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[004491] . State of the Union Message By the President to a Joint Session of the Congress: The White House January 8, 1964 .(Lyndon B. Johnson). 1964. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Stiff Covers. Speech. Very Good Dark blue stiff paper covers with gilt to front cover with Presidential seal and "L.B.J." in gilt at base of front cover. Also "P.R". Laid in one page "stationary" sheet with Democratic National Committee letterhead. Addressed to Mr. Regan and signed my John M. Bailey, Chairman. Letter is a "token of thanks for what you have don in the past..." Corners slightly opened/curled? at side.16 pp. Frontispiece of L.B.J. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[004941] . MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (U.S. Grant), Correspondence Relating to Political Questions in Germany. ill. Colored Foldout Map. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Europe. Very Good 41st Congress. 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 94. "The internal politicl condition of the Transleithan part of the Austrian empire is now involved in complicated difficulties, and seems likely to be troubled by increasing dissensions. In the beginning of the year 1866 the reactionary party in Austria was confident of completely defeating Prussia, controlling the destinies of the whole empire, and reconstructing its government by the unrestrained authority of the Emperor..." 7 pp. Foldout colored map, 9 1/2"x7" of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant, President of the United States; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; and George Bancroft, United States Minister to Berlin. Disbound but intact. Document is Very Good+. Map is Very Good+. No tears. $85.00

[004935] . REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR 1845. ill. Foldouts, Tables, Drawing, Charts. 1845. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. U.S. Army. Very Good Document No. 2. Addressed to The President of the United States from W.L. Marcy, Secretary of War, "I, herewith submit to you the report of the Major General commanding the army, and those from the several bureaus under my supervision....The tabular statements accompanying the Commanding General's report show, in detail, the organization and strength of the army, as well as the position and distribution of the troops..." Accompanying Reports: #1 Report of the Major General commanding the army; #2 Report of the Quartermaster General; #3 Report of the Commissary General of Subsistence; #4. Report of the Paymaster General; #5. Report of the Surgeon General; #6. Report of the Chief Engineer; #7. Report of the Chief Topographical Engineer; and #8. Report of the officer in charge of the Ordnance Bureau. ( two other reports are mentioned in the document but "appear" to be missing:#9. Report of the Commissioner of Pensions; and #10. Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.) pp.193-436. 8 Foldouts including: Map of the Route Pursued by the Late Expedition under the command of Col. S.E. Kearny, U.S. 1st Dragoons; Chart of the Organization of the Army 1845; Chart of Positions and Distribution of the troops in the Eastern Division under the command of Brigadier General John E. Wool; Chart of Positions and Distribution of the troops in the Western Division under the command of Brevet Major General Edmund P. Gaines; Chart of Positions and Distribution of the troops in the Fourth Military Department commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Hugh Brady; Chart of Return of the army of occupation in Texas commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Zachary Taylor; and Annual report of the sick and wounded of the Army for the year ending September 30, 1845. Numerous tables. Document is disbound but intact. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Famous Americans in document: Winfield Scott, American army officer who held the rank of general in three wars and was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1852. He was the foremost American military figure between the Revolution and the Civil War; E. V. Sumner, Captain 1st dragoons; R. Jones, Adjutant General, Henry Stanton, Assistant Quartermaster General, George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence; Nathaniel Towson, Paymaster General; Thomas Lawson, Surgeon General; James Pollard Espy, American meteorologist who gave the first essentially correct explanation of the thermodynamics of cloud formation and growth. He was also one of the first to use the telegraph for collecting meteorological observations; Joseph Gilbert Totten fought in the War of 1812, served as Chief Engineer and was regent of the Smithsonian Institution and cofounder of the National Academy of Sciences; and J.J. Abert, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers. $65.00

[004927] . BUST OF WASHINGTON BY CERTAIN CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. ill. Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Disbound. George Washington. Very Good+ PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF A REPRODUCTION OF A BUST OF WASHINGTON By Certain Citizens of the Republic of France. 58th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. Report No. 4397. "April 28, 1904, the bronze bust of Washington presented to the Congress of the United States by the Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Grasse, Mr. Henry Jouin, and other citizens of France, was placed in a conspicuous position in the Rotunda of the Capitol." 45 pp. including a "List of Subscribers to the Bust of George Washington Offered to the United States" and Appendices: A. Official Correspondence; B. George Washington, by David D'Angers. "Bronze Offered by France to the United States to Replace the Marble Destroyed by Fire in 1851."(Translation of the book deposited by the French ambassador in the bronze receptacle on the front of the pedestal of the Washington bust) 2 Plates of the bust, each protected by a tissue guard. David d'Angers, was a French sculptor. David's fame rests firmly on his pediment of the Pantheon, his marble Wounded Philopoemen in the Louvre and his monument to General Gobert in Père Lachaise Cemetery. $45.00

