Political History
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On the Intelligibility Of Political Philosophy Essays Of Charles Nr McCoy
by James V and John J Schrems Schall
Political History Books & Ephemera
A Western Panorama 1849-1875. the Travels, Writings and Influence of J. Ross Browne.
by Goodman, David Michael
The Arthur H. Clark Co. , Glendale, CA.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition Hardcover. The travels, writing, and influence of J. Ross Browne on the Pacific Coast, and in Texas, Nevada, Arizona and Baja California, and Minister to China. Illustrated 328 pages, appendix, bibliography, index. Original red cloth binding with rough cut front edges to book. Issued without a dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine condition. ; 6 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. .
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£39.66
The Printer and the Prince.
by Trietsch, James H
Exposition Press, N. Y.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. A study of the influence of Horace Greeley upon Abraham Lincoln as candidate and president. 332 pages, notes, bibliography. Minor wear and light soiling to the dust jacket . Book has light soiling to the edges. No names, writing, or marks. Dust jacket and book are in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size .
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£20.23
History of the 101st regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 (Presentation copy)
by John A. Reed
Chicago, IL: L. S. Dickey & Co., 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, navy blue cloth boards with gilt to front and spine. Exterior shows wear/light soiling along with scuffs, also on edges and corners. Interior binding is good, no hinge issues. Map of North Carolina in rear of book is attached and present with no tears. Mild scattered foxing is present with the worst being around the illustration pages caused by...
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£53.93
Lyautey
by Mauois, Andre
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1931. Book. Almost Fine. Half Leather Hardback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edit. 1931 - Leather spine near fine with 4 raised bands decorated in gilt with 4 embossed flowers + fine gilt titles to label. Paper covered boards with very minor shelflife (see photo) Endpapers printed with no cracking again fine. Free endpaper with a short dedication & signed by Frank G Macmillan. 356 pages very very slight darkening to edges of pages. Gilt top of page block...
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£17.05
Major Fidel Castro's Appearance in TV in Order to Inform the People about Major Ernesto Guevara's Death
Instituto del Libro, 1967. Stapled wrappers. Very Good +. The uncommon booklet containing the October 15th, 1967 30 pg. announcement by Fidel Castro to the world of the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Clean and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Printed and published in Havana. Originally "transmitted over the National Radio and Television Network and Radio Havana, October 15, 1967"
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£80.93
The Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 1751-1758, now First Printed from the Manuscript in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society, Volumes I and II, complete
by Robert Dinwiddie (introduction by R. A. Brock)
Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1885. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, two volume matched set bound in pebbled brown cloth with paper labels to spine. Exterior shows quite a bit of wear and spotting, both paper labels have sections missing and are barely readable. Volume 2 has some damage along the outside spine edge. Overall interior binding is good with no major issues. There is some pulling but all text pages are...
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£34.90
Time Magazine August 9, 1976.
by Gerald R. Ford Autograph On Cover Time Magazine 1976
August 9, 1976. Softcover. Gerald R. Ford's picture appeared on the August 9, 1976 Time Magazine cover with the caption "Ford Closes In". He is pictured at his desk in a suit vest with his sleeves rolled up. He has personally autographed in crisp clear black ink on the white of his sleeve "Gerald R. Ford". The cover has a few minor wrinkles at the extreme edges but the autographed picture is bright and clean. The magazine cover is separating from the staples at the fold but...
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£202.33
The Imperial Presidency
by Schlesinger, Arthur M
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1973 Houghton Mifflin Stated First Printing of this acclaimed book. It is in NF/VG condition and is **SIGNED** on the ffep and rare as such! The HB has virtually no wear save for some minor end page browning. The Dj is clipped and has minor wear.
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£89.02
A House of Commons for a Den of Thieves: Australia's Journey from Penal Colony to Democracy
by Wakeling, Adam
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2020. MINT - a NEW copy. xx, 306 pages. 'A House of Commons for a Den of Thieves' is the story of how the citizens of the Australian colonies threw off the stigma of their criminal origins and asserted their rights. Not only against imperial authorities in London but also those wealthy and powerful men in the colonies themselves who distrusted the idea of mass democracy. And through their success, they created a lasting democratic tradition that...
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£23.26
RUSSIAN LIBERALISM: FROM GENTRY OT INTELLIGENTSIA (RUSSIAN RESEARCH CENTER STUDIES, 30)
by Fischer, George
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1958. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/fair. 240p. Jacket rubbed with holes on back and chips to edges with large creased tears on front and sticker shadow on spine. Includes bibliography. 2 leaves of b&w plates. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")
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£15.38
Australia and the Australians: A New Concise History
by Younger, R.M
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1974. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 869 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£7.93
Age of Fracture
by Rodgers, Daniel T
Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 352 pages. Offers a powerful reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. Cutting across the social and political arenas of late 20th century life and thought, Rodgers reveals how categories of social reality have...
