![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
![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
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are a bit scuffed and worn at corners. Slight roll to the sunned spine. Binding gives a little but is sound. Bookplate of Max Freedman to front pastedown, though we..... 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, 1857. Early printing. Octavo. 662 pages. Tan buckram with red leather spine label, stamped in gilt and black at spine. Ex-library [Library of Congress]. Dred Scott versus Sanford case printed on pages 393 through 633. Printed same year as the first edition, which..... 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
London: Privately Printed, 1989. Limited First Edition numbered 255 of 300 on copyright page. Signed by the author with brief inscription to previous owners on full title. Additional sympathy/holiday card in Gage's hand and signed "Berkeley & Lillian" laid in at front. Octavo; viii + 256pp, including index. Red..... 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
![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
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; xvi + 492pp. Three fold-out maps. Broché in dun paper; stitched gatherings. Maps in grayscale of: 1) Hawaiian Islands; 2) Oahu; 3) U.S. Naval Installations Hawaiian Islands. Spine tanned, some erosion to spine vertical edges, but folds and binding..... 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
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
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
Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); removed; 15pp. Light dustiness, title page nearly separated, bottom fore-edge corner of text block dog-eared, else Good overall, internally fresh and sound. Indiana Whig politician's attack on the Mexican War policy of the Polk administration, especially in regards..... More