[004912] . FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. 1866. ill. Tables. 1866. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. American History. Very Good 39th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 70. Letter from the Secretary of War in Answer to A resolution of the House of March 8, transmitting a report, by the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, of all orders issued by him or any assistant commissioner. 403 pp. Includes 8 "papers": #1. Files of orders and circulars of assistant commissioners; #2. Files of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, War Department; #3. Report of tour of inspection of Kentucky, by Mr. P.Bonesteel; #4. Report of bureau affairs in Edgefield district, South Carolina; #5. Report of General Fisk, relative to Tennessee and Kentucky, and bill relative to negro testimony; #6. Report of General Sprague, relative to Arkansas; #7. Letter of General Tillson, Georgia, concerning Sea Island; and #8. Reports of sub-assistants of affairs in Virginia. Numerous tables, including: 4 page detailed table of medical supplies for refugees and freedmen; Table listing all farms and town lots restored with their estimated value; Table with names of medical officers, hospitals, sick and wounded; and Financial statements of money received and disbursed in the Bureau. Disbound but intact. First page with small blemish/spot at bottom. Partial stamp from House of Representatives along top page ends. Otherwise document is clean and Very Good. Famous Americans in document: Andrew Johnson, President of the United States; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; Abraham Lincoln; E. Whittlesey, Colonel and Assistant Commissioner; Fred H. Beecher, Liet. and Acting Assistant Adjutant General; O.O. Howard, Major General, Commissioner- (Oliver Otis Howard, November 8, 1830-October 26, 1909, was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War); Thomas W Conway, Ass't Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c.; J.S. Fullerton, Brevet Brigadier General Volunteers; Max Woodhull, Colonel,Assistant Adjutant-General; Clinton B. Fisk. Brigadier General, Assistant Commissioner; Davis Tillson, Brig. Gen. Vols. and A.A. Comm'r; Charles Mundee, Assistant Adjutant General; R. Saxton, Brevet Major General, Assistant Commissioner; Joseph K. Barnes, M.D. (July 21, 1817 – April 5, 1883) was an American physician and the Surgeon General of the United States Army during and after the American Civil War; and Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834-December 18, 1902) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Siege of Corinth. $200.00

[004834] . THOMAS JEFFERSON, APRIL 13 1743--APRIL 13 1943 . ill. Photographs, Facsimiles. Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission, Size: Approx. 5 " x 8 ". Soft Cover. Thomas Jefferson. Very Good+ Author of The Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. Issued Specially By the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. 35 pp. Softcover with portrait of Jefferson on the cover. Covers are VG+. Filled with photographs. 3 smudge marks on title page? otherwise the interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[003657] . SCIENCE, October 15, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 193. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at top corner of front/back cover -not inside. thin watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around bottom/side edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[003254] . SCIENCE, December 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 149. ill. Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "A National University"; "The Decay of the Obelisk"(in Central Park) by ARNOLD HAGUE; " The Meeting of the American Public Health Association" with diagram exhibiting the comparative mortality by absolute number of decedents from fifteen most important causes of death, in Rhode Island, during 25 years, from 1860 to 1884; "Telpherage"(in England) with 4 illustrations, under Astronomical Notes: "Two new comets" with table and "The Biela comet meteor-stream" with table. Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor:E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; and H. M. PAUL "The Biela comet meteor-stream". In Science Supplement: G. BROWN GOODE " Recent Challenger Monographs"(report of Challenger Expedition); "Heights in France"(of country's inhabitants) with map; and "Progress in Metallurgy". Tipped in one page: THREE NEW PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON". Covers only 1/5 attached, but covers "intact". Slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slight chipping at edges. label residue covering up part of "title" contents. Some creasing. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement is in VG condition. $45.00

