From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution
GOLDWIN, Robert A. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 213pp, (2pp). Fine/fine. Handsome, perfect second printing of this in-depth study by the prominent political scientist and Constitutional scholar (1922-2010) who served as advisor to President Ford and resident scholar at the right-wing think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in black ink "to Bob Malott, / with gratitude for your / invaluable service to / AEI and to the nation / Bob Goldwin / December 1997." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago civic and business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.- $55
- $55
America’s Youngest Warriors: Volume II — More stories about the young men and women who served in the armed forces of the United States of America before attaining legal age
JACKSON, Ray D., and JACKSON, Susan M. (compilers) Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 661pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight and bright first edition of the second gathering of tales of underage veterans who joined up between 1917 and 1969 -- 200 profiles.- $40
- $40
A Time for Truth
SIMON, William E. Small 4to. Quarter orange cloth with black spine lettering and white paper over boards, dust jacket. xvi, 248pp. Very good/very good. Faint binding and jacket edgewear only. "A Distinguished Conservative Dissects the Economic and Political Policies That Threaten Our Liberty -- and Points the Way to an American Renaissance," boasts the jacket front panel of this tight and nice first edition. The businessman, philanthropist and Secretary of the Treasury under Nixon and Ford (1927-2000) inscribes and signs the front flyleaf enormously in black fineline: "To / Bob Malott / My deep gratitude for your / support and my warmest best / wishes always / Bill Simon / A sure cure for insomnia! / [smiley face]." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago civic and business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.- $75
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The Oresteia
AESCHYLUS Translation by E.D.A. Morshead. Illustrations by Michael Ayrton. Introduction by Rex Warner. Folio. Quarter burgundy calf with gilt-lettered brown cloth spine label and brown cloth over boards, slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 177pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Slightest bit of slipcase wear only. Tight, handsome LEC edition of this trilogy, the first title in their thirtieth series, consisting of "Agamemnon," "The Libation-Bearers" and "The Furies" -- a 5th century B.C. trilogy here with limitation at rear noting 1500 numbered copies (this #241) signed by illustrator Ayrton. Lovely copy, with the appropriate "Monthly Letter" laid in. NEWMAN 328.- $95
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Advice & Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court’s Nomination Battles
SIMON, Paul Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Near fine/fine. Light spotting to top page edges. A lovely and tight first edition with a huge bold presentation inscription and signature in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "To Adlai and Nancy -- / With great respect / and gratitude -- / Paul Simon / 6-17-92 / (p 297)." Paper clipped at top of this leaf is index card (likely as received) on which is typed "Note: Publication date (publisher's embargo) is June 29." Simon (1928-2003) was the 1988 Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois senator (1985-97) and Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021) filled that same Senate seat from 1970 to 1981. Senator Stevenson's father, the Illinois governor and presidential candidate and U.N. ambassador, is mentioned twice in this book, and the page 297 that Simon notes in his inscription mention's Senator Stevenson's 1975 support for Supreme Court nominee John Paul Stevens. A great presentation copy from a current senator to a past senator.- $95
- $95
Signed Calling Card / Unsigned Photograph
ROLPH, James, Jr. (1869-1934) "Sunny Jim" was a businessman and Republican politician; elected mayor of San Francisco in 1912, he was that city's longest-serving mayor ever, resigning in 1931 when elected California's 27th governor; he died in 1934, that state's second governor to die in office. Heavy stock 3 3/4" X 2 3/4" calling card bearing a small circular gilt Seal of the State of California at top and gilt-lettered "Governor of California" at bottom -- in the middle of which he signs large and bold. Near fine. Faint paper clip impress at upper left. Accompanied by an outstanding black-and-white news agency(International News Photos) photograph, 10" X 8". Near fine. President Herbert Hoover stands at center before a sea of microphones in a large hall of some sort, and standing behind a table at left is Rolph and Rhodi Island governor Norman S. Case. Printed descriptive text affixed to verso headlines this scene "Hoover Addresses Governors' Conference," dates it 27 April 1932 and describes is thusly: "President Hoover urging the governors of the various states in conference at Richmond, to cooperate with the federal government in enforcing drastic economies to the end that taxes may be reduced. Gov. James Rolph of California and Gov. Case of Rhode Island are shown at the left." A surprisingly uncommon signature and a delightful and scarce accompanying image.- $95
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The Lives of William Benton
