New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. First Edition. Octavo, 148 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine purple with off-white lettering. Exterior has slight wear including mild age toning and sparse minor chips to the edges. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning. Text block has slight wear including light age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Inaugural Edition. Octavo, xxiii, 266 pages. In Very Good plus condition. In full blue leather binding, with gilt presidential seal on the front cover, gilt titling to spine, and gilt roll along the turn-in; text block with gilt edges and bound-in blue silk ribbon bookmark. Housed in publisher's matching blue leather case. Case shows moderate scuffing to top and bottom panels; lid is split at one of the corners. Volume shows negligible wear to covers and text block edges. Interior is bright and clean. Signed "John F. Kennedy" in secretarial hand on dedication leaf; the space for the dedicatee's name has been left blank. Includes handwritten letter of provenance dated July 18, 1984 from Kennedy's close friend and Special Assistant David Francis Powers, serving then as museum curator of the John F. Kennedy Library: "Dear Fran, / Enclosed please find the book I promised you. / President Kennedy presented a copy of this book to the members of the $1000. club. / Fran, this was the last copy in the Kennedy archives. / It is a pleasure to be of assistance to you and the Senator. / Best always / Dave Powers / Museum Curator". Letter is on General Services Administration letterhead, lightly age toned and folded in half. Letter is laid-in the case alongside the book. Shelved in Case 1 1/2. More

Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Printing, 1928. First Edition. Small octavo, 138 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's red paper boards. Scratching and rubbing to boards. Mild soiling to boards, concentrated on back board. Light bumping to board corners. Age toning to textblock. Glue damage to hinges of inner boards, leading to slight peeling of the inner board. Signed flat by Chief Tahan on title page. Shelved Case 1. More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 290 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket spine red with black lettering and protected in mylar covering, price uncut: "$4.95". Dust jacket mildly torn on edges with tearing to head and tail of spine. Spotty fading on rear of dust jacket due to rubbing. Mild general shelf wear. Signed and dated by Douglas on half-title page. Shelved under Front Counter. More

Germantaun [Germantown]: Michael Billmeyer, 1787. First Edition. Octavo, 537, [5] pages. In Good condition. In full contemporary leather binding with paneled spine; metal clasps to fore edge. Boards show moderate scuffing, with rubbing along edges and cracking along joints. Small areas of exposed board at fore corners. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Cracking to leather of clasps. Text block is darkly age toned and moderately worn and soiled along edges. Age toning and foxing throughout, with scattered stains. Contemporary ink doodles on front and rear endpapers; small areas of chipping along fore edge of front flyleaf. Splitting to hinges. Some sparse, small dog-ear creases present in top corners. Shelved in Room F. More

Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto, 100 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine white with black lettering. Mild rubbing to boards. Mild bumping to board edges. Slight age toning to boards and textblock. Signed flat Christenberry on first page. Shelved Photo History. More

New York, New York: Random House, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, 632 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine black white and gold with white and gold lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Bumping to dust jacket edges. Rubbing to bottom edge of boards. Water damage to bottom edge of text block. Mild discoloration to fore-edge of text block. Text block mildly sunken. Signed flat by Wilkerson on title page. Shelved in Case 1 1/2. More

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, xvi, 205, [2] pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Volume in full brown cloth binding with bronze titling to spine. Jacket is brown and orange with white titling. Jacket shows very light wear, with some rubbing along the top and bottom edges and scattered foxing on the back cover. Boards show negligible wear, and are very slightly bowed. Text block shows light foxing along top edge. Interior clean. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column CC (ND-CC). More

Concord; Boston: William White; Benjamin B. Mussey, 1836. Second Edition. 6mo, iv, 380 pages, plus frontispiece and fold-out map; pagination includes two additional plates. In Very Good minus condition, with Very Good fold-out map. Volume is in publisher's full blue cloth binding, with blind stamped covers and gilt titling and decoration to spine. Wrapped in a navy cloth jacket with marbled paper interior, with a matching slipcase in same navy cloth with dark leather quarter binding; gilt titling to slipcase spine. Slipcase is moderately worn, with bowing and soiling to side panels; scuffing to corners and on leather elements; and a large section of chipping to the spine. Navy cloth jacket is more lightly worn, with sunning to the spine, light fraying along the edges at the corners and head/tail of spine, and cracking along the front joint. The volume itself shows moderate wear to boards, with scuffing to covers, rubbing along edges and at corners, and mild sunning to spine. Shallow crinkling at the head and tail. Text block is moderately toned and lightly worn along the edges. Lightly age toned and moderately foxed throughout; foxing heaviest on the endpapers. Penciling, ink stamp, and paper label from former owners on front pastedown; description from former seller pasted to front flyleaf. Large, fold-out color map is in remarkable condition, with light offsetting and a small closed tear near the gutter. Image is otherwise clean and crisp; colors bright. Shelved in Case 9. More

New York: National Association For Mental Health, 1967. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, 48 pages. In Very Good condition. Blue paper booklet in Very Good minus condition. Mild wear and age toning on paper. Mild staining on back cover. Shelved under front counter. More

Mannheim: Tobias Loeffler, 1839. First Edition. Octavo, 344 pages, plus map. In good minus condition. In publisher's gray paper wraps, with black lettering to covers and spine. Wraps show significant wear, with covers nearly detached due to major splitting to joints. Covers show faint stains and creases. Chipping along edges of covers, with insect damage to the bottom edge of the front cover. Spine is sunned, with cracking, peeling, and chipping to paper. Text block is moderately worn and soiled along edges. Mild wrinkling throughout, with small folds and creases to corners. Numbering, penciling, and ink stamps on the inside of the front cover and on title page. Insect damage affects bottom edges through page 14. Fold out map is mildly age toned and foxed, with small chips and tears along edges. Book is housed in a new mylar archival sleeve. Shelved in Room F. More

