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Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek

by William E. Wilson

Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969

fair condition - pages are discolored and stained but

it is an acceptable reading copy

former library book

hardcover, 260 pages

our price:   $2.50 plus media mail shipping

Jefferson - A Great American’s Life and Ideas

by Saul K. Padover

Mentor Book, 1959

192 pages, good condition considering age

vintage paperback

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

The American Presidents - Biographies of the chief executives from Washington through Carter

by David C. Whitney 

Nelson Doubleday, 1978

hardcover, 532 pages

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln - His Words and His World

by the Editors of Country Beautiful

edited by Robert L. Polley

Country Beautiful Foundation, Inc.

hardcover, 1965

good condition considering age

94 pages

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Abraham Lincoln’s World - 1809-1865

written and illustrated by Genevieve Foster

Scribner’s, 1944

antique hardcover

great black and white illustrations

former library book - cover shows wear

all pages are crisp and clean

pages are intact but binding is not tight

347 pages

our price:   $14.50 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln

by David Herbert Donald

Simon & Schuster, 1995

hardcover, fairly poor condition but

it is an acceptable reading copy with all

pages intact and without markings

back board is warped, pages in book are

wrinkled, no dust jacket

714 pages

our price:   $1.95 plus media mail shipping

The Presidents - Their Lives, Families and Great Decisions as told by The Saturday Evening Post

Curtis Publishing Company,

hardcover, interior pages are intact and without markings

back cover has pock marks

160 pages

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States - The Final Report of the

Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Peter W. Rodino, Jr., Chairman

Viking Press, 1975

hardcover, excellent condition, 755 pages

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

A Day in the Life of President Kennedy

by Jim Bishop

Random House, 1964

109 pages, good condition

vintage hardcover

all pages are intact and clean

our price:   $3.75 plus media mail shipping

The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents

by Wyatt Blassingame

Random House, 1990

159 pages, good condition

cover shows some wear but the interior pages are clear and intact

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

How the White House Really Works

by George Sullivan

Scholastic, 1990

118 pages, good condition - back cover has crease

paperback

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

The Presidents - Their Lives, Families and Great Decisions as told by The Saturday Evening Post

Funk & Wagnalls Special Edition

Curtis Publishing Company, 1989

hardcover, interior pages are intact and without markings and provide a good reading copy

bottom right corner of pages have tiny area

where it appears that they were separated from

adjacent pages possible due to moisture

front cover is slightly warped and bumped

172 pages with many wonderful color photographs

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

by Lawrence Halprin

Chronicle Books, 1997

138 pages, like new condition

softcover

all pages are intact and clean

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Jack Kennedy - The Illustrated Life of a President

featuring intimate photos, personal memorabilia, and history-making documents - dozens of removable facsimiles

extremely unique collection - fascinating historical resource

includes new CD - nearly 60 minutes of JFK delivering his most famous speeches, as well as audio recordings from Kennedy’s professional life 1940-1963

by Chuck Wills - Chronicle Books, 2009

hardcover, like new condition, tiny tear on spine has been

taped - all 176 pages are intact and clean and in new condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln and the First Shot

by Richard N. Current

J.P. Lippincott Company, 1963

230 pages, good condition

vintage softcover

cover shows minimal wear

all pages are intact and clean

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Where Were You When President Kennedy Was Shot?  - Memories and Tributes to a Slain President

as told to DEAR ABBY

Andrews and McMeel, 1993

146 pages, good condition

softcover

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Frontier President - The Life of James K. Polk

by Bill Severn

Ives Washbirn Inc., 1965

219 pages, excellent condition

clean pages

vintage hardcover

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

The American Presidents - Eight Edition -

Guild America Books

by David C. Whitney and Robin Vaughn Whitney

Doubleday Book and Music Club, 1993

596 pages, like new condition

blank white sticker covering remains of former owner’s address label on title page

hardcover, no dust jacket

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

The Presidents from George Washington to The Present, Drawn in One Line

edited and drawn in one line by Oscar Berger

Crown Publishers, 1968

96 pages, wonderful one-line black and white

caricatures of the Presidents. The facing page of each illustration has quotes from a president and an example of his signature

