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New York: Braziller, 1968. Illustrated. 127pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; large tear to rear panel of dust wrapper. New York: George Braziller, (1968). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
New York: Braziller, 1968. Illustrated. 127pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; large tear to rear panel of dust wrapper. New York: George Braziller, (1968). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
New York: 1985. 539pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1985). Near fine. More
New York: Richard Marek, 1981. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Richard Marek, (1981). Near Fine History of Egypt and Israel from 1900 through 1977. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Macmillan, (1968). vg. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2000. Edited by Beverly Ornstein. Profusely illustrated with 243 stunning photographs in color and b/w. Folio, red cloth, d.w. (New York: Harper Collins & The Wonderland Press, 2000). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Over 200 stunning color photographs of figures with an underwater theme. Small folio, d.w. N.Y.: Graphis, 1998. First Edition. Fine. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008. Foreword by Col. Allan R. Millett. Several maps, 24 pages of black & white illustrations. xxv, 296 pages. 8vo, two-toned brown and green boards with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (2008). Boards lightly sunned at the edges, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Garden City: Garden City, 1949. Hundreds of illustrations. xvii + 476pp., tall, thick 8vo, cloth. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, (1949). A very good copy. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. 240 illustrations, in both color and black and white. 232pp. Small 4to, black cloth. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1996). A very good (+) copy. More
Ackerman Luther, 1853. Map. 16 1/2" x 20". Some browning at the folds. Includes the canals, soundings and the flow of the Cuyahoga River which famously caught fire in 1969 from pollution. Captain Howard Stansbury was a trained civil engineer who joined the US Corps of Topographical Engineers in 1838. He is known for the two-year expedition that he led to survey the Great Salt Lake and its surroundings, resulting in the report titled Exploration and survey of the valley..... More
Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853. 55 lithograph plates, 3 folding. 495 pages. Thick 8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth. Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853. Overall a very good(-) copy, with foxing throughout and lacking 2 plates and 3 folding maps. Extensive geographic survey of area with descriptions of the Mormons. Details new route through the Rocky Mountains. Howes S-884. Wagner- Camp 219. More
Athens: Ohio State University Press, 2002. Edited with Commentary by David H. Burton. Frontis. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Athens: Ohio University Press, (2002). Fine. More
1915. 9.75 x 7.5-inches (including the wide borders), no place, no date, circa 1915. This bust-portrait photo of the President is inscribed in the bottom margin: "For C.P. Cotton with best wishes, Wm. H. Taft." Blind-stamped logo in the upper left corner; blind-stamped "Baker Art Gallery -- Columbus, O." above the inscription. Double-matted in gray and white and set in a black-and-gold frame measuring 16 x 13.5 inches. Faint crease in the upper right corner, but still in very good(+)..... More
Washington, D.C. 1911. 1 page on White House letterhead, 7 x 6.5 inches, Washington, D.C., March 25, 1911. In this letter, Taft expresses thanks for a gift, in full: "My dear Mr. Shepard: I have your letter of March 22nd, and thank you in behalf of Mrs. Taft and myself for the oranges which you were thoughtful enough to have sent us. We shall much enjoy them. With warm regards to Mrs. Shepard, believe me, Sincerely yours..." One horizontal fold;..... More
Pointe-a-Pic: 1921. 1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, Pointe-a-Pic, Canada, July 27, 1921. In this letter, Taft thanks his correspondent for her congratulations on his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, in part: "...I remember your hospitable reception of me when I was your guest in Baltimore, and I hope I may have the pleasure of seeing you and Mr. Stein in the near future. We are going to be nearer neighbors now..." Horizontal and vertical folds; very good condition..... More
Washington, D.C. 1922. 1 page, 10.25 x 8 inches, Washington, D.C. January 11, 1922. In this warm note signed "Wm. H. Taft," the former President agrees to see the son of a former colleague when he comes to Washington, in part: "...I remember your father very well as one of the members of that brilliant Bar of Louisville as I knew it, when I was on the Circuit Court of Appeals..." Usual folds and one diagonal crease; small darkened area..... More
Pointe-a-Pic, Canada: 1917. 2 pages on personal stationery, 10.5 x 8 inches, Pointe-a-Pic, Canada, July 10, 1917. Signed "Wm. H. Taft" as professor of law at Yale, regarding a fundraising campaign for the university and mentioning the recent funeral of William H. Moody, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. In part: "...Of course this legacy of $1,000,000 by Oliver Payne is great, but it may take away some of the enthusiasm for giving which I hope to arouse through..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1951. Illustrated. viii + 342pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper torn at head of spine. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. First edition. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
With a foreword by Richard Rodgers. Illus. 402pp. 8vo, cloth; (upper outer page edges water spotted, else vg). N.Y.: Coward-McCann, 1967. Revised edition. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. viii + 267pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; d.w. soiled and worn. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Illustrated. 342pp. 8vo, cloth. Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994. Near-fine copy in a very good copy. More
Illus.Text in German. 8vo, blue cloth (top edge spotted). Bern, (1951). A very good(-) copy. More
New York: Atheneum, 1972. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 371 pages, 8vo, two-toned cloth with gilt-stamped spine, dust wrapper. New York: Atheneum, 1972. First edition. Very good. More
New York: Atheneum, 1972. With a handful of b/w photographs. 371 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1972. First edition. A very good(+) copy, light discoloring to pastedowns, in a very good(-) wrapper--dampstaining to lower spine with tape on verso, edgeworn and sunned. More
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