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Inscribed by the famous economist on the first page: With my best regards, JK Galbraith (see picture) (writing in pencil from previous owner regarding signature)Book in very good plus condition, with a very good dust jacket with only tiny nicks at top of spine and some fading on spine. Clean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. Canadian-born American economist and public servant known for his support of public spending and for the literary quality of his writing on public affairs. He was one of the most literate economists in that he was widely read and he focused a lot on how to convey his ideas in his writing, and not just to other economists but to the entire world. Mr. Galbraith was the most widely read economist of the 20th century and was also considered one of the most influential.
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The Liberal Hour: Incisions in some popular and lethal misconceptions by the author of The Affluent Society and American Capitalism
by Galbraith, John Kenneth
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Mad As Hell: Revolt at the Ballot Box 1992
by Germond, Jack W & Witcover, Jules
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Inscribed on first blank page: To Dan Moll With best wishes, Jules Witcover Jack GermondLaid in: Original receipt for purchase of book and original advertisement for book signing by both authors at the Trover Shop on Capitol Hill on July 27, 1993.Clean text. Price unclipped ($24.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book and dust jacket new condition. After more then three decades of shrinking voter involvement in presidential elections, something happened in 1992. Whether Americans were so fed up with politics as usual or so concerned about signs of an economy and a society in decay that they took matters into their own hands, they dramatically broke the downward spiral of presidential voting and set the nation on a new course.In one of the most unusual and electric campaigns for the White House in history, an unprecedentedly popular Republican president saw his political fortunes plunge almost overnight; a Democratic front-runner was nearly destroyed by scandal, only to recover; and a…
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The University and the Public Interest
by Giamatti, A. Bartlett
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Inscribed on first page: For Jim With best wishes BartClean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in fine condition. From Wikipedia Angelo Bartlett Giamatti (April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was an American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball.Giamatti served as Commissioner for only five months before dying suddenly of a heart attack. He is the shortest-tenured baseball commissioner in the sport's history and the only holder of the office not to preside over a full Major League Baseball season. Giamatti negotiated the agreement resolving the Pete Rose betting scandal by permitting Rose to voluntarily withdraw from the sport to avoid further punishment.
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Goldwater
by Goldwater, Barry
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Beautiful bold signature diagonal across first page by Barry Goldwater. Clean text. Unclipped ($21.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.Rather than shrinking from those critics who accuse him of extremism, Goldwater challenged them head-on" in his acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican Convention. In his own words: I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.Goldwater was painted as a dangerous figure by the Johnson campaign, which countered Goldwater's slogan "In your heart, you know he's right" with the lines "In your guts, you know he's nuts."
A Democratic campaign advertisement known as Daisy showed a young girl counting daisy petals, from one to ten. Immediately following this scene, a voiceover counted down from ten to one. The child's face was shown as a still photograph followed by images of nuclear explosions and mushroom clouds. The campaign advertisement ended with a… Read More
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
by Gore, Al
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Beautiful Leather-Bound Edition of Earth in the Balance is personally signed by Al Gore. Number 830 of 5000. Full brown leather with gilt flourish on both covers, gilt text on spine, gilt edges and bookmark. (see picture)Laid in: Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by Al Gore and a WitnessLaid in: Small card stock from Publisher: "a note about Earth in the Balance and the author Al Gore"Al Gore catapults his reputation as harbinger of Global Warning to an international level stimulating dialogue, international treaties and more vocal opponents. This typically attractive copy of an Eaton Press Edition would grace any presidential library shelf unblemished and spotless. Al Gore in the book, "In the course of a single generation, we are in danger of changing the makeup of the global atmosphere far more dramatically than did any volcano in history, and the effects may persist for centuries to come."
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