Boston: Printed and Sold by R. and S. Draper, 1764. Original self wraps. 17.5 cm. [24] pp. Original stitching starting, older restitching. Light toning and soiling to text. Very good. The almanac was the first one done by the son, after his father's death. Of note an elegy for the..... More
Feb. 15, 1868. One page. 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in., approx. 90 words. Addressed and dated by hand, 438 Fifth Avenue. New York Feb. 15 / (18)68. Faint old fold lines. Barnum writes to a Mr. J.A. Woodward [sp?] declining his invitation to deliver a lecture as the travel..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-1919. Four volumes. First editions. Vol. I: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker 1755-1788; Vol. II: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Vol. III: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; Vol. IV: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835. Green cloth. Octavo. 23 cm. Color frontispieces. xxvi, 506 pp; xviii, 593..... More
nd [July - August 1975]. Single sheet, 27 x 20 cm., slightly over a hundred words, addressed "Dear Roemer." Bush responded to Roemer McPhee frankly about his political future. Acknowledging he had been interested in the Vice- Presidency (under Ford), but didn't think it would happen, he says he still..... More
nd [1989-1993]. Photograph, 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Rockwell served as ambassador to Morocco during the 1970s surviving a coup attempt on King Hassan II of Morocco. Signed by President Bush in the margin below the image. Stamped Official Photograph of the White House on verso. More
nd [ca. 1936]. Photo 18.5 x 22 cm., laid down on a backing board, matted with his clipped signature. Butler is seated, looking out and away from the camera, Mrs. Butler's image is slightly blurred. Pierce Butler was one of the four horsemen ruling against many of the pieces of..... More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1953-1961. Eight volumes complete. All first printings. 25.5 cm. Red maroon cloth with gilt stamped black labels on spine. [Vol. 1] Jan. 20 to Dec. 31, 1953; [Vol. 2] Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1954; [Vol. 3] Jan. 1 to Dec, 31, 1955;..... More
nd [1953-1961]. Photograph, 20.5 x 25.5 cm. President Eisenhower is flanked by a man standing to the side and holding a handful of pens. More
[1953 or 1957]. Included are: a rhinestone brooch spelling out the letters "Ike"; a metal lapel pin in the shape of an elephant. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963-65. Two volumes: [Vol. one]: MANDATE FOR CHANGE 1953-1956; [Vol. two]: WAGING PEACE 1956-1961. First trade editions. Octavo. 24 cm. Blue cloth. Very good in dust jackets. Besides a few edge tears to the jackets a clean and bright set. Bookplates tipped..... More
[Washington, DC?]: np, 1960. 33 x 26 cm. 6 leaves. Illustrated.Tan fabrikoid-style wrappers, bond with cord at left margin. Embossed Presidential seal on front cover. Duotone print of Eisenhower has been removed. More
Baltimore and London: John Hopkins University Press, 1971-2001. Twenty-one volumes complete. First five volumes The War Years are second printings, all others are first printings. Octavo. 23.5 cm. Blue cloth with gilt stamped black spine labels. All very good or better. No markings or notable wear. A hard set to..... More
(1974–77). Color photograph of a smiling President Gerald Ford, 23 x 16 cm., laid down on a 35. 5 x 28 cm. mat board, with Ford's inscription and signature below photograph. "Official Photograph, The White House," stamped on verso of board. More
nd [1930s?]. Photo illustration, 32.5 x 24 cm. Signed below the image by Charles E. Hughes (ink a bit faded). Embossed stamp of the photographic studio of Harris & Ewing in lower left corner of image, additionally signed by Harris & Ewing. Charles Evans Hughes would become a key swing..... More
nd. Photograph, approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm., laid down on a backing board, matted. The two men are smiling broadly, Johnson has his arm around his companion's shoulders. Johnson's inscription is on the mat (slight stain below signature). More
nd. Photograph, 22.5 x 16.5 cm. laid down on a 36 x 28 cm. matting board. Johnson's inscription and signature are on the mat beneath the photograph. More
[1968]. 27 x 17 cm. 2pp. A touching letter. More
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November 28, 1964. Photo 23 x 21 cm. Letter 24 x 15 cm. Both laid down on backing boards, and matted together, backing boards mounted to mat with masking tape. Mat is rough along edges. Johnson's inscription is just barely visible across the surface of the photograph. More
Included are: a pair of cufflinks for inaugural ball on Jan. 20, 1969, with an image of the U.S. Capitol on one side; a pair of triangular shaped inaugural cufflinks, with an image of the U.S. Capitol, and "Nixon-Agnew" on one side ; a metal lapel pin "R. N. 72"..... More
January 25, 1971. TNS, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., approx. 33 words, from RN to "Dear Fritz." Pen and note mounted in a black shadowbox frame and glass. Walter Mondale was a Senator from Minnesota at the time this park was established in his home state. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First edition. 24 cm. xvi, (2), 460 pp. Grey cloth. Very good in edgeworn dust jacket. Inscribed on front endpaper by Dick Nixon to Roemer McPhee who was Associate Special Counsel to President Eisenhower. More
Montgomery, Alabama: National Publishing Company, Inc., 1919. First edition. 31 cm. 619, [3] pp. Photo illustrations and portraits. Original black cloth faded and flecked. Gilt stamping on spine and cover. A solid copy usually only found ex-library. Not in Blockson. Work: page 475. Well represented institutionally. A primary resource. The..... More
Yakutat, AK; Flatwoods, WV; New York City; Brasilia; etc. [1930-1958, 1962-3]. A collection of nearly 160 items, including Manila Talley's manuscript diary, 22 cm., stitched sheets on lined paper, some 30 pages of penciled entries, approx. 7000 words, from December 13, 1940 - January 13, 1941. Also included are about..... More
Fort Laramie, W.T. 1870. Partly printed, completed in manuscript. Text bordered by red and black lines, some of the hand-written sections underlined in red. Single sheet of thin vellum, 24 cm., wrinkled and stained, old fold lines, a printed header "Army of the United States," and vignette of the American..... More
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, (1992). First edition. 24 cm. xi, (1), 189pp. Gilt stamped brown cloth. Very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by author. More