[004601] . MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (Abraham Lincoln)...regarding the Condition of Affairs in the Territory of Nevada. 1864. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Nevada. Very Good Senate. 38th Congress, 1st. Session. Ex. Doc. No. 41. Washington, April 29, 1864. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate of the United States "...requesting information in regard to the condition of affairs in the Territory of Nevada, I transmit a copy of a letter of the 25th of last month addressed to the Secretary of State by James. W. Nye, the governor of that Territory". "Governor Nye to Mr. Seward. Sir: This Territory...has been making rapid progress in all things pertaining to moral and material improvement. Churches have been built, school-houses erected, and in almost every town in the Territory substantial improvements in every branch of industry are made, giving us quite the appearance of an old-settled country....We have learned by telegraph that Congress has passed an enabling act for the admission of our Territory as a State..." 3 pp. Disbound in Very Good + condition. Clean. Nevada became a state on Oct. 31, 1864. Historical item. $55.00

[004590] . MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (JAMES MONROE) TRANSMITTING THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN; RELATING TO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE CONVENTION 1818. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1823. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good Correspondence between U.S. and Great Britain. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James Monroe, President; John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State; Richard Rush, Acting Secretary of State (while John Quincy Adams was in Europe), and Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Famous Englishmen: Earl Bathurst; Lord Castlereagh; Charles Bagot; David Milne, British Admiral of His Majesty's ships; Frederick John Robinson Goderich; and Henry Goulburn. Disbound. "Waviness" to the touch otherwise document is Very Good. Sporadic mild foxing. Page 105 side edge margin with 2" strip missing-no text missing. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. $95.00

[004955] . ARGUMENT OF W. F. SAPP, ON THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Pending Before the Attorney General of the United States. 1872. Council Bluffs Republican Print, 1872. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Railroads. Good+ to Very Good- 6 separate Arguments/Reports. THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Addressed to the Hon. Attorney General of the United States: "Sir: The question being before you for decision as to whether the bridge built by the Union Pacific Railroad Company over the Missouri river, between Council Bluffs and Omaha, is a part of their road or not, and time having been given to prepare a reply to the arguments of Mr. Poppleton, Attorney for said Railroad, and others upon this subject, I respectfully submit the following..." 19 pp. Includes statements by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Made in Pursuance of the Letter of Instruction of the Secretary of the Interior, of February 17, 1872. 3 pp. Includes statement by Abraham Lincoln and by the Government Directors: James F. Wilson (1828-1895) a U.S. Congressman from Iowa during the American Civil War; B. F. Wade; John C.S. Harrison; and David S. Ruddock. OPINION OF HON. J. M. BROADHEAD, Second Comptroller of the Treasury. 4 pp. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA. 2 pp. signed by the Congressional Delegates for the State of Iowa: James Harlan, F.W. Palmer, M.W. Walder, Geo. G. Wright, J. Orr, W.G. Donnan and Geo. W. McCrary. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad and The Violation of Its Charter by Actions of The Union Pacific Railroad Company. one page. Names on RESOLUTION: James Wilson, Speaker of the House and Ed. Wright, Secretary of State. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TERMINUS AND BRIDGE. 11 pp. With "conclusion". C. Baldwin, Attorney.Mildly soiled gray paper covers. Black lettering on front cover. 1/2" tear at spine base. Otherwise covers are Good+. Some pages bottom corner "tips" are folded back, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. W.F. Sapp was an Attorney. $55.00

[003107] (Tarbell, Ida M.). McCLURE MAGAZINE, 11 Abraham Lincoln Issues, Nov.1895-Sept. 1896. ill. Photos & Diagrams. New York: McClure's Ltd. New York, 1896. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Signed by Tarbell. Fair Eleven issues of McClure's Magazine, from November 1895 to September 1896, carrying Ms. Tarbell's celebrated series on Lincoln. Each issue of the magazine is SIGNED by Ms. Tarbell, and dated Dec. 1937 in her hand, on the opening page of each installment in the 11 issues. (She was 80 years old at the time.) The series includes more than 300 illustrations, among them 40 images of Lincoln, including an 1854 portrait "published for the first time". Also included is "Lincoln's Lost Speech," "never before published". Covers and spines of most issues are either shabby or missing, but contents of all are intact and range from Good to Very Good +. A unique and exceptional piece of Lincolniana. Boxed. Slipcase is Good, two worn area. At the time the managing editor was S.S. McClure, also known as Miss Willa Cather. Includes many other interesting and historical articles by famous authors-Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, plus fabulous advertisements of that era. $400.00

