Search Results: Political Science from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Modern Library, Random House, 1943. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1943, First Edition. Gray linen boards/Fine with upper text block dyed gray. DJ/None. Surviving works of Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 - 322 BC), pupil of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, constitute a vast system of analysis. This English translation by British theologian & translator of Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893) carries an Introduction from Williams College, Poltical Science professor of Max Lerner. Extant text possibly a series of connected lectures, or, parts of a larger treatise. 337 pgs in VIII Books.

New York, NY: Carl Fischer, 1942. Reprint of 1942 . Paperback/Sheet Music. Very Good/None as Issued. 5-page Vintage SHEET MUSIC. Vocal, Piano & Guitar. Strong classical, vintage publication. Score: Clean. Softcover/VG w/light edge & surface wear; short closed tear to spine sealed by archival tape; trace soiling to upper back corner. Official song of the United States Army Air Corps. Creation of Robert MacArthur Crawford (1899 - 1961) who both studied & taught at the Julliard School of Music. Colorful artist, aviator since 1923, he flew to concerts & was introduced as "The Flying Baritone." This march was submitted to the 1938, Liberty magazine sponsored contest --- of 757 entries, Crawford won. The song (1st Line: "Off we go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun...") was officially introduced at the Cleveland Air Races, Sept. 2, 1939, where Crawford sang its first public rendition!

Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1945. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New. Black linen boards/VG; Strong & sound w/rubs to surfaces & leading edges & light fading to spine. DJ/None. Upper text edge dye red; also showing fading. First published in 1943. A commentary of Chinese philosopher of Christian faith to war. Dedicated to good friends Richard J. Walsh and Pearl S. Buck, Lin Yutang comments on intrigues within the Allied front in the treatment of China --- signifying a problem of moral decay in the 1940s. Strong copy.

Garden City, NY: American Museum of Natural History, 1967. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Anthology of classic & contemporary anthropological studies of politics in non-western, pre-industrial systems of hunting & gathering societies. Scholarly essays include those of E.M. Weyer, Claude Levi-Strauss, Robert Lowie, Daryll Forde, and John Beattie. Early societies covered, to name a few, include the Eskimo, !Kung Bushman Bands, American Aborigines, Yko, Navajos, Trobriand, New Guinea Highlands, Mandari of Sudan, Inca, some African states, and Polynesia in 20 chapters. Fine copy affording insights to generations past as well to our own modern day notions.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1972. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/NEW & Bright. 1972 First Edition, First Thus. Blue linen boards w/gilt embossed spine/Fine. DJ/VG; sound w/spot fading to spine & light nips, chips & faint creasings to edges. Photo-collage endpapers. Author Joseph P. Lash (1909 - 1987) was secretary & confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt, gives us an intimate portrait of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt. 368 pgs; 15 chapters followed by 2 appendices. Volume centers on the 17 years Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) lived beyond FDR's death in 1945. Her active participation in the United Nations & strong stance on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were achievements which led President Harry Truman to honor her as the First Lady of the World. An extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary person.

New York, NY: The Noonday Press, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Paperback Printing 5th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/Fine. First published in the New Yorker & first in book form, 1971; this being the 5th Printing of 1993 . Superb recounting of 3 episodes in the life of environmental activist David Brower (1912 - 2000). Intellectual history of confrontation between Brower and other remarkable men holding divergent philosophies. 245 pgs, the three essays address Bower's encounters with geologist & mineral engineer Charles Park, resort developer Charles Fraser, and builder of dams Floyd Dominy. An enduring, provocative work.

New York, NY: Bantam, 1973. First Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage Bantam Extra TZ8300.1973 First Edition, 6th Printing. Illustrated (photo of Nixon & Agnew w/Tricia in the background) soft cover/NF w/trace edge rubs. 5 men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic Nat'l Committee Headquarters in the Watergate complex in 1972. Tape recordings implicated 37th President Richard Nixon's (1913 - 1994), who resigned August, 1974 faced w/certitude of impeachment. This political satire was first published July, 1973 when the dye of this far reaching political scandal had been cast, and 3 months before Vice President Spiro Agnew (1918 - 1996) resigned. Volume, composed of photos w/comic strip style conversation balloons, carries a faux-Henry Kissinger introduction. A spoof & parody ridiculing political-double-talk in a moment of great national tragedy & dishonor.

