CARTER, Jimmy

The Blood of Abraham

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 004200

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CARTER, Jimmy

The Blood of Abraham

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, (1985). First British Edition. Hardcover. The British edition is fairly uncommon, especially in this condition. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020520

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CARTER, Jimmy & Rosalynn

Everything to Gain. Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

New York, Random House, (1987). First Edition. hardcover. In this book the Carters offer inspiring and practical views on how Americans can make the most of the second part of their lives, something they have certainly done in practice. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020521

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Keywords: Presidents, Senior Citizens, Americana, Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter, First Ladies Presidents Signed Senior Citizens Presidential Autographs

[CARTER, Jimmy]

Jimmy's Coloring Book. The Peanut Farmer's Own Coloring Book. Volume 1

New York, Manor Books Inc. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Just what it says, a satire of Carter, when he was running for president, in the form of a coloring book; 36 pages including covers. Toning to pages but uncolored. Very Good .

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Book number: 019825

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CARTER, Jimmy

Living Faith

(New York), Times Books, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Carter's lessons for life drawn from the Bible, personal experience, and the examples of friends and family. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020524

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CARTER, Jimmy

An Outdoor Journal

New York, Bantam, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 004199

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Keywords: Presidents, Fly Fishing, Jimmy Carter, Sports, Nobel Peace Prize Fishing Presidents Hunting Fly Fishing

CARTER, Jimmy

Talking Peace. A Vision for the Next Generation

New York, Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020522

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[ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and Franklin] JEFFERY, William

Illustrated Manuscript of "the Lord's Prayer

[Detroit], [1934]. First Edition. Hardcover. On a stiff 4" x 3" sheet folded in half with one inside panel (2" x 3") containing in a very small hand a transcription of THE LORD'S PRAYER with elaborate illustrated border SIGNED by the artist at the bottom. With an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Jeffery in the same miniature hand addressed to FDR's secretary Missy Le Hand forwarding THE LORD'S PRAYER. In part: "This from a man of 65 who has just recovered from a long illness due to an auto accident .. and after spending a year surrounded [by] many, many little ones in the neighborhood, am now ready to resume my lectures on Humanology." Housed in a red cloth chemise and slipcase. On one inside cover of the chemise Eleanor Roosevelt has SIGNED her and her husband's initials--"FDR/ER"--with the paper label used in Franklin Roosevelt's miniature book collection below, this numbered "1337." Not listed in the Hammer Galleries 1964 Exhibition and Sale of Books from the Library of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Near Fine and quite unusual .

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Book number: 021512

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VRZALIK, Larry F. and MINOR, Michael

Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts

(Austin, TX), State House Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth in dustwrapper (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") with many illustrations of authentic presidential autographs along with little known facts and human interest stories of each president, some previously unpublished. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021712

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GRANT, Ulysses S

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

New York, Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 & 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in full modern polished calf leather with original marbled endpapers and edges and original contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Housed in a modern linen slipcase. With 49 maps and illustrations, including two steel-engraved frontispiece portraits and two etched views, all with tissue-guards, as well as holograph facsimiles of Grant's writing. The binding was professionally accomplished in 1992 at a cost, with the slipcase, of over four hundred dollars with the original receipt for the work included, and is a fairly faithful replica of the scarce original sheep binding. Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Near Fine set in a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 021409

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WALSH, Robert, Jr. and McHENRY, James

The Jackson Wreath, or National Souvenir. A National Tribute, Commemorative of the Great CIVIL Victory Achieved by the People, Through the Hero of New Orleans. Containing a Biographical Sketch of General Jackson Until 1819. With a Continuation Until the Present Day, Embracing a View of the Recent Political Struggles

Philadelphia, Jacob Maas, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-decorated red morocco-backed marbled boards with matching morocco corners; 88 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Jackson, an engraved title page, 4 plates (the Golden Wreath printed on white clay-coated stock, The Battle of New Orleans, The Hermitage, and The Capitol), 3 engraved leaves of music (Jackson Grand March and Quick Step), and a large hand-colored folding map of the U.S. (with portions of the Oregon Territory and Mexico, including Texas) measuring approx. 17" x 19" and tipped in at the rear. HOWES W-68; SABIN101164. Published in commemoration of Jackson's inauguration, the campaign biography by Walsh, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON (Hudson, N.Y. 1828) here reissued with the addition of McHenry's substantial "Continuation of the Biography" and some additional matter. Light, sporadic foxing; plates quite clean thanks, in part, to the presence of the tissue guards; the map in beautiful shape with bright coloring. A lovely, close to Fine example of a book usually found missing the map or quite worn. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020555

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy)

An Autobiography

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated blue cloth; xii, (1), 647, (7) pages. Illustrated with photographs. Tipped to the rear pastedown is a printed slip from the publisher intended for reviewers and periodicals asking that they mention Macmillan as the publishers and giving the price of the book. Small, tasteful bookplate of Per Thomsens on the front pastedown. A close to Fine copy with a scarce advance review slip .

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Book number: 021450

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[ROOSEVELT, Eleanor] WINANT, John Gilbert

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Memorial Address Delivered Before the Joint Meeting of the Two Houses of Congress As a Tribute of Respect to the Late President of the United States. Hall of the House of Representatives July 1, 1946 79th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 770

(Washington DC), (Government Printing Office), (1948). Newly Revised Edition. Hardcover. Specially bound black hard-grained morocco (6" x 9-1/4") with photographic frontispiece portrait of FDR. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S COPY of the official Congressional Memorial Service for FDR with both Roosevelt's bookplate and the small circular estate label, this numbered A50, on the verso of the front endpaper and in gilt lettering on the front cover: "Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt." The text of Winant's address is followed by the program for FDR's funeral service held on 14 April 1945 and remarks made in the House and Senate in remembrance of the late president. The final section is devoted to messages of condolence from chiefs of foreign states. Listed in the Hammer Galleries 1964 Exhibition and Sale of Books from the Library of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. This book is listed in the section titled "Books of Exceptional Interest. Exhibited But Not For Sale. Bookplate detached and loosely laid in; very slight rubbing on spine. About Fine and an exceptional Association Copy .

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Book number: 021300

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[ROOSEVELT, Eleanor] ZILBOORG, Gregory

Psychoanalysis and Religion

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1962). First Edition. Hardcover. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S COPY with both Roosevelt's bookplate and the small circular estate label, this numbered 3279, on the front pastedown. Advance Copy with publisher's business card with publication date laid in. Small ink numbers 3279 and initials ER on the spine of the book and dustwrapper in black. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 019104

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT)

The Rough Riders

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Later printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth with darker brown lettering and depiction of Roosevelt on a horse on front cover. A smaller format without illustrations of Roosevelt's classic account of his experience as Colonel of the First U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders," during the Spanish American War. First published in 1899. About Fine .

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Book number: 021732

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Keywords: Spanish-American War, Americana, Military, Illustrated Books, Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt Presidents Spanish-American War Americana Illustrated Books