Biography / Library Of The Presidents from Books Tell You Why, Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine. 1919. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, the pages are cracked at the hinge and there is the slightest discoloration of the fabric of the hardback. The front flyleaf bears an ink signature from a previous owner "Dorothy Louise Minsch"; Drinkwater's first roaring success, this… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine. 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition that has rubbing of fabric, discoloration of the pages and a cocked spine. Volume is signed by the author on the front free endpaper; Corinne Roosevelt is an author, poet, lecturer and… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition. The boards are navy with gilt lettering on the spine. The interior is clean and free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. The slipcase is missing ;… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1943. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. A later edition in near fine condition. There are navy boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The clean interior is free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. Set is missing slipcase; Handsome four volume set, with 426… Read more about this item

Usa: Belford, Clarke & Company. Near Fine. 1889. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition three volume set in near fine condition. There is some obvious cracking and rubbing to the spines. The front pastedowns bear a library sticker and the first volume has a corner tear on the front paste down; William H. Herndon… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375414282 . A first edition/first printing with a little bumping to the corners, else in Fine condition, housed in a shelfworn Near Fine dust-jacket; Andrew Jackson was a powerful and influential American president who led the United States through some… Read more about this item

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney And Singapore: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743211936 . A Very Good+ first printing of the first edition with waterstaining to the rear pages and some wear from aging in a Near Fine dust-jacket that is mildly worn; Jimmy Carter's memoir of his… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0684195437 . A Very Good+ first edition/first printing with bumping to the corners and wear to the spine edges, also a previous owner's name inked and dated on the front pastedown and flyleaf, in a like dust-jacket with light soiling … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers and the Reader's Digest Association, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0060112972 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in a just about Fine dust-jacket that has some minor rear scuffing, signed by author and former US President Gerald Ford on the front flyleaf… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394461347 . A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition aged, few soil marks to cloth spine, previous owner's name to front flyleaf in Very Good+ dust-jacket; David Burner's biography of Herbert Hoover is the definitive account of… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Distinguished well illustrated Very Good Plus first edition / first printing with no dust jacket retaining bright gilded text, having bumped head and tail of spine, bumped lower front board, bumped front edge of back board and lightly soiled back… Read more about this item

Chicago And Springfield, IL: H. W. Rokker, Publisher. Good. 1889. Hardcover. Good condition with a cocked spine, page edge and board soiling, fraying and rubbing to the corners, and the spine hinge is starting and there are some loose pages in the front in addition to some writing on the front pastedown; President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated… Read more about this item

New York: Gallery Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0831740736 . A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with some minor shelfwear in an alike dust-jacket; Ulysses S. Grant, one of the most successful generals in American history, is the subject of this book. Boothe, a military historian,… Read more about this item

London: A. R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. Very Good+. 1905. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition, little rubbed, particularly around the spine; This book tells the story of the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1800-1900. It covers the lives and leadership of Joseph Smith,… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 019505542x . First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in a Near Fine, slightly soiled dust-jacket. Sticker with previous owner's name on paste down; Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution tells the story of the president and his administration… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0195056760 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in an alike dust-jacket; This book tells the story of two friends, Benjamin Franklin and Charles Bache, who collaborated on a pamphlet in the early days of the American Republic that… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition/first printing in Very Good condition, little soiling and edgewear. Previous owner's book plate; This book is about the life and speeches of Abraham Lincoln. It is an easy read and is filled with interesting facts about the 16th… Read more about this item

Lanham, MD: Madison Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [1991]. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 081918053x . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in a Near Fine dust-jacket with minor edgewear; This book tells the story of Thomas Jefferson's journey from his childhood in the colonial Virginia to his years as one of… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0395488826 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with rear hinge starting to separate in Fine dust-jacket with minor edgewear. Signed by author Barry Hannah on the half title page; Barry Hannah weaves a… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0060159812 . A first edition/first printing, upper tips a little bumped in a Near Fine dust-jacket; The unauthorized campaign biography. Author presents and humorously analyzes the true facts of the most underreported presidential election in history. The… Read more about this item