Search Results: Politics and Government from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Tiburon, California: Uxor Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0-932555-04-7 . Black cloth with gilt lettering in a blue dust jacket lettered in orange green and black. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 303 pp; Only the slightest wear to the book and jacket (which remains unclipped ($25.00) and is now in a clear protective cover. .

New York and London: Harper and Brothers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth, gilt facsimile signature of author to front cover, front cover and spine with gilt lettering, top edge gilt.; 5-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 133 pp; The prior owner was Esther Lowenthal of the Economics Department at Smith College from 1911 until 1952.; Very slight wear to covers, spine a bit dulled, discrete prior owner signature inside front cover, pp 9-10 torn along bottom edge and with small loss (the "loss" is present and laid in, at present), binding shows mull between pp 104-105 - still sound, text block clean and unmarked. .

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Green dust jacket lettered in white. ; 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"; vii,385 pp; Light wear at corners, solid hinges, pages clean without writing. Jacket rubbed and lightly worn across top and bottom edges, creased on rear panel, not price clipped. .

Torino: A. Kluc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Softcover. Tan wraps. perfect bound, illustrated with photographs, text in French, Italian, English. Price, in Lire (L. 16.--) printed on rear cover. Laid in is an appeal to be completed and mailed. ; 6-3/4" x 9-1/4"; 244, [2] pp; Appeal for peace and disarmament together with history of Corda Fratres. Uncommon in the trade.; Spine worn with some loss to spine cover, binding cocked, covers toned, a number of page corners with small creases. .

New York and London: Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1939). Hardcover. Focus of this book was to alert Americans to the dangers brewing in Germany and Japan, presumably to seek sympathy for a war effort. Rear cover lists more than 25 contributors. Blue, white and red design on paper over boards, black cloth spine, illustrated in b&w. Heavy, extra for international postage. ; 8-1/2" x 12"; 122 pp; Light rubbing, lightly edgeworn, mostly at corners, solid and square binding, paper lightly toned along edges. Rippling and faint dampstaining along the bottom margin of the pages, no inscriptions, pages and clean and unmarked. .

Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle. Good with no dust jacket. 1841. Later Printing. Hardcover. Original full leather binding, black spine label, gilt lettering. ; 6 x 9"; 540 pp; Leather edgeworn and rubbed, solid hinges, pages soiled and moderately foxed, prior owner name in early pen on title page and preface. .

Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba: Instituto Cubano Del Libro/Editorial José Martí. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 959-09-0307-X . Stiff wraps, illustrated and lettered in red, black and white, reproduces declassified documents. The copy with lengthy presentation inscription on front flyleaf penned and signed by the author. ; 6" x 9"; 267 pp; Signed by Author; Light wear to covers, text clean and unmarked. .

[Contra Costa County, California]. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. Hardcover. The original county recorders fee book for 1908 (evidently not retained by the county). Entries cover transactions for persons in Martinez, Richmond, Point Richmond, Concord, Berkeley, Oakland, Crockett, Clayton, Petauma, and many other communities in and around Contra Costa County. Handsome and large red leather binding with suede insets, black spine labels, gold tooling, decorative endpapers, handwritten entries date from January 2, 1908 to December 31, 1908 and are written into 235 of the 275 pages. Quite heavy; shipping will be extra. ; 12 x 16"; Binding has a few nicks here are there but remains in quite attractive condition. The leather remains supple apart from the spine labels which exhibit cracking. Hinges remain solid, last page soiled, remaining pages appear clean and free of tears or substantial wear. .

New York: United Nations Secretariat. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Self-wraps. Early UN report discusses urban land use, and more specifically discussed problems in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, USSR, Latin America, USA, Costa Rica, India, Israel, Singapore, case studies in Yugoslavia, Liverpool, NYC and Singapore. Report 52-4583. Stapled self-wraps, mimeographed typewritten pages. ; 8-1/4" x 10-1/2"; 263 pp; Pages browned, first and last pages chipped with small losses, lacking spine covering, prior owners name on cover. .