HYMAN, Sidney Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 625pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a few edge chips. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty biography of the Encyclopaedia Britannica publisher (1943-73) and United States senator from Connecticut (1949-53). From the library of U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), son of Illinois governor and twice Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II -- both long-time friends of Benton. Governor Stevenson first befriended Benton in the 1940s and they had numerous interactions over the years, including traveling together through South America (pictured in this book). Adlai II makes many appearances in Hyman's book. Tipped to inner flyleaf is a sheet of Senator Stevenson's engraved Chicago letterhead.- $95
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Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
WILLS, Garry 8vo. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and bluwe paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. xxvi, 398pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and lovely later printing of the journalist and political philosopher's musings -- with a nice twist: Front flyleaf bears an interesting nonauthorial gift inscription in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Adlai, / One of the few / remaining Jeffersonian / Democrats. / Carlos / July 4, 1980." Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021) served as U.S. senator from Illinois (1970-81).- $45
- $45
The Discourses and Manual
EPICTETUS Translation by P.E. Matheson. Illustrations by Hans Erni. 4to. Black cloth with gilt-lettered green calf spine label, slipcase with paper spine label. xxx, 308pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, 5 double-page color plates. Fine/very good. Light slipcase wear. Quite attractive, tight copy of the fifth title in the LEC's thirty-fourth series, the two most famous works of the influential st-2nd century A.D. Greek philosopher of Stoicism as recorded by his pupil Arrian. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #241) signed by illustrator Erni. NEWMAN 379.- $150
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In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
MURRAY, Charles 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 214pp, (2pp). Fine/fine. Superbly pristine first edition of this radical approach to eliminating welfare by the noted political scientist and scholar at the right-wing think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) (born 1943). He boldly inscribes and signs the title page in blue fineline "For Bob Malott, / Companion of the Grove & / Drake Passage alike, / warmest regards, / Charles." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago civic and business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist and is listed as "Emeritus Trustee" among the AEI staff on the two unnumbered closing pages.- $75
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
VERMES, Geza (translator, introducer, commentator) Illustrations by Shraga Weil. 4to. Quarter terra cotta levant-grain calf with gilt spine lettering and heavy natural linen, 241pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, many full-page color plates. Fine/near fine. First of this particular translation of these still-controversial ancient Jewish and Hebrew papyri fragments discovered in caves in the West Bank in the 1940s and '50s. A tight and handsome copy of the twelfth title in the LEC's thirty-fourth series. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #241) signed by illustrator Weil. A sharp and lovely copy. NEWMAN 386.- $125
- $125
Ethics in Government
DOUGLAS, Paul H. 8vo. Muatard and black cloth with black spine lettering. ix, 114pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. An attractive, tight first edition of this 1951 Harvard University Godkin Lecture, a compilation of three talks by the noted politician. This lovely copy bears a fine senatorial connection, as it hails from the library of Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021) -- son of the governor, great-grandson of the vice president -- and tipped to front flyleaf is a sheet of his personal engraved Chicago letterhead. In addition, tipped to the blank leaf facing the title page is a unique frontispiece, a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" signed tremulously in old age by Douglas in black ballpoint, which he dates 28 January 1970 at upper right -- appropriate, as this was the same year that Stevenson became U.S. Senator from Illinois! Douglas (1892-1976) was not only a respected Illinois senator (1949-67), but also a distinguished economist, author of "The Theory of Wages" (1934), "Economy in the National Government" (1952), "In the Fullness of Time" (1972) and other titles. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Douglas's original signature transmittal envelope.- $75
- $75
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
KRISTOL, Irving Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 336pp. Near fine/near fine. Front endpaper age toned from long-ago newsprint contact. Tight and nice first edition of this "political autobiography" by the famed "godfather of neoconservatism" (1920-2009), a distinguished intellectual, editor and journalist. He boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue ballpoint: "for Bob Malott, / an outstanding business / and civic leader, and a / friend / with warmest regards, / Irving Kristol." Rarely found signed. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.- $95
- $95
The Destroyer Escort England: Anatomy of the Ship
ROSS, Al Wide small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Numerous illustrations and plans. Fine/fine. Bright, tight first edition of this volume in the "Anatomy of the Ship" series, a thorough dissection of this massive warship that in a six-week period in May '44 sunk a half dozen Japanese submarines.- $60
- $60
The Civil War: An Illustrated History
