Chicago: Belford, Clarke, and Company, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. Complete three volume set illustrated with photographs of the Lincoln family and facsimiles of authograph letters by Lincoln. Bound in original navy cloth. About as fine a set as we have ever encountered..... More
Washington DC: GPO (Government Printing Office), 1866. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 3/4 X 9 Inches. 69 PP. First printing of the first address delivered on Lincoln's birthday following his assassination. Signed and inscribed by Luke Poland, U.S. Senator from Vermont (1865-67) to Middlebury Colleget Professor W.H. Parker on..... More
Somerset, OH: Rosary Press, 1964. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 14 PP (unnumbered). Includes excerpts from Pope Paul VI and from JFK's 1961 Inaugural Address. A fairly scarce little booklet with OCLC locating "0" copies. More
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 640 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Bush on bookplate affixed to title-page. Hint of scuffing to..... More
New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 86 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Hoover to Edwin and Henrietta Friendly on the half title-page. Edwin Friendly was..... More
New York: Flatiron Books, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 258 [2] PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number code to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.00 intact. This book fresh from the case! More
New York: Original Letter, 1911. Original Letter. 5 3/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. One-page Typed Letter Signed on Roosevelt's "Outlook' magazine stationery. Nice, full signature of Theodore Roosevelt. The recipient, Louisa Lee Schyler was the great-granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton. Most notably, she was the founder of the first Nursing school..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1961. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 164 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. First "Young Reader's Edition" that includes the illustrations by Emil Weiss. Kennedy's famous short biographies of American statesmen who inspired him. DJ exhibits a hint of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 957 [42] PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Bill Clinton directly on the title-page. More
Lunenburg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, 1967. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 3/4 Inches. 362 PP. #273 of 1500 copies signed by Lynd Ward on the limitation page. Original marbled paper boards with cloth spine and tips. Housed in original issue slipcase. A very attractive copy. More
New York: Random House, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Jon Meacham, winner of the Pulitzer, directly on the title-page. Accompanied by original store notification print-out..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. Complete two-volume set of "The White House Years" by President Dwight Eisenhower. Signed by IKE on personal bookplate affixed to half title-page of "Waging Peace." First edition copies of both as stated..... More
Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 7 1/2 Inches. 351 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. More
New York: Scribner, 2010. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 456 PP. #1286 of 2500 copies signed by Laura Bush on special limitation page. Original limitation sticker and COA as called for. Housed in original issue clamshell box. A very attractive copy. Box exhibits a few..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 20 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $12.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on bookplate affixed to first..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1860. First Edition. Cloth. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. 216 PP. First printing of the hardcover, preceded by about a week by the original "wraps" issue. A scarce campaign biography that includes the rare original "Beardless Lincoln" frontis illustration. Original black cloth binding..... More
Seattle, WA: King County Democratic Central Committee, 1971. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 164 PP. Original oblong wraps with red, white and blue spiral binding. Recipes from the wives of severl members of Congress as well as others affiliated with the Johnson administration. Love the..... More
Philadelphia: Avil Printing Company, 1898. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 119 PP. Signed, "Blaine Donaldson - With the Regards of Thomas Donaldson. March 23 - 1898 - First One Issued" directly on the title-page. A splendid association of the first book issued signed to author's..... More
New York: Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis - For Furman & Loudon, 1801. Third Edition. Leather bound. 5 1/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 392 PP. Stated "Third American Edition" on the title-page. The only book-length work by Jefferson to be published during his lifetime. Retains the scarce original 1794..... More
New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 1280 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $39.95 intact on front flap. Exhaustive and impressive biography of FDR. Top gutter a bit dusty else..... More
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1809. Early Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 Inches. 228 PP. Stated "Ninth Edition" on the title-page. Earlier printings are seldom seen. The fifth edition printed in the same year is the origin of the "I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 Inches. 212 PP. "The Second Copy" in Hoover's hand! First printing copy of Hoover's first book after leaving office. An interesting copy that is signed, "The Second Copy - To its greatest Contributor - Dave..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. Original red leather with 22 KT gold gilt trim and title-stamping to spine. Four raised hubs to spine. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 20 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $12.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on laid-in bookplate. More
Nashville, TN: Original Document, 1789. Very early ADS (Autograph Document Signed) "Andrew Jackson" penned as a young attorney, 1 PP, Legal Sized Folio [8 1/4 X 12 3/4 Inches]. Legal document in which George Suggs pledges himself bound to Samuel Hayes in the amount of five hundred pounds in exchange..... More