includes small erratum sheet for page 89

RARE COLLECTOR”S ITEM

hardcover - cover shows slight wear, no dust jacket

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

40 Presidents - Facts and Fun

by Joan Bumann and John Patterson

Willowwisp Press, 1981

160 pages, good condition

vintage paperback,

some tanning of pages due to age

all pages are intact and clean

sticker remainder on bottom of front cover as shown in photo

our price:   $3.75 plus media mail shipping

Every Four Years

edited by Robert C. Post

Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1980, first edition

clothbound hardcover, 228 pages, no dustjacket

all interior pages are intact and without writing

and in excellent condition

beautiful photos

slight fading on bottom right of front cover

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Eyes on America - Famous Presidents

by Philip Koslow

Kidsbooks Inc., 1999

softcover, 31 pages

good condition

$2.95 plus media mail shipping

Lives of the Presidents of the United States

by Edward S. Ellis

A. Flanagan Company, 1927

hardcover, 264 pages

former owner’s name on front endpage

pages are unmarked and clear, good condition

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

Between Hope and History Meeting America’s Challenges for the 21st Century

by President Bill Clinton

Times Books, 1996

hardcover, 178 pages

NEW BOOK

$5.95 plus media mail shipping

Impeachment - Selected Materials - Committee on the Judiciary - House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session - October 1973

U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1973

vintage softcover,  like new condition, 718 pages

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Buck Stops Here - The Presidents of the United States

by Alice Provensen

Trumpet Club, 1990, 64 pages

softcover, used condition but still provides a good reading copy

cover has some stains and a few pages towards

the back of the book are curled

our price:   $1.75 plus media mail shipping

America and Its Presidents

by Earl Schenck Miers

Grosset & Dunlap, 1982

vintage  hardcover, 256 pages

stunning full-page color portraits, 1982

former library book - cover shows much wear

but interior pages are in good shape

spine and hinges have been taped

$3.95 plus media mail shipping

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

by William E. Leuchtenburg

Harper & Row, 1963

vintage softcover,  390 pages

very good condition, no notes or highlighting all pages are intact without markings

pages are browned due to age of book

our price:   $3.75 plus media mail shipping

John Quincy Adams - American Visionary

by Fred Kaplan

Harper Collins, 2014

First Edition stated

hardcover, 655 pages   

NEW BOOK

our price: $19.95  plus media mail shipping

White House Years

by Henry Kissinger

hardcover - 1521 pages

Little Brown & Company, 1979, First Edition Stated

excellent like new condition

interior pages - like new condition

our price:   $ plus media mail shipping

Ronald Reagan - His Life in Pictures

by James Spada

St. Martin’s Press, 2000

First Edition stated

no dustjacket

hardcover-  cover has small crease

interior pages - like new condition

246 pages - crisp and clean

gift inscription on first page

our price:  $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Barack Obama - The Audacity of Hope

Thoughts on Reclaiming The American Dream

by Barack Obama

Crown Publishers, 2006

First Edition stated

hardcover

interior pages - like new condition

dustjacket has minimal shelf wear

375 pages - crisp and clean

our price:  $6.95 plus media mail shipping

In The President’s Secret Service - Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

by Ronald Kessler with an “Explosive New Afterword.”

Broadway Paperbacks, 2010

softcover

interior pages - like new condition

285 pages - crisp and clean

our price:  $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Ambling Into History -

The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush

by Frank Bruni

Harper Collins, 2002

First Edition Stated

NEW BOOK

hardcover 278 pages

our price:   $2.95 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln - A Novel

by Gore Vidal

Random House, 1984

First Edition stated

hardcover, 661 pages

like new condition - pages are clean, crisp, intact

dustjacket is slightly wrinkled in top right corner as shown in photo

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Washington - The Indispensable Man

by James Thomas Flexner

Back Bay Books, Little Brown & Company, 1974 - First Back Bay Edition stated

softcover,  423 pages

like new condition - no writing or highlighting

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Living History - Hillary Rodham Clinton

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Scribner, 2003

paperback - like new condition

560 pages

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

The Hour of Peril - The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before The Civil War

by Daniel Stashower

Minotaur Books, 2013

hardcover - NEW BOOK!!!!

