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The Arrogance Of Power the Secret World Of Richard Nixon

by Anthony Summers

America In Search Of Itself - the Making Of the President 1956 - 1960 - Easton Press - Full Leather

by Theodore H White

The Jubilee Of the Constitution

by John Quincy Adams

The Lincoln Papers

by David C Mearns

Resolutions Adopted By the Antimasonic Members Of the Legislature Of Massachusetts, and Other Citizens Of Boston and The Vicinity, Opposed To the Nomination Of Martin Van Buren and Richard M Johnson For President and Vice President Of Us At a Meeting

by Anti-Masonic Party

Impeachment Of the President Resolutions Of the Legislature Of West Virginia, Relative To the March 12, 1868

by Andrew Johnson

An Exposition Of the Late General Election, In New-York By a Citizen Of Pennsylvania

Speech Ofof South Carolina, On the Bill To Enable the People Of Kansas Territory To Form a Constitution and State Government, Preparatory To Their Admission Into the Union, Etc Delivered In the United States Senate, June 12, 1856

by Andrew P Butler

Garfield and Arthur Campaign Song Book Published By the Republican Congressional Committee, Washington, Dc

by Election Of 1872

An Address Of Henry Clay To the Public

by Henry Clay

Proceedings Of the Democratic County Convention, Held In the City Of Lancaster, Nov 13, 1850

by Democratic Party Of Lancaster County

Running For President the Candidates and Their Images 1789-1896 Volume 1

by Arthur M , Jr Schlesinger

Order Of Exercises At the Eulogy On the Late President, William Henry Harrison Monday, April 19, 1841 In Charlestown

The Same Old Coon Henry Clay

Letter Signed, From "Washington City Dec 29th 1866" When President, To "My Dear Young Friend | I Most Cheerfully Comply With Your Request Sincerely Yours, Andrew Johnson

by Andrew Johnson

The Buffalo Platform Mr Van Buren's Future Political Creed- State Nomination Of Mr Dix For Governor, &C- Whig and Democratic Parties- Whig Platform, and Messrs Botts and Greeley's Exposition Of the Same- Messrs Clay and Calhoun's Democracy Written and

American Freemen! Read! Read! Look To the Within Account Of the British Free Trade Association! and Say, Whether British Gold! Shall Buy What British Valor Could Not Conquer! Tariff Men Of the Country! Compare the Opinions Of Henry Clay, and The Whig Part

by Election Of 1872

The Life and Travels Of General Grant

by J T Headley

The Temperance Republican Vol I, No 1 October, 1886

SEVEN "COFFIN" BROADSIDES HONORING THE MEMORY OF MILITIA MEN WHOM GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON UNJUSTLY AND ARBITRARILY EXECUTED DURING THE 1815 FLORIDA CREEK WAR

Letter Signed To Horatio Seymour, May 1868, Urging the Selection Of General Winfield Scott Hancock As the Democratic Party's Candidate For President

by Robert J Walker

Message From the President Of the United States, To Both Houses Of Congress, At the Commencement Of the Second Session Of the Eighteenth Congress

by James Monroe

Letter From Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character Of John Adams, Esq President Of the United States the Second Edition

by Alexander Hamilton

Oration Delivered Before the Washington Benevolent Society Of Pennsylvania, At Their First Anniversary Meeting, February 22d, 1813

by Charles W, Esq Hare

Remarks On Article Ix, In the Eighty-Fourth Number Of the North American Review

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THE LOVE OF TRUTH. MARK THE BOY

by [Washington, George]

[Germantown, PA: Germantown Print Works, 1806. Commemorative cotton handkerchief, laid down on a board. 12-1/4" x 11-1/8." Printed in blue inks. "The Love Of Truth" is printed above "Mark The Boy," which is printed on a ribbon that flows across a vignette and down both sides. The vignette depicts a young George Washington and his father in the garden of their home. George carries his hatchet; his father points to the cherry tree. Below the vignette a three-column poem recounts George's famous admission... Read more about this item

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€945.20

REMARKS OF THE HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, ON KANSAS, UTAH, AND THE DRED SCOTT DECISION. DELIVERED AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JUNE 12TH, 1857

by Douglas, Stephen A

Chicago: Daily Times Book and Job Office, 1857. 15, [1 blank] pp. Untrimmed and uncut. Light tide mark to upper third of the sheet, and to lower blank margin corner. Good+. This is one of three printings of Douglas's important speech on the Dred Scott decision. His chief biographer calls Douglas's remarks one of his "major speeches...The Grand Jury of the United States District Court, then in session, had asked Douglas to" speak on Kansas, Utah, and Dred Scott. Douglas, "taken by surprise, spoke... Read more about this item

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€708.90

THE GUNBOAT CANDIDATE AT THE BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL

by [McClellan, George B.]

