Medallic Art Company: np, 1919. Hardcover. Bronze. Obverse shows a winged female holding a sword (Victory) with a radiant sun behind, with the words "Vixit Vixit Vixit" [he has lived, in the present and future]; reverse is a scroll (topped by an eagle) with "In Memory of One Who Died..... More
The Evening News Association: Detroit, MI, 1900. Paperback. Colored photos, oblong 8 x 11.5", limp brown cloth, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, some finger soiling, but colored photos still bright with tissue guards (mostly good); with large section on The Detroit News. Photos of the waterfront..... More
Harper's: NY, 1860-1865. 6 Vols. Illus.; ads, each 16 x 11.25", half red leather; marbled boards, vp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities lightly worn, hinges loose, some tears to pp, some spotting, last issue (Dec 30, 1865) is missing everything but first cover and verso, else a very nice set..... More
4.75x4.75x2", top and bottom cuts original, a couple of chunks out at corners else v.g. with darkened barss plaque with Presidential seal affixed to one face. Removed during the Truman renovation of the White House of 1950, probably base of column, or flooring, about 5 pounds of history! Would look..... More
np, nd. Paperback. Approximately 35 x 49", on synthetic material (nylon?), printed on both sides but with four blue silk (?) stars sewn on either side, with thick canvas header and brass-colored grommets; folds else very nice and clean. BOLDLY SIGNED ON HEADER BY BARBARA BUSH, GERALD R. FORD, AND..... More
Marquette, 1866. Paperback. 10 x 8", unlined paper, small embossing in one corner (a church building?). Fold creases, soiling, staining else good. "You request me to send you some Indian prayer-books; but your Indians are all Otawas and I have not one Otawa book left...Next year a new Otawa edition..... More
Alfred A. Knopf: MY, 2004. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", embossed blue cloth, 957pp + xliii (Index), a nice, clean, fresh copy in the original blue cloth slipcase and (opened) shrinkwrap. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BILL CLINTON. "...failures of my life..." More
W & A White & J Visscher: Albany, NY, 1842-43. 12 x 9.5, cloth, Part I: introduction, 188 pp, 2 plates of Croton Aqueduct, Mammalia, 142 pp, 33 engraved b/w, index. Part II: Birds, 380 pp, 141 color plates, index. Part III: Reptiles and Amphibia, text, 415 pp, index. Part..... More
J & H.G. Langley: NY, 1840. 9.25 x 5.75", blue cloth, 355pp, covers worn and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned, foxed and waterstained near rear, but still a decent, usable copy. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE SECOND PART, with notice printed in front concerning "Nearly Ready..... More
Washington, D.C., 1882. Paperback. Lined paper, 12.5 x 8", stapled at top, three leaves (six pages) written on front and back, notary blindstamp of Charles S. Drury. Folded in four parts, the bottom part (all leaves) has become detached along the fold line but barely affects the handwriting and does..... More
Chez-Buisson: Paris, 1792. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8 x 5", early leather backed marbled boards, 366pp; 509pp with "Table Des Chapitres", covers quite worn, corners chpping, leather spines crackling, outer hinges starting, bottom of spines chipped, some light staining/soiling to covers, old auction description tipped-in to front of volume one, inner..... More
The White House: Washington, DC, nd (c. late 1963). Hardcover. 3.5 x 4.5", thick card stock, with "The White House / Washington" printed at top in blue, a little unevenly toned with one ink spot. "For Red and Anita / This box is a memory of so many happy days..... More
GPO" Washington, DC 1877. 11.5 x 9", half leather; marbled boards, 635pp, 44 figures, fold-out color map in rear, index, ex-lib, moderate markings, edges & joints worn, internally clean & tight. FIRST EDITION. More
Houghton Mifflin Co: NY, 1926. 8.75 x 6, embossed blue cloth, 34 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, hinges loose, pp (esp endpapers) toned, but still a nice, little book; Roosevelt's lecture for the Alumni Military Foundation at the Milton Academy. FIRST ED, INSCRIBED "For Elizabeth..... More
J.C. Totten: NY, 1827. Hardcover. 5.5 x 3.5", leather backed boards, 96pp, ink inscription (H.H. Otis to his son W.H. Otis 1897), name & # on title, right upper blank margin of intro page lacking, foxed, corners heavily rubbed. FIRST EDITION. Howes also ascribes this to the publisher, Joseph Mitchell..... More
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np, nd (. Paperback. 8 x 5.25", one page, horizontal folds, minor edge wear, 13 lines including signature, matted and framed with half-tone portrait of Tocqueville. Letter (as far as we can tell) asks recipient about "...le bout de ma journir le reusaignment suivant avant lundi matin..." (...the bottle I...... More
Robert Clarke & Co: Cincinnati, 1862. 7.75 x 5, gilt lettered cloth, 121 + xlii + 6 pp catalog, covers somewhat worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine faded, hinges loose, scattered spotting and toning, light marginal stain near front, ink name at top of one page, old ink inscription (dated..... More