Signed limited edition of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, from the Easton Press.
Octavo, xix, 916pp. Thick octavo, black leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands, decorative gilt compartments. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers, with silk bookmark. Includes the Certificate of Authenticity from The Easton Press. This copy is number 628 of 2000, signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Team of Rivals was a New York Times best-selling history of the Lincoln Administration, which was adapted into a movie in 2012. The movie, Lincoln, was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.
From The Easton Press, The Civil War: A Narrative, signed by the author, historian Shelby Foote.
Thick octavo, [three volumes]. All three volumes bound in full brown leather, title in gilt on spines, raised bands. Decorative gilt illustrations on covers. Silk endpapers, all gilt leaf ends. None of these volumes have been previously read, all in fine condition. Does not include any paperwork from The Easton Press. This set is signed in Volume I by Shelby Foote. A desirable set.
This set includes all three volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.
Four volumes of The Years of Lyndon Johnson from The Easton Press, signed in Volume I by historian Robert A. Caro.
Octavo, [four volumes], xxiii, 882pp; xxxiv, 522pp; xxiv, 1167pp; xix, 712pp. All bound in full leather, titles in gilt, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and silk bookmark in each volume. This set is signed on the signature page in Volume I, with all associated paperwork from The Easton Press. An attractive set.
With these four volumes, Robert A. Caro has authored the definitive history of the life of President Lyndon Johnson, with a 5th volume to cover the last years of his presidency and retirement. The Path to Power, released in 1982, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. The 3rd volume, Master of the Senate, won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
From The Easton Press and signed by Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives.
Octavo, 223pp. Brown leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Decorative gilt design on covers. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. Appears unread. Signed on the limitation page by the author, this being number 938 of 1150 copies. Includes the paperwork from The Easton Press.
Zbigniew Brzezinski served as National Security Advisor for President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981. He passed away in 2017.
From the Easton Press, deluxe signed edition of Made For Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference, signed by Desmond M. Tutu and Mpho A. Tutu.
Octavo, xi, 206pp. Brown leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Gilt decorations on covers. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. Includes the publication paperwork from The Easton Press. This copy is signed on the limitation page by Desmond Tutu and his youngest daughter, Mpho Andrea Tutu. A fine example.
From the Easton Press, John Glenn: A Memoir, signed by Senator John Glenn.
Octavo, 422pp. Blue leather, title in gilt on spine. Silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Includes paperwork from the Easton Press. Signed on the limitation page by John Glenn, this copy being number 3,461 of 3,500. A fine example.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962 and returned to space in 1998. He served in the United States Senate from 1974-1999. His wife, Annie Glenn, was a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities and communication disorders. She died in 2020.
From The Easton Press, Exceptional: Why The World Needs a Powerful America, signed by Vice President Dick Cheney and Rep. Liz Cheney.
Octavo, 324pp. Red leather, title in gilt. Silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Includes paperwork from The Easton Press. Signed by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney on limitation page, this copy being number 228 of 600 copies.
Vice President Cheney served in the administration of President George Bush from 2000-2008. He is widely considered one of the most influential Vice Presidents in modern history.
Two volume set of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, from The Easton Press.
Octavo, [two volumes]. Red leather, title in gilt on spine, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments, gilt embellishments on covers. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt, silk bookmark. Both volumes unread. Includes laid-in Easton Press bookplate (unused), in both volumes. A fine set.
Complete six volume set of the Astronauts Library from The Easton Press, published in 1997.
Octavo, [six volumes]. Bound in black leather, raised bands, decorative design on covers, silk endpapers. All edges gilt, silk bookmarks. All with laid-in documentation from The Easton Press. All appear unread. Gilt edges in fine condition.
From a matching limitation of 1307 of 3000 copies, all signed by the authors.
Includes the following six signed volumes: Countdown: An Autobiography by Frank Borman; We Seven by the Astronauts Themselves (signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper and John Glenn); Schirra’s Space by Walter Schirra; Men from Earth by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell; Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell; and Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton.
From The Easton Press, collector’s edition of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Octavo, 296pp. Full navy blue leather, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Two raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk bookmark. Silk endpapers. Stated “Collector’s Edition” on title page. Solid text block, bright gilt, a fine example. With Easton Press bookplate laid in.
Signed deluxe edition of Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose, from The Easton Press.
Quarto, 521pp. Full green leather, title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt compartments. Raised bands on spine, gilt rule edges. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. Includes paperwork from The Easton Press.
This copy is signed on a limitation page by Stephen Ambrose.
The Deluxe Signed Edition of Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose, from the Easton Press.
Octavo, 528pp. Full blue leather, title and decorative illustrations in gilt. All edges gilt, silk bookmark, silk endpapers. Includes paperwork from the Easton Press. Short scratch to gilt on lower edge of text block, otherwise fine. Signed on limitation page by Stephen E. Ambrose.
The deluxe signed edition of D-Day June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose, from The Easton Press.
Octavo, 655pp, [1]. Full blue leather, title and decorative illustrations in gilt. All edges gilt, silk bookmark, silk endpapers. Includes paperwork from the Easton Press. Internally clean, a fine copy. Signed on the limitation by Stephen Ambrose.
The deluxe signed edition of Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose, from The Easton Press.
Octavo, 333pp, [2]. Full blue leather, title and decorative illustrations in gilt. All edges gilt, silk bookmark, silk endpapers. Includes bookplate and paperwork from The Easton Press.
Signed on limitation page by Stephen E. Ambose.
A fine example.
From the Easton Press, Reflections: Life After The White House, signed by First Lady Barbara Bush.
Octavo, 420pp. Red leather, title stamped in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, silk bookmark. From a limited edition of 1300 copies signed by Barbara Bush, this copy is numbered 421. Includes paperwork from the Easton Press.