New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., 1864. Broadside lithograph, 13-1/4" x 17-3/4". Light soiling to far margins, Very Good. "Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel Galena... He calls to his troops, 'Fight on my brave Soldiers and push the enemy to the wall, from this spanker boom your beloved General looks down upon you'... The print recalls two... Read more about this item

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€1,748.62

A SIGNED AND WITNESSED WAGER BETWEEN ROBERT H. WATKINS AND JACOB K. SWOOPE ON THE OUTCOME OF THE 1840 PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST BETWEEN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN AND WHIG CHALLENGER WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

by [Election of 1840]

[Courtland, Lawrence Cty., Alabama, 1840. Single page, 7-3/4" x 12-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript. Dated June 20, 1840, and signed at the end by Watkins and Swoope, with Jno. J. McMahon as witness. Inner edge is irregular. Closed tear [no loss] repaired expertly at blank bottom margin. Very Good. This documents records the terms of a wager on the outcome of the 1840 presidential election. "Watkins betts Swoope Ten Bales Cotton of Best quality weighing Five Hundred Pounds Each, on each State in the... Read more about this item

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€708.90

The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the United States Delivered At The Capitol / Washington January 20, 1961 [MINIATURE BOOK]

by Kennedy, John Fitzgerald

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959. leather_bound. Orig. black morocco front cover lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 30 pages. 7 x 5 cm. Half title. Frontispiece a tipped-in black and white photograph of JFK. Printed on Lutcetia type in an unstated limited edition by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Marbled endpapers. As new copy.

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€94.52

John Adams 1735-1826

by Page Smith

New York: Doubleday, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth, red spine label decorated in gilt. Near fine. 2 vols. 1170. 24 x 15.5 cm. Illustrated. Extensive Index.

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€37.81

FEDERALISM AND ITS ALLIES EXPOSED! IS HE A TRAITOR TO LIBERTY

by [Slavery] [Election of 1852]

[New London CT, 1852. Broadsheet, 8-3/8" x 16". Each side printed in two columns. The verso is headed, "THE LAST GUN! REV. S.W. COGGSHALL, WILL ADDRESS THE FREE DEMOCRACY AT BART'S HALL, THIS MONDAY EVENING." Bold and large type faces. Old folds and a few crimps which do not affect the text. Good+. A passionate, evidently unrecorded attack on traitors to the anti-slavery cause. John Van Buren, son of the President, has deserted the Liberty and Free Soil cause. He supports the dough-face Franklin Pierce... Read more about this item

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€1,654.10

AN IMPARTIAL AND TRUE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON

by [Jackson, Andrew]

[np, 1828. 36pp, disbound and lightly worn. Else Very Good, with caption title as issued. A scarce and bitter attack on Jackson's career as a duelist and street fighter. After a cursory review of his youth and early manhood, the anonymous author examines in detail the 1806 Dickinson duel, resulting from a quarrel "on the race ground; the scene of General Jackson's favorite pursuit and pleasure." Contemporary accounts record the death of Dickinson, who had shot first, and Jackson's "deliberate aim thus... Read more about this item

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€330.82

FIRST REFLECTIONS ON READING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, OF DECEMBER 7, 1830... PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY IN THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER

by Hambden

Washington, 1831. 15pp, uncut and untrimmed, partly loosened. Tanned, some dampstaining to top corner, light scattered foxing. Good. The anonymous Hambden lends qualified support to President Jackson's assertion that Congress may constitutionally levy a protective tariff in order to foster the development of domestic industry. He scolds the South's devotion to free trade, "which can no more exist as a general principle than universal and perpetual peace." He counsels that we "adhere to the Union as... Read more about this item

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€94.52

JAMES MONROE 5TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

by [Currier, Nathaniel?]

[np, nd]. An undated [but contemporary], unattributed lithograph half length portrait of a seated James Monroe, with his hands on documents resting on a table in front of him. Draperies and portion of a column in the background. Very Good. The Currier firm produced a similar item but this one, like the copy at the National Museum of American History, was issued without an imprint. National Museum of American History Catalog No. 60.3189.

