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Washington [DC]: Printed by Gales & Seaton. Very Good-. 1833. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very thick octavo volume. Contemporary full sheepskin leather, flat spine "paneled" by pairs of rules in blind, red leather label lettered in gilt in the second panel -- covers with a border constructed of decorative tooling in blind, plain endpapers. There are scuff and shallow gouges to the leather suface of the covers, and scattered foxing (both diffuse and little pin-points) affecting many of the text leaves -- as usual for paper used in official publications of the U.S. Congress of the time. 23rd Congress, 1st Session. Ho[use] of Rep[resentative]s. Executive. [Doc. No. 1 (through 49] This is the first volume, only (of six), of the complete set of the Executive Documents produced by the first session of the twenty-third U.S. Congress, during the administration of Andrew Jackson. As detailed at the beginning of the first section -- [an "Index to the Executive… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and signed on titlepage "For Kay Evans / a great inspiration / Keep on tracking! / Fondly / Bob" An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and how it doesn’t— Act of Congress focuses on two of the major players behind the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008: colorful, wisecracking congressman Barney Frank, and careful, insightful senator Christopher Dodd, both of whom met regularly with Robert G. Kaiser during the eighteen months they worked on the bill. In this compelling narrative, Kaiser shows how staffers play a critical role, drafting the legislation and often making the crucial deals. Kaiser’s rare insider access enabled him to illuminate the often-hidden intricacies of legislative enterprise and shows us the workings… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1854. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. 33d Congress, 1st Session, Senate Mis. Doc. 72; 16 pages; Clean and complete in original self wrappers, stitched at left fold; small faint stain at lower outer corner of first two leaves; foredge curled on a few leaves (unevenly opened); two one word pencil notations in margin "veto" (p. 4) and "Kansas" (p. 8). A very nice example of this uncommon document. OCLC 78611368 OCLC 63889609 End of the document reads: "State Department, Washington, July 22, 1854. / A true copy, carefully collated with the original roll - W. Hunter, Chief Clerk." The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36 30' latitude in the Louisiana territories and reopened the national struggle over slavery in the western territories. In January 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into… Read More

Washington: U.S. Senate. Very Good-. 1863. First Edition. Removed Document. 37th Congress, 3d session. Senate Misc Doc. No 31; 28 pages; Unmarked, clean and complete. Removed Document. Measures 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. OCLC 1064999617 "President Lincoln recognized that unreliable paper money and inadequate credit was problematic. Along with his Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase, he conceived the national banking system and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to regulate and supervise it. On February 25, 1863, President Lincoln signed The National Currency Act into law. The Act established the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), charged with responsibility for organizing and administering a system of nationally chartered banks and a uniform national currency." The National Bank Act of 1863 provided for the federal charter and supervision of a system of banks known as national banks; they were to circulate a stable, uniform national currency secured by… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good-. 1950. Hardcover. Autograph; xiv, 575 pages; In blue ink at top of page "Arthur Schlesinger" then inscribed and Signed by the author on ffep in red ink: "For Kay Evans / with uncontained / affection / A.M.S. Jr." Green cloth binding mildly faded at spine; lacks rear free endpaper; last page of index fixed to rear pastedown. Book inscribed from one Washington historian to a Washington journalist and noted Georgetown hostess Katherine "Kay" Evans. Both were close friends of Robert F. Kennedy and frequenters of the 'Georgetown Set.' Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (1917 – 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. Much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. Schlesinger served as special assistant… Read More

New York: Judge Company. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Print. 1 pages; Image clean and clear, with bright white matting. Image measures 13 X 9.25 inches; matted measures 22 X 14 inches. Full page cover of JUDGE magazine for April 11, 1908 depicting William Jennings Bryan as a golliwog (African American caricature) with a basket of eggs representing electoral delegates, some of them dropping to the floor and cracking. Beyond the door is a sign pointing to Denver (site of the Democratic National Convention), and hiding in the dark is an image of Bryan's primary challenger Minnesota Governor John Albert Johnson with a threateningly raised hatchet labeled "Minnesota Delegates." The 1908 U.S. Presidential election occurred in the backdrop of the Progressive achievements of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's second term as well as against the U.S. recovery following the Panic of 1907. In this election, Roosevelt's chosen successor, Republican William Howard… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, (1), 988 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding in very good dustjacket with a short ink mark on front panel, ripple at bottom edge. Manuscript note on dedication page: "Rowland Evans / from David McKean 1999 / (Thos. McKean - Shaping of an / American Republic - Safire). Includes endnotes & index. Absorbing story of the nation's leading opposition radical newspaper from 1790-1800. Founded and published by Benjamin Bache (Benjamin Franklin's grandson) and William Duane, the publication's avowed object was to keep America's Founding Fathers true to their original mission. To that end Bache and Duane embraced emerging Jeffersonian republicanism, attacked George Washington as an incompetent commander-in-chief ,and attacked John Adams as a monarchist. Both editors were arrested under the Sedition Acts. PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative… Read More

