[Rarebooks] Presidents from the Past

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BERRY, Wendell and SHAHN, Ben. November Twenty 
Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three. New York: 
George Braziller, 1963. Lettered and illustrated 
by Ben Shahn. Oblong octavo, original white cloth 
lettered in black, brown endpapers, in black 
cloth publisher's box with white paper label 
(front edges lightly faded). Spine a little 
browned. Fine. Limited edition, signed by the 
author and the artist. Printed at the Meriden 
Gravure Company on Italian hand made Fabriano 
paper. The poem examines the events of the 
assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 
$200.00 #15563

DAVIS, Jefferson. Autograph Letter signed, to 
General G. T. Beauregard. Richmond, Va: September 
20, 1861. 1 p. Approximately 8-1/8" x 5", one 
sheet, once folded in four. Irregular browning. 
The letter begins "My dear Genl. Permit me to 
present to your acquaintance my Nephew Dr. Il D. 
Smith of La. who visits the armory of the Potomac 
to see some friends to look after the sick from 
his section. Being like yourself a Creole of La. 
ther will be that connecting link between you 
...". $12,500.00 #5596

HARRISON, Benjamin. Autograph Letter signed, to 
George W. Childs. "Executive Mansion" letterhead: 
September, 30, 1889. 4 pp. (two pages blank). 
Approximately 7 x 4-1/2 inches, cream paper, 
written in brown ink. Fine. Harrison 
(1833â*“1901) was the twentyâ*“third United 
States President, March 4, 1889â*“March 3, 1893. 
In this letter he declines an invitation to 
attend ceremonies at West Point "in connection 
with the presentation by you to the Academy of 
the portraits of Genls Grant, Sherman and 
Sheridan." Childs was a Philadelphia publisher 
and philanthropist as well as the author of 
Recollections of General Grant. Harrison 
holograph letters as President have become very 
scarce. $3,000.00 #898

OAKLEAF, Joseph Benjamin. A Reprint of the List 
of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham 
Lincoln Compiled by Daniel Fish of the Minnesota 
Bar in 1906. Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana 
Book Concern, 1926. Illustrated. Small quarto, 
half morocco over blue cloth, lettered in gilt, 
top edges gilt. Spine ends and corners lightly 
rubbed, spine a little mottled, else fine. One of 
102 of a total edition of 108, signed by Oakleaf. 
This reprint is a verbatim copy of the original 
bibliography by Daniel Fish, issued in 1906, 
except that the two portraits of Lincoln are 
different, and a portrait of Fish has been added. 
[Monaghan 1499 "issued to accompany Monaghan 
2801"]. $350.00 #45515

PIERCE, Franklin. Autograph Letter signed, to 
William L. Marcy, Secretary of State . N. p.: 
Monday Evening, Undated. 4 pp. (two pages blank). 
Approximately 7 x 4-1/2 inches, light tan stock, 
written in brown ink. Some fragile browned outer 
creases, ink strong. Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 
fourteenth United States President, March 4, 
1853-March 3, 1857. President Pierce invites the 
"Ladies of your household to be present at the 
reception tomorrowâ*¦It would afford Mrs. Pierce 
and myself much pleasureâ*¦" Marcy ranks high on 
the list of U.S. Secretaries of State. 
Twenty-four treaties were negotiated during his 
tenure, the most famous being the Gadsen Purchase 
from Mexico. $1,250.00 #1284

REAGAN, Ronald. Typed Letter signed, to Tommy 
Fox. Sacramento: January 28, 1972. 1 p. 
Approximately 10-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches, one sheet on 
State of California, Governor's Office 
letterhead. First two letters of signature ink 
has run a little (letters intact), else fine. 
(1911- ) Fortieth President of the United States, 
January 20, 1981â*“January 20, 1989. "Thank you 
for your recent letterâ*¦ I appreciate your 
generous comments about my former career. I'm 
afraid that at the moment I have no pictures from 
my days in the motion picturesâ*¦" $300.00 #RH1463

TAFT, William Howard. Typed Letter signed, to 
Robert Reaves Gramer. The White House: March 2, 
1911. 1 p. Approximately 9 x 6-3/4 inches, cream 
stock, blue typescript, black ink signature. One 
fold, slight browning at edges, number 57 in 
black ink at top. Taft (1857â*“1930) was the 
twentyâ*“seventh United States President, March 
4, 1909â*“March 3, 1913, and became the only 
president to serve on the Supreme Court. "I have 
known Dr. John Wesley Hill as the pastor of the 
Methodist Metropolitan Temple in New York and 
have known him as a speaker. Indeed, I have 
â*˜stumped' with him, and he is a warm friend of 
mine. I know he is interested in the 
International Peace Forum, but what that involves 
I am unable to say. By application to Dr. Hill, 
you can doubtless learn all the details in 
respect to it." $500.00 #1508

[WASHINGTON, George]. FREEMAN, Douglas Southall. 
George Washington A Biography. New York: Charles 
Scribner's Sons, 1948. Four volumes, eventually 7 
volumes. Illustrated. Octavo, original blue cloth 
lettered in gilt on spines, stamped in blind on 
front covers, pictorial endpapers, vols. I & II 
in publisher's box. Edges very lightly dust 
soiled, else fine. First edition. $150.00 #25970



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