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1971. Very Good+. Contents Summary: By a vote of 254 to 158, the House rejected the Nedzi-Whalen Amendment that would have prohibited the use of funds to be used in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, after the end of 1971. It was created by opponents of the Vietnam War who supported the reduction of the military budget and a timetable of American forces in Vietnam. Nixon states that these proposals jeopardize the progress of American withdrawal. Typed Typed Letter Signed 'RN' in black ink. One Page 6 ¾" x 8 7/8". Blind stamped of official seal 'THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON'. Dated: June 24, 1971. Slightly toned. Back stained from glue application. Very Good+. Dated: June 24, Letter in full: "June 24, 1971 Dear Roy: During consideration of the military procurement bill for the coming fiscal year, a number of amendments were proposed seeking to legislate a deadline for American involvement in Indochina. The debate centered on the Nedzi-Whalen amendment, which the House rejected… Leer más

1969. Contents Summary: A call to end the Vietnam war based on a resolution Roy A. Taylor and his colleagues introduced to the House following President Richard Nixon's November 3rd message to the Nation. Typed Letter Signed 'Richard Nixon' in black ink. One Page 6 ¾" x 8 7/8" Blind stamped of official seal 'THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON'. Dated: November 10, 1969. Slightly toned. 1" crease top left. Back stained from glue application, visible from front. Very Good+ Letter in full: "Dear Congressman Taylor: The resolution which you and so many of your colleagues introduced in the House following my November 3 message to the Nation should serve as ample evidence to the leaders of North Vietnam that the time has come to move forward at the conference table to end this tragic war. Your expression of confidence that our course will lead to peace is a source of deep encouragement. With warm regard, Sincerely, Richard Nixon Honorable Roy A. Taylor House of Representatives Washington,… Leer más

1970. Very Good+/Envelope: Good+. Contents Summary: Regarding the Voyageurs National Park project, Lindbergh states that he can testify in Washington on behalf of the creation of this park. But, he can not make it because of an engagement in the Philippines 15th of July, 1970. Typed Letter Signed 'Charles A. Lindbergh' in black ink. One Page 8 7/32" x 11" cut from watermarked paper 'Parchment 1471 Switzerland'. With envelope, airmail 4 5/8" x 5 3/4" with stamp/mail mark from Switzerland. Dated: Switzerland June 25, 1970. Slightly toned. Back stained from glue application, barely visible from front. Light ink or graphite ghosting. Heavy glue residue to back of envelope. Letter in full: "Switzerland June 25, 1970 Dear Congressman Taylor: I spent some days in Minnesota before leaving on this trip to Europe. My friends there told me that the Voyageurs National Park project will come up for hearings next month, and suggested that I go to… Leer más

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7"x5.5"). 253 + 239pp, +publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards with black/red decoration & giltstamped title to spine. Heavy shelfwear: corners rubbed/soft, joints rubbed, lightly soiled, small discolored areas; sun darkened spine, spine slant (vols 1&2). Previous owner's name in pen to half title, pages toned (vols 1&2). Cloth rippling to upper cover (vol1). Crack to upper hinge & lower hinge starting (vol1). Crack to lower hinge & extensive notes to rear fep (vol2). Covered in seller's protective mylar.

London, UK: Charles Knight & Co./SDUK, 1833. Hardcover. Very Good+. Elephant Folio (17.5"x14.75"). Modern rebind: 1/2 navy leather & grey cloth-covered boards with giltstamped seams and title in navy to upper cover, new marbled endpapers, new title page, new map index and permalife page separators. Maps professionally cleaned. 14 maps (1 double-page map): light tone, corners of first and last map chipped, several closed tears less than 1/4", small stain to maps 5,6,7,8. Covered in seller's protective mylar. Scarce atlas factice.

