Politics from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New-York: Printed and published by I. Riley, 1811. First American edition. Volume II only. Octavo (8.75" x 5.5"), 377 pages. Publisher's full sheep with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. This copy from the library of Miss Sidney I. Heiskell of Winchester, Virginia with her nearly contemporary signature in old ink at the front free endpaper. Binding rubbed & scuffed, shallow losses… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: W.D. Wallach. Lot of 9 issues, broken run: Volume xiv, numbers 2058, 2061, 2062, 2073, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, & 2098, September, October, & November, 1859. First editions, original broadsheet newspapers, single sheets measuring 22 inches by 29 inches folding once vertically forming 4 pages each. Old folds, tattered, creased, some losses (text mostly unaffected), small rubber stamp in… Read more about this item

No place (United Kingdom ?), no publisher, no date (ca. 1880's per OCLC). First & only edition. 12mo (7" x 5"), 76 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth over flexible boards. Recorded by OCLC but not located (accession number 4263946). Ex-library (deaccessioned) with call number label on the upper cover, bookplate, rubber stamped markings, etc., modest edge wear, front cover warped, cloth… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland: "Published every Monday, Wednesday & Friday by Charles Prentiss," Vol. II, No. 107, Friday, March 18, 1803. Original broadsheet newspaper, single sheet measuring 21.75 inches by 27 inches folded once horizontally forming 4 pages. Old folds, tattered & creased, losses in the margins not affecting text, separated about half way at the vertical fold, toned & lightly foxed, a… Read more about this item

Frederick-Town, (Maryland): Printed by John P. Thomson, Vol. II, No. 73, Saturday, November 5th, 1803. First edition. Original newspaper, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 23 inches folded once vertically forming 4 pages. Text in four columns, printed on laid paper. Brigham/ Bibliography of American Newspapers 1690-1820 (1962 edition), vol. I, pp. 261 & 262. Moderately tattered & creased, toned, foxed,… Read more about this item

Frederick-Town, (Maryland): Printed by John P. Thomson, Vol. II, No. 77, Saturday, December 3d, 1803. First edition. Original newspaper, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 23 inches folded once vertically forming 4 pages. Text in four columns, printed on laid paper. Brigham/ Bibliography of American Newspapers 1690-1820 (1962 edition), vol. I, pp. 261 & 262. Moderately tattered & creased, last two… Read more about this item

New York: Feiwel & Friends, (2008). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Barack Obama at the half title page. Small 8vo (7.75" by 5.25"), xi & 206 pages, with illustrations fron photographs throughout. Publisher's pictorial light card covers. A fine & apparently unread copy. "For Maggie,/ Yes we Kan!/ Barack Obama." Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed "Garen Thomas takes us through… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First edition, this a presentation copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Liebling at the ffep to Alger & Priscilla Hiss. 8vo (8.25" x 5.75"), 251 pages. Publisher's cloth-patterned yellow paper over boards lettered in brown on the spine, lacking the dust jacket. Spine darkened, soiled, upper joint splitting, shallow loss at… Read more about this item

Wheaton, Illinois: Church League of America, 1965. Original illustrated broadside, folio (14" x 6.5"), single sheet printed recto only. Text in three columns. Folded once horizontally, moderate edge wear, some creasing, tiny hole affecting a letter in Shackelford's name, lightly foxed & soiled, otherwise Good or better. Reprints an article originally published in the Chicago Tribune on October 17, 1965. The Tribune,… Read more about this item

Florence, South Carolina: publisher not identified [Quality Education, Inc., John T. Harllee]. Lot of three issues: Volume XIII, Numbers 4, 7, & 10, August & November, 1985, February 1986. First editions. Quartos (11" x 8.5"), 8 pages each, illustrated. Original stapled newsletters. Old folds, mailing labels on each, moderate edge wear, light soiling, Good or better. Editor John T. Harllee… Read more about this item

[Washington, D.C.]: Democratic National Committee, 1940. "Dry Those Crocodile Tears ..." Broadside, small folio (12" x 7.25"), printed in black ink on tan light paper, with an illustration of a ranting Republican elephant. With: [Broadside].Democratic Guide Ballot [for] Virginia. [Washington, D.C.]: Democratic National Committee, 1940. Broadside, folio (24" x 5.5"), printed in black ink on light, pale pink paper. Slightly… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Human Events, Inc. Broken run, seven issues: Vol. xxii, no. 11, September 14, 1963; Vol. xxiv, no. 14, April 4, 1964; Vol. xxv, no. 18, May 1, 1965; Vol. xxv, no. 42, October 16, 1965; [Vol. xxv, no. 41 ?], November 6, 1965; Vol. xxv, no. 49, December 4, 1965; Vol. xxviii, no. 26, June 29, 1968. First… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988. "This limited edition ... has been privately printed and individually signed by the author." Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), [17] & 6 - 714 pages (as issued), with numerous full page illustrations by Walt Spitzmiller. Publisher's full brown leather, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition, this copy signed & inscribed in ink on the title page by Thomas. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 509 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations from photographs. Publisher's two tone gray paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Lower margin of the covers slightly sunned, otherwise fine… Read more about this item

[Havana: National Cultural Council], 1961. Stapled paper wraps. Habana, [Cuba]: Ediciones del Consejo Nacional de Cultura, 1961. First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), 32 pages. Publisher's printed, stapled paper wraps. Text in Spanish.A bit soiled & stained, brief edge wear, text browned, otherwise good or better. "The experience of a great historical event has been ours. It could be… Read more about this item

Autograph in ink on engraved United States Senate Chamber admission pass which has not been filled out. [Washington, D.C.], no date (circa 1930). Measures 2.75 inches by 4.25 inches, with annotation in ink in a different hand at the bottom of the card: "1928 - 1932." Removed from a scrapbook leaving remnants of glue residue & paper on the verso,… Read more about this item

[Washington, D.C.]: Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center], 1964. Brochure. Original program, single sheet measuring 17 inches by 14 inches folded once horizontally & once vertically (as issued) forming 4 pages, printed on patterned light card stock, with the Seal of the United States embossed on the front cover. Slightly soiled, toned, & foxed, otherwise Very Good. Includes… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Civics Society, (1913 -1914). First edition. Complete in 13 volumes including an apparently unrecorded volume titled on the spine "Sample Pages" which probably preceded the other 12 volumes. Small octavos (7.75" x 5.25") 3,189 pp, including illustrations, continuously paginated excepting the Sample Pages volume (which is erratically paginated). Original gray stiff paper wraps with yapped edges, each volume… Read more about this item

[Leesburg, Virginia]: National Historical Society/ Weider History Group, (2008). Facsimile reprint edition, originally published in 1905. 11 volumes only of 12 (lacking volume 12). Octavos (9" x 6"), variously paginated, with illustrations, facsimiles (some folding), & portraits. Publisher's one-half brown faux leather simulating crushed morocco & green cloth, the spines lettered & ruled in gilt, each volume with the facsimile… Read more about this item

No place, no publisher, no date (ca. 1946). Original camera-ready political cartoon by Bishop. Pencil, pen & ink on thick paper measuring 12 inches by 10 inches, verso blank, signed lower right. Lightly toned, small tear in the top margin (not affecting illustration), slight edge wear, pinhole lower left margin, otherwise Very Good or better. Quite possibly the work of Daniel Bishop,… Read more about this item