[000747] Bayh, Birch. ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY. ill. Fold-out Drawing, Photographs. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1968. First Printing. 8vo. Wraps. Political. Good / No Jacket. One Heartbeat Away is the intimate story of what Senator Bayh did to help protect the nation after the Kennedy assassination. As President Lyndon Johnson points out in his Foreword, the author had the nerve, the confidence, the drive and the perseverance to attempt what many senior legislators thought impossible. This book is not only the story of Senator Bayh's successful efforts, but a day-by-day account of how our democracy works. Front free endpaper has names of the Officers of the United States Senate; the verso lists the Members of the 89th Congress, and it folds open to a drawing of The Senate Chamber and where the Congressmen sat. 372 pp. Appendix, Texts, and Index. Worn at gutters with a tear on spine ends. Interior is Very Good. $15.00

[004490] Cluskey, M. W. (Editor).. THE POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK, OR ENCYCLOPEDIA. Containing Everything Necessary for the Reference of the Politicians and Statesmen of the United States.. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co., 1860. Thirteenth Edition. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Brown. Politics. Good In Editor's Preface: "The motive which induced "its" (book) preparation was the necessity which he himself has often felt for a book containing, in a condensed form, a history of the public measures and other matters of political importance...It will enable every citizen to acquaint himself readily with the true bearing of each political issue which is presented to him for his decision..." Goes from A to Z. 808 pp. including Appendix and Index. Plus 7 pages of other Jas. B. Smith's publications. Some of the subjects covered:Dred Scott Case; Personal Liberty Bill; Nebraska and Kansas; Missouri; Minnesota; Mexican War; Presidential Election of 1856; Madison Papers; Railroad to the Pacific; Slavery; History of the Union; George Washington; Henry A. Wise; Public Lands, etc. Thick book. Brown "pebbled" covers with decorative embossing. Spine sunned and lettering hard to read. Bottom spine end fraying. 1/4" nick to spine. Sunned "strip" on back cover. Tiny nick on spine joint. Corners bumped. Small rubbing to boards along top edge. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate of Charles E. Putnam (a prominent farmer and business man of Richmond, Kansas), and a museum bookplate stating "The Gift of William Clement Putnam, MCMVI). also ex.mus. numbers and a small bookseller sticker. Otherwise the interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $145.00

[004573] DR. SYNTAX, JR. (Kimber, S. Jr.). A NEW "SARTOR RESARTUS," BEING A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "A REVIEW OF MR. SEWARD'S DIPLOMACY". 1862. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Signed by Author. Good- "This pamphlet has already been reviewed, and that not in the kindliest spirit. Its authorship is universally attributed to a prominent member of the Philadelphia Bar-who was charged with an important foreign mission, under the late administration, and who has ever since been supposed to enjoy the especial confidence of its Chief....It is no part of that duty to attempt any vindication, in this essay, of President Lincoln or Mr. Seward. They need none..." A humorous attack on William B. Reed's "A Review of Mr. Seward's Diplomacy." Kimber defends Seward and says that "Mr.Lincoln has saved his country; and he will occupy, in the temple of our Nation's history , a place so lofty that but one name shall be written above his". 24 pp. Missing back cover. 1 1/4" strip from upper spine missing and 1/4" from lower spine. 2/16"x 2/16" chip in lower front edge,leaving 2/16" tear on lower edge margins of text. Never near text. Penciled signature under title, "appears" to be Thomas Kimber Jr. Due to missing back cover, last page is mildly soiled.Exterior is Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Sabin 37771 $75.00

[004123] Eaves, Catherine. How I Twice Eloped. An Indiana Idyll suggested by Abraham Lincoln; elaborated by Catherine Eaves. The only novelette ever sketched by Abraham Lincoln . Chicago: The Viking Library, 1901. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Soft Cover. Abraham Lincoln. Very Good The Viking Library. Vol.I. No. 1. On Dedication Page: "With an apology to the shade of ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the transgression of descanting upon his INDIANA IDYLL, this dissertation is dedicated to the bright analyst of his character, HON. MURAT HALSTEAD, by the humble Author. Frontis illustration of Sig Coccia's celebrated Staute: Abraham Lincoln as a youth. Seven Chapters dealing with an "Analysis of Abraham Lincoln's character" with Synosis by Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of each chapter. Chapters include: Idyllic Life; Playmates; Love-sick; Knight-errantry; Elopement and Animal Instinct; Second Elopement and Common Horse-Sense; and Awakening. 88 pp. including Appendix. Illustrated front cover with portrait of Lincoln. Lettering in black and red. Mildly soiled Spine with mild creases. Overall covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $50.00