New York, NY: Times Books/Random House, 1989. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Historical narrative of the laying of America's transcontinental railroad. 14 chapters: 1, America, the Machine, & the Idea Whose Time Had Come; 2, Understanding the Void; 3, "Crazy" Judah, the Big Four, & the Pacific Railroad Act; 4, The First, Faint Stirrings; 5, Scheming in the Wild East; 6, The Chinese Factor & the Indian Threat; 7, The UP Gets an Army; the CP Gets a Race; 8, War Whoops on the Plains & the Octopus Is Born; 9, Into Darkest Wyoming & the Sierras Surrender; 10, Backstabbing Across the Plains & Blessedly Flat Nevada; 11, The Union Pacific Does Not Bear Scrutiny Well; 12, Carving Through Nevada; 13, Crocker's Wager & the Golden Spike; and, 14, Judgement Day.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1948. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1948 Edition. Embossed green quill on burnt-orange linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/chips, nips closed tears & small losses, and showing discoloration. LAID-IN: Review by Henry Seidel Canby titled "The Convention That Almost Failed", and, a printed note to the reader from author Carl Van Doren (1885 - 1950), brother to Mark Van Doren, uncle of Charles Van Doren, and winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin. This is the account of a handful of earnest men of goodwill who met in daily sessions for four months at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, 1787, to produce The Constitution of The United States --- still one of the world's most potent & enduring instruments of government.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1954, First Edition, First Thus. Black linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong w/light edge & surface wear. Socio-political analysis of the Republican Party. Republican, 34th President (1953 - 1961) Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was elected by overwhelming public support, notably with the power of women voters, even while repudiating the Republican Party itself. Marking a tendency toward independent voting that author Louis Harris concluded was "likely to continue" as long as "the real image of the Republican Party" has yet to emerge. Today still functioning of sames views of some 7 decades past?

New York, NY: New Ourlook Publishers, 1966. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Stapled soft cover/NF w/trace sticker shadow to upper left corner. Report to the Nat'l Conference on Political Perspectives held 1966 by the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Address delivered by Gus Hall (1910 - 2000), a leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) for some 40 years. Always a dedicated labor leader, Hall was the CPUSA's four-time U.S. presidential candidate. Text in VII Parts: I, US Imperialist Aggress in Vietnam; II, How the War Affects Domestic Affairs; III, Our Working Class Responsibility; IV, Key Task - All-Sided Unity of Labor; V, New Stage of the Civil Rights Struggle; VI, Independent Political Action; and, VII, Bold Steps to Build the Communist Party.

New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB; UNCIRCULATED Copy. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. DJ/NF; price clipped, under library mylar. Front endpaper removed; no loan pocket. A close look at the conflicts, compromises, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States from colonial times to the 1960's by historian Jules Archer (1915 - 2008) who served in the US Air Force in the Pacific during World War II, and authored many books on U.S. history, political events, and personalities, including The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR, and Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign. Jules Archer lived the remainder of his life in Scotts Valley, California.[2] His papers are held by the University of Oregon Libraries.[1]. Excellent copy.

Washington, D.C.: Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1968. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/Pencil underlining to pg 1 of Introduction, else As New. Blue linen boards/NF w/light edge & surface rubs & fading to spine. DJ/None. Vintage 1968 textbook for the Industrial College of Armed Forces. Historical resouce. This volume examines how the US Dept of Defense conducts its scientific & technological programs. Authors are the seven students of the 1966 - 67 class. 11 chapters are: I, An Overview of Defense R&D Management; II, Organizational Setting & General Concepts; III, The R&D Requirements & Planning Process; IV, Research; V, Exploratory Development; VI, Advanced Development; VII, Contract Definition; VIII, Engineering & Operational Development; IX, Weapons for the Future; X, Cooperation With Allies; and, XI, Hindsight & Forsight. Text supported by charts & diagrams.

