Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (22 results)

First edition. First edition. x, 414 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with white spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket with trivial rubbing to laminate of rear panel. A major entry in the vast corpus of Kennedy assassination literature as well as foundational work in the field of parapolitics. The author is a Canadian poet, former diplomat, and retired professor of literature largely responsible for introducing the oft-abused term "deep state" to American parlance. It originated in the byzantine intrigues of 20th century Turkish politics.

Seller Inventory # 140945822

First Edition. First edition. xii, 595 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth and blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with shelf wear, faint mark along top edge, in a Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light wear, flap price cut off. A wide-ranging look at the JFK assassination that was one of the inspirations for the Oliver Stone film JFK. Also one of the better-known books critical of The Warren Commission Report. A journalist by trade, the author taught popular classes on the Kennedy assassination at University of Texas at Arlington for three decades.

Seller Inventory # 140943901

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Gerald R. Ford, this being number 327. Very Good, with fading to cloth at spine and edges; contents fine. An address given by Ford to the Republican National Convention in 1980.

Seller Inventory # 180409013

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, copy 77 (hand numbered) of five hundred signed by Ford on the rear limitation page. Unpaginated. Original blue cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, with toning to cloth at spine and edges, lettering rubbed; contents fine. An address given by Ford to the Republican National Convention in 1980.

Seller Inventory # 170915009

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first issue. (All points present, jacket first issue as well.) xiv, 300 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and red top stain. Very Good with dulled spine and hinge starting to split at paste down, in Very Good dust jacket, spine-sunned, rubbed, and worn along edges. Laid in errata slip. FDR's New Deal manifesto.

Seller Inventory # 180804003

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Walt Kelly in blue pencil on front free endpaper, warmly inscribed with an original cartoon to former owner, late North Carolina journalist and author Roy Wilder (a good friend of Up in the Old Hotel author Joseph Mitchell) who specialized in stories about southern culture. Bound in publisher's wraps. Good or better condition. Bookplate of former owner and wife on verso of front cover. Some foxing to cover, some notable wrinkling to pages and curvature to book , spine a bit faded, otherwise in nice shape. This collection of cartoons spoofed the 1960 presidential election.

Seller Inventory # 140918014

First edition. First edition, copy #1276 of 3000. Signed by J. Gary Shaw on his author bio page, with the recipient's name whited out, dated 12-31-77. xvii, 227pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Bicolumnar text. Very Good with shelf wear, back cover worn; contents free of marking. A decent copy of a book often found in very rough shape. One of the major Watergate-era Kennedy assassination books, which postulates two teams of riflemen in Dealey Plaza as well as a "Decoy Assassin" firing a Mannlicher-Carcano from Oswald's supposed position in the TSBD as a distraction. Lots of b/w photos.

Seller Inventory # 140945963

Signed by Jim Marrs on the front free endpaper with his typical inscription, "Always question authority!" Second hardcover edition. [xii], 625, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth and blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, stamp of conspiracy researcher conference JFK Lancer on front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear, unclipped. An uncommon signed copy of the wide-ranging look at the JFK assassination that was one of the inspirations for the Oliver Stone film JFK. Also one of the better-known books critical of The Warren Commission Report. A journalist by trade, the author taught popular classes on the Kennedy assassination at University of Texas at Arlington for three decades.

Seller Inventory # 140943900

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed "With warmest regards. / Gerald R. Ford" on front free endpaper in blue ink. First edition. 508, (2) pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt with navy decorations. Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with laminate bubbling along gutters, wear at head. Future U.S. President Gerald Ford's biography of reputed JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, drawing on the work of the Warren Commission, on which he served.

Seller Inventory # 180202006

Original poster printed in dark blue and red, framed, measuring 23" x 15". Not examined out of frame. Poster yellowed with age upper right corner dampstained, slightly smaller dampstain to upper left corner, slight wrinkling to outer laminate, a few scuffs to frame. A rare poster announcing JFK's route through San Diego in the summer of 1963, the fateful year of his assassination along the official route in Dallas. On June 6th Kennedy gave the commencement speech at San Diego State College at the Aztec Bowl in front of 30,000 people. Before that, according to author Bill Vivian, "When the President's motorcade reached Park and Cajon Boulevards, it slowed to a crawl before the 8-mile route down El Cajon Boulevard, past a purported quarter of a million people, which included democratic sign-waving clubs, high school bands, protesters, residents, law enforcement offices, and a reviewing stand packed with dignitaries.".

Seller Inventory # 140944804

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Advance presentation copy signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on tipped in sheet, stating "This copy of On My Own is one of those signed by Mrs. Roosevelt for advance presentation to friends of the author and publisher." Laid in is the business card of Lynwood Giacomini, an American publishing representative and bibliophile. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles blocked in dark blue on spine. Near Fine with sunning to spine cloth and light soiling, pages toned. In acetate wrapper which is slightly shrunken, wavy and has an edge-chip; lacking the slipcase. A lovely copy. First Edition, Advance Presentation Copy.

