Search Results: American Presidents from Bee Creek Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862. "... by order of Captain Wilkes, in command of the United States war-steamer San Jacinto." Message of the President of the United States. 37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 8. Read and ordered to be printed. On motion by Mr. Sumner that the message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations -- ordered, that the futher consideration thereof be postponed to, and be the special order for Thursday next, the 9th instant, at one o'clock. January 6, 1862. 16 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine edge. Browning along page edges, some dirt smudges on back page. Document in VG condition. Famous Americans in document: William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State; Charles Francis Adams, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain; Captain Charles Wilkes, USS San Jacinto.. Paperbound. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". U.S. Government Document.

Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, Inc., 1947. Prefaced with an introductory comment by Paul M. Angle. "This collection of the principal autobiographical writings of Abraham Lincoln provides for the general reader a new and absorbing insight into Lincoln's mind and heart." Limited edition of 1,250 copies. 63 pp. Brown tweed covers with gilt inlay on front and green/gilt title box on spine. Board corners and edges are lightly rubbed, spine ends are bumped. Gilt top page edge. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Privately Printed. Hard Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4". American President.

New York: The Literary Guild, 1933. 461 pp. Black cloth covers with embossed signature of Jackson's on front and faded gilt lettering on spine. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, scuffing to cover faces, spine discolored, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Pages edges dirty. Maps on endpapers. Gift inscription by author "With pleasure for William Maloney, Marquis James, May 10 '33". Front hinge broken. Interior tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Gift Inscription By Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Biography.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF A REPRODUCTION OF A BUST OF WASHINGTON By Certain Citizens of the Republic of France. 58th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. Report No. 4397. "April 28, 1904, the bronze bust of Washington presented to the Congress of the United States by the Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Grasse, Mr. Henry Jouin, and other citizens of France, was placed in a conspicuous position in the Rotunda of the Capitol." 45 pp. including a "List of Subscribers to the Bust of George Washington Offered to the United States" and Appendices: A. Official Correspondence; B. George Washington, by David D'Angers. "Bronze Offered by France to the United States to Replace the Marble Destroyed by Fire in 1851."(Translation of the book deposited by the French ambassador in the bronze receptacle on the front of the pedestal of the Washington bust) 2 Plates of the bust, each protected by… Read More

New York: The Century Co., 1885. Vol. XXIX, New Series Vol. VII. Six issues of The Century Magazine published into one bound copy. Features the first three chapters of Mark Twain's "An Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" before it was published; "The Battle of Shiloh" by U. S. Grant; "Phases of Legislation, State" by Theodore Roosevelt; "The Bostonians" by Henry James; "Winter Neighbors" by John Burroughs. 960 pp. Cloth/leather covers show signs of wear with front joint broken at top, rubbing to edges and corners bumped, with boards slightly exposed. Gold gilt lettering on spine. Marbled page edges. Front hinge slightly broken. Page edges are browning, but does not interfere with text. Overall the book is in Good + condition. . Leather. Good +. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4". Bound Magazine.

New York: Atheneum, 1985. 70 pp. Paperback with marbled paper covers. Light wear to corners and edges, spine ends are worn. Interior pages are clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Paperback. Very Good+. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Essay.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Message of the President of the United States... 40th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 80. July 20, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. 5 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding remains along spine edge. Spine edge is creased and chipped. Edges browning, some minor foxing, text is easily legible. Document in VG condition.. Paperbound. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Japan.

New York: John B. Alden Pamphlet. pp. 494-639. Numbers not consecutive. (top left margin reads: "American Patriotism".)DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS; AT INDEPENDENCE HALL,FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS; EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION; SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG; and SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. No date. Several tiny foxing "dots" at front cover's side edge otherwise pamphlet is Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Abraham Lincoln.

New York: Joseph Laing, Engraver & Print Publisher Painted by A. Rivey, Paris, from a Cartoon by H. Brueckner. Engraved on Steel by John C. McRae. Article "First in Peace" written by Benson J. Lossing. 8 pp. Two page outline key plate showing names of key figures within the painting. Gray paper covers. Cover corners are chipped and missing, edges chipped, cover edges are browning, some dirt marks, spine ends are creased. Tearing along spine, front covers loose. Interior pages are browning, creasing to corners, text easily legible. Document in Good to Good+ condition.. Paper Cover. Good+. Illus. by Plate. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". New York.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Bicentennial of the Birthday of George Washington. April 21, 1924. 39 pp. Government document. Paper covers with staple binding. Front cover is wrinkled and creased, small pencil marks along edge, top corner bumped and creased throughout. Pages are tanned along edges, back cover is also slightly wrinkled. Interior is clean, no marks. Document in Good+ to VG- condition.. Paper Cover. Good+. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". George Washington.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1954. In collaboration with Walter E. Edge, with an essay on the architecture by George B. Tatum. "The traveler entering or leaving Princeton, New Jersey, by way of Stockton Street (Route U.S. 206) may easily miss seeing the fine colonial mansion that stands on the north side of the road two or three hundred yards to the west of that street with Nassau. ... But the mansion deserves much more than the slight glimpse that the passer-by can get of it." 206 pp. with index. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Missing DJ. Cover corners are rubbed, front lower corner has significant damage and is missing with tears to cloth, light scuffing to covers, spine ends are bent and worn. Cocked spine. Gift inscription by author on front free endpaper, and signed by author on title page. Interior pages clean. Book in Good- to Good condition. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8… Read More

