Yesterday s Muse Books PRESIDENTIAL CATALOG

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1 Yesterday s Muse Books PRESIDENTIAL CATALOG

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3 1. Adams, John; Butterfield, L.H.; Faber, Leonard C.; Garrett, Wendell The Adams Papers: Diary & Autobiography of John Adams, in Four Volumes: Diary ; Diary ; Diary and Autobiography through 1776; Autobiography and Index (TAP 1-4) Atheneum, New York, First paperback printing. Complete in four paperback volumes. Issued in publisher s slipcase. xcviii, 365; x, 458; xiii, 449; x, 403, [4] pp. President John Adams s diary and memoirs, compiled with accompanying index. Originally published by Harvard University Press. Includes a review by John F. Kennedy, originally printed in the American Historical Review in response to the Harvard edition. Near fine. Includes slipcase. Wrappers faintly rubbed, slipcase repaired along top seam, slipcase lightly rubbed Auchincloss, Louis; Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Editor) Theodore Roosevelt (The American Presidents Series) Times Books / Henry Holt and Company, New York, First edition. xvi, 155 pp. 8vo. From the jacket: An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century... From his early involvement in the politics of New York City and then New York State, we trace his celebrated military career and finally his ascent to the national political stage. Near fine. Ink name on front endpaper. 3. Bartlett, D.W. $15 The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, with a Portrait on Steel. To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. New York: H. Dayton, First edition. vii, 354 pp. 8vo. Steel engraved frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln. An early biography of Abraham Lincoln, probably published during his candidacy for the presidency, together with a biographical sketch of his future vice president Hannibal Hamlin. Good. Spine a bit faded, foxed throughout, stain on top corner of 35-page section and bottom corner of first few pages, and someone thought it would be $175 funny to color Lincoln s eyes and shirt buttons pink on the frontispiece, and trace his face in pencil on the tissue guard. 4. Brockett, L.P. [Linus Pierpont] The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States, Including the Speeches, Messages, Inaugurals, Proclamations, Etc. Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., First edition. 750 pp. Original full leather, black morocco spine label, gilt titles & rules, marbled endpapers. Fair. Joints split with evidence of crude repair attempt, spine leans forward, edges rubbed with some loss from spine head. SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER $35 5. Carter, Jimmy Living Faith Times Books / Random House, First edition. 256, [1] pp. 8vo. A spiritual autobiography by the former U.S. president and active participant in Habitat for Humanity and other humanitarian efforts. Near fine. Signed without inscription by Jimmy Carter on front endpaper. Price on jacket flap inked out. SOLD 6. Donald, David Herbert Lincoln Simon & Schuster, First edition. 714 pp. 8vo. Pulitzer Prize winner. Several pages of photographs. Lincoln Prize winner. From the jacket: David Herbert Donald s Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln s life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, $60

4 $20 7. Donald, David Herbert Lincoln (The Library of the Presidents) The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pp. 8vo. Same content as #6 above. Original dark brown leather, gilt titles, decorations & page ridges, gold ribbon marker bound in. Near fine. Publisher s insert laid in. Tiny ink note on verso of front endpaper. $65 8. Douglas, Stephen Arnold; Lincoln, Abraham The Illinois Political Campaign of 1858: A Facsimile of the Printer s Copy of His Debates with Senator Stephen Arnold Douglas as Edited and Prepared for Press by Abraham Lincoln (The Library of $60 Congress, The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana) The Library of Congress / U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. A facsimile edition of the newspaper account of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, with Lincoln s own notes and edits, as well as a complete historical account of Lincoln s creation of a scrapbook from the printed transcripts, and his attempts to publish them. Fine Fenton, Gov. [Reuben Eaton]; Cushman, J.B. Legislative Honors to The Memory of President Lincoln. Message of Gov. Fenton to the Legislature, Communicating the Death of President Lincoln. Obsequies of President Lincoln in the Legislature. Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, Albany, New York, First edition. 118 pp. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt stamped titles, blind-stamped borders & rules. A printed account of the official announcement of President Abraham Lincoln s death, and the subsequent statements made by members of the legislature, which are both heartfelt and poetic, and also speak to the feelings of outrage at his assassination. An excerpt from the remarks of Mr. Van $150 Buren: The chosen chief of the people, whose wise counsels and great heart have won him the confidence and esteem, not only, but the warm affection of his countrymen. He, who, representing a loyal nation, has, through four years of bloody strife, maintained its honor, established its power, and brought it to the threshold of Peace. He, of all men, to die a death of violence, at the hands of a common cut-throat! Sabin BA Monaghan 511 (which additionally states that Fish 692 notes 4000 copies). Very good. Front & end matter foxed, corners a bit rubbed with minor loss from spine ends. A particularly nice copy of a title often found in poor condition. $25 illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln s character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union -- in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. Near fine in very good jacket. Light 1 inch stain to jacket spine head. 10. Flexner, James Thomas George Washington: Anguish and Farewell ( ) Little, Brown and Company, Boston, First edition. xii, 554 pp. 8vo. The last installment in Flexner s four-volume biography of the first President of the United States, covering the final years of his life. Near fine. 11. Frost, John A Pictorial Biography of Andrew Jackson, Embellished with Numerous Engravings The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, xii, 560 pp. 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in, red cloth slipcase with matching gilt decorations facsimile