Kent: The Kent State University. Mixed Editions. Octavo, two volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the pictorial spines. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning with slight cocking to the spines. Boards protected with a mylar covering. Text blocks have slight wear including mild age toning to the edges with some offsetting to the end papers. Gift inscription to the front end paper to volume one. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. CONTENTS: Vol. One "1866-1910", ISBN 0873381114, Reissued, 1971, xii, 333 pages -- Vol. Two "1911-1944", First Edition, 1971, ISBN 0873381041, xi, 433 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1916. Reprint. Octavo, iv, 155 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Discoloration on bottom edge of boards. Fore and bottom edges of textblock uncut. Library tags to front pastedown, copyright page and rear pastedown. Gilted top edge of textblock. Light age toning throughout interior. Inscribed by Stoudt on front free end-paper. Shelved under Front Counter. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, xvii, 347 pages, plus [12] leaves of captioned photographs. In Very Good minus condition, lacking dust jacket. In yellow cloth quarter binding with orange cloth boards, with blind stamped decoration on front cover and green titling to spine. Some light wear and scuffing to boards, with rubbing along the edges. Light bumping to fore corners. Mild sunning/toning to spine. Text block shows moderate toning and scuffing along edges. Sparse pen underlining and marginalia throughout. Inscribed in blue pen by Oswald White Bear Fredericks on verso of front flyleaf: "In friendship and brotherhood / from Hopiland -- / White Bear / Hopi / 1968". Shelved in Room A. More

Indianapolis: Charles O. Perrine, 1864. First Edition. Small octavo, x, [1], 12-213, [6], plus an engraved fold-out map. In Good minus condition. Quarter-bound in brown cloth with orange printed boards. Boards have tears to spine and a loss of cloth to spine edges, chipping to edges, discoloration and rubbing wear to surfaces. Rear board is detached from textblock. Textblock has a blue ink stain to the bottom edges, and age toning and foxing throughout. It appears that the front free end page has been pasted to the interior of the front board. The fold-out map has stains and tears to the creases. Shelved in Room A. More

Broadside. In Very Good condition. White paper with tan titling. Photo of Robert F. Kennedy adhered to the center of the sheet. Sheet curls at the ends. Faint horizontal creases present. Signed flat in black marker by Edward Kennedy in the bottom margin: "Love Teddy". Housed in a card-backed archival sleeve. More

Hallowell: Glazier, Masters & Smith, 1842. New Edition. Octavo, 484 pages. In Very Good condition. Newly bound in quarter leather and brown cloth boards. Previous label with gilt lettering preserved and adhered to spine. Minor shelf wear. Small puncture wound from second free endpaper to page 4. Age toning as expected with foxing scattered throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 1. More

Washington, D.C. Thaddeus Hyatt, 1860. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 32 pages. In Good plus condition. Housed in a Very Good minus condition brown four-flap enclosure, with a black label and gilt titling to spine. Booklet in printed self-wrappers; has light to moderate foxing, primarily over the text. Minor stains and soiling to some pages throughout, and light wear to edges. Shelved in Room A. More

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1938. Small Quarto, vi, vii, 98 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's deep beige cloth bearing brown lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including age toning and minor edge wear. Slight tilt to the spine. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges and slight offsetting to the end papers. Slight foxing to the interior. Previous owner's name to the front end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy international postage unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

Limited-Edition. A pair of limited-edition enamel Christmas ornaments specially commissioned by the White House Historical Association to commemorate its 60th Anniversary. Crafted by Halcyon Days, the British enamel firm established in 1950, known for fine hand-decorated enamelwork and gilded detailing. Measurements – Small: Approximately 3 x 3.5 in.; Large: Approximately 3.5 x 4.25 in. Both ornaments are in Very Good condition, with original boxes showing light handling wear. Shelved at Rockville Room B (SJF). More

Norwalk, CT [Edison, NJ]: Easton Press [Cartographica Press], [2009]. Easton Press Edition. Large Quarto, 400 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in red genuine leather, with gilt decoration and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt, with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Minimal shelf wear to boards. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear, with a thin scratch on the fore edge. Smudge in corner of page 5 where pencil writing was erased. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A. More

1946. A framed commemorative presentation honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), featuring a hand-colored engraving of the White House (signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in black fountain pen), together with a First Day Cover (FDC) issued on January 30, 1946—Roosevelt’s birthday—bearing the inscription “Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Series Complete.” The envelope is postmarked Washington, D.C., Jan 30, 9:00 AM, 1946, and signed by J.C. Burke, Postmaster of Washington, D.C., also in black fountain pen. The frame measures approximately 11 x 14 inches, with the artwork and envelope measuring about 9.5 x 12.5 inches. In Very Good condition with light age toning and minor aging to the frame edges. More

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2021. First Edition, #28/400. Octavo, 374 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated dark teal leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Minor general shelf wear, and light bumping to bottom edges. Textblock has silk moiré end papers, silk page ribbons, gilt edges, and mild wear to edges. Signed flat by Nathaniel Philbrick on the publisher's limitation page. Shelved in Room A. More

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1995. Collector's Edition. Octavo, x, 426 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in red genuine leather, with gilt decoration; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt, with bound-in ribbon bookmark. Very light shelf and edge wear to boards. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear, with a small stain on the top edge. Shelved in Room A. More

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Octavo, 376 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine pictorial yellow with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including several instances of chips to the edges, slight sunning to the spine, slight age toning to the rear/flaps and modest soiling. Price clipped front flap. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning and slight edge wear. Mild cocking to the spine. Text block has modest wear including offsetting to the end papers. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in the Locked Annex, Column X. More