Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1896. Thick Octavo, 690 pages; VG; bound in original three-quarter brown morocco, marbled text block; in scarce publisher's deluxe three-quarter morocco binding with Longstreet's portrait stamped in gilt on front board; gift inscription to ffep; without half-title; interior fine; light expert restoration to original morocco; with frontispiece portrait, 16 maps and 30 illustrations of battle sites and portraits; MS consignment; shelved case 1. More about FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX: MEMOIRS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

Ephrata: Verlags der Bruderschafft, 1748. First Edition. Large thick folio; VG; bound in contemporary black leather, metal corners and broken hinges, repaired with new plain black leather paneled spine; some foxing throughout; some mild wear to fore edge of text block; with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette; collation: [1], A-G4, A-Z4, 2A-2Z4, 3A-3O4, A-Z4, 2A-2Z4, 3A-3Z4, 4A-4Z4, 5A-5Z4, 6A-6G4; text in German.; MW consignment; shelved in Case 4. More about DER BLUTUGE SCHAU-PLATZ ODER MARTYRER-SPIEGEL DER TAUFFS GESINTEN ODER WEHRLOSEN = CHRISTEN

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1942 [1947]. First Edition, Third Printing. Quarto, xv, 290; VG/G; spine black with yellow and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; dust jacket has numerous chips, primarily to head and tail of spine, closed tears to hinges, upper edge of front cover, small chip missing to upper edge of front cover; art studio name written to rear pastedown; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown; stamp for 'Coffin & Company" top top edge of text block; INSCRIBED on frontispiece by Walt Disney to a Jim; BL consignment; shelved case 3 or 11. More about THE ART OF WALT DISNEY [SIGNED BY WALT DISNEY]

New York: The Publishers Printing Co., 1908. First Edition. 8vo., 333pp., v; VG; bound in brown cloth, dull gilt lettering on spine; boards have mild rubbing and wear, 4 small spots of fading on spine; white lettering and pictorial image on front cover; bookplate on front pastedown; SIGNED flat by Harry Houdini on ffep, vertical signature; frontispiece with tissue guard; gutter beginning to tear at first page of illustrations, as appears normal; boards slightly shaken; mild bumping to corners; KS consignment; shelved case 5. More about THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN [SIGNED]

Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1834. Second Edition, Early Issue. Thick octavo, 460, 42, viii, 448, 32, v, 10 maps; VG; bound in contemporary full brown leather, flat compartmentalized spine, gilt lettering and rules; gilt roll to board edges; repair to front hinge; bumping to corners, mild shelfwear; interior clean; some gatherings have more bleeding than others, causing a variance of color in the text block; Atlas with engraved vignette title, all 10 folding maps present and in excellent condition; lacking engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington in volume one, tissue-guard present; JG consignment; shelved case 1. More about THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON [TWO VOLUMES PLUS ATLAS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME]

Paris: Chez Buisson, Librairie, 1791. First French edition [True First Edition]. Octavo; good+/none; brown leather spine with faux banding and gilt highlights; repaired; gilt title on black label; half-bound w/gray and black marbled boards; ex libris, small bookplate and several pencil signatures; ffep, excised; edge wear and bumping; text block, clean; 207 pp.; [pagination error, at pp. 203-7, numbered as 360-363]; light general toning; joints, split starts; edges and corners, chipping and wear; ---Howes F323 ("b"). Streeter Sale 4171. Ford 383. Grolier American 100, 21. Sabin 25549. The French edition preceded the English language printings. The first British edition appeared in 1793, and the first American not until 1794; else very good; ---previous owners of this volume include C. R. Eliot, First Unitarian minister in Oregon and President of Reed College. -Shelve case # 1. More about MEMOIRES DE LA VIE PRIVEE DE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ECRITS PAR LUI-MEME, ET ADRESSES A SON FILS...

Washington, D. C. US Government Printing Office, 1964. First Edition. Octavo, xxiv, 888 pages; VG; bound in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine; slight sun-fading to spine, mild wear to edges, head and tail of spine; SIGNED flat on ffep by Gerald Ford. Representative (and later 38th president) Ford was one of the seven members of the Warren Commission, established by President Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy.; shelved case 1. More about REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY [SIGNED BY...

