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The Essentials Of American Politics, Second Edition
by Benjamin Ginsberg; Theodore J Lowi; Margaret Weir; Editor-Robert J Spitzer
American Politics Books & Ephemera
A Godly Hero
by Kazin, Michael
MICHAEL KAZIN is professor of history at Georgetown University. The author of three previous books about American history--America Divided, The Populist Persuasion, and Barons of Labor-he is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The American Prospect and the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Fulbright Scholar Program. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
We the People A Concise Introduction to American Politics
by Patterson, Thomas E
Mcgraw-Hill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1995. Trade Paperback. 0070488940 . Trade paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound with light markings through the book. Black & white photos and illustrations. Rubbing and shelf wear to the edges. "This modern text provides a powerful overview of American government by skilfully interweaving unparalleled coverage of the media with its relationship to the political system." ; Tables & Graphs; 1 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 593 pages .
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£8.91
People And Parties In Politics Unofficial Makers of Public Policy
by Fenton John H
Scott, Foresman, and Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1966. Trade Paperback. Rubbing to the covers with edgewear and tanning to the spine. Other than the preious owner's name stamp on the inside of the front cover the interior is unmarked and the binding is solid. ; Scott, Foresman: American Bovernement Series; Tables & Graphs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages .
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£8.31
The City
by LINDSAY, john V
New York: Norton, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, 240pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with a small marginal stain to the front free endpaper and faint dust-soiling to the top edge. In a very good dust jacket, darkened on the spine, with some edgetears and shallow chips. Front flap clipped at the bottom corner by the publisher, with $5.95 publisher's price intact at the top. An association copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Lundsay, who was the sitting mayor, to his aide and...
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£40.82
Politics And Powers: The United States Senate, 1869-1901
by Rothman, David J
Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. 0674687752 . Blue linen covers with silver titles to the spine. Tight, bright & unmarked with light spine end bumping. Tables, Charts, and Illustrations. The DJ is unclipped, intact, with light spine end chipping and cover rubbing. ; Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America; 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 Inches; 348 pages .
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£9.09
Call to Greatness
by STEVENSON, Adlai
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 110pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's black cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Faint soiling to rear board, else a nice, fresh copy. SIGNED by Stevenson on the front free endpaper.
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£20.41
Behind the Ballots: The Personal History of a Politician
by FARLEY, James A
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good +/fair. Octavo, 392pp. A crisp, clean copy, very good or better, with some shallow marginal chips to a few pages. In a fair dust jacket, heavily chipped, with numerous clear tape repairs. SIGNED by Farley on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand: "Happy new Year, James A. Farley." The author was a political kingmaker, notable for his management of some of Al Smith's and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's gubernatorial and...
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£12.25
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER ... FOR THE YEAR 1776
London: J. Dodsley, 1779. Second Edition. Hardcover. Early ink name crossed out on the title page, light to moderate foxing; pages 255 to 258 in the second section lacking, otherwise complete with the entire text of the Declaration and the Articles present. Binding tight with some wear but easily Very Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Though not a First Edition, still an early eighteenth-century printing of one of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains...
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£765.38
Buckeye Battleground: Ohio, Campaigns, and Elections in the Twenty-First Century (Series on Ohio Politics)
by COFFEY, Daniel J.; John C. Green; David B. Cohen; Stephen C. Brooks
Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 210pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by all of the authors on the front free endpaper, and uncommon thus.
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£12.25
American Political Tradition And The Men Who Made It
by Hofstadter, Richard
Vintage. Very Good. 1948. Mass Market. B000NRFXRA . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Squared, tightly bound, an unmarked text. Age yellowing to the pages with some cover wear. ; 0.9 x 7.1 x 4.3 Inches; 381 pages .
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£8.31
Freedom, Courts, Politics Studies in Civil Liberties
by Barker, Lucius Jefferson & Twiley W. Barker Jr
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Trade paperback. 0133308782 . Tightly bound with a clean, unmarked interior. Scuffing and edgewear to the covers, in very good condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages .
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£9.68
A Preface To Democratic Theory
by Dahl Robert A
University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Paperback. B000WV6BJG . Trade paperback in good condition. There is heavy rubbing to the covers and edges, but a well bound copy with an unmarked interior. ""A Preface to Democratic Theory" explores some problems left unsolved by traditional democratic theory, Professor Dahl examines two influential "model" theories--the Madisonian, representing the prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, the...
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Functions And Policies Of American Government
by Peltason J. W. , Burns James M
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Cloth, hardcover. Green cloth boards with white/blue lettering to the cover and spine. Wear to the spine ends and corners, light rubbing. Clean & unmarked interior. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 450 pages .