Athens, Greece: A New View Book, 1966. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (10"x14"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Several scuffs to covers; edgewear. Chip missing from middle of spine, light chipping to spine extremes, chipping to inner edges of covers. Missing dust jacket, covered in protective mylar by seller. Original off-set lithography to varied color papers. Collection of concrete poems Ford called "Poem Posters", published in the year following his NY exhibition of the same name. Association copy belonging to the poet & publisher of The Jargon Society, Jonathan Williams. Inscribed "fondly for Jonathan & Tom/20xi93" & initialed to ffep. Limited edition of 950 copies. This is a Hors de Commerce copy, numbered "LC" & flat signed to colophon. Rare issue, self-published artist book.

Berlin, Germany: Propylaen-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Folio (13.5"x11"). Unpaginated. Half black leather and illustrated paper-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine, top-edge gilt, deckled edges. B&W lithographs by Liebermann throughout. Signed by Liebermann in pencil to frontis and in pencil to colophon. From a limited edition, numbered 284 0f 400 copies. Previous owner's bookplate to front pdep with ghosting to ffep. Paper covers toned, multiple dampstains to upper cover. Tail edges rubbed.

Cambridge, Mass: Alice James Books, 1978. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Very Good. George Schneeman. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 59pp. Illustrated paper covers. Spine faded. Lightly toned covers. Small scuff to upper cover, very small chip to fore-edge of upper cover. Very lightly soiled lower cover. Association copy that belonged to the poet Heather McHugh. Inscribed, "For Heather with admiration and affection", signed "Jane" & dated 8/30/78 to the title page. Rare signed copy of the first edition of the author's first book.

Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1914. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (9.5"x6"). 245pp. 1/4 bound in tan cloth and brown paper covered boards with titles in black, topedge gilt. 23 (complete) tipped-in color plates & 46 half-tone illustrations. Small tears to lower spine extreme, sun darkened spine, wear to spine cloth, rubbed covers, heavy edge wear to tail edges, corners rubbed. Toned interior. Front & rear hinge repairs with japanese tissue (binding sound). Covered in seller's mylar. No dj.

Paris, France, 1937. First English edition. Softcover. Good+. 4to (14"x10.5"). 112pp +plates; 4 original lithographs. All lithographs present: "Water" by Fernand Leger, "Air" by Joan Miró, "Fire" by Abraham Rattner and "Earth" by Francisco Bores. Color (some with gilt) and B&W plates; photogravures. Missing slipcover, includes subscription card. Illustrated paper covers, by Henri Matisse. Rubbed spine extremes, 1" closed tear to tail/upper joint. Covers rubbed & toned, edgewear. Several small dampstains. Upper corners slightly bent. Paper loss to upper cover where a sticker was removed. Pages toned. Slight crack to gutter at page 24. US Issue Esquire-Coronet gold seal on title page. Text in English.

Philadelphia, PA: A. H. Mueller & Co, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant folio (21"x17"). 1/4 bound red buckram and black pebbled cloth-covered boards: spine/buckram is a modern rebind, original red leather corners, giltstamped title to cover, all edges red-speckled stain. Heavily rubbed covers, insect damage with loss of cloth to upper cover, esp.to head/fore corner. Corner leather rubbed with board exposed. Endpapers & first leaves toned, foxed & creased, light tone throughout, small dampstain to head/fore corner throughout textblock. Color bifolio maps throughout. Extra charge due to weight may be charged for shipping.

Germantown, PA: Michael Billmeyer, 1795. Second edition. Hardcover. Good+. 16mo (6.5"x4"). 602pp. +25pp. titled: Kurze Andachten einer Gottsuchenden Seele, auf alle Tage der Woche und andere Unstände eingerichtet/Short Devotions of a God-seeking Soul, Adapted to all Days of the Week and Other Circumstances. Full leather, five raised bands, metal clasps in library's paper solander box. Binding sound, extant leather in VG condition. Ex-library label to spine (no other ex-lib markings). Spine extremes chipped w/ 1/4" missing from head, chips missing at bands & corners. Scuffed/rubbed leather. One clasp missing, one held together with tape. Foxed & toned. Pencil marks to front pdep. First two blank pages loose. Titled in English: Edifying Songs Collection for Religious Use in the United Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Pennsylvania and Neighboring States.