[002880] Eisenhower, Dwight D.. AT EASE - Stories I Tell to Friends . 1967. First Edition. Autobiography. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Good + to Very Good-. DJ mylar ( clear plastic covering) protected. 1/2" tear on front top edge. Worn on back cover at gutter. Written up in Bliss: Autos Across America, recounting an army convoy across the U.S. in 1919. $10.00

[004343] House of Representatives. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. Message from the President of the United States (U.S. Grant). 1876. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Pennsylvania. Very Good 43d Congress. 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 125. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting A report giving a statement of what is proposed to be exhibited by each Executive Department of the Government at the International Exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1876, together with an estimate of the expense to be incurred. 19 pp. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant, President of the United States; S. C. Lyford, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U.S.A., Chairman of the Ordnance Office, War Dept. Board; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, R.W. Tayler, Comptroller; William Saunders; Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution; Spencer F. Baird; Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; Thornton A. Jenkins, Rear Admiral, commissioner of Navy Department; and George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. Disbound. String-tied. Top right corners small crease, otherwise document is clean, tight, and Very Good+. $55.00

[004341] House of Representatives. FLOATING DRY DOCKS. Message from the President of the United States (James K. Polk). ill. Tables, Drawings. 1847. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Good to Good+ Thirtieth Congress. First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 11. Transmitting A report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the construction of Floating Dry Docks at Pensacola, Philadelphia, and Kittery. December 22, 1847. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James K. Polk, President of the United States; J. Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy; Nathan Clifford, Attorney General; David Henshaw; William P.S. Sanger, Engineer; Lawrence Kearney, Senior Officer of the board; TW Wyman, Captain; Samuel Humphreys, Architect; S. M. Pook, Naval Constructor; and George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. 2 illustrations showing positions of "Basin", "Pier", and "Dock". Foxing-heavy on some pages and others none. Text legible. Otherwise document is tight and Very Good. $65.00

[004316] House of Representatives. Treaty With The King Of The Belgians, MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.(Lincoln) . 1865. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. American History. Very Good to Very Good- 38th Congress. 2d Sess. House. Ex. Doc. No. 19. A copy of two treaties between the United States and the King of the Belgians in relation to the Scheldt dues, &c. 11 pp. Several minor foxing "spots" otherwise document is Very Good. Disbound but intact. $10.00

[004710] House of Representatives. The Agency of A.B. Steinberger in the Samoan Islands. Message from the President of the United States.... 1877. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Samoa. Very Good House of Representatives, 44th Congress, 2nd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 44... transmitting to the House of Representatives the report of the Secretary of State Concerning the Agency of B. Steinberger in the Samoan Islands." President was U.S. Grant and Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Includes 32 papers written by Steinberger and others. Opening letter to Mr. Fish, "It has just come to the notice of the government that large tract of land, claimed to be owned by the "Polynesian Land Company" will be sold at public auction under the authority of S. S. Foster, agent. Titles to some of this land may be good, but such sale, without consultation with the government, is likely to result in grave complications, especially as the name of the American consul is given to it." Includes "Draught of proposed treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Samoa". 158 pp. Document is disbound. Document is clean and in Very Good condition. Interior is clean, tight and Very Good. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant; Hamilton Fish; A.B. Steinberger, United States Special Agent to Samoa; S.S. Foster, United States Consul; Jonas Coe; and Frank Platt, Attorney in part for A. B. Steinberger. Other important individuals in document: S.F. Williams, acting British consul; Taimua with 16 names (Samoa's equivalent to House of Commons); Le Mamea, Secretary to Taimua; Malietoa I Rex, King of Samoa; Charles E. Stevens, Captain Royal Navy; and Mathew Hunkin. Jonas Coe was the first American Commercial Agent in Apia 1864-1874 and father of "Queen Emma". Queen Emma is well known in the South Pacific for establishing vast coconut plantations in Papua New Guinea in the 1880's. Le Mamea Matatumua Ata was one of the framers of the Constitution of Samoa. He held senior positions under the New Zealand Trusteeship of Samoa and in the Independent State of Samoa. He held the High Chief title "Le Mamea" from Matautu, Lefaga and the Orator title "Matatumua" from Faleasi'u. $75.00

