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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987-1991. First Editions, each with full numberline. Vols 1 and 2 signed by the author to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire with inscriptions "For Wm. Safire, From his fan, S.E. Ambrose" (Vol 1) and "For Bill Safire, With thanks for all the help..... More
Roger Brooke Taney was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1836 through 1864. He was an antagonist of Lincoln, a Southern sympathizer, and, most famously, ruled in 1857 in the Dred Scott case that African Americans could not be considered citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery... More
Cambridge / Boston: The Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Stated First Printing. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "For Carl Claudy, with best wishes from one who has long admired your sense of humor, your imagination, and your facility with the English language. Walker..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1981. Second Printing by numberline. Signed by the author to fellow former presidential speechwriter and journalist William Safire with inscription "To Bill Safire, With all good wishes. -- Bill. Eisenhower Centennial October 14, 1990." Octavo; 336pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $12.95 price inatct; book in brown..... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. First U.S. Edition. Octavos. 516, 399, 368 pages + lxix appendix. Frontis portrait of Napoleon. Three volumes. Original beige boards in drab olive cloth with paper labels to spine. Wear with some loss to extremities; cracked along joints and spine ends..... More