We the People: Transformations (Vol. 2)
Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1998. Volume 2 only. 515 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1998. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, sunned spine. More
CONGRESS
Sectional Stress And Party Strength; A Study of Roll-Call Voting Patterns in the United States House of Representatives, 1836-1860.
4to, cloth. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 1967. More
House and Senate
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. 237 pages. 8vo, light blue boards with a dark blue spine, dust wrapper. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1989). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Drawing upon numerous interviews with United States senators who previously served in the House of Representatives as well as journalists, lobbyists, and staff members, Ross K Baker paints an engaging portrait of the two houses of Congress which remain distinct, but often..... More
What Think Ye of the Congress Now? Or, An Enquiry, How Far The Americans are Bourne to Abide by, and Execute the Decisions of, The Late Congress?
New York: James Rivington, 1775. 48 pages (+23 blank leaves added at rear). Slim 8vo, handsomely rebound in recent blind-stamped brown calf with red spine label. New-York: James Rivington, 1775. First edition of this lively critique of the proceedings of the First Continental Congress, "one of the important publications of the pamphlet war waged in 1774 by Chandler, Seabury, and Hamilton" (Streeter). Pages rather clean with minimal light toning. Near Fine. "Although he had advised the repeal of the Stamp..... More
Journals of the American Congress. Volumes I and II only. From 1774 to 1778.
Washington: Way and Gideon, 1823. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, contemporary calf, leather labels, partial browning to endpapers, front flyleaves, and last blank pages of both volumes, some pages with very light foxing in volume I, some light browning to pages of volume II. Washington: Way and Gideon, 1823. A tight, bright set. Both spines are worn, covers on both volumes scuffed and lightly worn, corners bumped on both volumes. This set covers the period from September 5, 1774 to July..... More
Journals of the American Congress: From 1774 to 1788.
wash: Way and Gideon, 1823. 4 volumes. thick, tall 8vo, full contemporary calf, leather spine labels. Washington: Way and Gideon, 1823. Very good. A tight, bright set. All spines are lightly worn. All volumes have edgewear to the covers. Volume III has a light dampstain to the front flyleaf and following blank leaf, all volumes have some light foxing. More
Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, 1789-1989, Bicentennial Edition
Washington: United States Senate, 1989. A few Illus. 4to, original blue boards, ex-lib. (Washington): United States Senate, 1989. More
Cleaning House; America's Campaign for Term Limits.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Washington: Regnery, (1992). vg. More
Showdown; The Struggle Between the Gingrich Congress.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1996). vg. More
Autographed Letter Signed to U.S. Whig Congressman Joseph Reed Ingersoll
Philadelphia: 1836. Historically important and unpublished letter, 4 pages (front and back) each measuring 10 x 8 inches, Philadelphia, March 18, 1836. In this letter, Du Ponceau strongly criticizes President Jackson's dissolving of the Bank of the United States, and his prediction of Secession of States and ultimately the Civil War, in very small part: "...When I saw baby Michigan & young Ohio, on the point of coming to blows, I seriously reflected on what may happen hereafter, if the..... More
At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. 233 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995. Illustrated (b/w). 136 pages. 4to, paper wrappers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995. A very good(+) copy. More
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
(pencil underlining). Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1961. More
Gazette of the United States. Vol. II. No. 64. December 9, 1790
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1790. 4pp. 3 columns per page. Folio, uniformly toned, almost completely separated at the spine, some light dampstaining to all pages, slightly chipped on left margin of front page. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1790. Contains an article of the first meeting of Congress on December 6, 1790 at the temporary capital at Philadelphia since it's move from New York City. "...Monday last being the day appointed for the meeting of the National legislature, in this city, now the..... More
No. 50-51
New York: Film Culture, 1970. Photo illustrations. 84 pages, 4to, black printed wrappers; light edge-wear. (New York: Film Culture, Fall & Winter, 1970). A very good copy of this ephemeral publication. The Blacklist issue, exploring the Congressional Commitee of Un-American Activities and the supposed Communist infiltration of Hollywood. More
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Continental Congress; Prepared from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of Congress.
facsimiles. 741 pages. Short thick 4to, cloth. Washington: GPO, 1906. More
Foreign Policy By Congress.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. ix + 357 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Congress; Its Contemporary Role.
tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: New York UP, 1961. More
Bold Voices; Great Debaters and Dissenters speak out in Congress at Crucial Moments in American History.
474pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards; (underlining). Garden City, 1960. More
The Life Of Charles Thomson; Secretary of the Continental Congress and Translator of the Bible from the Greek
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, 1900. Frontis. 244pp. 8vo, blue cloth, margins uncut, corners bumped, spine ends and edges of corners rubbed. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, (1900). Limited First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. More
Profiles in Character; Hubris and Heroism in the U. S. Senate, 1789-1990
Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, (1997). Very good Inscribed by the author. More
Autographed Letter Signed on House of Representatives letterhead
Washington, D.C. 1866. 3 pages, each two-page fold-out measuring 7.75 x 10 inches, Washington, D.C., July 29, 1866, describing his ordeal in fighting the Radical Republicans. In part: "...For the last 8 or 10 days I have been the only Representative from Connecticut on the floor which has cast upon me all the labor of all the correspondence and work of the State - which is the reason I have not been able to do as much for my immediate..... More
It Wasn't Funny At the Time
Hungate Research Consulting, 1994. Illustrated with black and white photos. 136 pages, slim 8vo, blue leatherette, stamped in gilt. Hungate Research Consulting, 1994. A fine copy. Limited first edition, number 574 out of 1000. Presentation copy, signed in full and inscribed on the front free endpaper: December 17, 1996, To Dick Govinor, a man of dignity and culture. I wish some had rubbed off on me. This book is a shorthand account of what I have done with my life..... More
Vice President Richard M. Johnson's personal autograph ledger book with hundreds of signatures of Senators, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, and more
Washington, D.C. 1837. Museum-quality offering of Vice President Richard M. Johnson's personal autograph ledger book -- 87 leaves consisting of over 290 signatures, assembled during his tenure in office, 1837 - 1841, and containing most of the signatures of the 27th Congress, five United States Presidents, the complete Van Buren Cabinet, six Supreme Court Justices, and virtually every major national political figure of the era. More importantly, this book is a virtual roll call of the very Senators who elected..... More
The American Heritage History of the Congress of the United States.
New York: American Heritage, 1975. Over 300 Illus. 409pp. 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. slightly chipped and repaired with tape. New York: American Heritage, (1975). More