[004423] International American Conference. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING A PLAN OF ARBITRATION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 ". Paper Wraps. U.S. Government Document. Very Good 51st Congress,1st Session, Senate. Ex.Doc.No.224. Message from the President (Benjamin Harrison) document. States: "The act of Congress approved May 24, 1888, authorized the President to invite the several other governments of America to join the United States in a conference " for the purpose of discussing and recommending for adoption some plan of arbitration for the settlement of disagreements and disputes that may hereafter arise between them...." Total of 6 pp. Pages 2-6 with 2 columns per page, one in English and the other in Spanish. Blue paper covers. ex-mus. numbers at top front border. Bottom corner "tip" missing, otherwise covers are Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Famous Americans in document: Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States and James Gillespie Blaine, Secretary of State. $30.00

[003530] Jackson, Andrew. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Transmitting A Letter from Mrs. Madison in Relation to the Publications of Mr. Madison's Notes of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of 1787. 1836. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. American Presidents. Very Good Doc. No. 8., 24th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives. Andrew Jackson, President states "I transmit herewith to Congress copies of my correspondence with Mrs. Madison...on the decease of her venerated husband. The occasion seems to be appropriate to present a letter from her on the subject of the publication of a work of great political interest and ability..." Includes text of two letters from D.P. Madison to the President of the United States. One letter states "the will of my late husband, James Madison, contains the following provision: Considering the peculiarity and magnitude of the occasion which produced the convention at Philadelphia in 1787, ...it is not an unreasonable inference that a careful and extended report of the proceedings and discussions of that body, which were with closed doors, by a member who was constant to his attendance, will be particularly gratifying to the people of the United States, and to all who take an interest in the progress of political science and the cause of true liberty". 4 pages. mild foxing on first page. Doesn't interfer with text. Tear at "spine" side, otherwise pages are Very Good. $50.00

[000790] Jaworski, Leon with Dick Schneider. THE RIGHT AND THE POWER, The Prosecution of Watergate. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. 8vo. Black Cloth. Watergate. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-88349-102-8. Written by the Special Prosecutor regarding Watergate. He only had THE RIGHT AND THE POWER to bring the White House to justice. In this book, the author explains and documents, for the first time, the details of the behind-the-scenes struggles for the White House tape recordings, the release of which culminated in a historic Supreme Court decision and the resignation of President Richard Nixon. 305 pp. Dust jacket mylar protected. Appendices, Index.305 pp. ex-library markings, withdrawal slip and paper label on DJ spine. Except for library markings, the book is VG+. $6.00

[001882] Jones, Charles O. . The Trusteeship Presidency: Jimmy Carter and the United States Congress. 1988. Near Fine / Near Fine. $5.00

[002006] Kissinger, Henry A.. WHITE HOUSE YEARS . 1979. First Edition. Very Good+ / Very Good-. DJ price clipped. Tear to back bottom edge. $5.50

[004304] Lincoln, Abraham. DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS AND WAR-TIME SPEECHES AND PAPERS. New York: John B. Alden, 1865. Abraham Lincoln. Very Good Pamphlet. pp. 494-639. Numbers not consecutive. (top left margin reads: "American Patriotism".)DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS; AT INDEPENDENCE HALL,FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS; EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION; SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG; and SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. No date. Pamphlet is Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[004301] McClure, J. B. (edited by). ABE LINCOLN'S STORIES AND SPEECHES. ill. Engravings. Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1897. Size: Approx. 6" x 8". Abraham Lincoln. Good Including "Early Life Stories;" "Professional Life Stories;" "White House Incidents;"" War Reminiscences,", Etc, Etc, Also His Speeches, Chronologically Arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832 to His Last Speech in Washington, April 11, 1865. Including His Inaugurals, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Etc., Etc., Etc." 477 pp including "Lincoln Sayings, Engraving of his tomb and monument, and Lincoln's Autograph Gettysburg Address. Also an Address delivered by R.S. Rhodes "Teaching the Deaf to Speak". Last 5 pages of publisher's advertisements. Many illustrations. Covers are a dark blue-green? with black and silver lettering. Corners rubbed/bumped as are spine ends. Overall covers are Good. Front hinge broken. Previous owner's name with numbers on front endpaper. ex.historical society stamp on title page and margin of pp.33. Back hinge breaking on publication adv. page otherwise interior tight and clean. Pages are brown toned. $40.00

[004261] Miller, Merle. PLAIN SPEAKING; AN ORAL BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY S. TRUMAN . New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1974. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Blue Cloth. Autobiography. Near Fine to Fine / Very Good-. Plain Speaking is an evocation of one of America's great Presidents. It also details the critical events and , more to the point, the crucial background facts that mark some of the most momentous decades in modern American Life , the years of the Depression, The New Deal, World War II, the postwar era, and the advent of Nixon and McCarthy. 448 pp. including Index. Book is Fine. DJ with small tears at spine ends and rubbing to edges. Overall DJ is Very Good-. $12.00

