New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First Edition. One eighth buckram spine with blue cloth over boards, titling boxed in black on the spine and quote by Truman in gilt on cover. INSCRIBED, "To Robert A. Wilson / From Harry Truman 2-23-63". 10.75" x 8", pp. 1- 253, with... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1953. Eighth Printing. Navy blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED "To Dr. Herbert Moffett / Withthe Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover". 9.25" x 6", pp. xv, 2-503 with fronitispiece and four full page B&W photographs. Quality text block, clean, and... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Special Presentation Edition. Tan cloth over boards with titling in gilt on blue panels on spine and authors signature impressed in gilt inside similar blue panel. SIGNED "Herbert Hoover" on tipped-in publisher's limitation page, Copy #169 of 500 numbered, signed copies. 6" x 9", pp. xii... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1952. Stated First Printing. Navy blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine. INSCRIBED "To Jules Jones / With the Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover" on ffe in Hoover's often used blue-green pen. 9.25" x 6", pp. xv, 2-503 with fronitispiece and six... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First / First. Quarter black cloth with red paper over boards and titling in gilt on spine. SIGNED "Archibald Cox" on title page. 9" x 6", pp. 1-434. Other than being price clipped, excellent copy with no defects noted. Archibald Cox Jr. (1912 – 2004) was the... More
New York: Henry Holt, 2014. Stated First Edition / First Printing. Blue textured paper over boards with titling in gilt on spine. SIGNED "Elizabeth Warren", neatly and broadly in blue sharpie on title page. 9.25" x 6.25", pp. 2-337, with 16 pp. of color photographs. Collectible copy of this outspoken... More
New York: Random House, 2007. First / First. Black paper over boards with titling in silver gilt on spine. Inscribed "To Anne Michael Keith! Thanks for your support Keep the faith! Joe Biden 2/27/14". 9" x 6", pp. xxiii, 4-365, with 8 pp. of B&W photos. Near as new copy... More
New York: Times Books Random House, 1996. Stated First Edition with complete number line. SIGNED "Bill Clinton" on title page. 5.5" x 8.25", pp [i-iix] ix-xiii [1-2] 3-178. Bill Clinton lays out his vision for the country. "In this era of old and new problems, old and new threats, old... More
New York: Random House, 2003. Stated First Edition with full number line. Dark brown paper binding with lighter brown boards and bronze titling on the spine. SIGNED "Sandra Day O'Connor" on title page. 6" x 9.25", pp. xvii, 5-330 with black and white photos throughout. Both the book and the... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Red cloth with gilt title on cover and title, author, publisher on spine. 5.75" x 8", pp. [4] 1-212, uncut fore edge. Text block is clean and firm, smudge at base of spine. DJ has 1/2' chip at top front edge and... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Stated First Edition. Red cloth with gold titling on spine. SIGNED "Sonia Sotomayor" on title page in blue ink. 6.25" x 9.25", pp. xi, [4] 5-319 with 16 pp. of B&W photos. Immaculate, near as new copy of the third woman and first Latina... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1963. 11th, 2nd and 3rd Printing. Blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and a facsimile of Hoover's signature on the cover. 6" X 9.25", Vol. 1 pp. xi, 1-496, VG with bumped corners, DJ is VG with light edge... More
London: R. Baldwin, February 1766. Quarter leather with marbled paper covers and worn leather corners. 8" x 5", Bound copies from Nov. 1760, Dec. 1761, May 1762, Feb - Nov 1766, and Appendix. Some period marginal notes in cursive flourishes, age toning. Small red bookseller label on fe, previous owner... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Maroon leather spine with original cloth spine adhered, boards covered in cloth with gilt bear on the cover, new classic marbled endpapers. 7" x 4.5", 4 pp. of advertisements beginning with 'Thoughts About Art', pp. [3], 4-299. Embossed Circulating Library stamp on dedication page and table... More
Edinburgh: Mr. Baskett and Company, 1728. Contemporary half tan leather with complimentary marbled paper, no external titling. 12" x 8", pp. xviii, 1-239. Well bound with typical age fade along edges and sporadic foxing, crease across middle of middle pages. Marginal annotation, asterisks in pencil highlighting key points by previous... More
New York: R. & W. A. Bartow, 1830. First American. 5.37" x 3.25", pp. vi, 8-301, frontispiece and light foxing mostly along the edges. Original boards re-attached with Japanese paper. "Invisibilia non decipiunt The unseen things do not deceive us" More
New York: William Wood & Company, 1880. Third Edition. Dark green cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine, in black on cover and medusa and decorative imprints. 9" x 5.75", pp. x, 1-344, clean and well bound. Previous owner name and inventory number on front endpaper dated 1889... More
Hartford, CT: D. F. Robinson, 1831. First Edition. Brown leather over boards with titling on red label on spine. 7.25" x 4.25", pp.vii, 2-356 with errata inserted after last page. Small tear at base of blank title page, previous owner name on same page, ffe torn at inside edge, age... More
Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1828. Period leather with titling on spine with red label. 5.5" x 3.5", pp. 4-478, with usual toning, occasional foxing, previous owner name in pencil on ffe. External leather cover scuffed, cracking at rear spine edge, 1/4" of spine top missing. Once an indespensible reference for... More
Dublin: Printed for Peter Wilson, 1755. Light brown leather with no external titling. 6.5" x 4", Dedication, Contents un-numbered, pp.10-353 follwed by Index. No. 47, September 3, 1712 through No. 555 in one volume. Chip on p. A and the last page of Index, neither affecting the print. Light tide... More
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Print, 1897. No. 154 / 600 Initialed by Elbert Hubbard. Grey paper over boards with red cloth spine and paper label title. Beautifully hand watercolored and highlighted. Title page has a bright flower drawing and many hand illuminated initials, first letter paragraphs in pastel. 8" x.... More
[New York City]: November 1928. ANS, 7.25" x 4.75" on blank stationary in wonderfully cursive script. No defects to note. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, (1842-1933) was the wife of flamboyant and now somewhat historically vilified American cavalry officer George A. Custer, best remembered for his “last stand” at the Battle of Little... More
Oyster Bay, NY: May 18 21 [1919]. Pair of letters regarding the family's preferred portrait of the late president, written within three days of each other. Autograph Letters Signed to Edward Bok. 2 and 3 pages, about 7 x 4 1/2 inches; minimal wear and light toning. The 3-page letter... More
Washington DC: Inaugural Committee, January 20, 1981. 11" x 8.5", thick stock with embossed script font. Three official invitations from the inaugural committee to the Inauguration, Ball and Gala of the 40th President of the U.S. Ronald Wilson Regan and his Vice President George H. W. Bush. Includes original envelopes... More
New York: The Review of Reviews Company, 1904. Statesman Edition. Deep red cloth with titling in gilt on spine and symmetric decoration on cover. 7.75" x 5.5", pp. 3-296, with frontispiece and tissue guard. Very clean and tight, no defects noted. Originally published in 1893 by Putnam, Roosevelt's journal of... More