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

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

[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

[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

Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons, 1962. Presumed First Edition in India, stated "Cheap Edition." Signed by Bowles on half title. Octavo; xxiv + 351. Royal blue leather with beveled edges and rounded corners to boards and textblock. Gold lettering on spine. Textblock continuously gilt on all edges. Bound-in ribbon bookmark..... 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

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

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1969. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; 798pp. Printed beige dust jacket with original $15.00 and special $12.50 prices intact; book in blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a small bump at bottom front edge, some scuffing..... More

First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 239pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.95 price intact; book in beige cloth-covered boards with red lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn with some bumping to corners and tiny tears / tugging to spine ends. Boards are square..... More

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Printed blue and off-white dust jacket with $1 price on front panel at end of text. Navy blue boards with spine and front panel stamped in silver. Dust jacket has nickel-sized chip at bottom..... More

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Stated First Edition. Signed by editor Frances Carpenter with brief dedication on front free endpaper. Octavo; 314pp. Printed dust jacket with original $5.75 price; book in red paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket chipped at spine ends with a...... More

Wooster, OH: Wooster Republican, 1881. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); removed; 23pp. Preliminary gathering separated but present, light dust-soil to extremities, else a Good, still quite fresh copy. Partisan address in favor of James A. Garfield for president, decrying the perfidy of the Democrats in regards to proposed restitutions given..... More