![Alleged Corrupt Combinations of Members of Congress [House of Representatives Report No. 243]....](/pictures/thumb/4510.jpg?v=1548100111)
Hardcover. Washinton, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1857. Octavo (9" x 6"); 279p. Blindstamped brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering and paper title strip to spine. Covers bumped at corners and chipped at spine ends, with rubbing along edges and a small note in white on front. Title card toned and..... More
New York: Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to journalist William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription "To Bill -- You are a giant, not only as a wordsmith, but as someone who calls them like he sees them. It has been a...... More
First Edition. New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo; 271pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $21.95 price; book in black paper and cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket a bit shelfworn with light..... More
Portland, ME: Arthur Shirley, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 41pp. Some faint foxing to text block, contemporary ownership signature (illegible) at head of title page, neat 20th century ex libris to title page verso, else Very Good overall. Political pamphlet signed in text by Alford Richardson himself, regarding..... More
![America: Great Crises of Our History, Told by Its Makers. A library of original sources [Signed]....](/pictures/thumb/6724.jpg?v=1595362421)
Chicago: Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, [1925, 1936]. 12 volumes; octavo (21.5cm.); uniformly bound in publisher's pictorial cloth, all in original drab die-cut dust jackets; frontispieces. Dust jackets somewhat worn, some more so than others, and rather brittle from poor stock quality, spines uniformly toned..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on title page: "For Craig Montgomery / with best wishes / Arthur M. Scheslinger, Jr." Octavo; xv + 557pp, including index. Eight pages of B&W photographs of the Schlesinger family and young Arthur. Photographic dust jacket in white, black..... More
![The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong [Inscribed to William Safire]. Ben J. Wattenberg](/pictures/thumb/5230.jpg?v=1564580330)
First Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "For William Safire / -- who (alone) has / noticed that this book / is mis-titled! / With best wishes for / much good news, and /..... More
Washington, DC: William M. Morrison, 1859. Later printing. Octavo. 662 pages. Rebound in modern tan buckram with red and black leather spine label, stamped in gilt and black at spine. Ex-library with usual markings [Library of Congress]. Dred Scott versus Sanford case printed on pages 393 through 633..... More
[Washington, DC?: Democratic Congressional Committee? ca. 1893.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium; 4pp. Dark shallow damp stain along top half of spine edge, stock uniformly toned and rather brittle with a few short closed tears, none quite approaching text, tiny hole mid-rear panel touching a few words without loss of meaning;..... More
![The Kennedy Wit [Telegram from Adler to William and Helene Safire Laid in]. Bill Adler, ed](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Citadel Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],83pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, including a few small chips and closed tears, none approaching text; overall Near Fine in Very Good jacket. From the William..... More
Chicago: Dearborn Publishing Company, 1888. Large octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, floral endpapers; ix,[10]-504pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, front hinge starting to crack but holding, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, else a Very Good, still quite brilliant copy... More
![Drop title] A Farmer for Congress. Carl Vrooman](/pictures/thumb/6885.jpg?v=1599767494)
[Bloomington, IL: Democratic Agricultural Committee of 17th Congressional District, n.d. but 1946.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium. Light toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Campaign flyer supporting the (failed) congressional bid of Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson. The text is comprised of fifteen bullet points..... More
Washington, DC: The Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Frontis portrait. Grey cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Barrett's attempt to convince farmers of the importance of pursuing aggressive lobbying efforts to get..... More
![Born Again [Signed by Colson & Nick Thimmesch]. Charles W. Colson](/pictures/thumb/6021.jpg?v=1580399576)
Old Tappan, NJ: Chosen Books, 1976. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper without dedication but with inscription "Best Wishes," dated 2/2/76." Also signed on half title, without inscription, by journalist Nick Thimmesch. Octavo. 351 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $8.95 price intact; book in..... More
![Tip and the Gipper [Inscribed to Stephen King]. Chris Matthews](/pictures/thumb/6222.jpg?v=1584048478)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Signed by Matthews on title page with inscription, "To Stephen King, / America's greatest writer! / Chris Matthews." While we have been unable to conclusively verify that this was inscribed to Stephen King of Cujo fame, we have verified two degrees of..... More
Great Neck, NY: G. Alan Chidsey, November 9, 1940. Octavo (9.5” x 6.25”); [60pp]. Dark gray leather with stamped lettering. Covers a bit toned with any gilt or foil to lettering rubbed away. Spine a bit cocked. A handful of the pasted-in columns have let go from the pages, but..... More
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; xxiii + 387pp., including notes, bibliography, and index. Fifteen B&W documentary photographs, additional maps, and 21 statistical tables. Photographic dust jacket. Sage green boards with black lettering on celadon spine. Almost as new. Dust jacket unmarred; textblock without marks..... More
Confidential Committee Print. Paperback. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1958. Confidential Committee Print. Green paper covers over stapled page block (9" x 5.75"); [iv], 462p. Occasional illustrations with one foldout. Covers faded along edges with a 2" tear from top along spine and some general shelfwear. "Rackets - Interim Rpt"..... More
First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Signed by author Yergin on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "With admiration and / respect - and appreciation / for the good sense of / originality you bring / to our national life, / best wishes, /..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor..... More
Washington, DC: Historical Office / Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2017. First Edition. Thick octavo. 815 pages. Black and white illustrations. Photographic dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Volume IX in the Secretaries of Defense Historical Series. Dust jacket is lightly worn at extremities..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Reprint. Octavo. 648 pages. Brown boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Full title continues: Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Thirty-Ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-First Congresses. With the Votes Thereon; Together with the Action, Congressional and State, on the..... More
First Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1971. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 240 pages. Flag-design dustjacket over red boards with silver stamped publisher's logo and lettering. Jacket faded along top with moderate edgewear. Tight and square in binding. One previous owner's notation on final page, otherwise clean and free of markings..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; x,[2],332pp. Jacket extremities rubbed, some dampstaining, most noticeable on jacket verso (not affecting boards), small dark dampstain to textblock fore-edge not bleeding into stock, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound..... More
New Haven: [Yale University], 1933. Complete sammelband of Vol. III issues. Editor Eugene Rostow's copy with his ownership inscription at to of front free endpaper. Signed letter from Alistair Cook taped below, handwritten on Cooke's stationary: "Mar 19 / 98. / Dear Gene: / I have read your compelling piece..... More