Biography from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown blind-embossed cloth over beveled boards with gilt spine lettering. xii, 398pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Near fine. Faint wear to binding only, else tight and internally fine. Superb first edition of this biography of the Iowa Republican who served as that state;s third governor and then senator. Inner flyleaf… Read more about this item

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering. lviii, 480pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Tight and nice, with just the faintest binding wear. Choice first edition of this hefty compilation of speeches and writings of the Democratic representative (1883-89) from Missouri (1827-89), with a biographical sketch of Burns by its compiler,… Read more about this item

Chicago: The National Library Association, 1886. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and brown textured paper over beveled boards with gilt lettering. xiv, 811pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page illustrations, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges. Very good. Quite minor bingin wear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive and tight early printing of this hefty combination… Read more about this item

Boston: The Chapple Publishing Co, 1904. Hardcover. Introduction by Joe Mitchell Chapple. 12mo. Teal blue cloth with front board white lettering and decorations and black/white pictorial stamping. 84pp. Near fine. Hand-lettered paper shelf label near spine foot. A bright and lovely first edition of this slim volume published just after the 1904 death of this hugely powerful and influential… Read more about this item

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1963. Hardcover. As told to Marguerite Harmon Bro. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 334pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. First edition. Illinoisan Walgreen (1887-1964), widow of the drugstore magnate, was herself a noted gardener. She inscribes the front flyleaf large and bold in blue… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Translation revised by A.S.B. Glover. Illustrations by William Sharp. Small 4to. Quarter brown morocco with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xviii, 635pp. Numerous brown line drawings. Fine/very good. Faint slipcase wear. Handsome, tight LEC production of the groundbreaking, posthumously-published (1782-89) autobiography by the influential Swiss philosopher and… Read more about this item

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1982. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 261pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First of this softbound edition of the late astronaut's memoir, first published in 1973. On the half-title page, he boldly inscribes and signs in black fineline to "St. Orres Family / His Love / Jim Irwin / Apollo 15" with his trademark crescent… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly rubbed, with spine faintly sunned. Attractive, tight first edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "dramatic, deeply-moving biography and political history of 'America's Greatest Secretary of State.

New York: The American Past Book-of-the-Month Club, 1983. Hardcover. New foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin. Small 4to. Blue and salmon cloth with copper spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket, slipcase with pictorial label. xxii, 547pp. Color frontispiece, maps, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Sewn-in blue silk page marker. Fine/near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit sunned. Tight, handsome reprint of… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red and black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 269pp. Near fine/near fine. Quite handsome first edition of this delightful skewering by the notable (and notably tall) powerful Republican senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1979 (born 1931). Tipped to front flyleaf is an… Read more about this item

N.p.: Robert C. Swain, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering and rules. xiv, 187pp. Illustrations. Fine. Pristine first edition of this self-published memoir, bearing a bold presentation inscription and signature in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To: / Bob Malott / With best regards. / Bob Swain / Aug. 1983." Swain (1907-89) was a noted research chemist… Read more about this item

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 625pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a few edge chips. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty biography of the Encyclopaedia Britannica publisher (1943-73) and United States senator from Connecticut (1949-53).… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 450pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint and mild binding edgewear. Second printing of this 1939 biography of Lord Melbourne (William Lamb, 1779-1848), two-time British prime minister. Interestingly, tipped to front flyleaf is the 3" X 2" heavy stock "Compliments of Thomas R. Coward" card -- Coward co-founded… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 268pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition.

Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Wide 12mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 56pp, (4pp). Numerous illustrations, genealogical chart. Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this account of the Tar Heel background of the Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate (1900-65) -- and a choice presentation copy, as the half-title page… Read more about this item

Nashville: Aurora Publishers, Inc, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. 194pp. Fine. Lacks dust jacket. Pristine first edition of this study of the governor's years in the state capital, 1949-53. From the collection of his son, U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), with a sheet of his embossed letterhead tipped in at flyleaf.

Portland, OR: The Press of the Oregon Historical Society, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 249pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Sharp and lovely first edition of this biography of the powerful Oregon Republican senator (1917-44) and bearing a huge presentation inscription in blue fineline on… Read more about this item

N.p.: The New American Library, 1965. Hardcover. Eulogy by Lyndon B. Johnson. 8vo. Black glossy pictorial paper over boards, slipcase. 16pp. Illustration. Near fine/very good. Minor edgewear and typical rubbing. First edition, tight and attractive, of this memorial essay by a top JFK and LBJ aide and speechwriter -- personal copy of the governor's son, U.S. Senator Adlai E.… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt lettering and red paper over boards. x, 297pp. Very good. Quite minor binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine; lacks dust jacket. Attractive first edition of this memoir of his time as U.S. Ambassador to the the U.N., bearing a fine bold presentation inscription in… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 370pp. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn, with spine rather sunned, but tight and internally fine. Early (not first) printing of this biography of the noted New Hampshire attorney and politician (1806-73) who served that state as Republican representative (1843-45) and senator (1855-65) and as U.S. Minister to… Read more about this item