition. Green cloth with titling on spine. INSCRIBED, "For William Nezowy / With Best Wishes of - Roy Cohn" in blue ink on ffep. Laid in is a note on Cohn's personal, home address stationary, Signed, confirming his address to Nezowy. 6.25" x 9.25"..... More
New York: New York Times, December 2, 1992. Inscribed, “For Barry Hoffman with my good wishes..." 1p. Folio. . A black-and-white New York Times photograph of an elderly Hiss attired in a turtleneck sweater, seated in an office; inscribed vertically in the right blank margin, HISS, ALGER. (1904-1996) was a...... More
Grand Coteau, LA: April 2, 1955. Autograph Letter, 3/4 p. 4to. Grand Coteau, April 2, 1955. Accompanied by a SP. (“Elizabeth T. Bentley”) 1p. 8vo. A dramatically lit sepia bust portrait photograph, inscribed on the verso: “To: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Browne / With my best wishes / Elizabeth T...... More
Los Angeles: Institute of Archaeology, 1982 / 1983. First Edition. Brown paper wraps with titling and Petro illustration in white. 8.5" x 11", V. 1 pp. 1 - 326, V. 2 pp. xi, 1 - 356, densely illustrated with Picto drawings on almost every page. Edge wear to paper wraps..... More
Washington DC: c. 1950. Contemporary black, beveled matte. SIGNED by all nine Supreme Court Justices of what was known as the Vinson Court ('46 - '53). This B&W period photograph is copyrighted by 'Harris Ewing'. There are at least three known photographic versions of this Court, a different one being..... More
New York: Gallery Books, 2012. Later printing. Quarter gray cloth with gay paper over boards and titling on spine in red gilt. INSCRIBED, "To Brent Pittan / Clint Hill" and SGNED by co-author as well in black sharpie on title page. 6" x 9.25", pp. 4 - 343, with scores..... 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
Brushy Mountain State Prison, TN: c. 1982. Signed "Love you Sweetheart - James", 8.5" x 11", blue lined composition paper, tattered along top edge where removed from pad, closed tear at top edge, 1" hole torn along left margin, several creases and mailing fold. James Earl Ray (1928 - 1980) was..... More
Vacaville, CA: c. August 1986. SIGNED "Easy Manson", with his usual swastika over his signature, note written entirely in the hand of Charles Manson, on rear verso of letter from Fringe Product. Swastika imposed over signature, as was common by Manson. Includes original mailing envelope with Manson's signature in the..... More
Vacaville, CA: c. 1980. SIGNED "EZ Manson", with his usual swastika over his signature, letter written entirely in the hand of Charles Manson, 2 pp. on ruled, blue lined, 8.5" x 11" composition paper, written in pencil. Mailing folds, else fine. From the estate of Nuel Emmons, Manson's biographer. Swastika..... More
North Bay, CA: November 5, 1986. SIGNED "Easy Manson", with his usual swastika over his signature, letter written entirely in the hand of Charles Manson, 2 pp. on ruled, blue lined, 8.5" x 11" composition paper. Includes addressed mailing envelope to Neil Emmons / 3427 Lakeshore / Nice, CA 95464..... More