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Thick Octavo, 837 pages; VG-/VG-; spine red with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut ''$27.50', mild closed tears and rubbing; slight rubbing to text block; full page New Year inscription opposite of title page, plus dated inscription on title page, dated January 8m 1985. Both inscriptions are to Jerry Aronson, director of the documentary 'Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg'. ..."I hope your film doesn't get tangled in ideas but can be straightforward chronology if that's possible."; consignment; shelved case 0. More about COLLECTED POEMS 1947-1980 [INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG TO JERRY ARONSON]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Inaugural Edition. Octavo, xxiii, 266 pages; VG-/Fair; spine white, gold, and blue with blue, red, and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.95'; dust jacket has been torn completely across the front cover, taped together with non-archival tape that has bled; dust jacket has mild wear to head and tail of spine, some creases and folding to lower edge of front cover; small fold to front flap; small stain to ffep; SIGNED flat on title page by Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy; BL consignment; shelved case 5. More about PROFILES IN COURAGE [SIGNED BY TED AND CAROLINE KENNEDY]

Thornwillow Press, 1999. Limited Edition, #89/185. Large Octavo, 107 pages; VG; bound in half black morocco and dark blue paper boards, housed in a VG black cloth clamshell; top edge of text block gilt, decorated endpapers; signed on colophon by Donald, #89/185; with three tipped-in photogravure portraits & two fold-out facsimile letters; V consignment; shelved case 1. More about LINCOLN AT HOME - TWO GLIMPSES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S DOMESTIC LIFE [SIGNED]

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970. First Edition. thick 8vo., 1038pp.; VG/G; spine brown with tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut; dust jacket has numerous chips, including large chips to head and tail of spine, with chipping occurring along all edges; interior slightly age-toned; INSCRIBED by Charles Lindbergh to Hunter Harris, with the additional signature of Anne M. Lindbergh, his wife from 1929–1974 (his death); Hunter Harris, Jr. was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF) from 1964 to 1967, and is addressed by Lindbergh as 'my old friend and fellow air force officer; JH consignment; shelved case 5. More about THE WARTIME JOURNALS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH [SIGNED]

New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1978. Deluxe Edition. Octavo, 1120 pages; VG; bound in full dark blue leather, paneled spine with gilt lettering, front cover has gilt signature in a banner of stars; all edges of text block gilt; marbled endpapers; pastedowns paneled with leather; SIGNED flat by Nixon on tipped-in page; scarce edition; shelved case 5. More about THE MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON [SIGNED]

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 275 pages; VG/Fair; spine beige with red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '15s. net'; dust jacket missing the middle third of the spine, small chips to other parts of spine, tape to head and tail; spine of boards slightly age-toned; spine cocked; top edge of text block red; INSCRIBED on ffep to Don-Tudor Wilkinson, Paris 1954, with his bookplate a the bottom of the page; shelved case 5. More about MADAME DE POMPADOUR [SIGNED]

London: R. Davis, 1765. Second edition. Octavo in brown calf with six-band embossed spine and gold gilt; VG; moderate soiling and shelf wear; open gutter in front; strong binding; wobbly paper, age-toned; clean text; some stained pages at the end; pp. 307; author converted from Heatherism and became a Member of the Church of England; shelved in Case # 7; GP consignment. More about MEMOIRS OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR, A REPUTED NATIVE OF FORMOSA.

New York: John S. Taylor, 1842. First American edition; from the London edition. Small, thin octavo in dark brown embossed hardcovers with gold letters on spine; VG; boards show some soiling and shelf wear with fraying around spine and tiny bumps on lower corners; end pages heavily foxed; small inscription on first end page; frontispiece engraving; binding strong; edges and gutters dusty; paper generally stained or foxed, but not detrimental to reading; text clean in tight print; pp. 301; shelved in Case # 1. More about PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS.

