Springfield, IL: Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1924 - 1940. First Edition. Light blue paper with 1/8 linen spine and paper labels for each year. 1924: Introduction: Logan Hay; The House of the House Divided: Henry A. Converse; Lincoln as a World Figure..... More
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1908. First Edition. Blue textured cloth of hardback with gilt titling on both the cover and the spine. 4.75" x 7.5", [iv] v-x, 1-70 with 6 pp. of advertisements for other G. P. Putnam books. Gilt page ends still brilliant, slight bumps on corners. Medal..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Dark blue cloth over hardboard with still bright titling on the cover and spine in gilt. Association Copy 4.86" x 17.25", pp. vi, 1-112. This is a revised edition of the prize poem, "Abraham Lincoln," published in "The New York Herald"..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition Stated. Blue cloth of hard back with impression on the cover and gilt titling on the spine. 6" x 8.75", pp. xi [xv] 3-373 with frontispiece and 7 additional illustrations. Clean, tight copy with no internal marks, small Milwaukee bookseller label on..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. Green cloth over hard covers with paper label title on cover and spine, titling in black and trim in matching green. 5.5" x 8.5", pp.[18] 19-277. Clean fine copy of this unique comparison of two of the 19th Century's most American minds. Dr. Barton assures his..... More
Eugene, OR: ACW Press, 2003. First Edition. Pictorial boards. SIGNED "Semper Fidelis! Bob Boardman Psalm 1" on title page with black and white photos throughout. With a foreword by Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, this books recounts the character of soldiers which are forged in the crucible of combat and..... More
Philadelphia: The Judson Press, November 1950. Stated Second Edition. Red cloth with titling on the spine and cover in gilt. INSCRIBED, "To my fine young friend, Helen Walder / With the best wishes of the author / J Whitcomb Brougher Sr. / Feb 12 1954", in blue ink on ffe..... More
New York: Crown, 2010. First Edition / Later Printing. SIGNED, "George Bush" on publisher's bookplate affixed to fep. 6" x 9.25" pp. xii, 2-497 with 32 pages of color photographs. Book and DJ both in fine condition. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States (2001 - 2009) recounts..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Bright yellow card stock with black printing. SIGNED "J Carter" on title page. 6.13" x 9.25", pp. xiv 1-261 with more than 25 black and white photos throughout. Hot off the press condition of the relatively common book in this..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. First / First. Quarter blue cloth with matching paper over boards and titling in silver gilt on spine. SIGNED "Best Wishes / Jimmy Carter" on Carter Center Bookplate. Uncommon compared to the usual "J Carter". 6.25" x 9.25", pp. xiv 1-272 with more than..... More
Council Bluffs, IA: Monarch, 1914. Khaki cloth over soft cover. Tipped in note, dog-eared, "Compliments of Major General Grenville Dodge" at the inside front cover. 6" x 9" pp. [7] 8-237. Clean tight copy, with 1" of binding tape separated at bottom inside cover, damp stain on preface page cracked..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Quarter black paper with gray cloth over boards and titling on spine in silver. INSCRIBED "To Andrew / With best wishes - / Elizabeth Drew / 9/12/02" on blank title page. 6" x 9" pp. 1-181. Near new condition with light rubbing..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. First Edition. Light brown paper over boards with title and illustration on the cover, 1/8th cloth on spine with titling on paper label. 4.75" x 7.5", pp. [3] 4-118, clean, firm copy throughout. Corners are worn, cover front and back a bit dirty, top..... More
Philadelphia: Department of History of the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1940. First Edition. Tan paper over boards with 1/3 linen binding, titling printed in black on spine with typographical label on cover. Copy # 247 of 300 printed by Davis & Warde..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. 486 pp., 8vo, minor fray at top and bottom of spine. "I joined the National Republican Club in 1909. I 1912 I rooted for Theodore Roosevelt and supported him by financing other to root." (p. 120). More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1937. Stated First Edition. Deep blue cloth over boards with titling on spine in gilt. 9.25" x 6.25", pp. 5-530, followed by fine fold-out map of Wistar's 1849 route across the country, frontispiece and eight illustrations. Book is in collectible condition with a mostly very..... More
Lexington, KY: The Transylvania Press, September 1932. First Edition. Red linen over boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. Limited to 500 copies, 6: x 9", pp. [viii] x 3-166 with frontispiece and 5 illustrations, end papers include red on tan illustrations of Kentucky, leading newspapers and momentous memorialization..... More
Madison, WI: The Robert M. La Follette Co., August 1925. Memorial Edition / Eighth Ed. Yellow / tan cloth over boards with titling on the spine and cover in black. 5" x 7.5", pp. xii, 3-807 with 20 full page B&W illustrations and a frontispiece of author (last known photo)..... More
New York: W.W Norton, 1972. First Edition? Electric blue cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine. Pictorial end papers of Eleanor in various stages of her life. INSCRIBED by the son of President Franklin Roosevelt to his brother. Association copy, " To Elliott and Patty - Merry..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1905. First Edition. Red Cloth over boars with titling in gilt on spine and front cover with gilt border on front cover. 8.75" x 5.57", Vol. I pp. xii, 1-400, Vol II pp. viii, 1-428, with gilt top edge and and uncut fore and bottom edge..... More
Washington DC: W. E. Scull, 1901. Memorial Edition. Green gray cloth over boards with titling in gilt, faded on spine and intermittent on the cover. Patriotic crests still colorful. 6.5" x 9", pp. xvi 17-503 profusely illustrate with reproductions from original photographs, original drawings and Special Pictures. Very good condition..... More
New York: A. Wessels, 1908. First Edition. Red cloth with black outline on cover and titling on spine. 3.5" x 5.25", pp. xiv 1 -187 [1], gift inscription on ffep, ink dot(?) on title page and rep. Cover has a handful of spots, faintest of spine sunning, but spine titling..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Boxed Trade Set. Red cloth with gold titling on spine. 6.25" x 9.25", Vol. I vii 3-472. light smudge on spine, Vol. II, viii pp.3-524 light rub on front cover. "Lincoln is making little speeches as he wends his way toward Washington, wrote George..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. First Edition. Maroon half cloth and gray paper over boards with titling on spine in silver. "INSCRIBED "To Mae and Helen Shuhan / Best wishes / Claude Pepper / Nov. 20 1989" with fountain pen on ffep. 6" x 9" pp. xvi 1-320 with..... More
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1943. First Edition. Green Bancrofts Linen with titling on spine in gilt. 5.75" x 8.75", pp. [vii] x 6-211, with 16 primary illustrations. This book is in as new condition with no internal marks and only a small indent at the bottom front cover. DJ..... More