New York: Viking, 1975. Introduction by Tom Wicker. 229 pages, 8vo, blue boards with a black cloth spine (one corner bumped), dust wrapper (gently worn; very small closed tear at the bottom). New York: The Viking Press, (1975). First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Kay Meehan with best wishes, Gene McCarthy, Jan 10, 1976." More

1925. 3.5 x 4.5 inches, no place, February 24, 1925. Signed in full with the addition of a sentiment written in Gaelic (not translated). Very good(+) condition. Irish radical politician who, in 1916, joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He fought in Marrowbone Lane in the Easter Uprising and was subsequently jailed in Wormwood Scrubs and Brixton prisons in England. He was a member of the Irish Republican Army, the guerrilla army of the Irish Republic, and successfully organized many bank..... More

Canton, OH: 1885. 2.5 x 6.5 inches, Canton, Ohio, April 30, 1885 -- written by William R. Day, close friend of and eventually Secretary of State under President McKinley. The check remits payment of $1,000 to then-Congressman McKinley. Issued by the Ohio Bank, it is endorsed on the back by McKinley. Also included is Day's bankbook, 6.5 x 4.5 inches, with the record of the check's date, amount, and recipient. Original bank stamp and two tiny punch holes. Very good..... More

Nunda, NY: 1846. 4 pages (front and back) each measuring 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Nunda (NY), September 11, no year, circa 1846. The writer of this letter refers to the events leading up to the Mexican War, which was precipitated by actions of President Polk, in part: "George M. Dallas played Judas; and James K. Polk is a mere tool in the hands of John C. Calhoun & Company. I do not pity the Pennsylvanians so much, they were told..... More

Helena, Montana: 1895. Inscribed and signed Cabinet Card by Taylor, Helena, Montana, no date, circa 1895, which depicts the Senator dressed in a suit and sporting a full beard. Signed on the front with a two-line inscription and full signature: "James H. Mills." Small chip at the bottom left-hand corner; very good(-) condition. Senator from Montana who saw service in the Civil War with the Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; mustered out with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served as a...... More

Washington: 1817. 2 pages (front and back), 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Washington, October 2, 1817, marked "Private" to an unknown recipient, reaching out to the family of the late Vice-President and Signer Elbridge Gerry (who are almost destitute) by appointing his son Surveyor of Boston and remarking on his triumphant Grand Tour of New England, in small part: "...Young Mr. Gerry...on a belief that his education at Cambridge, and under Col. Austin, with whom he was studying law, at the..... More

1874. Signatures include 19th century United States cabinet appointees: Excellent collection of six 3 ¼"X 2": Levi Morton (Vice President under Benjamin Harrison); Morrison R. White (Appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Grant); John A. Creswell (Postmaster General under Grant); John G. Carlisle (Secretary of Treasury under Cleveland & McKinley); and Charles S. Fairchild (Secretary of Treasury under Cleveland). All items are boldly signed and in fine condition. More

Oxford: 1937. Fine content. T.L.S. 4to. 1 page, Boars Hill, Oxford, November 17th 1937, to international law attorney and political powerbroker Frederic R. Coudert. The letter reads in part: "...How kind of you to send me a cable about my little broadcast! I felt that it ought to have been done by Salter, or some regular economist, but of course the situation was delicate and the words of a professed economist might carry too much weight. Besides, I doubt if..... More

Oxford: 1940. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, Oxford, England, November 14, 1940. Written to powerful New York attorney and political power broker Frederic R. Coudert, concerning the Neutrality Laws and President Roosevelt's quest for an unprecedented third term, in part: "...I think your arguments against the Neutrality Law are overwhelming; in fact the law itself is one of the amiable weaknesses which all healthy democracies like yours and ours are subject. I was very much interested in your argument..... More

Washington, D.C. 1950. 1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, Washington, D.C., May 16, (1950). Signed by Congressmen on the bi-partisam committee to create the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including committee chairman Hale Boggs. Also signed by Mike Mansfield, Walter Judd, Christian Herter, Robert Hale, George Miller, and others. Historic typed letter signed to a fellow Congressman, seeking support for the creation of what became NATO, in part: "We, the undersigned, joined on January 15 in reintroducing into the House the..... More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 322 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards (corners bumped), dust wrapper. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992. First edition. Very good condition. Inscribed on the the publisher's logo page: "To Stanley Lowell With best wishes from Richard Nixon." More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 336 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988). A fine copy. Signed "Richard Nixon 5-1-91" on the half-title. More