[Philadelphia]: F. Bouclet, 1861. Original color lithograph (68x54cm). Mounted to matte backing; marginal tears and soiling; rubbing and a few scrapes around title; colors remain bright; a Very Good copy. This large, vibrant lithograph was issued to commemorate Lincoln's first inauguration, depicting the first sixteen Presidents, with George Washington..... More

Denver, CO: Issued by Halsey M. Rhoads, [ca. 1900]. Later printing. Broadside with calligraphic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in which the script of the Emancipation Proclamation forms the image within a decorative frame, surrounded by the names of the members of Congress who voted for the amendment of the U.S...... More

[Washington, DC]: African Communications Agency, [2001]. First Edition. Square quarto (26cm); publisher's boards in unclipped green photo-illustrated dust jacket; 180pp.; color photographs throughout. Jacket a bit wrinkled and worn at spine ends, brief soil to rear panel, else Very Good and sound. Ex libris of the Black Leadership Forum to..... More

[New York]: Philomel Books, 2019. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Slim square quarto (28.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [36]pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears, brief soil spot to upper panel, else Very Good and..... More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Doris Kearns Goodwin at half title, "To Toots, So glad we could meet, Doris Kearns Goodwin." Large octavo. 916pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Brown and black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with a...... More

Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in blue pictorial dust jacekt; 186pp. Light edgewear and creasing to dust jacket. Spotting to cloth sizing; touch of edgewear. Binding sound. Dust soiling to top edge, interior else unmarked. A Very Good copy. Signed by Frank Cormier to Henry..... More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; lxvii,[3],448pp.; halftone frontispiece. Moderate wear and uneven toning to dust jacket, a few short closed tears to bottom margins not approaching text, corners nudged; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. First Edition, stated with full number line. Large octavo; 192pp. Color reproductions including fold-out. Illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact. White illustrated boards; red endpapers. Light rubbing to edges of dust jacket with light sunning along front fore-edge. Boards show very light shelfwear. Binding..... More

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1809. Eighth Edition -- Greatly Improved. 12mo; contemporary calf with faint gilt ruling to spine; leather title label detached and laid in; 228pp. Seven plates including frontispiece and Washington portrait, collated complete. Wear and scuffing to boards; chipping and shallow loss to base of spine;..... More

New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition, Limited Issue of 350 copies signed by Vidal, this being #309. Additionall signed by Vidal in a later hand at title page with brief inscription to previous owners. Large octavo. 657 pp. Black boards stamped in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase... More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. Early Printing. Two volumes; octavos (24cm); publisher's cloth, top edges gilt, in blue dust jackets, spines printed in dark blue; xi,[3],359; [8],425pp.; photogravure portrait frontispieces. Moderate chipping and wear to jacket margins including a few small losses, margins and spine panels quite toned..... More

City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1808. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 5,[1]pp. Light foxing, spine nearly split, else Good to Very Good, despite slightly musty odor. Exceedingly uncommon pamphlet reproducing three pieces of correspondence between President Thomas Jefferson and American engineer Isaac Briggs. Briggs had volunteered his..... More

Chicago: 1901-2. Two pieces of ephemera relating to the Black waiter "Big Jim" Parker (1857-1907), who attempted to save McKinley from assassination. The pieces include a ticket to an early stop on his lecture tour in Chicago (6x10cm.) and a cabinet card depicting a portrait painted after a photograph (17.5x12.5cm.)..... More