New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with red spine lettering. vii, 146pp. Very good. Tight and internally fine, the only flaw a lightly-sunned spine; lacks dust jacket. "Life" magazine's renowned editor Henry R. Luce introduces these ten essays, first published in its pages and..... More
N.p. Royal China (U.S.), [1970]. Porcelain plate, 10" diameter, manufactured by Royal China (U.S.), no place given. Near fine. A charmingly, quite unusual contemporary politics-themed porcelain plate, blue ink against a pale cream plate color. At center is a Bill Mauldin editorial cartoon (measuring 5¼" X 4 /4") that first..... More
New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1956. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy buckram with gilt lettering. 668pp. Very good. Third printing of this useful reference. Inoffensive ex-library, tight and attractive, the only markings being faint number at foot of spine foot and a couple of discreet institution inkstamps -- a sound..... More
[Princeton]: Privately printed, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 69pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Light inoffensive stain on outer page edges. Bright and tight first edition of this memorial tribute, limited to 1000 copies printed for Stevenson's Princeton University class of 1922. This unique family..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 110pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket very slightly worn, with a touch of rubbing. Tight, attractive first edition of these three political essays -- "A Survey of a Troubled World," proclaims the jacket..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 110pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket typically slightly edgeworn, with a touch of rubbing. A tight and quite nice first edition of these three political essays -- "A Survey of a Troubled World,"..... More
![Item #51047 Call to Greatness. [Japanese edition]. Adlai E. STEVENSON](https://mainstreetfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51047.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1743200302)
Tokyo: Yuki Shobo, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. White paper over boards with black lettering, dust jacket, wraparound advertising band. 173pp. Very good. Mild age toning to boards and text block, with same to jacket and wraparound band. Likely first Japanese edition -- entirely in Japanese but for a few English words..... More
Cologne, Germany: Verlag für Politik und Wirschaft, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with blue lettering, dust jacket. 107pp, (3pp). Very good/very good. Binding is pristine, while text block shows the usual moderate and even age toning; jacket shows faint edgewear only. Quite tight and attractive first German edition of the..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with red and white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxiii, 102pp. Fine/very good. Jacket lightly age toned, with quite minor edgewear. A handsome first edition of the Illinois governor and twice-beat Democratic presidential candidate's thoughts on the U.S.R. as he..... More
Chicago: Marquis -- Who's Who, Inc., 1965. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. (4pp). Near fine. Governor Stevenson's 1950 speech before the Chicago Historical Society, issued here for the first time for distribution on "Illinois Constitution Day" at the Illinois Pavilion of the New York World's Fair -- August 26, 1965, less than..... More
New York: Random House, [1960]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed turquoise wrappers. 115pp. Fine. An unbelievably, uncannily, exceptionally, fantastically, outrageously pristine first softbound edition of the former Illinois governor's "Recent Speeches and Papers," as the front wrapper touts. Did I mention how tight 'n' bright this unusual copy is? More
Chicago: N.p., n.y. [1956]. Printed ticket. 24mo (5½" X 2½"). Fine. Ticket printed in blue and red on heavy orange card stock. Full text reads: "All Chicago Greeting for / Adlai E. Stevenson / Chicago Stadium / Wood and Madison Sts. / Saturday, November 1st / Greet and Hear the..... More
![Item #49298 United Nations Postal Administration [front board title]. Adlai E. STEVENSON, II](https://mainstreetfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/49298.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686516548)
N.p. N.p., 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Blue padded leatherette folder with black cloth tape spine. Gilt-bordered recto opening with clear mylar window. Near fine. Presentation folder given to then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Adlai Stevenson (1900-65), formerly Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate. Window at right bears insert with (top..... More
Bloomington, IL: Paint Hill Press, 1985. Paperback. Edited by Michael Maher. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. iv, 166pp. Near fine. Tight and lovely first edition. From the collection of the Governor's son, Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois, with a sheet of his personal imprinted Chicago letterhead..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., [1972]. Hardcover. Edited by Walter Johnson. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 586pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. First edition, tight and nice, of the first volume (only) of this set. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1965]. Hardcover. Edited by Alden Whitman. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 45pp. Very good. Binding a tad irregularly sunned, else tight and internally near fine. Special edition, limited to 2,479 copies of this "best of" selection of Stevensonisms, published immediately following the governor's sudden death..... More
New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Good plus. Second printing. Uncommon. More
Tokyo: Kenkyusha, n.y. Paperback. Illustrations by Clotilda Embree. Edited by Fumi Kimura. 12mo. Stiff glossy yellow wrappers, dust jacket with wraparound band. v, 64pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome and most unusual Japanese condensed edition of this 1932 Bobbs-Merrill title -- undated, but late 1950s vintage. Not the usual..... More
Scottsdale: Arizona Desert Publishing Company, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 248pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition of this account of Jack and Louise Stewart and their Arizona inn. A handsome, clean, tight copy. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt spine lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 688pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition of this thick World War One study. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1969]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Very slightest bit of faint edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this adventure travelogue about (to cite jacket front panel) "Three men and..... More
Chicago: Citizens for Stevenson Committee, 1974. Paperback. Oblong 24mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers, white plastic spiral binding. 124pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Second printing, clean and attractive, of the 1970 "Adlai's Nancy... Her Potpourri" -- "Compiled and published by Adlai's and Nancy's friends so that you may share their way of..... More
New York: Henry Schuman, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 194pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Exceptionally tight and handsome later printing of this 1946 account of the British throat specialist who treated Emperor Frederick III. Lots of inferior or ex-library copies on..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1985. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed brown pictorial wrappers. 118pp, (15pp ads). Near fine. First of this facsimile of the 1889 first American edition. More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. 16mo. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering and paper (dark brown, light brown, charcoal, blue) over bevelled boards with gilt lettering. xvi, 24pp; vi, 54pp; xiv, 38pp; vii, 47pp. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, sewn-in satin page markers. Each..... More