New York: Exposition Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Beige boards, lettered in red. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 143 pp; Book lightly soiled and foxed along page edges but little wear. Jacket sunned, lightly soiled and creased, small cosed tears along top edge-one with tape repair to rear, not price clipped ($3.00), in clear protective cover. .

Sydney [Australia]: R. J. Green, Printer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Softcover. A suggested plan for the defence of Australia, written to promote improved military readiness in the aftermath of the German invasion of Czechosolvakia.Tan wraps, illustrated with b&w maps. No edition noted; preface dated January, 1939. Likely only printing, dated 1939. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 168 pp; Stain at top of front cover with bleeding onto the first few leaves, paperclip residue with staining and impressions seen on pages 49-56. Bumping seen at corners, esp. to front cover. Name inked on front cover, pages other clean and free of tears or writing. .

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Frederick Clarke, Preface by the Right Hon. James Bryce. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, 2 pp. ads at rear. Review slip laid in at front of Vol. I.. ; 5-3/4" x 9"; lviii, 627 + xlii, 793 pp; Boards mildly edgeworn, small stain on rear cover of Vol. I. Solid hinges, pages clean and free of tears or writing. .

New York: Dissent Publishing Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Softcover. This issue includes: Paul Goodman on Berkeley and Its Repercussions, Justin & Kahn on The Ambiguous Legacy of Malcolm X, A Special Feature by Robert C. Tucker on The Great Moscow Trials: A Retrospect, and more. Light green wraps, perfect bound, reddish-brown cover lettering. ; 6" x 9"; [145]-288 pp; Sunned at spine, slight edgewear, pages clean and unmarked. .

London: Stevens and Sons, Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. A concise summary of these laws produced near the end of World War I. Publishers green cloth, black lettering, publishers catalog at rear. Scarce.; 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"; xvi, 282, 8 pp; Ex-library, little used and marked solely inside the front cover, binding very lightly worn, page clean and free of tears or writing. .

Chicago, Illinois: One World. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Softcover. Fifth Revised Edition. Off-white wraps, perfect bound, photo of author on rear cover. This copy with a gift inscription on the half title page penned and signed by the author. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 253 pp; Front cover and spine toned, small gouge on rear cover. Solid binding, page clean and free of tears or writing. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Document issued as Report No. 3475 of the Reports of the House of Representatives for the First Session of the Forty-Ninth Congress. 1885-'86. Volume 12. Full leather, black and red spine labels. ; 9 x 12"; 191 pp; Leather shows wear but remains solid, sound hinges, endpapers browning, withdrawn from the Bancroft Library. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition. Softcover. Green wraps, perfect bound. Issued as Bulletin of the United States, Bureau of Labor Statistics Whole Number 158.and Miscellaneous Series No. 5. General discussion with focus on Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and discussion of many other countries.; 6" x 9"; 451 pp; Cited as having been issued in 1914 and 1915; title page notes October 15, 1914 and 1915 dates. Uncommon in the trade. ; Binding slightly out of square at top of spine, worn at corners, toned at spine and along top edge, a few spots along edge of pages, clean and unmarked. .

Sala Bolognese: Arnaldo Forni Editore. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Yellow paper boards, lettering front in black and red. Contents are chiefly reproductions of pages from actual issues of these four publication s, many are fold-outs. Detailed index lists included dates and pages.Text in Italian.; 9-3/4" x 13-1/4"; Covers lightly soiled and a bit curved, bumped corners, waterstain on rear cover, internally fine but for faint staining on the title page. .

New York: Carnegie Corporation. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. Softcover. A Report to the Carnegie Commission, on Preventing Deadly Conflict. April 1998. Stiff stapled yellow and green wraps with green lettering. Laid in is a transmittal letter from the Executive Director.; 7" x 10"; viii, 45 pp; Slight cover wear, clean and unmarked within. .

Trenton, N. J.: The John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Legal sheep, spine with red label "SENATE JOURNAL" and black label "1902". ; 6" x 9"; xxii, 745 pp; Leather worn along edges and with a few small holes, sound binding, interior is clean and unmarked. .