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£15.86
In Our Time America from World War II to Nixon
by Hodgson, Godfrey
London: Macmillan. 1977. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 564 pages. The landmark history of America in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s and one of the first that examined the liberal consenseus of liberal values accepted by both sides of politics. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition....
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£18.50
The Life of Major General Zachary Taylor.
by Montgomery, H
J. C. Derby & Co. , N. Y.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1847. Hardcover. Second printing of 1847. A biography of Zachary Taylor written before he became the 12th president of the United States. 360 pages. Heavy foxing to the interior page edges. Text is clear and crisp. Binding is tight. Original cloth binding. All pages present. No tears. Book is in Very Good condition considering it is over 150 years old. ; Standard Book Size .
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£93.07
A Charge to Keep.
by Bush, George W
William Morrow And Co. , N. Y.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. hardcover with dustjacket. 0688174418 . Signed First Edition. Boldly signed on the half title page, by the then Governor of Texas, George W. Bush, soon after to become the Nation's 43rd President. It is his signature only - not signed to anyone - signed by him directly on the page with a bold black felt tip pen, not on a book plate. 253 pages, index. Original publisher's price of $23.00 is on the dust jacket. No...
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£314.82
Pictures of the Pain. Photography and the Assassination of President Kennedy.
by Trask, Richard B
Yeoman Press, Danvers, Mass.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0963859501 . First Edition in hardcover. Dust jacket and book are in Nearly Fine condition, with only minor soiling on the top edge. No names, writing or marks in the book or on dust jacket..This highly illustrated book, including many photographs never before published, looks at the rich but understudied photographic history of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 7 1/4 in. X 10 1/4 in. 638...
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£96.31
False Witness. the Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK.
by Lambert, Patricia
M. Evans And Co. , N. Y.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0871318792 . First Edition. Hardcover. The author's tells the true story of the arrest of Clay Shaw by New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison. She says the arrest and later the movie JFK were all based on manufactured evidence, and perjured testimony by the witnesses. A very readable book. 352 pages, afterword, appendices, bibliography, index. No names, writing, or marks in book. Dust jacket and book are in...
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£39.66
Up from Liberalism
by William F. Buckley, Jr
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1959 stated 1st printing of William F. Buckley's 3rd published book. Tight and VG (offsetting at the gutters, light spotting to the rear panel, very thin band of offsetting along the top-edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one closed tear and very light chipping/creasing to the top-edges, and fading along the spine. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, Foreword by the formidable John Dos Pasos.
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£80.93
Crashing the Party. Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender.
by Nader, Ralph
Thomas Dunne Books, N. Y.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Hardcover. 0312284330 . Signed by Nader on the half title page with a short inscription to the previous owner. 383 pages appendix A-K, suggested readings, index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size .
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£36.42
British Experiments in Public Ownership and Control
by Terence H. O'Brien
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1938 stated 1st edition of this uncommon, pre-War examination in Britain of "three examples of a method of organizing public control of a business or service which is essentially new and experimental" (from the dustjacket front flap). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the foot of the spine. Thick octavo, part of Norton's "Books That Live for Our Times" series.
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£80.93
Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
by Klobuchar, Amy
New York: Knopf, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This 2021 Knopf 1st Edition/1st Printing is ***SIGNED*** by the US. Senior Senator from Minnesota on the FFEP. The hardback and dustjacket are in FINE condition. Note: there is an obvious publisher printing error of an uneven rear board right margin/spine. 0.1mm tear in back upper right spine.
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£32.37
Mars' Master; A Classical Exposition of Material Influences That Caused the European War
by Bob Rogers
Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Company, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original light blue cloth boards with paper labels on front and spine. Exterior shows toning and light soiling, labels are yellowed and spine label shows chips. Corner show bumps. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are tone due to age and foxing is present throughout, with the worst being the frontispiece and title...
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£313.28
The Victorian City Images and Realities : Volume I Past and Present and Numbers of People
by Dyos, H.J. And Wolff, Michael (Edited by)
London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1976. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xvi, 223, xiv pages. A substantive work on the shaping of the city as the environment for modern man. With contributions from a number of historians. A many-sided approach which deals with the city's growth, fabric, institutions, health, poverty, politics, religion, diversions, and the way in which...
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£10.57
Eight Years in Congress, From 1857-1865 Memoir and Speeches (SIGNED)
by Samuel S. Cox
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, original binding. Blue cloth boards blindstamped with gilt on spine. First edition thus with single date of 1865 on both the copyright and title page. There is a brief inscription by the author: "Dr. G. W. Davis with regards of S. S. Cox. 1865, Aug 23". There's also a bookplate on the front pastedown bearing the name of a different owner. No other...
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£45.14
Camaings a Century of Presidential Races From the Photo Archives of the New York Times
by Berger, Barbara M. (editor)
New York, NY: DK Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 11.0 X 9.1 X 1.5 inches; 416 pages; Stated First American Edition. Book Tight. Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage. Text is clean no markings seen. Illustrated Black & White Color Photos; BX481 .
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£27.52