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£13.08
America We Lost, The The Concerns of a Conservative
by Pei Mario
Signet. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Mass Market Paperback. A Mass Market paperback in very good condition with scuffing and edgewear, a sticker scar on the upper right hand corner of the front cover. Tightly bound with a clean & unmarked interior. An introduction by William F. Buckley Jr." A famous scholar's eloquent and heartfelt plea to restore our country's vanishing greatness." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 191 pages .
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£4.32
Patrick Henry, Patriot In The Making
by Meade Robert Douthat
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark burgundy hardcover, gold titles, pannelled in black, to the spine. A tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked text. Indexed with black & white photos. Somewear to the spine ends and corners. Overall in Very Good condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 431 pages .
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£25.59
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, FOR THE YEAR 1787
London: J. Dodsley, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Early ink stamp on front pastedown; clean copy in a worn binding with the spine dry and rubbed and the joints split but holding tight. Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. While some copies have a title page dated 1788, the first edition was published in 1789. One of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains an early printing of the United States Constitution including the text of its submission...
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£1,020.50
American Ethnic Politics
by Fuchs Lawrence H
New York: Harper Torch Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1968. Trade Paperback. A Trade Paperback in very good + condition, solid binding with a clean and unmarked interior. Light wear to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages .
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£11.29
THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER
by WEBSTER, Daniel
Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth with 5 (of 6) volumes, lacking the second volume and with volumes 3 and 5 supplied from another set. Illustrated with plates. A presentation copy with a 34-word SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author to William Judson in the first volume. While the signed Subscriber's Edition is fairly common, inscribed sets of Webster's works are rather scarce.
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£1,275.62
Declaration of Conscience
by SMITH, Margaret Chase
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo, 512pp. A fine, crisp copy, with remainder spray to the bottom edge. In a near fine price-clipped dust ajcket, with mild edgewear. This copy SIGNED by Smith on the title page, and additionally INSCRIBED by her on the opposite leaf: "To John Alden Carras, with admiration for his place in the world of tennis, and best wishes, Margaret Chase Smith." In addition to these two signatures, there is a typed SIGNED letter on Smith's...
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£163.28
Kissinger
by Kalb Marvin, Bernard Kalb
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Cloth. 0316482218 . Black cloth with 'Kissinger' in bold red/gilt lettering to the spine and cover. In very nice conditon, a solidly bound copy with a pristine interior. Th DJ is in very good condition, the spine has a bit of rubbing on it and there is a small stain on the back spine hinge. Has been protected by a plastic covering. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 577 pages .
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£27.38
The Future of Federalism
by ROCKEFELLER, Nelson A
Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press, 1962. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 12mo, 83pp. A very good copy with a large stain along the spine, affecting both the book and dust jacket. Book generally clean and sound, but the jacket showing the stain, thus good only. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Rockefeller on the half-title page: "To Margaretta with affectionate regards. Nelson A. Rockefeller." Curiously, Rockefeller's second wife (who served as Second Lady during the Ford...
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£102.05
RIGHT AND THE POWER The Prosecution of Watergate
by Jaworski, Leon
New York NY: Reader's Digest/Gulf Publishing. 1976. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0872017923 . Good in Good dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. ; Ex-Library; 305 pages .
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£8.16£5.71
A Man for All People: A Pictorial Biography of Hubert H. Humphrey
by MARTIN, Ralph G
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Quarto, unpaginated (about 100pp.), illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's navy cloth, with very mild edgewear. In a very good dust jacket, with a long tlattened vertical crease along the front panel and some mild creases and chips to extremities. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Humphrey on the front free endpaper: "To Evelyn Rosellini - with best wishes. Hubert H. Humphrey.
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£40.82
Pay Any Price Lyndon Johnson and the Wars for Vietnam
by Gardner, Lloyd C
Chicago, Illinois: Ivan R. Dee. Very Good+. 1997. Trade. 1566631750 . A very good++ Trade Paperback. Tightly bound, about ten pages with underlining, otherwise unmarked. The front cover has a crease running alongside the spine hinge. "A masterful account of Lyndon Johnson and America s fall into Vietnam by one of our finest historians, filled with fresh interpretations, deft portraits, and new perspectives." ; 1.3 x 8.79 x 5.79 Inches; 629 pages .
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£11.47
Child of the Appalachian Coalfields
by BYRD, Robert C
Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 817pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, about fine, with some very mild spotting to boards. In a fine dust jacket with a faint scrunch at the crown. SIGNED by Byrd on a bookplate issued by the publisher, and uncommon thus. Byrd was 87 when the book was published, and though he was still serving in the Senate, he was making fewer and fewer public appearances.
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£28.57
THE RIGHT AND THE POWER The Prosecution of Watergate
by Leon Jaworski
Reader's Digest Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0883491028 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; Black cloth hard covers with gilt lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean with very light patina. Dust jacket has very light rubbing to thte surfaces, no creases or tears. .
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£4.08