Boston, MA.: Beacon Press, 1968. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. English text. Vintage 1968 First Edition, 2nd Printing. Soft cover/NF w/rub to upper front, trace soiling to lower back & showing faint discoloration. Discourse by Austrian born Israeli religious philosopher Martin Buber (1878 - 1965), best known for "I and Thou" (1923). First published in Hebrew in 1946, and in English in 1949. In this work Buber considers the Marxist concept of utopianism, and details his own of the essential need to first form dialogical communities. Fine copy.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/tiny check marks to Contents & Introduction, else NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace wear. PO name to title page. First published 1953; this is a 1971 reprint. British statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788 - 1850) twice served as Home Secretary, and then, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834 to1835, and again 1841 to 1846). Often regarded as the father of the modern British police, he was a founding member of the modern Conservative Party. Volume examines political milestones during Peel's prime-ministership which was marked by the first Reform Act of 1832. 496 pgs. 15 chapters in 3 parts: I, The Representative System; II, The Working of the System; and III, Direction from Above, followed by 10 appendices.

New York, NY: Da Capo Press Inc, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy; loan pockets removed. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Indigo linen boards w/gilt lettering/VG. DJ/None. 1970 Reprint of the 2nd Convention of the New York Freethinker's Association held at Watkins (now Watkins Glenn), NY, August 22nd to 25th, 1878. The Association was dedicated to freedom in relation to civil, religious & political rights, and, total separation of Church and State. 398 pgs. Major historical evolution of American political thought.

Berlin, Germany: Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1953. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New. Softcover/VG; sound w/corner tip wear, soil spot to upper back corner, and showing light surface soiling & discoloration. Historical documentation. The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany began with a strike by East Berlin construction workers on 16 June 1953. It evolved into a widespread uprising against the German Democratic Republic government the next day; the revolt is often called People's Uprising in East Germany, paved the path to eventual German reunification. albeit violent use of tanks by Soviet Forces & the Volkspolizei.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG; sound w/light edge wear, fading to spine & surface soiling. PO name to fEP. Able journalist, college professor Samuel Lubell (1911 - 1987) was with the Office of War Information during World War II, and later to the Office of Economic Stabilization, and, chief aide to financier Bernard Baruch. Here he examines American trade relations with the rest of the world in post World War II. Among other points he questions the efficacy of tariff reduction and the elimination of trade restrictions.

New York, NY: New Century Publishers, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Charles Keller (Illustrator). Text/As New. Stapled softcover/Good; intact w/edge rubs, faint creasing to lower front corner, & closed tears to spine. Vintage 1946 dialogues addressing social problems familiar to our world. Time: end of World War II. In 1945 some US 930,000 veterans return to no home --- their requests to pitch tents in open spaces for themselves & their families turned down. A top selling, persuasive argument for Socialism versus Capitalism in the light of American social disorders --- housing & jobs for veterans, anxieties of farmers & small business versus coddling of German & Japanese bankers. Philadelphia born A.B. Magil, (1905 - 2003), also known as Abraham B. Magil and "Abe" Magil, was a Yiddish-speaking, full-time Communist Party Member & journalist for the Daily Worker. 63 pgs. A civil dialogue, and, social active ideas to improve… Read More

Chicago, IL: Univ of Chicago Press, 1978. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW Bright. Softcover/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. Inked numeral to rear cover verso. First published 1973; this 1978 paperback edition has a new Introduction from author Paul Hollander. Systematic, comparative analysis of social values, institutions, political ideology & practices in religion, education, family life, sexual mores, problems of authority & crime, with special reference to the most enduring features of life in America versus that in the Soviet Union. An enduring scholarly reference for cross-cultural studies of post World War II. 476 pgs, 9 chaptersFine copy.