Chicago: The Viking Library, 1901. The Viking Library. Vol.I. No. 1. On Dedication Page: "With an apology to the shade of ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the transgression of descanting upon his INDIANA IDYLL, this dissertation is dedicated to the bright analyst of his character, HON. MURAT HALSTEAD, by the humble Author. Frontis illustration of Sig Coccia's celebrated Staute: Abraham Lincoln as a youth. Seven Chapters dealing with an "Analysis of Abraham Lincoln's character" with Synosis by Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of each chapter. Chapters include: Idyllic Life; Playmates; Love-sick; Knight-errantry; Elopement and Animal Instinct; Second Elopement and Common Horse-Sense; and Awakening. 88 pp. including Appendix. Illustrated front cover with portrait of Lincoln. Lettering in black and red. Mildly soiled, particularly along spine on both front and back, covers dirty to edges and on back. Spine with mild creases, spine ends are torn. Overall covers are Good+. Some browning along… Read More

Washington, DC: Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Committee "When John F. Kennedy was inaugurated on January 20, 1961, a heavy snow blanketed Washington, D. C. As a result, a number of copies of the Official Inauguration Book were left unsold. These books have been augmented by three special pictorial sections -- one on the inaugural ceremonies (including the memorable inaugural address); another on the death and state funeral of President Kennedy; and a third on the first 30 days in office of President Lyndon B. Johnson." This is Copy No. 351D of the Memorial Edition of the John F. Kennedy Inaugural Book, signed by E. H. Foley, General Chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Blue boards with embossed title and Presidential Seal on front cover, along with previous owner's name (Mr. Joseph E. Regan) embossed on lower front cover. Cover corners are bumped and rubbing to face. Main section of interior pages is pulling away from the spine, but still attached. Interior pages are browning with… Read More

Chicago: The Werner Company, 1895. Two volume set. Vol. I: 602 pp. Chapters include: Admission to the Bar and Early Political Life; Recollections of the Financial Panic of 1857; The Beginning of Lincoln's First Administration; I Begin My Duties as Secretary of the Treasury. Vol. II: 603-1239 pp. with index. Chapters include: Last Days of the Hayes Administration; The Presidential Nomination in 1880; Visit to Cuba and the Southern States; Republican National Convention of 1888; Attempts to Stop the Purchase of Silver Bullion. Both volumes handsomely bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and image of John Sherman on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Both volumes have cover corners bumped, edges rubbed, spine edges bent and slightly fraying. Ex. library with identification numbers on bottom spine, library bookplate on front inside cover, hole stamp on title page, due date list and security sticker on back free endpaper, bar code and pocket envelope on back inside cover. Endpapers are… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1970. "...a brilliant and awesome examination of the policies and practices of the Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 campaign for the Presidency." 268 pages with index. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. DJ in Good condition with creases, chipping and small tears to corners and edges and spine tips, browning to interior. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, spine tips are bent. Uncut page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Law.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 1983. 389 pages with index. DJ present with wear to edges and corners, some creasing and rubbing to joints. Cover corners are bumped, spine ends are bent. Interior tight and clean. Book and DJ are VG.. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Writers.

Edgewood Publishing Company, 1890. "Believing the American public will appreciate this tribute to the memory of their departed chieftain, Ulysses S. Grant, it is sent forth to their hearts and homes." Two parts: Part I, Life of General U.S. Grant, 142 pp.; Part II, Life of General U.S. Grant Since the War, 594 pp. Elegantly illustrated. Brown decorative cloth covers with black embossed image and gilt image of home with Edgewood Edition noted. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges are rubbed. Spine tips are bent, fraying and have small tears. Small water spots and dirt smudges. Title page is starting to separate from rest of book, but it still attached. Front hinge broken and may be missing a page between title page and preface. Interior pages are browning and some very mild foxing, but tight. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Cloth. Good + to Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". American President.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. A Military Study of the Civil War. With Maps by Clark Ray. 443 pages with index. Missing DJ. Blue cloth covers with gilt stars on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges lightly rubbed, spine ends are bent. Maps on endpapers. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maps, Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Civil War.

Washington, D.C.: The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1959. "In this booklet, a topical approach has been employed. The quotations are divided into eight broad subjects, covering, as nearly as possible, Lincoln's life and career." 49 pp. White paper pamphlet with seal of the Abraham Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission seal on front. Mild creasing to spine near staple binding, otherwise pamphlet is crisp and clean. Included is original envelope that the pamphlet was mailed in to the receiver.. Second Edition. Paper Cover. Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Abraham Lincoln.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1947. 564 pp. with index. Reading copy. Covers show significant signs of wear and tear. Covers broken from spine, but still attached. Interior tight, clean and very good.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Abraham Lincoln.