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Intended Consequences
by Donald T Critchlow
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how thegovernment's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. The growth of the feminist movement in the late 1960s fundamentally...
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Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America
by Shawn Dorman
Washington, DC: American Foreign Service Association, 2005. Trade Paperback. New. Pristine inside and outside. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 136 pages. Who works in an embassy? What do diplomats actually do? Inside a U.S. Embassy offers an up-close and personal look into the lives of the diplomats and specialists who make up the U.S. Foreign Service, taking readers inside embassies and consulates in over 50 countries, providing detailed descriptions of Foreign Service jobs and first-hand accounts of...
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£12.21
Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949
by Lucien Bianco
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, June 1971. Trade Paperback. 1984 printing. Originally published in French in 1967 under the title Les Origines de la Revolution Chinoise, 1915-1949. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Suning and edgewear to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 223 pages. The best introduction to Chinese Communism ever published. It focuses on the dynamic social forces underlying the Chinese Communists' rise in three short decades...
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£14.65
Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends
by Appelbaum, Anne
London: Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books. 2020. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 206 pages. Examines how the relationships between America and Europe have soured over the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Combines the personal and the political in an original way and brings a fresh understanding to the dynamics of public life in America and Europe both now and in the recent...
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£11.59
Age of Fracture
by Rodgers, Daniel T
Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 352 pages. Offers a powerful reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. Cutting across the social and political arenas of late 20th century life and thought, Rodgers reveals how categories of social reality have...
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£15.81
Thread of the Silkworm
by Iris Chang
New York: Basic Books, November 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / second printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 329 pages.
The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became—to America's continuing chagrin—the father of the Chinese missile program. Born in China in 1911, he came... Read more about this item
The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became—to America's continuing chagrin—the father of the Chinese missile program. Born in China in 1911, he came... Read more about this item
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£30.98
Strange Bedfellows How Television And The Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, 1992.
by Rosenstiel, Tom
Hyperion. Very Good. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1562828592 . Black hardcovers with red cloth spine covering, silver titles to the spine. First Edition, First Printing. A tightly bound copy with an unmarked text. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good, light cover scuffing and edgewear. "An award-winning media analyst takes an incisive look behind the scenes at the news coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign. The media attempted to forego sensationalism, soundbites, and...
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£11.47
United States Postal Service Commemorative Publication; One Hundredth Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union
by [Harlow, Bryce]
[Washington DC]: Government Printing Office, 1973. Limited Edition. Vellum. Fine. Limited edition of the Universal Postal Union's One Hundredth Anniversary from Postmaster General E.T. Klassen, dedicated to Presidential Advisor Bryce Harlow.. Octavo, [26pp]. Blue vellum covers, title in gilt on cover. Blue endpapers. Matching blue slipcase. This copy was personally dedicated to the Honorable Bryce Harlow, with his name appearing in gilt on the cover and dedication page. Signed by Postmaster General...
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£204.10
The Politics of Elite Culture: Explorations in the Dramaturgy of Power in a Modern African Society
by Abner Cohen
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in a Fine jacket with the slightest edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 352 pages.
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£13.84
A Problem From Hell; America and the Age of Genocide
by Power, Samantha
New York: Basic Books / A New Republic Book, 2002. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. The first edition, first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Problem From Hell" by Samantha Power.. Octavo, xxi, 610pp. Hardcover, black spine with title in gilt. A first edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Dust along top edge of text block. In publisher's first edition dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light wear along top edge, otherwise near...
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£122.46
The Need Of Change; Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
by Street, Julian [Nicholas Longworth]
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924. New Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. Inscribed to Congressman Nicholas Longworth and his wife, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, New Edition of The Need of Change by Julian Street.. Octavo, 79pp. Red cloth, title stamped in black. Originally published in 1909, this reissued volume was published in 1924. Clean text throughout, sound text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, loss at spine, closed tears to both covers. Includes laid-in photograph. Inscription reads: "For...
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£265.33
A Bill To Organize The Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas; And the Report Of The Committee On Territories
by Douglas, Stephen A
[Washington], 1854. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. A Bill To Organize The Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas And the Report Of The Committee On Territories, In The Senate Of the United States, January 4, 1854, by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Octavo, 8pp. Bound at spine, even toning throughout. (Sabin 52180). Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was a democratic senator from Illinois, who ran against Lincoln in 1858 for the Senate seat from Illinois. Their eloquent debates, which would be published in...
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£142.87
Observations On Senator Douglas's Views Of Popular Sovereignty, As Expressed In Harpers' Magazine, For September, 1859
by Douglas, Stephen A
Washington DC: Thomas McGill, 1859. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good. Second edition of Observations on Senator Douglas's Views of Popular Sovereignty, as Expressed in Harpers' Magazine, for September, 1859.. Octavo, 24pp. Stated "second edition" on title page. Original wraps, bound at spine with twine. Light toning to cover, generally clean text. (Sabin 20693) This followed the first edition the same year. Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was a Democratic senator from Illinois, who ran against Lincoln...