New York: Harper, 1955. First Edition, Early Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG-; White and blue spine with blue and red lettering; 266 pages; early printing, lacking the 'First Edition M-E' code; Book is SIGNED by Kennedy (with a secretarial signature #3) to George Killion, Democratic donor and ship industry leader, on the ffep; Jacket has some wear along the edges, a few closed tears to the front and rear edges of the jacket, mostly 1.5" and under, larger closed tear near upper edge of rear at spine; some additional creasing to rear of jacket, now covered by mylar brodart, price uncut '$3.50'; cloth boards have edge wear; Binding tight; Text block clean with some typical age toning; BL Consign; Shelved case 5 or Window. More about PROFILES IN COURAGE [SECRETARIAL SIGNED]

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Sixth Edition. Octavos, 4 volumes; VG; all volumes bound in contemporary full mottled brown calf, gilt tooling to spines, red and brown labels with gilt titling and numbering; gilt roll to board edges; mild rubbing and wear to all volumes, including bumping and peeling to corners; some foxing to endpapers, interiors clean; [4], xxxvii, [1], 481; [2], 496; [2], 483; [2], 530; with engraved portrait frontispiece and the two required plates: the fold-out reproduction of Dr. Johnson’s handwriting in volume 1 and the famous Round Robin in volume 4; offsetting to title page of volume 1 from frontispiece; shelved above Judaism. More about THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. [FOUR VOLUMES]

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 544 pages; VG/VG-; spine white with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$24.95'; mild wear and rubbing to dust jacket; mild spotting to text block; sticker on front cover reading 'Autographed copy'; SIGNED flat on title page by Muhammad Ali; BL consignment; shelved case 5. More about MUHAMMAD ALI - HIS LIFE AND TIMES [SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD ALI]

London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1832. Octavo; VG; 1/4 bound green sunned leather spines with gilt lettering; 3 volumes, vol. 1, pp 408; vol. 2, pp 495; vol. 3, pp 540; cloth boards have light wear to exteriors, rubbing to spine edges, very slight rubbing to corners; text blocks have some age toning to exterior edges, deckled fore edges; previous owner's name to half title pages, slight writings toward front and rear pages; marbled endpapers; light age toning toward edges; numerous illustrations, some in color; slight toning to tissue covering frontispiece in vol. 1; RL consignment; Shelved case 13. More about Wilson's American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States [3 volumes]

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874/1885/1887. Mixed Editions. Octavos, 8 volumes; VG; bound in uniform three quarters brown calf with marbled boards and endpapers, paneled spines two two panels having lettering, date on tail; bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons; top edge of text block gilt; bookplates to front pastedowns; mild rubbing and wear; Series One: Second Edition 1874; Series Two: 1885; Series Three: 1887; shelved above Vietnam War. More about THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS: A JOURNAL OF THE REIGNS OF KING GEORGE IV., KING WILLIAM IV AND QUEEN...