5 edition of the 1860 original. A biography of the seventh President of the United States, who also served as a Major General in the U.S. Army, published a year before the end of his second term. Numerous engravings representing battle scenes, etc., by artists such as Benson J. Lossing and Croome. Fine. $ Goldsmith, M.A. Abraham Lincoln: His Life - A True Story of One $125 of the World s Best Men The Goldsmith Publishing Co., Cleveland, , [4] pp. 32mo. 5 3/8 x 4 1/8. Front board states Compliments of Louis S. Vosburgh, President, Lincoln Extension University, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Possibly a specially printed edition produced as presentation copies for that institution to give as gifts. Very good. 13. Goodwin, Doris Kearns Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Simon & Schuster, First edition. xix, 916 pp. 8vo. Goodwin s assessment of Abraham Lincoln s presidency, during which he faced staunch opposition from members of his cabinet. This work enjoyed renewed popularity when President Obama experienced similar difficulties. Near fine. Two faint spots on top page ridge, a few faint spots on boards. $ Grant, Ulysses S.; Long, E.B. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (The Leather-Bound Library of Military History) The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, xxv, 608 pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Edited with notes and an introduction by E.B. Long. Includes color frontispiece ( On to Richmond by Mort Kunstler), photograph of Grant as a $50 young officer in the Mexican War, and eight campaign maps. The famous memoirs of the leader of the Union army during the American Civil War, including accounts of his boyhood and early career during the Mexican War. Mark Twain can be partially credited for the release of Grant s memoirs; Grant s health was ailing (he soon died of cancer), and Twain encouraged Grant to write them as a way to provide for his family after his death. The books were barely completed before Grant passed away, and were published posthumously. Fine. Publisher s Collector s Notes insert laid in. 15. Harper, Robert S. Lincoln and the Press McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, Early reprint. xii, 418 pp. 8vo. From the jacket:... reveals as no other book has done the relations of Lincoln with the newspaper press of his time; but more than that, it presents a significant picture of the home front during the Civil War, with special emphasis on civilian attitudes and editorial opinion. Very good. Lightly foxed, jacket price clipped, ink name on front endpaper. $20 $ Hecht, Marie B. John Quincy Adams: A Personal History of an Independent Man The Macmillan Company, New York, First edition. xiv, 682 pp. 8vo. A biography of the sixth President of the United States, among the least-known, despite his place in a prominent political family which served in government for four consecutive generations. Includes section of portraits, illustrations, and photographs. Notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Very good. Jacket toned, jacket edges rubbed, jacket flaps creased, tiny spot on top page ridge.

6 6 $ Holzer, Harold Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion Simon & Schuster, First edition. xxix, [2], 733 pp. 8vo. Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. Lincoln believed that with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincoln s leadership by showing us how deftly he managed his relations with the press of his day to move public opinion forward to preserve the Union and abolish slavery. - Doris Kearns Goodwin. Fine in near fine jacket. Minimal wear to jacket base. 18. [Americana] Jefferson, Thomas; Washington, H.A. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private. Published by the Order of the $1500 Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the Original Manuscripts, Deposited in the Department of State. With Explanatory Notes, Tables of Contents, and a Copious Index to Each Volume, as Well as a General Index to the Whole, in Nine Volumes New York: John C. Riker, First edition. viii, (2), 615; vi, (2), 598; vi, 599; vii, 597; ix, 612; vi, 611; viii, 658; vii, 607; vii, 589 pp. 8vo. Blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Fold-out facsimile of Declaration of Independence precedes text of first volume. Sabin Good. Boards a bit rubbed with loss from spine heads of a few volumes, frontispiece of first volume loose, moderately foxed. Price includes cost of professional restoration by our binder. 19. Klein, Philip S. President James Buchanan: A Biography American Political Biography Press, Newtown, th printing. xviii, 506 pp. 8vo. A scholarly biography of the fifteenth President of the United States of America. Originally published in 1962 by Pennsylvania State University Press, and reissued here with additional content. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Fine in near fine jacket. Faint wrinkle to bottom corner of front jacket panel. $ Konecky & Konecky; Burns, James; Truman, Harry; Davis, Kenneth; Sorensen, Theodore C. American Presidents (4 Volume Set) Konecky & Konecky, Biographies of Kennedy, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower. Near fine. Includes publisher s slipcase. $ Lincoln, Abraham The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pp. Dark $24 brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Includes facsimile of the handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address presented to Colonel Alexander Bliss, along with transcripts of: House Divided; Cooper Union Speech; First Inaugural Address; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address; Second Inaugural Address. Near fine. Light crease to corner of half-title page. 22. Lincoln, Abraham; Lapsley, Arthur Brooks; Roosevelt, Theodore; Schurz, Carl; Choate, Joseph H.; Brooks, Noah The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, together with The Essay on Lincoln, Address on Lincoln, and The Life of Lincoln, in Eight Volumes (Centennial Edition) (Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition)

