His First Book, Inscribed
Whither Bound?
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1926. First Edition of the author’s first commercially produced book. His First Book, Inscribed. Inscribed... Read More about Whither Bound?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
New York: Scribner's, 1936. Reprint, first published 1926. Read More about East of the Sun and West of the Moon
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TR in 1917 : ‘more and more of an anti-German’
Group of seven Typed Letters, signed, to John Quinn, 1905-17, with four autograph letters, signed, from Edith Kermit Roosevelt to...
Oyster Bay or New York City: 1905-1917. TR in 1917 : ‘more and more of an anti-German’. An interesting clutch of correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and John Quinn, Irish-American attorney and great patron of the arts and literature, touching on the Irish question, literature, and international politics. The first two..... Read More about Group of seven Typed Letters, signed, to John Quinn, 1905-17, with four autograph letters,...
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IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains ... "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" Part II.
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Later edition. IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Read More about Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains ... "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman"...
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The Strenuous Life. Essays and Addresses.
New York: The Century Co, 1900. First Edition. This first edition is book is very scarce and gives TR's philosophy of life. Read More about The Strenuous Life. Essays and Addresses
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Transcript of Record ... Supreme Court of the United States. October Term, 1951. No. 111 Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg...
New York: National Committee to Secure Justice in Rosenberg Case, 1952. "In response to widespread and growing requests for the facts in the Rosenberg Case, we have taken the unprecedented step of making available to the public the complete transcript of the trial proceedings. We are pleased to perform this..... Read More about Transcript of Record ... Supreme Court of the United States. October Term, 1951. No. 111 Julius...
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The military assistant: being a collection of company discipline, principally selected from the writings of Frederick W. Steuben, late inspector...
Springfield, MA: Thomas Dickman, [1812]. A War of 1812 era guide, based on Steuben, for use by the common militiaman: "The following work is intended merely as a summary of COmpany Discipline for the use of our Militia. It is not expected by the author, that those officers and gentlmen..... Read More about The military assistant: being a collection of company discipline, principally selected from the...
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VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER
French Spoliation Claims and Policy of Assurance of the American merchant vessel “Mary”.
Portsmouth, [NH]: 1805-1872. VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER. This is a fascinating collection chronicling an episode of the "Quasi-War" between the US and France. The Barque ‘Mary” which hailed out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was attacked and boarded off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. An article in "The Balance and..... Read More about French Spoliation Claims and Policy of Assurance of the American merchant vessel “Mary”
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY AND CROWN POINT
Govr. Shirleys Rough Messa. to the Represen. for an Establishment for the Quarter Master & adjutant General in the Crown...
nd. WILLIAM SHIRLEY AND CROWN POINT. Shirley’s Rough message to the Massachusetts General Court and House of Representatives reads in part: "Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I cannot in faithfulness to the great interest of this or all of the neighboring Provinces in the success of the designed expedition..... Read More about Govr. Shirleys Rough Messa. to the Represen. for an Establishment for the Quarter Master &...
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Notes on the Spanish-American War.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Contains among the various reports “Government reports on the Battles and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba,” “Comments of Rear-Admiral Plüddemann on the Main features of the War with Spain,” and “Sketches from the Spanish American War.”¶ Senate Document 388, with the yellow slip preceeding title..... Read More about Notes on the Spanish-American War
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Chromolithographic Print: "Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Fleet at Santiago De Cuba, July 3rd, 1898" showing battle scene and inset at...
Philadelphia: J. Hoover & Sons, 1898. Schley was selected "at the opening of the Spanish-American War to command the Flying Squadron at Hampton Roads...when Cevera's ships reached Martinique, the Flying Squadron...at 9:35 (July3, 1898) the Spanish ships emerged from the harbor (of Santiago) and turned westward, Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn..... Read More about Chromolithographic Print: "Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Fleet at Santiago De Cuba, July...
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Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Naval Court on Inquiry upon the Destruction...
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1898. First edition. Read More about Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Naval Court on...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur...
Washington, D.C: Published by John C. Rives, 1857. New edition. Read More about The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin,...
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Typed note signed "Ray Lyman Wilbur" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to...
Washington, D.C: March 14, 1929. Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) was the only physician on the faculty at Stanford University when he began his career there as an instructor and later an assistant professor, while still maintaining a full-time medical practice. Wilbur finally gave up his practice when he became a...... Read More about Typed note signed "Ray Lyman Wilbur" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in...