Philadelphia, PA: Barclay & Co, 1865. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 8vo (6"x9.5"). 116pp. Illustrated tan wrapper. Front cover marginally attached. Significant shelf wear and rubbing. Front and rear covers chipped along edges; largest chip approximately 1" by .25". Rear cover present but detached from rest of book. Four closed tears to rear cover, largest approximately .5". Foxing throughout text block. Lower corner of page 111 creased. B&W images. Recounts the assassination of Lincoln as well as the attack on Secretary of State Seward and the intended attack on Vice President Johnson.

Boston, Mass: Arnold Gingrich, 1962. No additional printings. Paperback. Good+. Folio (13"x10"). 154pp. Paper wraps. Covers rubbed & foxed. Head of spine extreme bumped, 2" tear to upper joint, top two staples apparent beneath upper cover. Pages toned. Signed & inscribed by Williams to Night of the Iguana's title page/p.47: "To Bob--from 10". Also inscribed, "the Huns are on the way! --10" to page 130. The number ten is a scarce signature used by Williams for only close friends (and lovers). This is a working script & may have textual differences from the First edition which was published the following year.

Boston, MA: L. K. Washburn, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No Dj.. 8vo. 783pp. Maroon cloth covered boards. Deckle edges. Exterior of boards lightly rubbed and soiled. Two corners bumped. Text block is toned in places, especially the endpapers. Light, parenthetical marginalia scattered throughout with a few small check marks in pen. One third of the upper hinge is cracked, but the overall binding is holding up well.

Cairo, Egypt: French Institute of Oriental Archeology, 1935. Hardcover. G+/G+/G+. Folio (14"x11"). 451 (in 2 vols.) +262pp. Tan buckram-covered boards with black/gilt spine, library binding, red-flecked edgestain. Tome I: 115 plates & maps, 7 of which are in color, 41 engraved cuts. Tome II: 169 plates including 15 in color, among which are 13 large facsimile portulans (sea navigation maps), 95 engraved cuts. General shelfwear. Toned. Nat. Geographic Society Library preforated stamp to title pages. Frontis cracked at gutter to Tome I/vol. I, half title & title page mostly loose (connected still by sewn binding at tail). Library's mylar taped to pdeps, envelope removal damage to rear pdeps. From the series, Mémoires de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Égypte (XV and XVI).

Philadelphia, PA: William Young, 1797. No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo (7"x4"). 336pp.+31pp. Full leather with black/gilt spine label. Surface of spine cracking, endcaps worn away. Head joints cracked 3". Rubbed covers and corners, esp. tail corners, with board exposed. Interior heavily toned and foxed. Pencil marks to first preface (no other marks). Several page corners creased, closed crack to interior leaf p.120. Binding sound. Scarce. Early abolitionist work. Contains: First Voyage to Africa, Second Voyage to Africa, Third Voyage to Africa, While Resident at Liverpool, While Resident at Olney, While Resident at London, Ebenezer: A Memorial and A Monument to the Praise of the Lord's Goodness, and to the Memory of Dear Eliza Cunningham.

Canterbury, England: H. J. Goulden, Limited, 1935. First edition, first printing, limited. Paperback. Good+. 16mo (7"x5"). 38pp. Grey paper wraps with navy title. Soiled/toned covers, rubbed corners. Very small dent to tail edge of upper cover, small closed tear to head of spine extreme. Crack between pages 12 & 13, sewn binding intact. Pages toned. From a limited edition of 720 copies. Acting Edition/Friends of Canterbury Cathedral Edition. Printed for the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral and the first production of this play at Canterbury Cathedral.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo (8.5"x6"). 209pp. 1/4 navy cloth & tan/blindstamped paper-covered boards with gilt title to spine, robin's egg blue topstain, deckled edges. Toned endpapers, light tone throughout: else fine. Typographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar.

Brewster, NY: Parenthese, 1977. Limited edition of 750 copies. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated. Staple-bound white wraps with a B&W illustrated paper cover. Staples lightly rusted with one blemish on inside upper cover. Paper cover sightly toned. Signed by author on title page. B&W design/illustration by Bluhm throughout.