THE MOUNT VERNON LIBRARY.
Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1937. 16mo. 14 pp. A small history of the restoration of the library at Mount Vernon. Black-lettered grey paperwraps; stapled. Very good. More
Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1937. 16mo. 14 pp. A small history of the restoration of the library at Mount Vernon. Black-lettered grey paperwraps; stapled. Very good. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., (c1955-1956). Later printings of the original edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xi, 596; xi, (2), 594 pp. Inscribed on the half-title of each volume "To James S. Simpson / From Harry Truman / 12-5-66." Truman (1884-1972) served as the thirty-third President of the United States..... More
(Washington, DC): Blair and Rives, printers, 26th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Document 1, 1840. 8vo. 16 pp. Disbound pamphlet; some browning to text, but very good. Van Buren's final State of the Union address, reporting on the improving economy and the events of the Seminole War in Florida. More
New York: Beadle and Co., (c1861). First edition. 12mo. 118 pp. Double-page map. Cover title: Winfield Scott: Commander-in-Chief, U.S.A. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Scott was, indeed, commander-in-chief of the United Sates Army, but he retired in October, 1861, on account of age and infirmities. Owner's signature, dated..... More
Akron, Ohio: Privately printed, 1899. First edition. 8vo. Frontis. (portrait of Miller), xii, 179 pp., in text illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt stamped titles on the front cover and spine, top page edges gilt. Some wear to edges. Note in ink on fly leaf: "This book, containing the card of Mrs..... More
Head Quarters, Bergen County, (NJ): 1780. Folio, one page, approximately 125 words, in part: “I perceive … that you had collected about two hundred Cattle more, and that a further number might be obtained … I cannot of right command the services of the militia … let the commanding officers..... More
Reported and published by Williams Hincks and F.H. Smith. Washington, (DC): Buell and Blanchard, printers, 1852. 8vo. 37 pp. [printed double-column]. Original printed plain pink wrappers (soiled), stitched; scattered foxing, but very good. First edition. Francis Lieber's copy with his ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper. More
Charlottesville, VA: U. Press of Virginia, (c1987). First editions of the first two volumes in this series. 8vo. 2 volumes: xxiv, (2), 511; xxiii, (3), 533 pp. Title page vignette for each volume. Very good. Gilt-stamped back cloth, decorated dust jackets. (10834). More
[Springfield, MA: 1814]. Broadside, 29 x 18.5 cm. Two odes, printed in two columns, with typographical border between the columns, and at the head and foot of text. Unevenly torn along top edge, just touching typographical border; some old spotting. Old repair on verso, using old paper, of a long..... More
nd (ca.1859). "Drawn on the spot and in colors by C.H. Wells. Printed in oil colors by F. Collins." A wood engraving, colored, of George Washington's home Mount Vernon, shown from its river side, approx. 19.5 x 21.5 in., matted, glazed and framed. Upper corners of the image are curved..... More
Worcester, [MA]: Isaac Sturtevant, 1813. First edition. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 48 pp. On the conflicting claims between Madison and Clinton during the recent election, defending the latter. More
New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1893. First edition. Large 8vo. 84 pp. Portrait plates and illustrations; some manuscript additions and markings. Begins with the 17th-century New England and Massachusetts Bay ancestors of John and John Quincy Adams, among others, and continues through the 19th century. Ownership signature and book..... More
Boston, (MA): Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First edition. 8vo. 274 pp. “Explores a controversial and neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency: it was achieved by virtue of slave ‘representation’ and conducted to preserve that advantage.” Cloth and boards, color illustrated dust jacket. Fine. More
(New York): Winchester Press, (c1971). First edition. Small 4to. ix, (1), 278 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Biscotti, p. 469. Very good. Gilt-stamped red cloth, illustrated dust jacket. (7394). More
(New York): Published by Edward J. Clode, Grosset & Dunlap, Distributors, 1917. Early fund-raising effort for the Red Cross. 16mo. 44 pp. Illustrated at the end with a plate from a photograph of the President marching in a parade, holding the American Flag. In this address, Wilson asks for a...... More
New York: Printed and Sold for the Author, by G. & R. Waite, 1802. Disbound. 21 cm. [3], 4-58pp. Scattered foxing, old tidelines along upper margins of text, at gutter. Howes W 629: "Reply, by the author of the suppressed book, to James Cheetham's Narrative..." More
[Troy, NY: 1849]. A 5 pp. letter, approx. 1500 words, in a clerical hand, signed by John E. Wool. Written on blue paper, and marked "Copy / Private" at the head of the first page, this letter was addressed to O.P. Baldwin and R.H. Gallaher, Editors of the Richmond Republican..... More
Minneapolis, (MN): Lerner Publications Co., (c1999). First edition. Small 4to (24 cm). 64 pp. Illustrated from color photographs, portraits, plans, maps. Includes a chapter on slave life at Monticello. Cover title: A Personal Tour of Monticello: How It Was. Aimed at younger readers. Color illustrated glossy boards. Fine. More