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€425.34

THE OLD ROUGH AND READY ALMANAC. 1849

by [Taylor, Zachary]

Philadelphia and New York: Turner and Fisher, Publishers, 1848. Stitched in original printed and illustrated wrappers. [36] pp. Engraving frontis of Captain Drum's victory at the Battle of Contreras. Rear wrapper illustration of "The Skirmish Between a Mexican Guerilla Party and the United States Dragoons, at the National Bridge." Other illustrations profusely scattered throughout. Some blank margin chipping, untrimmed. Else Very Good. A scarce almanac, popular Mexican War history, and laudatory... Read more about this item

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€614.38

COMPROMISE WITH THE SOUTH. DEDICATED TO THE CHICAGO CONVENTION

by Nast, Thomas

[New York?, 1864. Carte-de-visite print, oblong 4" x 2-3/8." Very Good. At a gravestone on which is printed, "In memory of the Union Heroes who died in a useless war," a wounded and utterly defeated Union soldier and a proud, energetic Confederate soldier shake hands. Flags of the United States and the Confederacy flank the scene. The United States flag, hanging upside down with several lines of text, reads in part : "Tenn.| Virginia| Murfreesboro| Morris Island| Emancipation of the Slaves| Fort... Read more about this item

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€708.90

THE CORRECTOR, OR, INDEPENDENT AMERICAN

by [New York Politics]

New York, 1816. Number 1. 45, [3 blanks] pp, disbound. Lightly tanned, Good+ or so. [offered with] THE CORRECTOR, OR, INDEPENDENT AMERICAN. NO. 2. New York: 1816. 50pp, stitched, untrimmed. Original printed wrappers [lightly worn and soiled]. Scattered spotting. Very Good. This scarce Democratic publication ended after the 1817 issue, its third. The first issue opens with an essay on the Fourth of July, noting, "It is not only astonishing, but really humiliating, to observe with what veneration a... Read more about this item

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€354.45

ADDRESS OF JOHN A. McCLERNAND, OF ILLINOIS, TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. TO THE VOTERS OF THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS:..

by McClernand, John A

[Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848. 8pp. Caption title [as issued], loose, untrimmed. Light wear and dust, Good+. McClernand was a contemporary of Lincoln's in Illinois. A Democratic Congressman, he was an ally of another Illinois politician, Stephen A. Douglas. As a Civil War general, a rank he gained largely through political maneuvering, he was considered incompetent and relieved of command in June 1863. Here McClernand addresses the voters of his congressional district... Read more about this item

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€236.30

THE WAR CANDIDATE ON A PEACE PLATFORM

by [Election of 1864]

New York: For Sale by the AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, (Agents for the Publishers.) 121 Nassau St., 1864. Oblong broadside, 8" x 9-3/8." Couple of light fox spots, not affecting illustration. Very Good. The broadside mocks the dissonance in the Democrats' 1864 presidential campaign. Candidate McClellan's acceptance speech supported a continued War Effort; but his Party's platform called for an end to the War. McClellan, sitting backward on a jackass, says, "I am happy to say that -- the record of my public... Read more about this item

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€897.94

JEFFERSON PAPERS. MEMORIAL OF THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH, OF VIRGINIA, IN REGARD TO THE PURCHASE AND PUBLICATION BY CONGRESS OF THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MR. JEFFERSON. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. HMD7

by Jefferson, Thomas

1847. 3pp, disbound, light wear and fox. Very Good. Randolph was the devisee of Jefferson's manuscript papers. Lacking the funds to publish them himself, he offers them here to the Congress "for a consideration they may deem adequate." The Joint Committee on the Library recommends purchasing them, and presents a draft statute to do so for $25,000.

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€47.26

TO THE PEOPLE. THE REAL STATE OF THE CASE

by [Election of 1828]

[Washington, 1828. 4pp. Caption title as issued. Spine reinforced. Signed in type at the end, 'MANY.' Dated in type, 'Washington, March 24, 1828.' Toned, light wear, Good+. A rare examination of shifting political coalitions preceding the 1828 presidential election, stimulated by the bill, pending in the House of Representatives, to increase tariffs on woolens. It's a terrible bill: "The provisions of this bill are such, in the opinion of the most intelligent farmers and manufacturers, that no rational... Read more about this item

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€330.82

GEORGE WASHINGTON ENTERING TRENTON 1789

by [Washington, George] Kurz, Louis

Chicago: copyrighted 1907 by Kurz & Allison, 1907. Illustrated broadside, uncolored, 19-1/2" x 16". "The Defender of the Mothers | The Protector of the Daughters | Dec. 26 | 1776" at top of the illustration. George Washington doffs his hat, and rides triumphantly in Trenton toward his presidential inauguration. Adoring girls and women bearing flowers greet him, and men too. American flags are waved; Washington's staff rides behind him. Trenton's residences are on either side of the throng. Minor wear.... Read more about this item

