Search Results: Authors starting with R from Montgomery Rare Books

Washington DC: The White House, 1983. Fine with only a horizontal fold.. Association copy addressed to Dr. Henry Kissinger, on "The White House" letterhead with embossed presidential seal, likely autopen. Personal note from the Great Communicator to America's Ambassador Emeritus. Signed in firm, consistent script, likely autopen or secretarial. Includes WH envelope addressed to Kissinger. Dr. Kissinger served as Secretary of State under President Nixon and advised presidents for over 50 years. Less than two months after this note, President Reagan appointed him to chair the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America until it ceased operations, and from 1984-1990 he served as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Obviously a close relationship between the two world thinkers. "Dear Henry, I congratulate you on the dedication of the Henry Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...Your contributions to diplomacy are a… Read More

Baltimore, MD, 1901. Fine. 7" x 4.5", 4 pp. in very legible hand, addressed to "L. I. G.", most probably Louise Imogen Guiney. Content: Railing against the Reformer, "You see, the Reformer was going around with an axe, and as it was just as likely to fall in my direction..."; waxing romantically about her ancestral homeland, " It was the home of my paternal ancestors, who hunted the deer and and drank their deep draughts of spiced stuff, and hurled the spears at their enemies across the marches."<br /> <br /> Lizette Woodworth Reese (Jan 1856 - Dec 1935) was an American poet and teacher in Baltimore, MD. She often was praised by critics for her facility with sonnets. Her words were melodic and appealing.<br /> <br /> Louise Imogen Guiney (Jan 1861 - Nov 1920) was an American poet, essayist and editor, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. For more than 20 years, she worked at various jobs, including serving as a postmistress and working in… Read More

Rockland, ME, 1859. Fine. 9.75" x 8", 1 pp. folio in neat, readable period script. Usual mailing folds, two tiny tears at fold on bottom, a jagged edge on left margin, likely where excised. <br /> <br /> Chalon Burgess (1817-1903), a Presbyterian minister whose published writings include The Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln with Some Lessons of His Death and The Presbyterian Church of Silver Creek, N.Y. Burgess was the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Harmony, N.Y. from 1861 to 1875 and pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Silver Creek, N.Y. from 1875 to 1891. He was also a member of the International Sunday School Association. Burgess' writings include sermons, newspaper editorials, and diaries. Notable is his travel diary, dated 1880, relating to his trip to London and Glasgow for the celebration of the Centenary of Sunday Schools. Burgess was a prominent member of the Chautauqua Institution. Originally the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, was… Read More

Pittsburgh, PA, 1980. Very good. SIGNED "M. B. Ridgway", 8.5" x 11", 1 p., with Ridgeway's home address block stamped in red, usual mail folds, torn upper left corner from staple removal, light smudging in first three lines of second paragraph. Addressed to Madame Alexandre Renaud, wife of the mayor of St. Mere Elise, historic village where 82nd Airborne Paratroopers landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944. <br /> <br /> Matthew B. Ridgway (1894 - 1994) was a 4-Star General who as Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Dvision led action inSicily, Ital and dropped in with his troops during the invasion at Normanday. After WWII Ridgway resurrected the United Nations war effort during the Korean War and became the 19th Chief of Staff of Staff of the Army.<br /> <br /> Sainte Mere Eglise is a town in Northern France which was the site of an unintended battle early in the morning of D-Day and became the first town liberated and held later that same day. The Mayor… Read More

New York: The Outlook Company, 1909. Consolidated and Republished. Brown paper covers with titling in darker brown on the cover. Near fine. 7.25" x 5", pp. 3-125 with frontispiece of TR. Spine has three ~1/2" tear at top center and bottom of spine and one at top of front cover. Dog eared bottom edge and rear corners, with a small smudge on front and back. This small volume includes the first eleven editorials of Theodore Roosevelt, published in The Outlook from March sixth to July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and nine. The Outlook was a weekly magazine published in New York City under various similar names from 1870-1935. At the time of writing these pieces as a newly assigned Associate Editor of this popular magazine, Roosevelt was coming off of his term as president and gone to Africa on a scientific safari.

