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Signed on title page: Mary Matalin James CarvilleLaid in: Original advertisement for book signing September 16, 1994 Laid in: Original Washington Post book review September 18, 1994Clean text. Price unclipped ($24.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.

Inscribed on title page: To Dan Moll Hit A homer! Best regards, Chris Matthews Dec 1, 1992Clean text. Price unclipped ($17.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in near fine condition with dust jacket in near fine condition. Remainder mark on bottom page edges with thick black line (see picture).

Boldly inscribed on entire half title page: June 15, 1991 To Jim Collins (?) -- I think you lose on our swap, so thanks for your generosity! Hoorah for Raleigh history's best in friendship Colman Clean text. Price unclipped (#13.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Like new book and dust jacket. Colman McCarthy (born March 24, 1938 in Glen Head, New York, an American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, progressive, anarchist, and long-time peace activist, directs the Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C. From 1969 to 1997, he wrote columns for The Washington Post. His topics ranged from politics, religion, health, and sports to education, poverty, and peacemaking. Washingtonian magazine called him "the liberal conscience of The Washington Post." Smithsonian magazine said he is "a man of profound spiritual awareness." He has written for The New Yorker, The Nation, The Progressive, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Reader's Digest. Since 1999, he has written biweekly… Read More

Signed by five time Presidential candidate, former Senator and Congressman Eugene McCarthy and former CBS "60 Minutes" Commentator James Kilpatrick on half title page. Kilpatrick was a syndicated newspaper columnist over for more than 45 years.
Book and book jacket are is great condition with jacket corners very sharp some minor light soiling.
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This book is a series of humorous drawings of politicians depicted as animals to represent their failings and a humorous write up about them. The various animal drawings do not represent specific politicians.

Nicely inscribed on half title page: To Msgr. Duffy With best regards Eugene McCarthy Feb 2 -- 1979 (see picture)Laid in: Mr & Mrs Eugene McCarthy printed card with home address: 7426 Hampden Lane Bethesda, Maryland. Hand written invitation: To meet Reverend Dr. Hans Kung is a reception on Monday the 29th of April (possibly 1965) at 10pm. Also two different R.S.V.P. numbers. (see picture)Note: Dr. Hans Kung was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council. In 1978, after he rejected the doctrine of papal infallibility, he was not allowed to continue teaching as a Catholic theologian, but he remained at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theologyClean text. Price unclipped ($7.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very… Read More

Boldly signed on title page: Blake McKelveyClean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition. Dust jacket in good condition with significant fading along spine. Blake McKelvey, for many years City Historian of Rochester is a pioneer in the field of urban history. "This is a narrative biography of the ten generations who inhabited and built what its now the third most populous city in New York State. It describes: 'how the pioneers finally settled on the Genesee falls as the proper site for a mill town; how the villagers there readjusted to the fact that it was becoming a city; how the Flour City gave way to the Flower City, and that, in turn, to a cosmopolitan city; how the emphasis on good government evolved; how George Eastman's interests and leardership developed; how Rochesterians responded to two world wars and the Great Depression, as well as new metropolitan problems; and finally, what the present generation gap discloses concerning the… Read More

Inscribed on first blank page: To Dan with best wishes Robert S. McNamaraClean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good condition, some fading along spine. Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency.Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the… Read More

Inscribed on half title page: For Vic Moss With best wishes, Harry McPherson June, 1972Clean text. Price unclipped ($10.95). Protected by Brodart dust jack cover. Book in near fine condition and dust jacket in very good plus condition with a few small chips at top and bottom of jacket due to shelf wear. From Jack Valenti's book, "A Very Human President"Harry McPherson was special counsel to the president. The most literate and culturally civilized of the Johnson aides, Harry should have been a working poet, which he once inspired to be, though from the president's viewpoint it was a happy chain of events that led him to his side and not to the university cloisters....His memos to the president were models of lucid thoughts elegantly paragraphed, bound together with sweet rhythms....The president had affection for Harry, sometimes ribbing him, and poking a conversational finger in his chest by suggesting Harry was "in bed with all those bomb-throwing, ass-kissing, fuzzy headed Georgetown liberals."

Inscribed: For Charlie Robinson with admiration & appreciation Vic Reinemer also signed: Lee Metcalf, U.S. SenatorClean text. Price unclipped ($5.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. Book in very good condition with slight discoloration on front blue cloth board. Dust jacket in very good condition with a few very small chips to top near book title and on top and bottom of spine. Senator Metcalf was an influential member of Senate especially in the area of conservation, where he was considered a pioneer. In many ways Senator Metcalf was overshadowed by long-time Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, the senior Senator from Montana. Mansfield succeeded LBJ as leader and served until 1977. Mansfield once called Metcalf, "Montana's most effective Senator."

Inscribed on front end paper by one of the true Giants of the United States Senate, William Fulbright. Inscribed: To Beverley Githens with appreciation and esteem Bill Fulbright Dec 1964Book in very good condition. Dust jacket also in very good with a few very small chips in bottom of spine, shows some shelf wear. Text clean. Unclipped price ($5.50). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2022, Fulbright is the longest serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He is best known for his strong multilateralist positions on international issues, opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War, and the creation of the international fellowship program bearing his name, the Fulbright Program.