New York: Warner Books, Inc. 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Half black cloth with purple paper over boards and titling on the spine in silver. SIGNED "Richard Nixon" on half title page in black ink. 6" x 9", pp. 1-371, with 32 pp. of B&W photographs. Inside of this book... More
np: U. S. Government, January 9, 1908. Third Proclamation [No. 791]. 8" x 13" folded broadside, typed document with typed signature of Pres. Roosevelt and Elihu Root, Secretary of State with 20" x 19" map folded and tipped into the center of the Proclamation. Light toning along top and left... More
np: Dec. 10, 1838. Rich brown leather with brilliant gilt titling on cover. 5.25" x 8", pp. 2-67 & pp. 2-18. Attractively rebound, with new end papers. Tipped into ffe is a 5" x 4", cut, SIGNATURE "M. Van Buren of New York" and in a different hand, "Rh. M.... More
Boston, MA: J. H. Eastburn, 1831. First Edition. New brown leather with titling and highlights in brilliant gilt on the cover. 5.25" x 8", pp. 6-100. Attractively rebound, with new end papers. Tipped into ffe, cut, partially printed, government document, dated 10th day of April, 1828 SIGNED "J. Q. Adams"... More
New York: Rand McNally, 1978. First Edition, thus. Tan cloth with four blue stars on the cover and red and blue titling on the spine. SIGNED "Omar N Bradley", 5.5" x 8.25", pp. xviii 2-618 with frontispiece and numerous maps, illustrations and photos throughout. Book and DJ are both in... More
Columbia Masterworks, COLPIX Records, Capitol Records, nd. Pictorial and graphic LP Album Covers with two record pouches. [A] I Can Hear It Now, Narrated by Edward R. Murrow, with the voices of Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Neville Chamberlain. Stapled in is a 14 pp. pictorial biography of Churchill. KOL 7000... More
Curtis Publishing Company, December 1963. Memorial Editions. Semigloss magazine paper covers. Both magazines are 10.5" x 13.5". POST, pp. 1-82 with a replica of a Norman Rockwell painting of JFK on a black bordered cover. 236th year, Issue No. 44, filled with photographs and articles of the assassinate President, LBJ... More
London, Paris and New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, c. 1878. Half tan leather with tan leather corners, marbled paper over boards, titling on spine in gilt on red and black labels with 5 raised bands and gilt flourishes between bands. 5.5" x 8.5", Vol. 1: pp. cv, 2-408, Vol... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Special Limited Edition, No. 413 of 1000 numbered copies. Brown buckram with titling in gilt on spine and 5-Star rank emblem impressed on front cover. 6.5" x 9.13", pp. vii, 3-348 with a color frontispiece of MacArthur with hands on hips and jutting corn cob pipe... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Limited Edition (No. 27 of 250). Rich green leather with titling and bands in gilt on the spine housed in a gray mottled slipcase with title on beige label. SIGNED "Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. Eckert" on limitation page. 9" x 12.13", pp... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1967. First Stated. Dark blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine blocked with black and gilt. 5.5" x 8.25", pp. xvi, 1-232. This is a fine book with a VG+ DJ, some light loss of color at corners top of... More
np: The Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, 1982. White cardboard covers with black titling and drawing on the cover. 9" x 12", pp. 4-107, which includes a facsimile of a manuscript copy of Truman's "The Military Career of a Missourian", 2 blue heavy weight divider pages before and... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1903. First Edition. Quarter brown leather with leather corners, same color cloth, titling on spine in brilliant gilt along with previous owner name in gilt. 9" x 11.5", pp. 8-246 with 3 sepia photographs and tissue guards of the three in Memoriam presidents. Colorful marbled... More
Hartford, CT: F. D. Bolles & Co. 1818. First Edition. Brown marbled leather covers with new brown leather spine, titling in gilt on black leather label on spine. 4" x 6.5", pp. xii, 2-300. Tipped in SIGNATURE "Jas Monroe" adjacent to printed title, "Secretary of State" from a clipped government... More
Hartford, CT: J. & W. Russell, 1819. Fifth Edition, Improved. 4” x 6.5”, pp. vii 10-336. Rebound with new leather spine and end new clean endpapers, pp. are toned with foxing, chipping on two free front, blank, original endpapers, ¼’ spot on front edge. Original, brown leather cover is buffed... More
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. First Edition. Black cloth with titling on spine and cover in gilt, with presidential seal on the cover. 7" x 10.25", pp. xxxi 1-285, with a B&W frontispiece of LBJ, which has a few wrinkles. Firm and tight, spotting on top and fore... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. Black cloth over boards with titling on cover in gilt with gilt border. 6" x 9", pp. vii, 1-88 with sepia frontispiece of Wilson at his desk and tissue guard. Inside is fine, signs of wear through at the corners and top and bottom... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1948. Black cloth over boards with titling on the cover in gilt with gilt border. 6" x 9", pp. 1-83, with frontispiece of FDR in side bust view with tissue guard. Fine interior with a handful of small white dots on the cover, bumping but... More
Monmouth, Oregon: Oregon Normal School, 1902. Loose pages kept inside a folded leather binder with moire spine and corners. A unique and lovely item. 8.25" x 10.5". 38 three-page records for collected plant specimens. The first page is a hand written description on a template, including 7 drawings of each... More
c. 1962. SIGNED "John Glenn" on the lower margin, 7.75" x 7.75" Black and White photograph on 8" x 10" sheet. Fine Condition. John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – Dec. 8, 2016) was a U. S. Senator from Ohio ('75 - '99). He distinguished himself as a Marine Corps... More
Washington DC: U. S. Postal Service, Feb 2, 1990. First Day Issue. SIGNED "Sandra Day O'Connor" on 7.5" x 4.25" envelope with $0.25 Bicentennial U. S. Supreme Court Stamp of Chief Justice John Marshall. Commemorative issue stamp includes 3.5" signature of the first woman on the Supreme Court. Also included... More
New York: June 1st, 1895. SIGNED "Benjamin Harrison". 4.75" x 1.5" adhered to cardboard backing. Typed "Very sincerely yours", followed by signature. In a different hand beneath the signature is the provenance, "written to C. Ellis Stevens from Fifth Ave. Hotel NY. June 1st 1895" Benjamin Harrison (Aug 20, 1833 –... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, January 1955. Third Printing. Half black cloth with light gray paper with embedded fibers over boards. Titling is in gilt on the spine with red highlight as well as the title on the cover. INSCRIBED "To Bill / from / Louis Armstrong / Satchmo" in green ink... More
Washington DC: U. S. Government, April 17, 1858. 5.25" x 8.25", 8 pp. Page 7-8 are printed 15 degrees off angle, light tide mark at top, most noticeable on p. 1, edges free of chips and tears, 5 foxing freckles on p 1. Throughout his career, Douglas was a fervent... More
