from Houle Rare Books & Autographs

First edition, second printing. Octavo. Four frontispiece portraits, one with facsimile signature. Original gilt stamped brown cloth, yellow endpapers. No dust jackets. Attractive tight bound set. Very good (spines faded). No signatures or bookplates. 3 volumes. Printed by John F. Trow, 50 Greene Street, between Grand and Broome, New York. Howes-USiana P-112.

"Eleanor Roosevelt." 1 page, 9 ½" x 6", The White House letterhead to Mrs. William Randolph Hearst at 137 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. Roosevelt asks Mrs. Hearst to help seek a position for her friend Genevieve Forbes Herrick (1894-1962) who had resigned from her position at the Chicago Tribune in May, 1934. Very good. Together with The White House… Read more

Tuesday, October 11, 1966. Los Angeles, Ambassador Hotel.. 8 1/2" x 8 1/2", 8 pages including stiff covers with yellow silk cord tie. Very good (light offsetting on front cover). Reagan was running for Governor of California. He defeated Edmund G. "Pat" Brown and was sworn in on January 3, 1967.. No Binding. Very Good.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania; 1976.. First edition thus. 8vo. Illustrated with nine full page drawings by Bernard Fuchs. New 4 page introduction by Rose Kennedy. Original full gilt stamped brown leather, a.e.g.; maroon watered silk endpapers. Fine. 287 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. Hardcover. Fine.

(not signed) at the premiere party of "Lost Horizon". 1). 3/4 length candid of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan on arrival. 2). 3/4 length pose Nancy Reagan seated with her coat over the back of a chair. Note her jewelery. Photographs are on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good (minor signs of handling; photo #1 soft creases); 1973. Provenance:… Read more

1). Typed Letter Signed ("John R. Brown III") in black ink on The White House, Washington letterhead, June 12, 1969. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". 1 page (recto only). With the original typed mailing envelope, stamped with a 6 cent American Flag stamp, postmarked June 13, 1969. 2). Typed Letter Signed ("Noble M. Melencamp") in black ink on The White… Read more

Austin, The Alcalde Press [1964].. First edition (so stated). Thin 8vo. Editor's introduction. Essays by R. Henderson Shuffler, W.W. Newcomb, Curtis Tunnell, Gerald Raun, Druary B. Alexander and Peter T. Flawn. Drawings by Mac Tatchell; photographs by Jim Seymour and Cader A. Shelby; pictorial endpapers. Original full gilt stamped red calf, upper cover with gilt stamped stylized saddle design, pictorial… Read more

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company [1951].. First edition. 8vo. 1 page preface by the author. Illustrated. Dust jacket (unclipped; short tear; small chip to back panel; few nicks). Very good. 418 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

("Wm. H. Taft") in black fountain pen ink on engraved Supreme Court Washington letterhead, Pointe-au-Pic, Canada, September 15, 1925. On bifold leaf, 5 3/4" x7 3/4" 1 1/2 pages. Fine. To Colonel Edward Bowditch: "Thank you for your kind note. . .and for those lines of Hilaire Belloc. . .". Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Fine.

1880. , both 1/2 length vignette portraits. On the original photographer's mount 2 3/8" x 4"; very good, clean backs. ca. 1880.. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket.

as President, in black fountain pen ink on printed White House letterhead, Oyster Bay, New York, August 1, 1905. 4to. 1 page with integral leaf; paper watermarked "Whiting's Woven Linen." (recto only). Together with the original mailing stamped envelope postmarked Oyster Bay, August 2, 1905 and backstamped with Ridgefield, Conn, rec'd postmark. Very good, fresh example. To Miss Ellen Velvin:… Read more

1960. ("Eleanor Roosevelt") in blue fountain pen ink on her Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 55 East 74th Street, New York City 21, N.Y. letterhead, July 31, 1960. 6" x 7"; 1 page (recto only). Fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope, with her "free franked" stamp and postmarked New York, N.Y., August 3, 1960 with a Camp Fire Girl… Read more

New York, Praeger Publishers [1970]., 1970. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket designed by David Porter (unclipped; few tiny nicks). Very good. 235 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

("Warren G. Harding" with one holograph correction in Harding's hand) in black fountain pen ink on his Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio letterhead with St. Augustine, Florida added, February 10, 1921. 4to (7 1/4" x 10 1/2"); 1 page (recto only); very good, fresh (old mailing folds; minor signs of handling). Harding letter to Hearst offering a possible cabinet appointment.… Read more

1839. ("Edward Everett") in black ink, Council Chamber, February 27, 1839. 7 7/8" x 9 1/4". 1 page (recto only). Fine. To Hon. J.T. Austin: Everett, then Governor of Massachusetts, transmits documents from Daniel Webster and Mr. J.B. Felt regarding the legal case of Rhode Island vs. Massachusetts (documents not present).. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Fine.

1938. (not signed) on a full length group shot of Eleanor Roosevelt surrounded film and stage stars, her four sons and three daughters-in-law. Taken at The White House for the President's 56th Birthday Ball Celebration. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 10" x 8". Very good, fresh, January 30, 1938. Information slip on the back reads: "White House Reception --… Read more

Washington, Gales and Seaton, 1835., 1835. First edition. 8vo. Full contemporary green leather, gilt stamped and decorated spine; yellow marbled edges; blue/green endpapers (small chip to spine). Very good-fine. 94 pages. Signed and inscribed by John Quincy Adams on a tipped in leaf before the title page to John Reed: "John Reed from his friend John Quincy Adams". Inscribed by… Read more

1950. ("John" with 14 word holograph postscript) in black ink on his engraved John F. Kennedy 11th Dist., Massachusetts, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, Washington D.C. letterhead, June 27, 1950. 6 1/4" x 8 3/4". 1 page (recto only). Very good (mailing fold). To John G.W. Mahanna The Berkshire Evening Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts In part: ". .… Read more

1928. ("Herbert Hoover") in dark blue fountain pen ink on his personal Herbert Hoover letterhead, Stanford University, California, November 14, 1928. 7 1/4" x 10 3/4"; 1 page (recto only). Very good. To Mrs. Mary A. Spry Woolley 2051 N. New Hampshire Los Angeles, California In part: ".I want you to know that I deeply appreciate your confidence and the… Read more

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1915., 1915. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait after Brady of Lincoln and Tad. First edition (Sept.). 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine, fresh. 102 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.