WARD, Geoffrey C. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 425pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), color maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight and bright sixth printing of this exhaustively illustrated narrative of the war, organized chronologically. Best of all, the front flyleaf bears a fine, archival, decorative-edged bookplate signed boldly in full by James M. McPherson (born 1936), the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian who contributes one of this book's chapters. "Based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns," this is the superbly-illustrated companion guide to Ken Burns' groundbreaking Civil War miniseries.- $55
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Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery — An Illustrated History
DUNCAN, Dayton, and BURNS, Ken Small 4to. Quarter burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and burgundy paper over boards, dust jacket. xix, 249pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this PBS companion volume, with "Watch for the PBS Television Series" circular foil label on jacket front panel. This superb copy bears two choice autograph additions on matching heavy stock 5" X 3" cards -- signatures of two of the television series voiceover stars: At top Matthew Broderick (born 1962; voices expedition member John Ordway) signs in black fineline, dating it 15 April 1983 at upper right; below him Sam Waterston (born 1940; voices Thomas Jefferson) signs beautifully in black ink, adding "Peace" at upper left and dating it 18 January 1971 at upper right. Laid in are two ideal bookmarks: Broderick and Waterston's original transmittal envelopes. Delightfully unusual copy.- $100
- $100
Selbst Ist der Mann: Ein neues Beschäftigungsbuch bei Sonnenschein und Regenwetter
KERN, Maximilian (compiler) 8vo. Beige cloth spine with black lettering and tan color pictorial paper over boards. vi, 291pp, (1p ad). Color frontispiece, 3 full-page color plates, extensive (441) line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear only, else quite tight and internally fine. Handsome 24th printing of this popular boys' carpentry and craft project book, entirely in German, whose title translations: "Self Is the Man: A New Activities Book for Sunshine and Rainy Weather." These craft projects will strike today's readers as remarkably difficult and advanced for the intended juvenile audience. 1924 ownership name/place on front pastedown of a young boy of Middle Amana, the noted German community of Iowa.- $55
- $55
Some Versions of Silence: Poems
DANA, Robert 8vo. Stiff beige pictorial glossy wrappers. 63pp. Fine. Pristine first softbound edition of the poet's slim fourth verse collection -- and handsomely signed by him in blue ballpoint on title page. Dana (1929-2010) was a noted Iowa poet, academic and state poet laureate. From the collection of Bill Pauly (1942-2021), fellow Iowa poet and academic especially well known for his haikus.- $35
- $35
Still Life with Oysters and Lemons
DOTY, Mark 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 70pp, (2pp). Fine. Tight and handsome fourth softbound edition of these essays on art, poetry and other meditative matters by the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty / for Bill -- 4.1.06 / Des Moines." Recipient "Bill" is Bill Pauly (1942-2021), Iowa poet and academic especially well known for his haikus.- $30
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Source: Poems
DOTY, Mark Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 76pp, (1p ad). Fine. Pristine, tight second softbound printing of the sixth verse gathering by the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty / -- for Bill -- / 4.1.06 / Des Moines." Recipient "Bill" is Bill Pauly (1942-2021), Iowa poet and academic especially well known for his haikus.- $25
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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War
CHESNUT, Mary Edited by C. Vann Woodward. Small 4to. Quarter brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. lviii, 886pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner, but a superb, perfect copy.- $30
- $30
Personal Memoirs
GRANT, Ulysses S. Introduction by Geoffrey Perret. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 702pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Modern reprint of one of the greatest presidential memoirs ever (first published in 1885), though it only goes up through the war's end. This handsome if routine copy has a delightful twist: Tipped in facing the title page is a superb, outstanding original steel-engraved full-length portrait of Grant in Union uniform, seated in a folding chair alongside a tent, his hat and assorted maps on the ground at his feet while a private stands sentry in the background. Near fine. Grant's facsimile signature appears below the image, which is based on Thomas Nast's painting; copyright data at bottom notes publisher as Johnson, Fry & Co. of New York in 1866. Likely created as a book's frontispiece, although the title in which it appeared is unknown. "Written frantically while in a race with death," notes Robert W. Johannsen of Grant's memoir, "these recollections rank with the best of the Civil War period." NEVINS II, 59.- $95
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A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865
WEIGLEY, Russell F. Small 4to. Quarter green cloth with gilt spine lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 612pp. Maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but remarkably pristine, tight and handsome. Front jacket flap describes this as a "major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity nearly 150 years after the war's end."- $20
- $20