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£142.87
An Oration; Delivered In The New York Academy of Music, On The Fourth of July, 1861
by Everett, Edward [Francis Granger]
New York: G.Q. Colton, 1861. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Inscribed by Secretary of State Edward Everett to vice presidential nominee Francis Granger, An Oration, delivered in New York on the Fourth of July, 1861.. Octavo, 52pp. Printed wrappers, bound at spine with string. Chipping along edges, light soiling. Three ink blots to front cover, occasional pencil marks. Inscribed along the top edge: "Hon. Francis Granger, With the kind regards of Edward Everett." Two years after delivering this...
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£142.87
Shadow
by Bob Woodward
New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. June 18, 1999. First edition / full number line. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 592 pages. After Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, President Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over." But it was not. The Watergate scandal and the remedies against future abuses of power had an enduring impact on presidents and the...
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£8.12
Does America Need a Foreign Policy?; Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century
by Kissinger, Henry
New York: Touchstone Book, 2002. First Touchstone Edition. Paperback. Near fine. The first Touchstone edition of Does America Need a Foreign Policy? by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, inscribed to Emirati businessman and entrepreneur, Mohamed A. Alabbar.. Octavo, 350pp. Illustrated paperback, title on cover and spine. Stated "first Touchstone edition" on copyright page, with a full number line. This copy appears unread, a near fine example. Signed on the half title: "To Mohamed A. Alabar /...
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£204.10
El Salvador: Central America in the New Cold War
by Marvin E. Gettleman (ed); Patrick Lacefield (ed); Louis Menashe (ed); David Mermelstein (ed); Ronald Radosh (ed)
New York: Grove Press, November 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Binding square and tight. Foxing to edges. Mild shelfwear. Not from a library. 397 pages. A collection of essays on El Salvador discusses the rise of militant labor, terrorism, and human rights issues; and the prospects for peace.
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£7.31
A Thousand Days. John F. Kennedy in the White House
by Arthur M. Schlesinger
Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1965. Hardcover. First Edition, fifth printing. Navy cloth over boards with gilt lettering in red title bands and boxes to spine and front cover. A handsome Near Fine book with No Jacket. Original owner's bookplate to front free endpaper, otherwise interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, head bumped. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Several small scratches to rear cover. xvi + 1087 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National...
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£12.21
The Carpet Wars: Ten Years In Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
by Christopher Kremmer
New Delhi: HarperCollins India, 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xvi + 447 pages. Travels in dangerous places in quest for carpets.
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£11.39
A Viet Cong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath
by Như Tang Trương; Nhu Tang Truong; David Chanoff; Doan Van Toai
New York: Vintage, April 1986. Trade paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 350 pages. An inside account of the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
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£12.21
Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, And The Federal Government In Modern America
by Critchlow, Donald T
New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Hardcover. 1999. 1st Edition. 8vo 307pp . Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
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£38.40
Statement by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago on the Situation in Grenada, October 26, 1983
by George Chambers
Port of Spain: Government of Trinidad and Tobago, October 26, 1983. Unbound Photocopy. Very Good. As circulated to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. 13 pages.
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£4.86
First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary
by Schneider, Dorothy and Schneider, Carl J
New York: Checkmark Books. 2001. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 406 pages. Contains biographies and pictures, suggested further reading and a chronology of each first lady, Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£9.49
Portrait of a Decade : the Second American Revolution
by Anthony Lewis ; New York Times
New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. First Edition / First Printing (stated). Dark blue cloth over boards with gold lettering to spine. Eight plates B&W photos. Very Good book. No jacket. Book plate to FFEP. Text block pristine. Spine straight, ends bumped. Cover clean and bright. Very handsome on a bookshelf. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 322 pages. A first hand account of the struggle for Civil Rights from 1954-1964.
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£12.21
Notes as Vice President 1928-1929
by Dawes, Charles G. [General A.A. McHardy]
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The memoirs of Vice President Charles G. Dawes, Notes as Vice President: 1928-1929, inscribed to General Alexander A. McHardy of the British Army.. Octavo, 329pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Light toning and rubbing to spine. Stated "Reprinted December, 1935" on copyright page. In publisher's scarce dust jacket, near fine, short closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, exceptionally bright...
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£428.61
Washington D.C. to Washington Square (Inscribed by Author)
by Brademas, John
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1986. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. White dustjacket is a little age-toned at edges. Inscribed by the author to previous owner on front free endpaper. 266 pages. A colllection of essays by Brademas who was a US congressman and later University President. Organised into three sections - Education, Public Policy, Reflections. Robust,...
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£18.44