Oyster Bay, NY, 1919. Pair of letters regarding the family's preferred portrait of the late president, written within three days of each other. Autograph Letters Signed to Edward Bok. 2 and 3 pages, about 7 x 4 1/2 inches; minimal wear and light toning. The 3-page letter is written on mourning stationary with black trim, the 2-page letter on stationary letterhead 'Sagamore Hill'. These letters were written a mere three months after Teddy's death in February 1919.<br /> <br /> Content; Edward Bok, the longtime editor of Ladies'' Home Journal, was apparently planning an article on the late president and had written to Mrs. Roosevelt regarding the family''s favorite portrait. On 18 May, she responded "the picture we like is the Lazlo portrait" but "it may not be entirely suited for your purpose. . . . Perhaps the Sergeant portrait in the White House would be better, tho'' we do not care as much for it. The photograph which we all like is… Read More

Maisone Blanche, 1943. Only known copy. Brown leatherette binding, with an internal, plastic comb binding. This work appears to be unique, and is in unrecorded in Worldcat. It is a presentation copy for First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, printed by her son Elliott Roosevelt while on active service, with a contribution by FDR. It is accompanied by Elliott Roosevelt's own special diplomatic passport, valid from March 6, 1942 to September 6, 1942, which included most of the period covered by this work as a reconnaissance pilot. This archive of Elliot Rooselvelt's life is a unique documentation of both the service, the privilege, and the talent of President Franklin Roosevelt's son. <br /> <br /> Few others would have had the resources and rank to create such a book, apparently in an edition of a single copy, documenting his unit's activity, while on active service in Algiers. The title page reads, top to bottom: "To Mother from Elliott // Third Photographic Group //… Read More

The White House, Washington D. C., 1941. Acceptable, with generational wear. Creases and several edge tears with age fade, tide spots and marks.. 10.5" 8", 1 pp. SIGNED "Franklin D Roosevelt". Roosevelt begins the letter to Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, by sending regrets that he is unable to attend the biennial convention. Then he includes encouragement that the organization is on track to fulfill their civic and organizational responsibilities to the Nation. The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is a national union, currently representing approximately 110,000 blue and white collar government workers across the United States. Ratifying its constitution on September 17, 1917, NFFE was the first union to represent federal employees. Luther Corwin Steward took the helm of the organization shortly after its initiation and held the longest tenure of any NFFE President from 1918 until 1955. "Your letter is heartening… Read More

Washington DC, 1892. Very good. Both letters signed "W. S. Rosencrans" on linen stationary. First letter dated Sept. 12 has (mite) holes along the right margin an edge, fade and shadow from being overlaid by another document. Second letter is near fine with only incidental edge aging and previous seller note in pencil. Both letters have three fold lines into six sections. Rosencrans is responding to an invitation to attend the Columbus Day Celebration in Slatington, PA.<br /> <br /> William Strake Rosecrans, "Old Rosy" (1819 - 1898) graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1842 and served in a series of engineering assignments through 1854 when he left the military and become a senior executive and inventor in the coal and oil industry. He was an outspoken and adversarial Major General with a rising star in the Union during the Civil War until his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 when he was relieved by U. S. Grant. In 1880 was elected to… Read More

Fine. SIGNED "D. Rumsfeld" in black felt tip pen. 6" x 9" typed letter. Slight crease on top right hand corner which is very minor. Displays nicely. Signed as Counselor to the President on "The White House" stationary. Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second oldest (after Leon Panetta) person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963-1969), Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-1970), Counselor to the President (1969-1973), the United States Permanent Representative to NATO (1973-1974), and White House Chief of Staff (1974-1975). "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known… Read More