[004302] Oldroyd, Osborn H. (compiled by). WORDS OF LINCOLN, Including Several Hundred Opinions of his Life and Character by Eminent Persons of this and other Lands. ill. Photographs. Washington D.C.: O.H. Oldroyd, 1895. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Maroon Cloth. Abraham Lincoln. Good With an Introduction by Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States and Teunis S. Hamlin, Pastor church of the Covenant, Washington, D.C. 1895. 221 pp. Index. Photographs. Front cover with scratches/rubbing in areas. Gilt lettering. Spine ends rubbed and fraying. Overall covers are Good. Hinge broken on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $15.00

[001881] Powell, Gene. TOM'S BOY HARRY . 1948. Harry Truman. Good+ .the First Complete Authentic Story of Harry Truman's Connection With the Pendergast Machine. Bookplate on front endpaper and inscribed on free endpaper, otherwise interior is VG+. $8.50

[001563] Quayle, Dan. STANDING FIRM / A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL MEMOIR . 1994. Near Fine / Near Fine. $5.00

[004291] Richardson, James D.. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897. Ten Volumes. ill. Engravings. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Maroon Cloth. American Presidents. Good to Good+ Published by Authority of Congress. By James D. Richardson, A Representative from the State of Tennessee.Ten volumes.Publishing dates: 1896 (Vol.I)to 1899 (Vol.X). Vol.I starts with George Washington ending with Vol.IX with Grover Cleveland's second term. Vol.10 is Appendix and Index. Appendix with Messages, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Etc, Omitted from Volumes I to IX; William McKinley: Messages, Proclamations, Executive Orders Relating to the Spanish-American War, and Biographical Sketch. Included in each volume with the different Presidents is their engraved portrait, a biographical sketch, their Inaugural Address, Messages, and Proclamations. Engravings protected by tissue guards in each volume. ex.mus. numbers and stamp on front endpapers.Otherwise interiors are tight, clean and Very Good+. Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine."Richardson" name in gilt. Each volume with "Years" included in that volume in gilt. Gilt bands at top/base of spine. Base of spine has discoloration "square" from removed ex.mus.paper label. Some soiling,rubbing to covers. Overall Covers are Good to Good+. $250.00

[004621] Roosevelt, Theodore & William H.Taft. THE PHILIPPINES. THE FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR; CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES. New York: The Outlook Company, 1902. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Red Cloth. Philippines. Very Good The First Civil Governor: by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States; and Civil Government in the Philippines, by William H. Taft (Civil Governor of the Philippines) "Governor Taft's survey of what has been already accomplished in the Philippines in establishing civil government is the best possible indication for what may be done in the future in extending and completing the work....nowhere have the facts been stated so fully and so authoritatively as they are here by Governor Taft....The qualities of Judge Taft's character and the nature of his experience which made him the choice of President McKinley are admirably brought out in President Roosevelt's personal sketch of "The First Civil Governor". This characteristically direct and vigorous appreciation was written a very few weeks before the assassination of President McKinley..." 142 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly soiled covers. Spine faded. Slightly rubbed spine ends. Corners mildly rubbed. Overall covers are Very Good. Top Edge gilt. Blank page before title half page hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Frontis. portrait of Taft. $90.00

