U.S. History from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. 445 pages. A collector's edition of this important study of one of the more significant early events in the American Revolutionary War., written by the Pulitzer Prize winning military historian David Hackett Fischer (1935-present). The book is beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt- decorated dark red leather with raised bands on spine;… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. xi, 351 pages. A collector's edition of this important study of "Boss" William Marcy Tweed and his corrupt control of New York City politics in the years following the Civil War, written by UC Santa Barbara historian Alec Callow. The book is beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt- decorated French brown leather… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. Volume I: pages [i]-xi and 1-388; volume II: pages 389-800. Political and cultural history of the 1950s by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and popular historian David Halberstam (1934-2007). The book is beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt- decorated dark blue leather with raised bands on spine; all-edges gilt. An unused… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. 206 pages. Small 4to. First edition thus. A typical Easton Press gift edition, beautifully bound in full burgundy leather, decorated in gilt. All edges gilded. Lovely silk moire covered endpapers. A pictorial biography of the Kennedy clan--from Palm Beach to JFK, Bobby & Teddy to the next generation. … Read more about this item

Soddy, Tennessee: Self Published, 1993. 175 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history. SIGNED and dated by the author. The book is clean and tight, with a previous owner's name on the back of the front cover... SIGNED. Second Edition. Paperback. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soddy, Tennessee: Self Published, 1991. 175 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history. The book is clean and tight, with a hint of soiling on covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Washington D. C.: Unpublished, 1934. A typed letter (TLS) on official National Recovery Administration stationery addressed to Willoughby N. Offley, thanking him for his support and good work within the NRA. Johnson had just been fired by President Roosevelt, and the letter makes it clear that Offley also has lost his job in the agency. And this takes… Read more about this item

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Earle S. Goodrich, Territorial Printer, 1857. "Including the ORGANIC ACT OF THE TERRITORY with the Enabling Act of Congress, the Act of the Territorial Legislature Relative to the Convention, and the Vote of the People on the Constitution." xix, (3), 685 pages.  8vo.  Bound in the original 3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards.  First edition.  In… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: Unpublished, 1936. Original TLS on official State Department stationery addressed to 10-term Maryland Congressman T. Alan Goldsborough and boldly SIGNED by Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State who, as much as anyone' was responsible for the establishment of the United Nations. That effort earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. The text of the… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. xiii, 270 pages. An important labor and education study described by Choice Reviews: "Using hundreds of autobiographies, diaries, and letters, Rorabaugh . . . pieces together the broad outlines of the apprentice's experience and the impact of the American Revolution, the ideology of equality, technological changes, and the Civil War on the… Read more about this item

Paris, France: F. Cajani, 1844. Original mixed media (etching/engraving) print of George Washington by Ernest Monnin (19th century, French) after the drawing by Louis-Etienne Guémied. Image size is 7 1/8" by 5" on a 7 1/2" by 5 3/4" sheet of wove paper (margins are trimmed). Hart 112a. Baker 153. A full-length portrait of Washington in… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. xxiv, 391 pages. One of the books in the Easton Press "The Library of the Presidents" series. Beautifully bound in full blue leather with gilt decoration; raised bands on spine; ribbon place marker; all edges gilt. "Collector's Notes" laid in. The book is clean, bright, and tight, with… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. xxiv, 391 pages. One of the books in the Easton Press "The Library of the Presidents" series. Beautifully bound in full blue leather with gilt decoration; raised bands on spine; ribbon place marker; all edges gilt. The unread book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Riverside, California: Historical Commission Press, 1976. v, 103 pages. Essays by 7 historians, each focusing upon one element in American history with its origins in the era of the American Revolution. Laid in is a letter (SIGNED by the author) in which the author identifies those elements as "Black, Indian, Chicano, religious, geographical, and chronological. The unread… Read more about this item

Chattanooga, Tennessee: Penman Publishing Company, 2003. 239 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history--the third volume in a series, which has become not so "short" after all.. SIGNED and dated by the author. The book is clean and tight, with a a timy tan stain at the bottom of the rear cover--the stain gets progressively smaller and is… Read more about this item

Chattanooga, Tennessee: Penman Publishing Company, 2003. 323 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history--the third volume in a series, which has become not so "short" after all. The book is almost as-new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina / Williamsburg, VA: University of North Carolina Press / Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2000. xlii, 449 pages. The tenth volume in the series devoted to the public and private writings of the most important Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. This hardcover edition is relatively scarce. The… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: U. S. Government, 1918. Document dated May 20, 1918, appointing Neil W. Avery Postmaster at Greenville, New York. The document is SIGNED by both Woodrow Wilson, and Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson, the first Texan in the Cabinet and the man responsible for racial segregation of the U. S. Postal Service. In spite os his… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: National Press Books, 1992. 285 pages. The first printing of James Earl Ray's self-serving version of the assassination of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. Boldly signed by Ray, without inscription, on the half-title page: "James Earl Ray April 1993." The signature is guaranteed to be authentic, and a COA is available,… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1993. Set of six volumes, with former President Nixon's authentic AUTOGRAPH in volume 6. Limited edition: number 1,417 of only 1,500 copies SIGNED by Nixon. Each volume is beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt-decorated rich gray leather with raised bands on spine; all-edges gilt. Laid in each book is an unused Easton… Read more about this item