![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
Indianapolis: Asher & Co., 1860. Reprint of the "Authorized Edition." Octavo; publisher's blind-embossed purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine, yellow endpapers; vii,[1],[15]-354pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece depicting a clean-shaven Lincoln. Cloth rubbed at extremities with brief exposure at corners and spine ends, cloth faded almost entirely to tan, spine gilt significantly dulled, foxing..... 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
New York: Crown, 2020. Later printing. Octavo. 749 pages. Color photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Grey boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket is crisp with no chips or tears. Sturdy and square in boards. New, unread copy. 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?: 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
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
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: 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, / Daniel Yergin."..... 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
Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; xiv,196pp. Light wear and finger-soil from handling, else Very Good or better. Short biography of the Confederate Fire Eater, Texas State senator, hard drinker and frequent brawler Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874). 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
Rifton, NY: WIN Publishing Empire / War Resisters League, 1974. First Edition. Signed by Bentley on front wrap. Octavo. 31 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Printed wraps. Wraps toned with slight chipping to edges. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. Entire June 6, 1974..... 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
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
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1868. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Slightly ex-New York State Library with their faint rubber-stamp to upper cover, stock a bit toned and very slightly foxed, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear two leaves not approaching text, else Good to..... 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