7 7 The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pp. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Includes facsimile of the handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address presented to Colonel Alexander Bliss, along with transcripts of: House $650 Divided; Cooper Union Speech; First Inaugural Address; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address; Second Inaugural Address. Near fine. Light crease to corner of half-title page. 23. Lincoln, Abraham; Whitney, Henry C.; Miller, Marion Mills; Tarbell, Ida Ml; Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centary Edition De Luxe, in Nine Volumes: Lincoln the Citizen, February 12, 1809, to March 4, 1861; Early Speeches, ; Speeches and Debates, ; Speeches and Debates, ; Speeches and Presidential Addresses, ; States Papers, ; Letters and Telegrams: Adams to Garrison; Letters $250 and Telegrams: Gasparin to Meade; Letters and Telegrams: Meredith to Yates Lincoln Centenary Association, New York / Current Literature Publishing Company, Complete in nine volumes. 8vo. A collection of Abraham Lincoln s speeches, papers, letters, and telegrams, with a biography by Henry C. Whitney. Fold-out facsimile of a brief autobiographical sketch in Lincoln s hand, written for the 1860 presidential campaign. Very good. Lightly rubbed, edge of volume IX lightly stained, ink name & date on front endpaper of first volume. 24. Malone, Dumas Thomas Jefferson 6 Volume Hardcover Set: Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty; Jefferson the President: First Term, & Second Term, ; Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello Little, Brown and Company, /4 x 6. 8vo. Vols. 4 & 5 are first editions, the rest are reprints. of the trade edition (i.e., not book club editions). Malone s Pulitzer Prize winning biography of the great American president and renaissance man, still among the most authoritative works. Jackets lightly rubbed, repaired tear across front panel of vol. 3 jacket. $335 $ Marshall, John The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative., in Two Volumes. Philadelphia: James Crissy, printing of the second edition, revised and corrected by the author. iv, 460, 42, [i]- viii; 448, 32, v pp. 8vo. 8-page Catalogue of English Classical Works, and Juvenile and School Books precedes title page of first volume. Notes and index follow text. A biography of the first President of the United States, by a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who influenced the development of American constitutional law.

8 8 $ Meyers, Joan Simpson; Lieberson, Goddard; Teichberg, Ira; Kennedy, Rose; Kennedy, Joseph P.; Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier; Nixon, Richard; Jr., Schlesinger, Arthur; Stevenson, Adlai E.; Lowe, Jaqcues; Manchester, William; John Fitzgerald Kennedy... As We Remember Him Columbia Records Legacy Collection Book, Very good. Hardcover book and two records with liner note booklet, in publisher s linen-covered patriotic slipcase. Light stain to binding edge of liner notes, a couple small tears to linen along edge of slipcase, lightly foxed. 27. Morris, B.F. Memorial Record of the Nation s Tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk $125 moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in, cloth slipcase with gilt titles & decorations reissue of the 1865 original. Fine. $ Polk, James K.; Nevins, Allan (Editor) Polk: The Diary of a President, ; Covering the Mexican War, the Acquisition of Oregon, and the Conquest of California and the Southwest 28. Nicolay, John G.; Hay, John Abraham Lincoln: A History, Complete in Ten Volumes (Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition) The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, Limited edition, #85 of 400 copies. Maroon Saderra pigskin, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers designed by Peggy Skycraft, white ribbon marker bound into each volume, lithography by Falcon Press. Printed on Finch Vanilla Vellum paper Maps and illustrations throughout. The authors were Lincoln s private secretary and assistant secretary, and also served in various other governmental roles, Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886, it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States, and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents, most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. Very fine. $100 Longmans, Green and Co., New York, First thus. xxxiv, 412 pp. 8vo. A one-volume selection from the original four-volume work published in 1910 by A.C. McClurg & Company. Near fine. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, spine faded, bottom corner of rear board lightly bumped. $ Raymond, Henry J.; Carpenter, Frank B. The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States; Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected With His Life and Death. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pp., 5-page terminal