Seller Inventory # 140940079

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page and inscribed with birthday wishes to a former owner. Bound in publisher's cloth; Near Fine with faint droplet stains to top edge, softening to crown, previous owner initials and date to half-title page. In a Very Good spine-sunned and lightly edge-worn dust jacket, with top corner of front flap clipped but publisher's price present on bottom corner.

Seller Inventory # 140940847

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, first printing in dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.00 intact. 252 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth. Very Good, with patches of paper adhered to rear cover pulled from blank verso of the dust jacket. End sheets offset from binder's glue, small vintage bookseller's ticker to front free end paper. In a Very Good dust jacket with rubbing at the folds, soiling, chipping at the corners and spine ends, darkening to spine panel, and light staining which is mostly visible from the blank verso. Originally written as a thesis while JFK was still at Harvard, the book was conceived as a follow-up to Winston Churchill's While England Slept.

Seller Inventory # 180715012

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Folio. Signed limited first edition. One of a limited 500 unnumbered copies, signed by the Bouvier sisters, Jacqueline [Kennedy Onasis] and Lee. Bound in publisher's blue marbled-paper covered boards stamped in metallic blue, in slipcase with photo onlay of Jackie and Lee. Near Fine with sunning to spine, in slipcase with bubbling to surface, light bumping to corners and several small stains. A charming, illustrated travel memoir about the Bouvier sisters' summer in Europe, signed by the former first lady and her sister.

Seller Inventory # 140942335

Limited edition. Signed by Donald Trump in sharpie. Bound in publisher's black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. Publisher's Certificate of Authenticity laid in. Near Fine with a little scuffing to top edge. A signed limited volume by the businessman who would become US President.

Seller Inventory # 140942951

Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Presentation Issue. First edition, publisher's presentation issue bound in full crushed blue morocco stamped in gilt and signed by Jacqueline Kennedy. Very Good with rubbing to leather and wear at spine ends, lacking slipcase. A collections of addresses, excerpts from news conferences and interviews from President John F. Kennedy.

Seller Inventory # 140940614

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Complete in 26 volumes plus summary report, all bound in publisher's navy cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with subtle sunning to spines, slight lean to various volumes, minor bumping to corners and shelf wear, moderate creasing to summary report volume. Former owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contents lightly toned; unmarked. The complete Warren Commission report, as its generally referred to after Chief Justice Earl Warren, who headed an inquiry into the 1963 Dallas assassination of President John F. Kennedy at the behest of his successor, Texan Lyndon Johnson. It is in the sprawling thousands of pages of these volumes that all manner of idiosyncrasies, contradictions, and potential leads big and small have been teased out by researchers since their publication. International buyers: please note that shipping outside of the U.S. is possible but will cost a considerable amount extra, as the set is heavy and physically large. Contact us for details.

Seller Inventory # 140945901

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. First issue with wings printed in red on the title page. Bound in original maroon cloth lettered in gilt with tittle blocked in black on the front cover; lacking the unprinted glassine wrap. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth at extremities and front cover, small abrasion to front free endpaper and pages lightly toned. A privately printed book intended for the Kennedy family and close friends, in memorandum of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother who died in World War II. The first issue was printed in a run of 390 copies.

Seller Inventory # 140941169

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Copy #35 of 250 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on colophon at front. x, 263 pp. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt with turquoise stamping, gilt topstain. Spine a little dust-soiled, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket with remainder stamp on front panel, typical wear at thumb pull, spine dulled. In original slipcase with sunning, dust-soiling and slight chipping along bottom panel. A signed limited edition from America's first lady, dispensing uplift and defending FDR's New Deal programs at the height of the Great Depression.

Seller Inventory # 140937176

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, with first issue errors on page X, 13 and 162 hand-corrected in ink by Roosevelt. First edition. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamping, now oxidized. Very Good with light wear to binding, small stain to fore edge of first several pages. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket spine-sunned, rubbed, and worn along edges with two tape repairs made to the blind side. A nice signed copy of FDR's New Deal manifesto.

Seller Inventory # 140939985

Condition: Very Good. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 430 of a limited 500 sets signed by Theodore Roosevelt, and printed on Ruisdael paper at the De Vinne Press. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original half leather over boards. Very Good with uneven toning to leather, bindings lightly rubbed, a short tear to the head of Volume I; pages lightly toned and with offsetting to prelims and terminals at edges from leather turn-ins. An account of Roosevelt's hunting trip to Africa, taken the year after his presidency.

Seller Inventory # 140941623

Condition: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 86 of a limited 500 sets signed by Theodore Roosevelt, and printed on Ruisdael paper at the De Vinne Press. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original half leather over boards. An unusually nice copy, Near Fine, with light wear to binding primarily at edges, pages lightly toned and with offsetting to prelims and terminals at edges from leather turn-ins. Subtle glue repair to spine of Volume I, still a very smart set, uncommon in such nice condition. An account of Roosevelt's hunting trip to Africa, taken the year after his presidency.

Seller Inventory # 140945473