Search Results: Titles starting with P from DRM Political Books

Signed on half title page: Lou BoudreauClean text. Book in very good plus condition with tight red boards. Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a shortstop on the Cleveland Indians, and managed four teams for 15 seasons including 10 seasons as a player-manager. He was also a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs and in college was a dual sport athlete in both baseball and earning All-American honors in basketball for the University of Illinois.
Boudreau was an All-Star for seven seasons. In 1948, Boudreau won the American League Most Valuable Player Award and managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series title. He won the 1944 American League (AL) batting title (.327), and led the league in doubles in 1941, 1944, and 1947. He led AL shortstops in fielding eight times. Boudreau still holds… Read More

Inscribed. First Printing. Inscribed: To Edward Sait With all fond wishes W DouglasClean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. Douglas was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who was known for his strong progressive views, and is often cited as the U.S. Supreme Court's most liberal justice ever.[2] In 1975, Time called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court."[3]Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–1975), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court. After an itinerant childhood, Douglas attended Whitman College on a scholarship. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1925 and joined the Yale Law School faculty. After serving as the third chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Douglas was… 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."

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.
Clean text. Unclipped ($7.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.
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.

Beautifully inscribed on half title page: For Dan Moll With best wishes, James A. Baker III 10/2/1995Clean text. Unclipped price ($32.50). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, statesman, and politician in the Republican Party. He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.

Boldly signed on title page: Dwight ChapmanClean text. Price unclipped ($36.99). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. New book and new dust jacket.

Inscribed on first blank page: To Frank Newcomb Sands Jr With best wishes, Milton S. Eisenhower (under this is note: Birdneck Point March 1975). See picture. Laid in: Article in Johns Hopkins Magazine by Milton entitled, "To Chart Our Future Course."Laid in: Article from Virginia Pilot April 4, 1966 entitled, "Milton Eisenhower to Quit University." Torn and faded. Clean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in good condition. Dust jacket has small tear on bottom of front page, small chips on bottom near spine and on top of spine. Some creases and possible repaired tear on top of back. Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an American academic administrator. He served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Beautifully signed on half title page: With best wishes, Lyndon B Johnson. (Signature is in fact suspiciously perfect). LBJ was a prolific user of secretarial and autopen signatures. It is possible that this may be an autopen signature. Book is bound in red cloth and is in fine condition. Dust Jacket has one inch tear at top of front impacting LBJ's head (see picture) and two minor tears at top on back. Clean text. Unclipped ($5.00). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.The author William S. White met 23-year-old Lyndon Johnson in Washington, both Texans, when Johnson worked as a Congressional staffer for Representative Richard Kleberg (D-TX) and White was a reporter for the Associated Press. "No one in Washington stands much higher in Lyndon Johnson's affection," Time reported. "The President loyally reads White's column . . . and he is not above calling White for advice . . . Johnson pays White the ultimate compliment of putting nothing off the record, relying on the total discretion of… Read More