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1991200222New York: Ticknor & Fields 1991. hardcover. near fine/very good. Black & white illustrations. 501pp 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper; signed by the author on the 1/2 title. New York: Ticknor & Fields 1991. Near fine.<br/><br/> Ticknor & Fields unknown books
194352267NY: Macmillan 1943. Seventh printing. Mansfield Louise. 8vo pp. xiv 334. Bibliography index. Illustrated wtih drawings by Louise Mansfield. Ivory cloth with decorative design in green and blue. Paper spine label. Edges somewhat soiled cover slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and browned dj. Sixty herbs with their history folk-lore and garden characteristics. Macmillan unknown books
1964240100Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1964. hardcover. very good-/very good-. 8vo green cloth d.w. and cloth with a small amount of soiling on bottom of spine d.w. rubbed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1964.<br/><br/> Politics in the Twentieth Century Volume III.<br/><br/> University of Chicago Press unknown books
193241184New York: J.C. Morgenthau 1932. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with lightly soiled wrappers. 25 pp. 8vo. 231 items described. Lancour 5912. J.C. Morgenthau unknown books
193341185New York: J.C. Morgenthau 1933. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with light soiling on wrappers. 25 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. 221 items described. Lancour 5953. J.C. Morgenthau unknown books
193241082New York: J.C. Morgenthau 1932. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good clean copy. 26 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. 82 items described. Lancour 5893. J.C. Morgenthau unknown books
196534470Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press 1965. First edition 8vo pp. 112; frontispiece map; near fine copy in original green cloth. Morgenthau was one of the leading twentieth-century figures in the study of international poltics and was a leading voice opposed American involvement in Vietnam. The last 20 pages contain an excellent chronology of Vietnam from 1948 to 1965. <br/><br/> Public Affairs Press hardcover books
194531794New York: J. C. Morgenthau & Co. Inc 1945. Softcover. VG- light wear aging and chipping to cover exlib with few marks to cover interior consistently aged. Stapled paper wraps. 45 pp. 24 bw illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1945 auction of 216 lots from this private collection. 24 are illustrated in BW. J. C. Morgenthau & Co., Inc unknown books
1944142931Washington DC : National Committee of Honorary Patrons The US Treasurey Department 1944. Softcover. VG with light sunning to cover edges. Blue and grey stapled card wraps with blue lettering and patriotic decoration. 12 pp. with no illus. The exhibition of works by artists which were reproduced in to posters used to encourage the US public to purchase war bonds. Abbott Laboratories paid the artists for their works and then donated the art to the Treasurey which sponsored the Art for Bonds exhibition an integral part of the Treasurey's Second War Loan campaign. Some of the artists whose works were included are Thomas Hart Benton John Steuart Curry N.C. Wyeth Ernest Fiene Reginal Marsh and several others. The exhibition included preliminary sketches the finished paintings and the posters reproduced from the works of art. National Committee of Honorary Patrons, The US Treasurey Department paperback books
1929WOL750New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. The front pastedown and endpaper have damage to lower corner. A little foxing throughout . The yellow cloth boards are slightly soiled and spine has some mottling. A little rippling of lower edge of last third of book but no staining. Based on Spanish gardens and patios a good backgrounder and idea source. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph L. Reaser. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
19231294221Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo 454 pages VG-/VG-; golden yellow DJ black lettering: overall mild wear to covers slight age-toning to spine rubbing with small open tearing to joints of spine chipping with material loss to tail "Price net $4.00" to front flap DJ protected by mylar; purple cloth boards gold lettering: spine and top margin of front board faded brown lettering to spine faded yet legible; scattered spotting likely water damage to tail; age-toning to text-block deckled fore-edge; slight wear to head tail and corners; foxing/age-staining to pp. 53-56 text and photograph adjacent to p. 55 somewhat affected yet legible/clear; ex-libris bookplate "From the books of Fred & Maud Black" to front paste-down; INSCRIBED by Morgenthau to Mr. Frederick Black dated March 23 1928; frontispiece protected by tissue guard; shelved Case 5. 1294221. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
191856656NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1918. First Edition. Signed presentation from Morgenthau on the front endpaper: "To my friend George Creet with the compliments of the author Henry Morganthau Nov.1/18.". Small 8vo. dark-red cloth stamped in yellow; 407 pages. Illustrated. Very Good little light spotting covers very tiny snag lower edge rear cover; contents clean & tight with extremely tiny tear to edge of pages 287-312. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
119353Rare complete stamp block commemorating the 300th anniversary of the settlement of <span class="match">Rhode</span> <span class="match">Island</span> signed by President <span class="match">Franklin</span> D. <span class="match">Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. One page the block consists of 50 3-cent Rhode Island Tercentenary violet stamps depicting colonial founder Roger Williams. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had an extensive stamp collection and due to his keen interest in stamp collecting some 200 U.S. commemorative stamps were released during his presidency. In fine condition. </span> American statesman and political leader Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party after 1932 as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and war. unknown books
1945140941614New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1945. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. First edition first printing. xiii iii 239 pp. fold-out map. Publisher's navy cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with typical toning to pages with age sticker wear to front free endpaper in Good original dust jacket with closed tear to head and long fore edge creasing along top of front panel small triangular chip to top of that panel as well small archival mending tissue repair to verso dampstaining visible from verso unclipped $2.00. Rare.<br /> <br /> <p>The controversial plan for Germany post-WWII first announced by US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau in 1944 which called for the immediate total deindustrialization of the country with a focus on extracting reparations for its wrongdoings during the war as well as its forced political and economic decentralization and transformation into a pastoral society. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt OK'd it only to regret it when the plan was vigorously decried at home and abroad. The Marshall Plan was adopted instead under Truman and efforts to deindustrialize and decartelize the Germany economy were limited. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