London, England: Various, 1787-1796. EARLY EDITIONS (Mixed Set). Octavos, 14 volumes, VG-; full leather acid washed boards: boards recased, with signs of repair to hinges and gutters of endpapers; six compartments (no panels) to spine, black title blocks age-toned green, gilt lettering to title blocks, gilt illustrations to three compartments, gilt motif to spine; gilt decorative single-ruled borders to edges of boards, board edges and turn-ins; brown and green marbled text-blocks: mild-to-moderate rubbing to backs, gilt lettering and gilt tooling somewhat affected yet legible/clear; mild rubbing/light scratching to most boards; mild bumping to head, tail, and corners; with slight chipping/material loss to most boards (see additional notes to each volume); mild wear/fading to text-blocks; labels from previous owner to front paste-downs; mild age-toning/light scattered foxing to interiors, text somewhat faded clear yet legible; thin moiré ribbons to interiors, Stanford University bookmarks to most volumes; each volume housed in its own VG- maroon slipcase; frontispieces to Vols. 1-12; Vols. 1-12 printed for T. Longman, et al.; VOL. 1 [LIFE OF JOHNSON; POEMS & PLAYS; sticker from previous bookseller to verso of ffep]; VOL. 2 [PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS, POLITICAL ESSAYS & MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS: corners of boards bumped more so than other volumes]; VOL. 3 [GREEK COMEDY, et cetera: small moderate scratch to front board, diagonal scratch to back board]; VOL. 4 [THE RAMBLER, PART 1]; VOL. 5 [THE RAMBLER, PART 2]; VOL. 6 [THE RAMBLER, PART 3: front board beginning to detach from hinge, mild soiling to top margin of title page and verso of ffep, small dark brown imperfection to front board; VOL. 7 [THE IDLER]; VOL. 8 [MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, et cetera; small dark moderate scratches to front and back boards, small area of dark residue to back board]; VOL. 9 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 1]; VOL. 10 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 2: small spot of residue to front board]; VOL. 11 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 3]; VOL. 12 [LIVES OF EMINENT PERSONS, et cetera: dent and small dark scratches to back board]; VOL. 13 [DEBATES 1740-1741: part of an early edition of 13 volumes, pub. 1787, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London: light scratches to front board; originally "VOL. XII" to title page, changed by previous owner in ink to "VOL. XIII"]; VOL. 14 [DEBATES 1741-1742: part of earlier edition of 13 volumes, pub. 1787 (same set as VOL. 13), printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London: originally "VOL. XIII" to title page, changed by previous owner in ink to "VOL. XIV"; shelved above oversized Art Books, end of aisle B. More about WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON [14 VOLUMES]

New York: Messner, 1967. Third Printing. Octavo; VG; Library Binding; White spine with blue lettering; 191 pages; SIGNED by EISENHOWER on the title page; Wear to the edges of the boards, some minor bumping to the corners; Binding tight and text block clean; Shelved case 5 or window. BL Consign. More about BATTLEFIELD PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER [SIGNED BY EISENHOWER]

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 610 pages; G/none; bound in black cloth, red oval and gilt lettering to spine, red lettering to front cover; some rubbing and wear to boards; top edge of text block black; ownership inscription to ffep dated March 1956; loose within is a 2 1/2 page TLS, dated March 4, 1956, to Eleanor Kask and Donald Friede, a married marketing/editor pair at World Publishing. Written by Fadiman, it is a scathing review of The Mandarins. He comments that "I am sure of two things: a. On a smaller scale, this will repeat its French success, for reasons which have nothing to do with its literaty value, which is questionable, but which have much to do with its talk-value, its scandal-value." "I have tried to make it clear that the reasons why this interesting book baffles me and in the end angers me, because I know how much it means to you, and how many painful and conscientious hours Donald has spend on it (it shows it too--the translation is brilliant). I would not have you think that I do not deeply respect your opinions; if I did not, I would not have spent twenty precious (and by no means wasted) hours on The Mandarins." He closes out the letter by asking them to "Give my regards to Mrs. Sartre, and tell her to stop contemplating her own soul and look at the whole world, in time and space. She is in a way a lucky woman--she still has before her the wonderful experience of growing up."; shelved case 5. More about THE MANDARINS [WITH TLS REVIEW BY CLIFTON FADIMAN]

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xi, 296 pages; VG/VG; spine blue with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$9.95'; lower corner of front flap clipped; mild wear to head and tail of spine; top edge of text block blue; SIGNED flat on title page by Ted Kennedy and Patrick Kenendy; BL consignment; shelved case 5. More about SENATOR TED KENNEDY - THE CAREER BEHIND THE IMAGE [SIGNED BY TED KENNEDY AND PATRICK KENNEDY]

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Edition. Large octavos, 4 volumes housed in blue cardboard box, VG-; blue cloth boards, gold lettering to spines: mild overall wear to boards, light scratching to spines (lettering unaffected), light bumping to corners; age-toning/wear to text-blocks, stippled fore-edges; circular area of fading to front board of Vol. 3 only; interiors clean; ephemera (four promotional postcards) housed in Vol. 1; wear/likely water damage to box, set unaffected; shelved above case 9. More about ABRAHAM LINCOLN [4 VOLUMES]