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First Edition of Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition of Herbert Hoover’s challenge to Roosevelt’s New Deal arguing it abandoned “the heritage of liberty.” Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 119982
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First Edition of Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary
MCCORD, David T.
Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.
First edition of this work published in celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Harvard College. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt Harvard Shield to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 102998
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First Edition of Rosalynn Carter's First Lady From Plains; Signed by Her
CARTER, Rosalynn.
First Lady from Plains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
Early printing of the Rosalynn Carter’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 74093
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"A priest has as much liberty to proselytize as a patriot": First Edition of Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice
SCALIA, Antonin.
Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court’s Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice.
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2004.
First edition of this collection of opinions from Justice Scalia. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and interior design by Kristina Rutledge Phillips. Edited and with Commentary by Kevin A. Ring.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 101926
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Betty: A Glad Awakening; Signed by Betty Ford
FORD, Betty.
Betty: A Glad Awakening.
New York : Doubleday, 1987.
Early printing of the first lady’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Betty Ford on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 76338
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Second Revised edition of Frederick Woods' Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill
WOODS, Frederick.
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill.
London: Library of Imperial History in association with Kaye and Ward Ltd., 1975.
Second revised edition of Woods’ authoritative bibliography of Churchill’s works. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in, frontispiece photograph of Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 114829
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First Edition of Betty: A Glad Awakening; Signed by Betty Ford
FORD, Betty.
Betty: A Glad Awakening.
New York : Doubleday, 1987.
First edition of the first lady’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Betty Ford on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 44005
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First Edition of Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look at American Foreign Policy
GOLDWATER, Barry.
Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look at American Foreign Policy.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of this work by Senator Goldwater. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Barry Goldwater on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $70.00 Item Number: 103493
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Jacob A. Riis's Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen
RIIS, Jacob A. [Theodore Roosevelt].
Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen.
New York: The Outlook Company, 1904.
Early printing of Riis’s campaign biography of President Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt with others uncut, illustrated with seventeen engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt drawn by George T. Tobin. In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 103524
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"Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family": First Edition of Barbara Bush's Memoir; Signed by Her
BUSH, Barbara.
Barbara Bush: A Memoir.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.
First edition of the first lady Barbara Bush’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barbara Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 45676
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition, later printing of the 39th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 29083
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First Edition of Mr. Churchill Speaks
CHURCHILL, Winston.
Mr. Churchill Speaks. A Selection from the Speeches of Mr. Churchill Made During the Years 1938-1940.
London: Cassell and Company, 1940.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Winston Churchill. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 116249
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First Edition of Kenneth S. Davis' A Prophet in His Own Country: The Triumphs and Defeats of Adlai E. Stevenson; signed by both Kenneth S. Davis and Adlai Stevenson
DAVIS, Kenneth S. [Adlai E. Stevenson].
A Prophet in His Own Country: The Triumphs and Defeats of Adlai E. Stevenson.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957.
First edition of Davis’ definitive biography of Adlai E. Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Kenneth S. Davis and Adlai Stevenson on the second free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket desgin by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photograph by Arthur Siegel.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115063
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": Sonia Sotomayor's My Beloved World; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYER, Sonia.
My Beloved World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Early printing of Justice Sotomayor’s autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 119114
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First Edition of Rosalynn Carter's First Lady From Plains; Signed by Her
CARTER, Rosalynn.
First Lady from Plains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of the Rosalynn Carter’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 44021
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First signed limited edition of Adlai E. Stevenson's major speeches from his 1951 Presidential campaign; one of 1000 copies signed by the author
STEVENSON, Adlai E.
Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson 1952.
New York: Random House, 1953.
First signed limited edition of Adlai E. Stevenson’s major speeches from his 1951 Presidential campaign. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece portrait by Life Magazine photographer Cornell Capa. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 36. Near fine in the original glassine which is in very good condition. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96776
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"I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people": First Edition of Decision Points; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
Decision Points.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2010.
Early printing of George W. Bush’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by George W. Bush on an official Decision Points bookplate. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W.G. Cookman.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119673
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER’S CLASSIC WORK REMEMBERING KENNEDY: ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT
MANCHESTER, William.
Remembering Kennedy: One Brief Shining Moment.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1983.
Signed limited first edition of the historian’s most well-known piece of literature. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by William Manchester. Fine in the original acetate, original slipcase in fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119888
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First Edition of Strategic Vision; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew.
Strategic Vision: American and the Crisis of Global Power.
New York : Basic Books, 2012.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Robert Hart- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski.”
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 7278
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"There is no greater human need, no greater human gift than to love a child": First Edition of Nancy Reagan's To Love a Child; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
To Love a Child.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1982.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 41039