354 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln - A President for the Ages

A Steven Spielberg Film

edited by Karl Weber

BBS Public Affairs

An Inspiring Companion to the Film -

A Participant Guide, 2012

softcover - NEW BOOK!!!!

275 pages

$4.95 plus media mail shipping

“To the Best of My Ability” - The American Presidents

by James M. McPherson

Dorling Kindersley Book, 2000

First American Edition stated

hardcover,  480 pages

very good condition

the word “Freebie” is written on bottom of book

pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Honest Abe

Paintings by Malcah Zeldis

Words by Edith Kunhardt

Green Willow Books, 1993

former library book with library markings

hardcover,  32 pages

good condition - pages are clean and crisp

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Grass Roots - One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary

by Dayton Duncan

Viking, 1991

hardcover - 

interior pages - very good like new condition

436 pages

dustjacket has small tear in upper left corner

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

Barack Obama - The Audacity of Hope

Thoughts on Reclaiming The American Dream

by Barack Obama

Crown Publishers, 2006

First Edition stated

hardcover

interior pages - like new condition

inside front cover dustjacket has price clipped

375 pages - crisp and clean

our price:  $6.95 plus media mail shipping

The Patriarch - The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

by David Nasaw

hardcover,  871 pages

Penguin Press, 2012

NEW BOOK!!!!!

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

John Adams

by David McCullough

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2001

paperback    665 pages

very good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Lincoln - His Life and Legacy - 4 DVD Set

running time: approx. 8 hours, 36 minutes

plus extra behind the scenes featurettes

History, A& E Television Network, 2008

our price:   $7.95  plus media mail shipping

It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Touchstone Book, 1995

softcover, 336 pages

like new condition

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Memorial Life of William McKinley

Our Martyred President

by Col. G.W. Townsend with an Introduction by Hon. James Rankin Young

including the life of President Roosevelt

Profusely embellished with superb engravings

D.Z. Howell, 1901

vintage hardcover, 516 pages

marbled edges

115 year-old book shows its age

corners are bumped and edges of cover have fraying

onlaid photo of McKinley on cover is worn

interior pages no marks or notes

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

John Adams - Volume I - 1735-1784

by Page Smith

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962

vintage hardcover, 610 pages

former library book

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

John Adams - Volume II - 1784 - 1826

by Page Smith

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962

vintage hardcover, pp. 601- 1170

former library book

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Life of Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924

by Josephus Daniels

Will H. Johnston, 1924

vintage hardcover, 381 pages

good condition considering age of book

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Beloved Island

Franklin and Eleanor and the Legacy of

Campobello

by Jonas Klein

Paul S. Eriksson, Publisher, 2000

Introduction by Senator George J. Mitchell

hardcover, 274 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

A Novel

by Stephen L. Carter

Alfred A. Knopf, 2012

NEW BOOK!!!

hardcover, 518 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

First Dads

Parenting and Politics from George

Washington to Barack Obama

by Joshua Kendall

Grand Central Publishing, 2016

NEW BOOK!!!

hardcover, 392 pages

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Mr. Obama Goes to Washington

And Then What Happened, Mommy?

illustrated ephemera from the inkwell of

Mike Dater

Back Channel Press, 2017

softcover, 187 pages

interior pages - good condition

back cover has a crease

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Son Also Sets

Coup and Consequences of an Unelected President

Vol. 2, The Last Gasp Years

more illustrated ephemera from the inkwell of

Mike Dater

Back Channel Press, 2009

signed by author

softcover, 123 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

George W. The Son King

Coup and Consequences of an Unelected President

Vol. 1, The Early Years

an illustrated history from the inkwell of

Mike Dater

Placenames Press, 2005

signed by author

softcover, 164 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Rising Star

The Making of Barack Obama

by David J. Garrow

William Morrow, 2017

oversized hardcover,  1461 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

 

George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Official Guide

The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

of the Union, Mount Vernon, Virginia

softcover, 145 pages

2005

good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping