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Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Both volumes are First Editions . Previous owner's name blotted out with ink on front endpaper , Vol. I.

Yale University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. As new . This is an excellent treatment of the man who drafted much of the New Deal legislation . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Doubleday , Doran & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. A very good copy of the First Printing . SIGNED by Johnson . This is Johnson's account of his leadership at the National Recovery Administration . His time there was tumultuous . He was constantly at odds with Perkins , Hopkins , Ickes , Morgenthau and other members of the Roosevelt team . After much consternation , Roosevelt finally had to let him go . This book was published a few months after his resignation . It was the first insider account of the New Deal to be published . A few months later Harry Hopkins published his account in SPENDING TO SAVE and Donald Richberg told his story in THE RAINBOW . The three books together provide a remarkable , contemporary analysis of the New Deal . This is a very good copy of Johnson's book and is SIGNED by him on the first free endpaper . The hinges are tight . The interior is clean , no marks of any kind except for the Johnson's inscription . The cloth on the boards is still a bright red and… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. This is Johnson's story of his work at the National Recovery Administration published shortly after he left the job . Johnson's role in the Roosevelt team was a tumultuous one . He was constantly at odds with Hopkins , Perkins , Ickes , Morgenthau , and others . Roosevelt finally accepted his resignation and this book was published a few months later , making it the first insider account of the New Deal years followed the next year by Harry Hopkins' account of the same years in his SPENDING TO SAVE and Donald Richberg's story in his THE RAINBOW . The three books together provide a fresh , contemporary account of the early New Deal years .This is a very good copy of Johnson's book . The binding is tight . The interior is clean , no marks of any kind . The red cloth and gold graphics on the boards and spine are bright . The color on the top page edges remains strong .

The University Press Of Kentucky, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. As new . First Printing . This is an interesting collection of essays on Brandeis , originally presented at a conference at the University of Louisville in 1987 . The Contributors include Janet B. Hodgson , Dawson , Allon Gal , David W. Levy , Philippa Strum , and Melvin I. Urofsky . The topics cover Brandeis' extrajudicial conduct , his relationship to New Deal programs , and Zionism , as well as his interpretations of the Constitution . Dawson wrote the Introduction . Hodgson contributes a bibliography and a chronology .

University Of Missouri Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. As new . First Printing . A fasinating intellectual autobiography by Oederson . He explores the impact of the NEW REPUBLIC magazine on his transition from a Kansas Republican to a liberal Democrat during the Great Depression and World War II years . He analyses the influence of Max Lerner and his principal colleagues including Archibald MacLeish , Vincent Sheean , Alfred Kazin , Lewis Mumford , and Malcolm Cowley . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940. Hardcover. Very Good.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover . Wear and chips to dust jacket. BOMC, First Printing, January, 1957.

A. Neil MacLean, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed to " Hon. John T. Haig " and signed by Senator McLean .

Doubleday, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Doubleday & Company , Inc., 1957. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. This is an excellent copy bof Tugwell's biography of Roosevelt . The interior is clean , no marks of any kind . The hinges are tight on the large volume . The cloth on the boards is clean and the graphic on the front board and spine are bright . No dust jacket . Tugwell was a key player in the New Deal years and he wrote a lot about it . This is aruably his most important book .Extensively illustrated . Some photographs not published elsewhere .

Oxford University Press, 1967. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus.

University Of Alabama Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Some fading to dust jacket on spine. Emmerich was involved in Roosevelt's reorganizationand this is one of the more thoughful accounts of the that reshaped the executive branch and the presidency.

University Of Texas Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures. Lectures By Wilmon H. Droze, George Wolfskill, and William E. Leuchtenburg. Foreword on Webb, Frank Dobie, and others by C. B. Smith . The book is inscribed and signed by Smith. Leuchtenburg's contribution is a perceptive essay on Roosevelt's Court packing plan. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

University Of Texas Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures at the University of Texas at Arlington, the book includes an introduction about Webb and essays by each of the authors including "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Court Packing Plan" by Leuchtenburg. Foreword by C. B. Smith. Edited by Harold M. Hollingsworth and William F. Holmes. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. The gold gilt graphics on the front board and spine are very bright. The hinges are tight. The interiors are clean , no marks. Insect marks at top and bottom of each board . The book is protected with a mylar cover.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. The gold gilt graphics on the front board and spine are bright. The interior is clean , no marks. The hinges are tight. Dust jacket is worn and repaired with tape. The dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover.

Hill and Wang, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. An excellent copy of an interesting study by Badger . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. An excellent copy . First Printing . SIGNED by Moley . This book offers Moley's most mature thinking on the New Deal programs . He had been a close advisor to Roosevelt during the campaign and the transition period . In particular , he had helped put the Brains Trust together . In this book he covers the period from the election in 1932 to the successful election of 1936 . The focus here is on the details of the 1933 decisions . The book is inscribed by Moley on the first free endpaper . There are no other marks of any kind in the book . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Moley's personal look at the genesis of the New Deal and its opening months. A very sound copy.