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company. Near Fine. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. 187 pages; Clean and secure in original navy blue cloth binding with stylized gilt lettering at spine and front board. Original owner's name stamped on ffep "H. Jennings." OCLC 868014826 A fascinating collection of articles on various aspects of race relations in America at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries. Papers delivered include "The Relation of the Negroes to the Whites in the South" by W.E. Burghardt DuBois [Professor Atlanta University] ; "The Relation of the Negroes to the Whites" by George T. Winston; "The Causes of Race Superiority" by Edward A. Ross [noted eugenicist]; "The Natives of Hawaii" by Titus Munson Coan [son of early anglo missionaries/settlers in Hawaii; The Races of the Philippines - The Tagals" by Charles C. Pierce [Army chaplain]; "The Semi-Civilized Tribes of the Philippines" by Oliver C. Miller;… Read More

New York: American Library Service. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Black Cloth. 350 pages; Clean and tight in original blue cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with light dust-soiling. Chapter Headings include: Congress Reform, Cabinet Reform, Calendar Reform, New States Reform, Annexation Reform, Wake Up America, Judicial Reform, Constitutional Reform, Election Reform, Party Reform, Political Periods; American Age of Administration, Citizens of the United States; Population Estimates; Ten T N T Reforms. The dustjacket alerts us: We as a nation are becoming rich, pleasure-seeking, indolent and effeminate. We are dead asleep at the national switch. Smug, corrupt and contented, we are in a deep national drowse." The author proposes 10 reforms and 60 suggestions for the benefit of the American people to help restore the vigor of the republic. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical… Read More

Chicago: Journal of Modern History. Very Good. 1966. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. Autograph; 355-373 pages; Clean and secure in original tan wrappers. Autographed by the author on front wrapper. Reprinted from Journal of Modern History, Vol. 38, No. 4, December 1966. World Cat No. 6822238626 The author Betty Fladeland was a distinguished professor of history at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and an important figure in the history of the Abolitionist Movement. "Her work on the Abolitionist movement, first in the United States and later in Great Britain, won her a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic." .

Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian, printed by S.S. Sibley. Good. 1845. First Edition. Disbound. [5], 64-158, xvi, xxii pages; Contents clean and complete; lacks front board, rear board and spine from original tan calf binding; LC release stamp on ffep, stamp on tp. Blanks leaves at fore and aft toned and chipped; text block clean. Quite scarce. OCLC 65164528 Includes "An Act to organize the Militia of the State of Florida," "An Act to organize the Courts of the state of Florida," "An Act for the Protection of Fisheries in the State," and "An Act relative to the Elections in this State." Florida became the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845. This book records the activities of the Adjourned Session of the FIRST General Assembly of the State of Florida. The legistlation enacted in this period provided the foundation for the structure and operation of the state's government. .

New Orleans: Printed at the Office of the "Louisiana Courier". Very Good. 1848. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 75, 75 pages; Early twentieth century full tan buckram, red label lettered in gilt on spine. This copy was once the property of the Library of Congress, with small paper label mounted to the front cover, the LC engraved bookplate mounted to the front paste down endpaper, tiny rubber stamps at the foot of both the English and French title pages ("L.C. copy 2"), pencil notes at the top of the French title page, and the Library of Congress Surplus-Duplicate stamp in blue ink on the rear free endpaper -- (which makes this copy legal to buy, sell and own). An excellent copy, with these minor library marks and four lower corners neatly folded up (which had been left "long" by accident of the binder's plow). OCLC Number: 65113311 [Two locations only: Yale and Univ. Minnesota Law Library]. Louisiana had been admitted to the U. S. as a state… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Pamphlet. 32 pages; Contents unmarked and complete, stitched at left edge, lacks original wrappers. OCLC 1031746793. Sabin 67196. Hubbard 1133. Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) was President of Harvard University from January 29, 1829 to August 27, 1845. He was also a politician, serving as a Federalist congressman, Boston mayor, Massachusetts municipal court judge, and Massachusetts state representative and state senator. After his retirement, Quincy became interested in politics once again. His son Edmund’s abolitionist politics drew Quincy into the antislavery movement. At the age of 82, Quincy began writing political pamphlets denouncing the “slave power” and the Fugitive Slave Law. He became a firm supporter of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and a Unionist after the beginning of the Civil War. .

Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 396 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and Signed on the ffep "For Kay and Rowly --/ and especially Kay - who / kept me going and helped / more than I can say. / Henry Catto / Nov 1998" Henry Edward Catto Jr. (1930 – 2011) was an American businessman and public servant. Catto held several positions within the United States government, including Ambassador to El Salvador from 1971 to 1973, the Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1974 to 1976, the Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1976 to 1977, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 1981 to 1983. In 1989, President G.H.W. Bush appointed him U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 1999, he was elected chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States, and in 2007, its chairman emeritus. In the 1980s, Mr. Catto and his wife… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 342 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in dustjacket with some minor wear at spine ends. Inscribed and Signed by the author on halftitle "To Rowland and / Kay - with fond memories, best / wishes, and / admiration / Alex Beam" After America emerges victorious in a bloodless World War III, a cuckolded CIA agent is charged with turning a bankrupt Soviet city into a thriving metropolis to show Americans there is some value in their newfound possession. Christopher Buckley: "A real hootski, by a fine and funny writer." Alex Beam (born 1954) is an American writer and journalist. He retired as a columnist for The Boston Globe in 2012, but still contributes to the paper's op-ed page. He has worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, where his tenure included Boston and Moscow bureau chief, before joining The Boston Globe. His columns for the Globe… Read More

Durham: Duke University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. vi, 322 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very fine dustwrapper. Inscription on titlepage "To my noble good friends / Rowland and Mrs. Evans / with admiration, High regards / and Best Wishes / as ever / [signature of ??]" George Lenczowski (1915-2000) was a lawyer, diplomat, scholar, and Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley. Lenczowski was a pioneer in his field as the founder and first chair of the Committee of Middle Eastern Studies at Berkeley. He was among America's first major scholars of the modern Middle East. This book, "American Presidents and the Middle East", is considered an excellent scholarly study, focusing on the post-World War II period and seeking to investigate broader aspects of the history of America's Middle East policy. .

City of Washington [DC]: Printed at the Office of John C. Rives. Very Good. 1853. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xii & 387 pages; Bound in red roan leather with a pressed horizontal grain, over marbled boards, flat spine lettered in gilt directly in panels separated by pairs of gilt rules -- at the foot of the spine appears the following, lettered in gilt: "LIBRARY, HOUSE OF REP'S" This remarkable provenance is confirmed by a large circular stamp on the title page: "United States of America. / Library / House of Representatives." The binding is generally fresh and clean, with just a hint of a surface crack along the top two inches of the front outer hinge. There is a modern surplus duplicate stamp from the Library of Congress on the front paste-down endpaper. No other marks. (Surplus books from the United States government all passed through the Library of Congress. This duplicate stamp makes it officially possible to own this copy). The… Read More

New York: Anchor / Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xvi, 366 pages; Clean and secure in original binding, review material laid-in. Beyond considering the history, religion, leadership, and current social trends in the Arab world, the authors closely examine the lives of its people to portray the realities of daily life in the Arab nations. The authors reveal the human face of the Arab World as they revisit and talk with newsmakers and colleagues, old friends and new. Their forty years of experience in the region help illuminate the human consequences of changes all too often discussed in abstractions and generalizations: the military conflicts, new urbanization, labor migration, religious revival, as well as radical changes in the roles of men, women, and the family. .

Washington DC: G.P.O. & House District of Columbia Committee. Very Good. 1941 & 2. Hardcover. Folio volume, maroon leather spine over black fabric covered boards, spine lettered in gilt,. The front free endpaper has the rubber stamp, in red ink, of the US House Committee on the District of Columbia. Above this is a clipped portion of an envelope with the (printed) Frank signature of Congressman John McMillan (long-time Chair of the Committee) - with a handwritten note in black ink: "Return to Permanent Committee Files." Above this is the Surplus-Duplicate stamp of the Library of Congress in blue ink. The volume's contents include four various draft House Bills intending to consolidate the DC Police Court and the Municipal Court into a combined "Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia." These printed draft Bills are in the "working" format, with large print, double-spaced lines and with line numbers in the left margins for each… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Washington Gallery of Modern Art. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Paperback. 24 pages; Clean and secure in original stiff pictorial wrappers. Measures 12.5" X 5" ( 31cm x 14 cm) Five color and five b&w reproductions. Foreword by Charles W. Millard. Introduction by Henry Geldzahler. OCLC 160372 Examines the works by American artists assembled by the Woodward Foundation for loan to the residences of American ambassadors abroad. Provenance: From the collection of Stefan P. Munsing [1915-1994] who worked in New York City as a designer for Hans Knoll, Norman Bel Geddes and RCA. Munsing served in the Army in World War II, then as Chief of the Monuments, Fine-Arts & Archives Section in Munich. The MFAA was an Army unit locating stolen artworks which had disappeared into the huge Nazi hoards during the war. [The "Monuments Men"] Munsing later joined the U.S. Department of State during the later 1940's and '50's, where he… Read More