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency, Exhibiting a....
Boston: Printed and Published by T.B. Wait & Sons, 1815. An important collection of United States state papers and foreign relations documents during the important period from 1789 through 1801, including Washington's first speech to Congress, his message on the situation with Algiers, Pickering's letter to Pinkney (while the latter..... Read More about State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession of George Washington...
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The Stately Game.
New York: Macmillan, [1971]. First edition. Inscribed on the flyleaf by Symington, former U.S. Chief of Protocol, "To Jane [Engelhard], whose beauty, generosity, and gentle strength have made this a better world. With admiration and love, Jim Symington" Read More about The Stately Game
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Life and Public Services of Gen. Z. Taylor : including a minute Account of his Defence of Fort Harrison...
New York: Published at 128 Nassau Street, 1850. Read More about Life and Public Services of Gen. Z. Taylor : including a minute Account of his Defence of Fort...
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Recollections of Mexico.
New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. First edition, early issue with the dedication leaf. An interesting collection of sketches of Mexican culture and life by this retired United States Minister to Mexico. Included are descriptions and discussions of cockfighting, bull fighting, relations with Texas, the California question of..... Read More about Recollections of Mexico
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Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House stationery, to C. Suydam Cutting.
Washington, D.C: White House, May 21, 1937. Like FDR, Suydam Cutting, who came from a prominent New Jersey family, was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard (they graduated 5 years apart). Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR, Jr., and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions..... Read More about Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House...
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History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements...
Norwich, {Ct.]: Published for the Author, 1810. Second issue. Read More about History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of Their...
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Inscribed to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
The United States and India 1776-1976.
Washington, D.C: Embassy of India, 1976. First edition. Inscribed to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. INSCRIBED by the author to then Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (1917-2002). Vance occupied the post 1977-1980, succeeding Henry Kissinger. He accompanied President Carter on his historic visit to India in January 1978 (a few..... Read More about The United States and India 1776-1976
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Historia Negra. Relato de los escándalos occurridos en nuestras ex-colonias durante las últimas guerras por El Capitan Verdades con un...
Barcelona: Casa Editorial Maucci; Buenos Ayres: Maucci Hermanos; Mexico: Maucci Hermance, 1899. First edition. Inscribed on the front wrapper “Compliments of R. U. Buelhmann by Juan de Urquia” (inscription is cropped). Read More about Historia Negra. Relato de los escándalos occurridos en nuestras ex-colonias durante las últimas...
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US CONGRESSMAN AND CONSULATE
Autograph Maunscript, Signed "William Lyman Esq, Consul of the United States of America for the Port of London"
London: 10 February 1807. US CONGRESSMAN AND CONSULATE. A manuscript by John Mitchell, Notary Public of London, certifying to the signature of the Mayor of London "at foot of the annexed Affidavit and to the Exhibit on the List of debts," to which William Lyman attests "that Mr. John Mitchell..... Read More about Autograph Maunscript, Signed "William Lyman Esq, Consul of the United States of America for...
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The Hero of Lake Erie
Autograph letter signed ("JD Elliot") to Robert Kennedy Esq. ("Sir").
Philadelphia: 22d Mar 1845. The Hero of Lake Erie. A crisp, clean signature of the controversial hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, in an order to the store keeper of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, written during his short tenure as commander and less than a year before his death..... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("JD Elliot") to Robert Kennedy Esq. ("Sir"
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Dartmoor Massacre.
[Boston]: Price 15 cents, [1815]. Scarce account in verse of the Dartmoor Massacre in which American prisoners (captured American seamen) in a British jail were attacked by their captors at the end of the War of 1812. A caption title above the first stanza reads: "Transposed in Verse from the..... Read More about Dartmoor Massacre
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Partially printed document signed ("John Armstrong") as Secretary of War, appointing Colonel John Chrystie an Inspector General, with a draft...
March 19, 1813. Armstrong (1758-1843) a delagate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Senator from New York and briefly Secreatry of War under James Madison (1813-4) during the War of 1812. He was forced to resign as Secretary of War in September 1813, after failing to defend Washington from the..... Read More about Partially printed document signed ("John Armstrong") as Secretary of War, appointing...
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