DALLAS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: Aspects of an American City

NY, NY: Grossman Publishers, 1964. 238 pp., tan cloth w/ black, yellow & red lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book is somewhat cocked w/ light bumping to corners of boards; some soil & foxing to fore & bottom edges of page block; prev. owner's comments & underlining to about 9 pages, some very light, some heavy & more extensive; crease to one leaf; Jacket shows light edgewear w/ heavier wear, chipping & short tears to ends of spine & folds; some wear & color flaking along folds w/ a number of small nicks & scratches overall / Even though they were in pencil, I decided to leave the previous owner's markings and comments for the possible interest of the next owner. Also, some of the marking were done heavily and would leave behind impressions in the pages. "'Dallas Public and Private' is not the story of an assassination; it is the story of a city - a city that did not trust itself to receive the President of the United States - and whose worst fears were far outstripped by a double murder that shocked the whole civilized world - a city where political discussion is a matter of agreement or silence - a city where integration was achieved without incident, but where Adlai Stevenson was struck and mobbed by picketers - a city with a high incidence of political violence, accomplished almost entirely by amateurs - a city that calls itself 'the Athens of the alfalfa fields' but that bars David Oistrakh from its concert halls because of his nationality." /. Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.