American Presidents from Bee Creek Books

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1954. In collaboration with Walter E. Edge, with an essay on the architecture by George B. Tatum. "The traveler entering or leaving Princeton, New Jersey, by way of Stockton Street (Route U.S. 206) may easily miss seeing the fine colonial mansion that stands on the north side of the road two or three hundred… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Bicentennial of the Birthday of George Washington. April 21, 1924. 39 pp. Government document. Paper covers with staple binding. Front cover is wrinkled and creased, small pencil marks along edge, top corner bumped and creased throughout. Pages are tanned along edges, back cover is also slightly wrinkled. Interior is clean, no marks. Document in Good+… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1985. 70 pp. Paperback with marbled paper covers. Light wear to corners and edges, spine ends are worn. Interior pages are clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Paperback. Very Good+. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Essay.

Washington: Ritchie & Heiss, 1845. 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document No. 1. December 2, 1845.--Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed with the accompanying documents, and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, to be furnished for the use of the Senate. December 3, 1845.--Resolved, That,… Read more about this item

White Plains, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1986. "In this slim book, Thomas Jefferson speaks for himself, in words that have retained their force, eloquence, and relevance to the present day." Illustrated by Rachael A. Peden. 63 pp. Decorative paper covers. DJ is Good to Good+ with wear to edges and corners, edges are darkening, spine and joints are… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Message of the President of the United States... 40th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 80. July 20, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. 5 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding remains along spine edge. Spine edge is creased and chipped. Edges browning,… Read more about this item

New York: M. Bulnes Book Company, 1916. Authorized Translation by Dora Scott. "The Mexican revolution has a threefold aspect at present: that of a great social drama; of a wealthy international problem, and of a terrible socialistic experience for a people, whose starved, infuriated and overwrought element obtained a complete victory over the representative element in August, 1914." 395 pp.… Read more about this item

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1843. 27th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 144. February 8, 1843. On Motion of Mr. Taliaferro, Resolved, That twenty thousand copies of the full journal of the proceedings of the House on the presentation of the sword of Washington be printed, for distribution by the members of this House. 15 pp. Disbound government… Read more about this item

New York: Joseph Laing, Engraver & Print Publisher Painted by A. Rivey, Paris, from a Cartoon by H. Brueckner. Engraved on Steel by John C. McRae. Article "First in Peace" written by Benson J. Lossing. 8 pp. Two page outline key plate showing names of key figures within the painting. Gray paper covers. Cover corners are chipped and missing, edges… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1840. Burning of the Caroline. 26th Congress, 2d Session, Ho. of Reps. Executive, Doc. No. 33. December 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. 5 pp. Also included is second document, [To be annexed to Document No. 33.], January 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1959. "In this booklet, a topical approach has been employed. The quotations are divided into eight broad subjects, covering, as nearly as possible, Lincoln's life and career." 49 pp. White paper pamphlet with seal of the Abraham Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission seal on front. Mild creasing to spine near staple binding, otherwise pamphlet is crisp… Read more about this item

New York: The Literary Guild, 1933. 461 pp. Black cloth covers with embossed signature of Jackson's on front and faded gilt lettering on spine. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, scuffing to cover faces, spine discolored, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Pages edges dirty. Maps on endpapers. Gift inscription by author "With pleasure… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Werner Company, 1895. Two volume set. Vol. I: 602 pp. Chapters include: Admission to the Bar and Early Political Life; Recollections of the Financial Panic of 1857; The Beginning of Lincoln's First Administration; I Begin My Duties as Secretary of the Treasury. Vol. II: 603-1239 pp. with index. Chapters include: Last Days of the… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. A Military Study of the Civil War. With Maps by Clark Ray. 443 pages with index. Missing DJ. Blue cloth covers with gilt stars on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges lightly rubbed, spine ends are bent. Maps on endpapers.… Read more about this item

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1829. Road from Zanesville, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. 20th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Doc. No. 113. February 7, 1829.--Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. 12 pp. Foldout table of expenses for the road. Uncut edge on table. Disbound government document. Residue from book… Read more about this item

Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, Inc., 1947. Prefaced with an introductory comment by Paul M. Angle. "This collection of the principal autobiographical writings of Abraham Lincoln provides for the general reader a new and absorbing insight into Lincoln's mind and heart." Limited edition of 1,250 copies. 63 pp. Brown tweed covers with gilt inlay on front and… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1857. 34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 34. February 2, 1857--Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 4, 1857--Ordered to be printed. 254 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Corners are bumped and creased, area along spine is also creased. … Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1848. ...Made on the 27th of the same month. Correspondence with General Taylor. 30th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 17. Details about the capture of Monterey during the Mexican War by Major General Zachary Taylor. 31 pages with index. Disbound government document. Residue along spine edge.… Read more about this item

Washington: George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860. Abridged in One Volume. 36th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. February 27, 1869.--Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the House, twenty-five thousand copies of the Message of the President of the United States, with the Reports proper of the Heads of Departments and Chiefs of Bureaus… Read more about this item

Washington: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1851. 32d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2. December 2, 1851. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and fifteen thousand extra copies, with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. From President Millard Fillmore and accompanying documents. Brown… Read more about this item