Dropped from plane “En Route”; envelope postmarked “Boston, Mass.”: July 25, 1932. Honoring George Washington and the U.S. Postal Service. Doolittle, the aviator who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading the bombing raids over Tokyo in World War II, writes: “I am making a flight over as many..... Read More about Typed Letter, signed (“J.H. Doolittle”), to U.S. Congressman James M. Mead, explaining his...

Washington, D.C: GPO, 1861. First edition. Read More about Addresses on the Death of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, delivered in the Senate and House of...

[Houston, Texas?]: Privately printed, [1973]. No. 13 of 30 copies. Eisenhower’s National Security Advisor Recalls ‘Ike’. “The searing candor which he brought to every issue bespoke his basic honesty.”Memoir of Dillon Anderson’s long association with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Anderson was Eisenhower’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs in 1955-1956..... Read More about Recollections of Eisenhower [Caption title

n.p: n.d. Inscribed Photograph of Eisenhower. Portrait is inscribed on photo's lower margin: "For Gertrude Hess Parker/with best wishes from/Dwight Eisenhower." Read More about Portrait photograph of Dwight David Eisenhower

[New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948]. Carbon copy typescript of Eisenhower’s memoir of the WWII European campaign, Crusade in Europe. With a note from Bill Robinson, Vice-President of the Herald Tribune, giving this typescript to Doug Black, President of Doubleday, the book’s publisher. It was by Robinson’s insistence that Eisenhower..... Read More about Crusade in Europe

New York: Doubleday, 1963; 1965 & 1967. First editions. PUBLISHER'S COPIES. Read More about The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953 — 1956 [and] Waging Peace 1956 — 1961 WITH: At...

New York: Bachrach, [c. 1936]. Inscribed by FDR's campaign manager and Postmaster General, "To my good friend Antonio C. Gonzalez Sincerely James A Farley".Gonzalez (1888-1965) born in New York City, was U.S. Minister to Panama from 1933-35; to Ecuador, from 1935-38; and to Venezuela, in 1938. Read More about Portrait photograph of James A. Farley, inscribed

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, [1978]. First edition. Inscribed on flyleaf; "To Jane Engelhardt (sic) with best wishes Betty Ford." With a label tipped onto the ffep "An Evening honoring Betty Ford November 9, 1978 Waldorf Astoria NYC for the library of Mrs. Charles Engelhardt." Read More about The Times of My Life

First edition, one of 500 copies, with 100 reserved copies that were produced in full blue leather. This is number 10 of 100 copies of that edition. Read More about A Vision for America

Washington, D.C: June 12, 1975. White House Dinner Invitation to Carrie Donovan. Carrie Donovan, one of the fashion world's great figures, graduated in 1950 from the Parsons School of Design, and went on to become an editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Times Magazine, where her style..... Read More about President and Mrs. Ford's engraved dinner invitation to Carrie Donovan

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First edition. As an active supporter in 1856 of the newly organized Republican party, C.J. Upham wrole a campaign biography of John C. Fremont for his Presidental run (DAB). It is also an interesting account of the early exploration of the Rockies and parallel ranges..... Read More about Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

[Washington, DC: 1881]. Garfield died just 199 days into his term, eleven weeks after he was shot in the back by Charles Guiteau. At the time of the shooting Guiteau carried in his pocket a note addressed to Sherman, explaining that the assasination was necessary to save the Republic, and..... Read More about Engraved card signed ("W.T. Sherman") as Grand Marshal, admitting New Hampshire...

Washington. DC: 20 June, 1868. Congressman Garfield on the Currency. “… I am gratified with your approval of the general spirit and purpose of my speech — and can see much reason to hope that the attention to the subject, will, before long, bring the nation to sensible and honest..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed (“J.A. Garfield“), as Congressman from Ohio, to J.A. Cowing of New...