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€165.41

THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. GRAND NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC BANNER. PRESS ONWARD

by Currier, Nathaniel [James K. Polk]

New York: Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 1844. Handcolored lithograph, 10" x 14". Light toning, brightly colored, Very Good. Attractive wood frame. "In the center of the banner are the portraits of presidential candidate James K. Polk and vice presidential candidate George M. Dallas both surrounded by decorative oval borders. Above Polk's portrait within the border are the words 'Polk the Young Hickory.' Above the portrait of Dallas within the border are the words 'Dallas and Victory.' Centered above the... Read more about this item

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€803.42

Memorial Addresses Delivered Before The Two Houses of Congress ....Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley

by Cushman, Charles Rowley

Washington, DC: GPO, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 246 pages. Large 4to, illustrated. Memorial addresses delivered after presidential assassinations -- George Bancroft for Lincoln, James Blaine for Garfield, and John Hay for McKinley. Ex-library; no exterior marking. Rubbing to corners and backstrip extremities.

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€18.90

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HELD AT COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, JULY 4, 1868:- WITH THE ADDRESS OF GEN. THOMAS EWING JR. PREPARED PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CONVENTION - BY COL. JAMES A. O'BEIRNE SECY NAT. EX. COMMITTEE

by National Convention of Union Soldiers and Sailors

[New York, 1868. [1], 28, [6] manuscript leaves, 12-1/4" x 8",plus a 6-page manuscript telegram addressed to Thomas Ewing, plus a 16-page printed pamphlet [some blue crayon lines over text, but still legible]. Bound with a bit of rope; curled, outer leaves loose and chipped without loss of text. New York, 4 and 6 July 1868. Except as noted, Very Good. This 1868 Convention, whose proceedings were never published, was held at the time of the Democrats' New York Convention. These minutes are thus a... Read more about this item

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€3,308.20

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1959 The Address By Carl Sandburg Before The United States Congress Washington, D.C. February 12, 1959 [MINIATURE BOOK]

by Sandburg, Carl

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959. leather_bound. Orig. brown morocco front cover decorated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 38 pages. 7 x 5 cm. Frontispiece is a tipped-in one cent United States postage stamp of Lincoln. Printed on "Antiqua" paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland and bound by Proost and Brandt, Amsterdam, Holland. Marbled endpapers. As new copy.

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€113.42

THE PEACE DEMOCRACY ALIAS COPPERHEADS. THEIR RECORD. SPEECHES AND VOTES OF VALLANDIGHAM, AND OTHERS, IN CONGRESS.-- HIS SPEECHES OUT OF CONGRESS.-- THE ENDORSEMENT OF HIS ACTS AND SENTIMENTS BY HIS PARTY

by [Vallandigham, Clement]

[np, 1863. 16pp, stitched, caption title as issued. Light toning. Very Good. "U.L.A.' at head of title. This attack on Vallandigham was printed by the Union League of America during his run for Governor of Ohio in 1863. Arrested in early 1863 on Lincoln's orders and banished to the Confederacy, he fled to Canada and from there campaigned for election. The pamphlet demonstrates that he favored secession, sought to thwart the Union war effort at every turn, opposed raising volunteers, objected to an oath... Read more about this item

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€236.30

ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION, TO THE DEMOCRACY OF MARYLAND

by [Election of 1848

[Baltimore?, 1848. Printed folio broadside, 13" x 17." Three densely printed columns, each column separated by a rule. Signed at the end in type by Henry S. Sanderson, President of the Democratic City Convention; and, as Secretaries, W.A. Stewart and John Carson. Old horizontal folds, expertly repaired closed margin tear. Very Good. A rare Baltimore broadside, urging the election of veteran Democratic politician Lewis Cass to the presidency. "We do not believe that there is in America, a Statesman more... Read more about this item

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€1,890.40

FREEDOM TO THE SLAVES. PROCLAIMED JANUARY 1ST. 1863, BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. "PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF." LEV. XXV. 10

by [Lincoln, Abraham]

New York: Currier & Ives, 1865. Color print, 11-3/4" x 15-1/2" [by sight]. A black man, newly freed from slavery, kneels at Lincoln's feet, his shackles broken. He kisses Lincoln's hand. His wife and babies stand behind him. Lincoln's right arm is raised and pointing heavenward. Light uniform toning, but brightly colored. Two blank margin tears at lower right corner, one blank margin tear at upper left corner. Framed in wood [a few small dings] to overall size 16" x 20." Very Good. "This commemorative... Read more about this item