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Inscribed on front free end paper: For Carolyn Moll Henry W. CluneClean text. Price unclipped ($6.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in good condition. Dust jacket in good condition with stain on spine and creases along spine. Stain on front cover that bleeds through to book. Discoloration on rear. Small portion of jacket missing on bottom of spine.Henry W. Clune (February 8, 1890 – October 9, 1995 was an American writer. A well-known journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, New York, his column "Seen and Heard" was published in that paper for 55 years. He also penned 14 books; including six novels.

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

Inscribed on first blank page: for Dan best wishes, John Updike 8/26/96Clean text. Price unclipped (23.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good plus condition with some minor rubbing on front from shelf wear.John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.Updike is considered one of the greatest American fiction writers of his generation. He was widely praised as America's "last true man of letters", with an immense and far-reaching influence on many writers. The excellence of his prose style is acknowledged even by critics… Read More

New unread book inscribed on title page: For Dan Moll Very best wishes, Ben BradleeClean text. Unclipped ($27.50). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. This is the third and final book by Bradlee following, "That Special Grace" and "Conversations with Kennedy."