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Signed: Marvin A. Rapp June 25, 1992 ______, N.Y.Laid in: Pamphlet from Dedication of a historical marker honoring the 26 laborers who died during the building of the Erie CanalClean text. Book in very good condition. No dust jacket. An interesting collection of anecdotes, old tales, poems, songs and history.

Ronald Reagan Presidential book plate addressed to Daniel Moll With best wishes Ronald ReaganLaid in is address label addressed to Mr. Daniel Moll with a return address of 2121 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, California 90067 (Note: this is the original location of the Office of Ronald Reagan immediately upon leaving The White House).Clean text. Unclipped ($24.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.

Ronald Reagan Bookplate attached first free end page inscribed: To Daniel Moll With best wishes, Ronald Reagan Clean Text. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.

Beautifully inscribed on first page: For Joe O'Leary Who knows how important the success of this book is to the Reston Family! With best wishes, Jim Reston Washington Nov. 1989Clean text. Price unclipped ($25.00). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.From Publishers Weekly...Former navy secretary, governor of Texas and treasury secretary John Connally is roughly handled in this well-researched and absorbing biography. Reston developed a theory that Lee Harvey Oswald's target was Texas Governor John Connally, not President John F. Kennedy.Reston ( Our Father Who Art in Hell ) probes Connally's campaign management of Lyndon Johnson's 1948 senatorial election, his insensitivity to blacks and Hispanics as governor, his participation in Watergate planning and stonewalling, his 1975 bribery and conspiracy trial (he was acquitted) and his 1986 declaration of bankruptcy followed by the auction of nearly $3 million in personal possessions. Reston explores in depth the symbiotic relationship between Connally… Read More

Inscribed on first blank page: To Dick Whalen With best regards, John J. RhodesClean text. Price unclipped (8.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition. John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes was elected as a U.S. Representative from the state of Arizona. He was the Minority Leader in the House 1973–81, where he pressed a conservative agenda. e was the first Republican ever elected to represent Arizona in the House. Rhodes was elected, by acclamation, to be House Minority Leader on December 7, 1973, succeeding Gerald Ford when Ford became Vice President. But House Republicans became unhappy with his strong but low-key leadership and in 1979 he announced he would not seek reelection as leader. Minority Whip Bob Michel replaced him in 1981, though Rhodes remained in the House for that Congress- a fact which he later termed a mistake.

Signed on first page: With best wishes Don Riegle Clean text, Price unclipped ($7.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with some fading to spine a few chips to both top and bottom of spine. The book provides an inside look at the workings of Congress, Riegle's opposition to the Vietnam War, and his break with the Nixon White House.In 1966, Riegle, then 28 years old and a moderate Republican, defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John C. Mackie, to be elected from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 90th Congress. He was subsequently re-elected as a Republican in the next three elections.
In 1973, Riegle changed party affiliation to become a Democrat over differences with the Nixon-Agnew Administration regarding the Vietnam War and the "Southern strategy". He was re-elected as a Democrat to the 94th Congress. He did not run for reelection to the House in 1976, but announced his candidacy for the… Read More

Inscribed on title page: For one of the finest people who tread this earth Hon. Thomas J. O'Brien M.C. from his appreciative friend James Roosevelt (O'Brien was a Congressman from Illinois from 1933-1939 & 1943-1964).Clean text. Price unclipped ($5.75). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Beautiful green boards with gold print on backplate and metallic green insignia on front. Endpapers have wonderful pictures of Roosevelt Family. Book is in very good plus condition. The dust jacket is in good condition with some small folds and creases on top of front. Some chips along top of spine and shelf wear along bottom. Rear has some spotting on top half. Beautiful book from the President's oldest son who was involved in many personal and professional scandals throughout his life. For example his second wife blackmailed him for his numerous affairs while his third wife stabbed him eight times with his own Marine combat knife. Many other scandals involving "Jimmy" occurred before his death in… Read More

"First Lady of the World" is how President Harry Truman referred to Eleanor Roosevelt. At roughly the same time J. Edgar Hoover thought Eleanor might be a Communist. But as author and intellectual Garry Wills wrote, "there was nothing radical about her, either in temperament or principle. She would not join in civil rights activities if they included civil disobedience."Eleanor Roosevelt beautifully signed card with The White House Washington engraved in top right corner (see picture). Card is very neatly mounted on half title page. Book is very good condition generally toned throughout and price clipped. Dust jacket also very good with tears on top of binding and smaller chips on bottom of binding. Front and back of dust jacket are in very good condition (see pictures). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt's recollections of the years preceding FDR's first term as Governor Of NYS to the day of his death during his 4th term as President of the United… Read More