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Signed: Marvin A. Rapp June 25, 1992 ______, N.Y.Laid in: Pamphlet from Dedication of a historical marker honoring the 26 laborers who died during the building of the Erie CanalClean text. Book in very good condition. No dust jacket. An interesting collection of anecdotes, old tales, poems, songs and history.

Inscribed on second blank page: For Dan Moll best Garry WillsClean text. Price unclipped ($23.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in new condition. Dust jacket in new condition. Certain Trumpets is a study of different leaders, sixteen of them all in different fields, eleven of them American, and of what made them effective leaders. Wills' rationale for such a diverse group, admittedly a bit arbitrary, is that leadership is always tempered by context, and he wanted "contexts" that were at least generally known to the reader.

Enormously significant book in the history of American politics. Book is in near fine condition and just jacket is in good condition with significant fading along spine and a few chips in the top and bottom of spine. Book is boldly signed diagonally across the first blank page. (see pictures)Clean text. Unclipped ($3.00). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. Laid in: Reprint of book review by Russell Kirk that appeared in Chicago Daily Calumet on May 3, 1960. The book revived the American conservative movement, made Goldwater a political star, and has influenced countless conservatives in the United States, helping to lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s. A surprise hit book from Arizona senator Barry Goldwater that became his manifesto in the 1964 US Presidential race against Lyndon Baines Johnson. Goldwater lost, but his election strategy and his brand of conservatism would greatly influence the Republican Party for decades.The 123-page book covers such topics as… Read More

Inscribed on title page: To Dan Moll Very best wishes Jim Wright (The 100th Congress was the only full Congress in which Jim Wright served as Speaker as he was forced to resign due to multiple ethics issues in 1989).Clean text. Book in near fine condition. This book is distributed to every office in the House of Representatives and is considered "The Bible" for Congressional staff. As every Congressional staffer knows the original version was written by Thomas Jefferson in 1801, and is the first American book on parliamentary procedure. As Vice President of the United States, Jefferson served as the Senate's presiding officer from 1797 to 1801. Throughout these four years, Jefferson worked on various texts and, in early 1800, started to assemble them into a single manuscript for the Senate's use. In December 1800 he delivered his manuscript to printer Samuel Harrison Smith, who delivered the final product to Jefferson on 27 February 1801. Later, the House of Representatives also adopted the… Read More

Signed on Title page: Benjamin C. BradleeBook blue cloth some bumping on top and bottom of spine and book jacket very good with tear across bottom at spine roughly one inch long and small chips on top of spine. Name of previous owner printed at top of first page. Book jacket Text clean. Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. This is the second book by Ben Bradlee, following his book "That Special Grace" published shortly after Kennedy's death. One of the controversies surrounding this book was Bradlee quoting JFK's often salty language.