Americana from Carpe Diem Fine Books

London, 1865. Paperback. 10" x 16" (folded to 10" x 8") ALS on the occasion of Edward Berwick's departure for America in 1865. Edward Berwick was born in London in 1843 and worked at a London bank before sailing to the United States to seek his fortune in 1865. This farewell letter reads in full "15 Lombard… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. SIGNED "Martin Luther King Jr." by secretarial hand on front endpaper. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light agetoning to rear cover). In Martin Luther King's last work, he presents his acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts.… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949. First Edition. 8vo. 274 pp. Red cloth spine over blackboards in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (with slight rolling at spine ends) in very good dustjacket (loss of paper at spine head; wear and creasing along edges and corners). Here America's most decorated G.I recounts his personal experiences in the foxholes… Read more about this item

San Antonio: Lackland Air Force Base, 1948. 9" x 20 1/2" photograph in simple black frame, signed by most of the ~ 58 members of the March, 1948 Flight 2657, Squadron BP-2 class of the Indoctrination Divison at Lackland Air Force Base. Originally known as 'The Hill,' it had been separated from Kelly Field in 1942 in response to… Read more about this item

New Haven: Morris & Benham, 1866. First Edition. Small 8vo. 144 pp. Frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard; llustrations. Green cloth with gilt illustration and lettering; brown endpapers. Front hinge cracked; wear to spine ends; frontispiece starting to pull out at lower end; a very good copy. Scarce history of the 27th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment, an infantry regiment… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #996. SIGNED by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Large 8vo. x, 387 pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait of the author; photo-illustrated plates. Blue cloth with cream paper title label to spine, in publisher's acetate dustjacket and slipcase with cream paper title label to front board. The… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co, 1916. First Edition. 8vo. 52 pp. Dark grey staplebound wrappers in very good condition. The Congregational Church in Pomfret Center was organized in 1715 and its first meeting house was erected on White's Plains, located on Pomfret Hill, just north of Needle's Eye Road.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1913. First Edition. The author's copy with his handsome bookplate (designed by his artist daughter) to the front pastedown; two SIGNED pictures of Senator Harlan one an original photograph tipped in..8vo. xvi, 398pp. Extra-illustrated with some 70 etchings and engravings of persons described in the book. Three-quarter burgundy morocco and… Read more about this item

New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 12mo (6" x 3 3/4"). 392 pp. Previous owner name, Charles Smith's, Windham Scotland Society, Esq. written in ink on first two pages. Contemporary brown leather with gilt ruling and gilt lettered red label on spine. Minor wear; foxing throughout; a. A pocket reference for citizens of the United States… Read more about this item

Chicago: Published by the author, 1884. First Edition. Large 4to. 888 pp. Maps; illustrations; portraits. Three-quarter black leather over black pebbled boards; gilt lettering and decoration; marbled endpapers. Wear to spine ends and corners; light scraping on spine; hinges are tight; else a very good copy.

Harrisburg, PA: The Telegraph Press, 1935. First Edition. 8vo. 149 pp. Black and white illustrations by Cleanthe. Red fabricoid boards with black lettering in illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition (5 small spots on upper page edges). Light fading to dustjacket spine, 2 1/2" closed tear along upper spine front joint, 1 1/2" closed tear along upper… Read more about this item

NP: Halliday Lithograph Corporation, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; xi, [3], 306pp. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth; upper board and spine titled in gold. Pat Lawford assembled this book of recollections in tribute to her brother, Bobby Kennedy (Tydings' tribute appears on page 272). The ffep bears Lawford's simple, emotional inscription 'For Joe, Gratefully, Pat June 1969' (below… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Books, 1992. First Edition, Third Printing. SIGNED "Rosa Parks, 1/18/92." 8vo. 192 pp. Photo-illustrations. Purple cloth spine over maroon paper covered boards in publisher's dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. The autobiography of Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005), an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy SIGNED by Ed and Robert Grabhorn, Douglas Watson, editor, and Arvilla Parker, illustrator. 8vo. 205, [6] pp.Some pages uncut. Fold-out map reproduced from the original by J. Russell, 1794. Introduction by John Wilson Townsend; drawings by Arvilla Parker. 4 page letterpess note from the publishers, laid… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Bradley, 1882. 12" x 15". Color engraved map in fine condition. This map of the city of Detroit is from the 1882 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas.

NP, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 112; (13) pp. Roster at rear. A hear fine copy in blue cloth with 4" x 4 1/2" color label (c. Walt Disney) to front cover (small paper residue at some edges). This pictorial publication (scores of photographs) documents the daily life and deployment of the 60th Seabee unit. Creating such cruisebooks is… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, 1947. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 32, [2] pp. simple map of Holland with locations of the three cemetaries (Molenhoek, Son, and Margraten); plot map of the U.S. Military Cemetery in Margraten. Photo-reproductions on every page with descriptions. Half-brown cloth spine over light brown paper covered boards, with photo-illustrated plate mounted on front cover below gilt lettering. Spotting on… Read more about this item

Tombstone, AZ: The Tombstone Epitaph, 1967. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Rick Reese, a good friend and fellow struggler in the world of journalism. Ben T. Traywick". Richard Langton Reese (1942 - 2022) was an environmental activist who founded the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and an alpinist who participated in the North Face Grand Teton rescue in 1967. Following retirement, he… Read more about this item

FDR praises Woodrow Wilson "... our greatest president..." and his "... wonderful dreams of a better world..." In the one-page TLS to Professor Hale, Franklin Roosevelt voices his strong support for New York Governor Al Smith, Democratic candidate in the 1928 Presidential election and his equally strong lack of support for Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt states "...that under Governor… Read more about this item

Meadville PA: The T. L. Flood Publishing House, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume I complete. Quarto; 1-57; 145 - 480 pp. Index to Volume I at rear. Advertisements. Three-quarter brown leather over brown cloth boards; gilt lettering and decoration to spine; marbled endpapers. A very good copy (light rubbing to leather; a few pencil notations). An uncommon collection of… Read more about this item