Politics/Policy/Presidents/Political Science/International Relations from Gargoyle Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. D"Aulaire, Ingri; D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin. Very first book by this husband-wife team of book illustrators who would go on to win numerous awards for children's book illustration, including the Caldecott Medal for this one in 1940. Lithographed on stone in… Read more about this item

Chandler Publishing Company, 1972. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Groundbreaking for1972, this is an edited collection of 15 articles + an Introduction & Bibliographical Essay by leading black scholars, authors, & politicians who explore the state of political participation by African Americans in the US. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1972, in 273… Read more about this item

Uruguay, 1966. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Scarce in US, this is a softcover edition "El Timón" from 1966, in SPANISH, of the Marquis de Sade's political writings, originally published in French as "Ecrits politiques." 16mo has wrappers decorated with decadent cover art in tones of black & white with pink lettering to front, in 68… Read more about this item

Argentina, 1958. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. VG. Posthumously published in 1958, this pamphlet from Argentina offered a brief (63 page) biography of former First Lady, Eva (Evita) Peron. In SPANISH (much more scarce than the English edition), this slim 12mo (5.5" x 7.5") is in VG condition: blue toned wrappers with an image of Peron… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Very First Edition of what would later be called the "U.S. Official Physical Fitness Program,'' this is a piece of vintage 60's nostalgia! Prepared under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, the first American president to address the issue of the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First, Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Much beloved tale -- twice made into a movie-- of the events of Nov. 18, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate those brave men who had given their lives in the just-ended Civil War. According to legend,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+. Stunning three-volume set of this biography of the first American president, a work that Irving considered his "masterpiece." Orig. published in 5 volumes, 1855-1859, this is a slightly later edition (c. late 1800s, no dates in books) now in 3 volumes, retaining all of the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California: Phoenix Press, 1935. Second Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Way ahead of his time, the prescient occultist remains firmly on planet Earth here is his brutal assessment of the failings of our modern (c. 1935) society & educational system, & offers suggestions for reform in government; social inequality; discrimination; health; national & international relations;… Read more about this item

Farleigh Dickinson University Presses, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. A muldisciplinary collection of 10 essays which explore the changing relations between Jewish & African-American from the 19th-century to the present, highlighting the situations in the US, Africa, & Israel. In 211 pages with an Introduction by the editor. Part of a collection of… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow & Compnay Inc., 1964. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Then-professor of sociology at Dartmouth who was heavily involved with planning US military operations during WWII here examines the "awkwardness of American institutions when faced by the challenge of the nuclear cold-war world. Specifically, he asks whether "a… Read more about this item

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Orig. published in German in 1982 as "Zeit Der Ideologien,'' this is the First English-language Translation, First Printing, from 1984, in 305 pages with General Index & Name Index in rear. Just removed from storage where it has been since being received… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Washington Square Press, 1970. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Reveals the behind-the-scene details of the making of the "modern" image-driven presidential campaign, when advertisers had just begun to recognize the importance of a candidate's image & how to manipulate it--particularly for the growing TV audience. The candidate--Richard M.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1960. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John. A Scotsman traces the history of American politics from the days of Jefferson through the contemporary (Eisenhower) administration. Orig. published in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1960, and another Anchor paperback… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Transaction Books, 1980. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. … Read more about this item

SAGE Publications, Inc, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. As New. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1947. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. In the wake of the devastation caused by the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan, to end WWII, this report was commissioned & prepared under the direction of the Committee on Social and Economic Aspects of Atomic Energy of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The definitive account of the days leading up to, during, & following the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, November 20th-25th, 1963. Front endpapers are a chronology of events, while rear ones show a map of the motorcade route in… Read more about this item

Soft cover. Very Good. A leftist-leaning periodical in continual publication since it was launched in 1909 as La Follette's Weekly, changing to La Follette's for a few years, & then, in 1929, to The Progressive. This sample of issues provides a time capsule into the politics of the era, when trust in the American government was beginning… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Praeger, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Analyze the rise of Welsh nationalism in the post-WWI period, focusing on the electoral successes of nationalist movements & examining the influence of political, economic, structural, & cultural factors on this resurgence. In 139 pages with References. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1989,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 2020. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. The life & crimes of former Vice President Spiro Agnew, who surreptitiously was involved in a scandal of his own making while the world was focused on his boss, Richard Nixon, & Watergate. He "paved the way for crooked presidents to… Read more about this item