9 9 publisher ad. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, orange ribbon marker bound in. A 2014 facsimile edition of the 1865 original. Fine. 31. Riis, Jacob A.; Gates, Merrill Edwards Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen (Subscription Edition, Illustrated) Johnson, Wynne Company, Washington, D.C., xxix, 471 pp. 8vo. Subscription edition, illustrated with 32 plates - the trade edition did not include illustrations. Two binding variants of this edition exist (red and green), with no precedent. A biography of President Theodore Roosevelt, by the social activist and muckraking journalist most well-known as the author of How the Other Half Lives. Roosevelt and Riis knew each other before Roosevelt became president - when Roosevelt was president of the Board of Commissioners of the New York City Police Department, Riis gave him a $35 guided tour of the night shift around the city. This volume was written in part as a campaign biography to support Roosevelt s reelection. Chronology of Roosevelt s life, bibliography of his books, and index follow text. Very good. Ink gift note on front endpaper, page ridges & endpapers faintly foxed. $ Roosevelt, Theodore; Bishop, Joseph Bucklin Theodore Roosevelt s Letters To His Children New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, th printing. 240 pp. 8vo. 8 x 6. Includes frontispiece of Roosevelt with his children, and four pages of facsimiles of letters. Chapters include: The Pig Named Maude, A White House Christmas, A Far Western Trip, The Art of Uncle Remus, Ted s Sprained Ankle, Japanese Wrestling, On the Eve of Election, etc. Very good. Hinges starting. 33. Russell, Francis; Smith, Page Adams: An American Dynasty & Jefferson: A Revealing Biography American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., New York / McGraw-Hill, Complete in two volumes, in publisher s slipcase. 374, [10]; 310, [10] pp. Bibliography and index follow text of each volume. Biographies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, written by two presidential historians. Issued to commemorate the nation s bicentennial. Near fine. Minimal wear to top edge of slipcase opening, slipcase base scuffed. $20 $ Sandburg, Carl Abraham Lincoln 3-Volume Set (The Prairie Years; The War Years ; The War Years ) Dell, Good. Slipcase rubbed, tear along vol. 2 spine. A condense version of Sandburg s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of President Abraham Lincoln. 35. Sandburg, Carl; Goodman, Edward C.; Axelrod, Alan Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years - The Illustrated Edition Fall River Press, New York, First thus. 463 pp. An abridged and newly illustrated edition of Sandburg s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of President Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Edward C. Goodman, with an introduction by Alan Axelrod. Near fine. $15

10 $ Sorensen, Theodore C. Kennedy Harper & Row, New York, Reprint. viii, 783 pp. 8vo. A biography of JFK by one of his closests friends and advisors. Very good. Inscribed & signed by author ( To Rick, Ted Sorensen ) on front endpaper. Jacket reverse lightly foxed, jacket edges lightly rubbed & toned, 1/4 inch tear to top edge of rear panel. 37. Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright; Dunn, Waldo Hilary George Washington, in Two Volumes: ; Oxford University Press, New York, First edition. xiii, 473; vii, 596 pp. 8vo. Exhaustive notes and index follow text, illustrations and maps throughout. A definitive biography of $125 the first President of the United States, researched and written over the period of twenty-five years by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, and completed by Waldo Hilary Dunn upon Stephenson s death in According to the jacket, Almost every story about Washington has been traced to the original source and in a number of instances substantial corrections have been made of the statements of previous biographers. Near fine in very good jackets. Includes slipcase. Jackets a bit rubbed, top edge of vol. 1 jacket slightly frayed with repair on reverse, minor wrinkle to vol. 2 jacket spine, jacket flap corners trimmed. Top slipcase edge rubbed with minor loss from one corner. 38. Thompson, Richard W. Recollections of Sixteen Presidents from Washington to Lincoln, in Two Volumes Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, Edition De Luxe. viii, 240; pp. 8vo. A collection of biographical accounts of the first sixteen Presidents of the United States of America, with engraved portraits of each. Near fine. Spines faintly smudged, ink $75 name on front endpaper of each volume. 39. Time-Life Books Lincoln: An Intimate Portrait (Life) Life Books / Easton Press, This copy specially bound by Easton Press. 256 pp. Black full leather, photographic plate mounted on front board, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. A biography of President Abraham Lincoln issued to commemmorate the 150th anniversary of his assassination. Fine. $135 $ Van Natter, Francis Marion; Detzer, Karl Lincoln s Boyhood: A Chronicle of His Indiana Years Public Affairs Press, Washington, First edition. vi, 224 pp. 8vo. Notes, bibliography, and index follow text. An account of the little known early years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, with an analysis of how these encouraged his development into the effective statesman he became. Jacket spine very slightly faded, corners lightly rubbed with two tiny closed tears along jacket base. The best copy of this title we have seen.

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