[004820] Senate. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (MILLARD FILLMORE) COMMUNICATING ...CERTAIN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN...AND EXISTING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN 1852. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. American History. Very Good To the Senate of the United States: I herewith transmit to the Senate,...a report from the Secretary of State with accompanying papers". Report from the Secretary of State: DANIEL WEBSTER. April 8, 1852. "The Secretary of State...requesting the President "to furnish to the Senate, ...copies of all communications relative to the empire of Japan that may be on file in either of the Executive Departments, particularly of the instructions under which Commodore Biddle visited Japan in 1846; his official report of that visit; the communication made by him to the local authorities in Jeddo bay, and a copy of a translation of a communication made to him on that occasion; together with ...a communication to the State Department from Alexander H. Everett, then commissioner to China..." 87 pp. Includes correspondence from the Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham regarding the U.S. ship Preble to the port of Nangasacki, for the purpose of demanding sixteen American seamen held prisoners by the Japanese. Correspondence from D. Geisinger, commanding U.S. squadron, East Indies with "particulars of the shipwreck of the American whaler Lagoda and the detention by the Japanese authorities of the survivors..."Sailing instructions for Commander Glynn, of the U.S. ship Preble; Narratives by 6 of the American prisoners, Robert McCoy, John Bull, John Martin, Jacob Boyd, Melcher Biffar, Ranald McDonald of the shipwreck, capture and attempted escapes. Includes Notes Made at an Interview between Commander James Glynn and Different Japanese Officers, at Nangasacki, Japan; "Cruise of the U.S. Sloop-of War Preble...to Napa and Nangasacki. Also includes 13 letters/correspondence from 1832-1851: Sailing instructions to Commodore James Biddle for his visit to Japan; Letter from James Biddle, flagship- USS Columbus, to Secretary of the Navy; George Bancroft; From Edward Livingston, Secretary of State; James Glynn, Commander U.S. Navy to Millard Fillmore, President; Daniel Webster to Commodore Aulick and Letter from Millard Fillmore, President of the United States to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Famous Americans in document: Millard Fillmore; Daniel Webster; William A. Graham; Commodore David Geisinger; James Glynn; James Biddle, and Edward Livingston. Disbound. First page darkened, due to age? pp.59-78 attached by only one string. Interior is clean and Very Good. One table showing exports of teas from Shanghai to the U.S. for the years 1848-1851. Historical document. Scarce. $125.00

[004319] Senate. AMISTAD. Message from the President of the United States (Millard Fillmore). 1853. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Disbound. American History. Very Good Senate. 32d Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 19. Message from the President of the United States (Millard Fillmore) Recommending The payment of the claim made by the Spanish government, on behalf of its subjects, in the case of the "Amistad". 7 pp. "The Queen has been pleased to direct ...the attention of your excellency to a subject...her Majesty's government is interested in seeing brought to a speedy issue. I allude to the claim of the schooner "Amistad", which has so frequently been the subject of correspondence, both at Madrid and in Washington...to place the sum of $50,000 to the credit of the Spanish government, in order that the latter might deliver the same to the parties interested, by way of indemnity." Correspondence in document between Millard Fillmore, President of the United States, A Calderon De La Barca "Minister and envoy extraordinary of Her Catholic Majesty"; Manuel Bertran De Lis, " Her Majesty's Miister Plenipotentiary at Washington". Mild brown toning to pages. Overall Very Good. $35.00

[004500] Shelby, Paul. LINCOLN'S LIFE STORIES AND SPEECHES. ill. Engravings. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1902. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Yellow Decorative Cloth. Abraham Lincoln. Good Letters and Speeches Chronologically Arranged. "The biography contained in this work was written by the Hon. Paul Selby, a personal friend of Lincoln, and for many years Editor of the State Journal at Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's home." Broken down in different sections: His Life; Stories of Lincoln's early life; Stories of Lincoln as a Lawyer; Incidents from the Presidential Career of Lincoln; Stories of the War; Lincoln's Letters; and Lincoln's Great Speeches. 469 pp. Illustrated yellow front cover with portrait of Lincoln, White House, Log Cabin, American Flag pole with an Eagle. Mildly soiled covers. Spine darkened. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Decorative endpapers. Front hinge broken. Previous owner's name and date on blank page before title page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Frontis. engraving of Lincoln. Many illustrations. $55.00

[002474] Stans, Maurice H.. TERRORS OF JUSTICE, THE: The Untold Side of Watergate . New York: Everest House, 1978. First Edition. Autobiography. Near Fine / Good. ISBN: 0-89696-020-x. DJ price clipped. $4.50

[004330] Tierney Tom. GEORGE BUSH AND HIS FAMILY. Paper Dolls in Full Color. Dover Pubns, 1990. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 13". Dolls. Mint ISBN: 048626329-0. This charming paper doll collection features President and Mrs. Bush (Senior) in activities typical of their roles at the forefront of American Life. The President and the First Lady are each represented by a paper doll and costumes depicting the actual outfits and ensembles they wore during the campaign for the Presidency, at inaugural events, and in the early months of the Bush administration. Ten of their grandchildren appear as well. 2 dolls and 24 costumes, plus 10 fully costumed dolls. Introduction and notes. 32 pp. Printed one side only. Paper Dolls are Fine. $6.00

[002484] Wills, Garry. LEAD TIME - A JOURNALIST'S EDUCATION . New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 1983. Writers. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-385-17695-3. $5.00