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Philadelphia: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1922. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Autograph; 114 pages; Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on ffep -- "To Mr. Allen Evans / with the kind regards / of his friend / J. W. Townsend / 12/20/23. Otherwise clean and secure in original green cloth binding with image of a railway… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 39 pages; A privately issued typescript (carbon sheet). Clean and secure in in black leatherette with gilt lettered title and metal spine fixture. One of very few copies issued for family and close friends of the author Allen Evans. These are the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 39 pages; A privately issued typescript (carbon sheets) bound in black leatherette with gilt lettered title (gilt totally flaked off) and metal spine fixture; foredges of a couple pages have shallow chipping. One of very few copies issued for family and close friends of the author… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, 273, (4) plates, (2) ads pages; Contents clean and secure in original decorative green cloth binding with interesting geometric pattern stamped in gold and brown, illustrated with musical notations and four full page plates. Two pages of publisher's ads at rear. Rubbed at spine… Read more about this item

Mountpleasant , Ohio. Very Good-. 1825. Second Edition. Leather. v, [3], 320 pages; Contents complete and seure in original full calf bindingwith title label at spine with gilt lettering; wear at spine ends; heavy foxing. The Author: Elisha Bates, a well known Quaker in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s, was publisher of The Philanthropist,… Read more about this item

Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1939. First Edition. Paperback. 147 pages; Prepared by the Roosevelt administration to report on the expenditures and projects of the Work Projects Administration (formerly Works Progress Administration). Release stamp of L.O.C. on front cover and titlepage, otherwise contents cleam and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers… Read more about this item

New York City: Work Projects Administration, New York City. Very Good+. March 2, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, [2], 271pp pages; Publisher's black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. No publisher stated on title page, this book was not "published" in any traditional commercial sense, but was more of an "in-house" document, as confirmed… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin for Royal Economic Society. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952-54. First Edition. Hardcover. 412; 458; 600 pages; Clean and secure in original black cloth bindings in very good dustjackets. Jeremy Bentham (1748 -1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham… Read more about this item

London: Privately printed. Very Good+. 1829. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. viii, 358 & [1] pages; Contemporary full polished calf, tobacco brown, covers paneled with incised lines in blind, decorative devices stamped in the corners and the panels of the spine, title lettered in gilt in the second panel, marbled endpapers, all edges decoratively stained red. … Read more about this item

Washington: Royal Norwegian Embassy. Very Good+. 1942. First Edition. Cards. 1 pages; Printed invitation reads: "To celebrate the Seventieth Birthday Anniversary of / His Majesty King Haakon of Norway / The Ambassador of Norway and Mrs. Munthe Morgenstierne / request the pleasure of your company / at a reception / on Monday, August the third /… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 144 pages; Inscribed and Signed on the halftitle -- To Kay -- / Some happy memories are / here --- Tish Hollensterner [Letitia Baldrige] / Apr 1, 1998" This marvelous book by Jacqueline Kennedy's good friend and White House social… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good. 1957. Second Printing. Hardcover. 766 pages; Former owner's note on ffep - "For Bill / from Bill / in memory of lunch at the / Travellers Club in Paris on the / 10th April 1957 - gratefully." Laid in is a printed invitation with manuscript annotation ; Pour memoire // Le… Read more about this item

Paris: Gallimard. Very Good. 1958. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 652 pages; Bound in original cream wrappers, toned at spine and edges. Inscribed and signed on halftitle "Susan Mary [Patten] / from / Gladwyn Jebb / August 1958" ; some marginal pencil lines noting passages, otherwise contents clean and secure. A rather wonderful association, this … Read more about this item

Washington: National Capital Planning Commission. Near Fine. 1970. Paperback. 116 pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. With Introduction, b/w photographs, measured drawings, maps, two appendices, and Bibliography. An excellent overview of downtown structures (divided in four sections titled as "Category I Landmarks," "Category II Landmarks," "Category III Landmarks," and "Statues") which received landmark… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. 84 pages; Clean and secure in original blue wrappers printed in white. Large format paperback, slightly wavy; quite nice condition. Illustrated with photographs. OCLC Number 23587316 President John F. Kennedy -- "The White House Regional Conferences, in November… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; xvii, (3), 544 pages; Inscribed and Signed on the halftitle - "To Polly and Kim [Roosevelt] / with all my love / Betsey [the author]" Clean and secure in original cloth binding in fine glossy dustjacket. … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, (1), 368 pages; Owner's signature on ffep - "Susan Jay [Alsop] / March 1936" otherwise clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover; faded spot at lower corner of front board. With a Foreword by J.M.Barrie.… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; (vi), 300, (4) pages; Volume 2 only. Bookplate of William W. Goodman; earlier ownership indicated by author's inscription on ffep - "W. C. Spring Rice / from the author / 8th June 1852" Text block clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with printed… Read more about this item

Washington. Very Good. 1981. Letter. 1 pages; Two sheet Western Union Telegram "Night Letter" from Edward M. Kennedy to Rowland Evans Jr. "05/15/81 /// PMS Rowland Evans Jr. DLR / 3125 O St NW / Washington DC 20008 // HAS IT REALLY BEEN EIGHTEEN YEARS? // TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE A HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia. Very Good. Letter. 2 pages; Manuscript Letter Signed by Joe Minton to Mrs. Rowland Evans ["Kay Evans"] "28 February / Dear Kay & Rowly - / Rainey has, I think, / already tried to thank / you for that truly / special dinner at / your house the other / night but I am… Read more about this item