Politics from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Newspaper. Very Good. No Binding. Nov. 5, 2008. NY DAILY NEWS, SPECIAL SECTION --'PRESIDENT OBAMA'-- 'Racing, Final' Brooklyn/Staten Island Section. 32-Page Election Special: 'PRESIDENT OBAMA - Nation changes forever with historic victory'. In excellent, supple condition- very lightly & uniformly toned..

NY: McGraw-Hill , 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by President Johnson on front free endpaper. A detailed look at the family history of President Lyndon B. Johnson, compiled by his mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. This book was presented to Tammy Shelton, signed and autographed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes a 4x6 color snapshot of President Johnson presenting the book.… Read more about this item

Handwritten. Good. No Binding. 1864. HANDWRITTEN 1st DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION TO RAISE FUNDS (by the national delegates to the Democratic Convention) for the family of Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois (the Democratic presidential candidate of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates). Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, statesman and patriot, ran against Abraham Lincoln in the historic 1858 Presidential election.… Read more about this item

New York: Threshold Editions, 2011. Book. Illus. by With Photos. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. The book describes Cain's story while exploring various issues from poverty and wealth, the segregated South, his wife Gloria, and his battles with cancer. Cain talks about business experience with Coca-Cola Co., Pillsbury, Burger King, and Godfather's Pizza. Cain… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Soft cover. M.S. Gorodess was a Brooklyn, NY photographer with a specialty in architectural photography. He's represented in the Long Island (Brooklyn) Historical Society collections; and also has various postcards depicting his photographs. This album is a remembrance of the 1939 John W. Fraser Suffolk County Republican Club, Timber Point, LI outing. The… Read more about this item

NY: New American Library, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 2000, 1st Edition. Matt Drudge signed, inscribed the book. 'The Drudge Manifesto' features a transcript of the Q & A session held June, 1998 in Washington, DC's National Press Club. The book lays out Drudge's raison d'être; his stream-of-consciousness writing describes how he got his… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1836. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. (SENATOR) DANIEL WEBSTER of MASSACHUSETTS on the subject of the 'Three Millions Appropriation and the Loss of the Appropriations Bill for Fortifications of the Last Session'. Mr. Webster's 1836 Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 14, 1836. Printed by Gales and Seaton, Washington.… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1984. Book. Illus. by With Photos. Fine. Hardcover. The official mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion was built in 1799 by shipping merchant Archibald Gracie, and enlarged in 1966. Ten mayors have lived here since it became the official residence in 1942, though Michael Bloomberg stayed in his own 79th Street town house during his three… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. On Growing Up, His Letters from and to American Children This book is inscribed by Herbert Hoover to Marietta Fuller, who worked for the American Relief Agency [of which Hoover was Chairman] as a researcher from 1920 until 1934. In that role, she… Read more about this item

Illinois: Green Hill Publishers, 1976. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Ronald Reagan on front blank paper. Notation by Mel Hancock stating that Ronald Reagan signed the book at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, MO. in June,1976. Hancock went on to become a four term congressman from Missouri. Housed in a custom made clamshell… Read more about this item

Germany: Scalo Verlag AC, 1998. Book. Illus. by Gilles Peress. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. This book is the harrowing account of genocide by Eric Stover, with photographs by Gilles Peress, of how-- from a hell of mud and decomposing bodies-- investigator Haglund began to piece together victims' identities and the terrible ways they died. Over 40,000… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Temple Ltd., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Henry Brinton.

Pasadena, CA, 1918. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed on the Cover By Upton Sinclair. 1st Edition. This excoriating critique of religion, especially as represented by powerful clerical institutions, is a lesser-known work by the author who had earlier become famous with his publication of The Jungle, an expose of the poor labor conditions and unsanitary practices in Chicago's meat-packing industry.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed to Gay& Nan Talese, cute inscription..

Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Red cloth & Gilt. Owners Sig. & cont. date on title page. Gift presentation card laid in..