White House Guides

A group of various editions, with successive revisions, of The White House:  An Historic Guide (first published in the summer of 1962 at the request of the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy). Approximately two copies from the Kennedy years, one from Johnson's administration, fourteen from Nixon's, one from Ford's, and one from Carter's. Together with John Ellis. The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital: A Work Descriptive of Washington City. Chicago: Jones, Junkin & Co., 1869. Green cloth, the cover stamped in gilt with a representation of the Capitol Building. Also together with four additional volumes relating to the White House. 24 volumes.