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Aaron Burr (2 volumes): The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756 - 1805, and The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805 - 1836


Lomask, Milton

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st Volume: 443 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 10 pages with b&w photographs. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean tight copy. 2nd Volume: 475 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 12 pages with b&w photographs. Light wear to dust jacket - book in great condition.

Record # 804557


Price: $26.00 

 

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - The Political Biography of an American Dilemma


Hamilton, Charles V.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Lib stamp to front fly leaf, light residue to rear end paper otherwise not read

Record # 70687


Price: $15.00 

 

Adorno: A Political Biography


Jager, Lorenz

Hardcover. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1st US, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 235 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A look at Adorno's philosophical and literary work in its essential political context. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952556


Price: $24.00 

 

Antony Eden / A Biography


James, Robert Rhodes

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white photos

Record # 108430


Price: $20.00 

 

Billy Yank Governor, A - the life and times of New Jersey's Franklin Murphy


Olsen, Bernard A.

Hardcover. West Kennebunk, Phoenix, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 221 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs and reproductions. Dust jacket sun faded. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603710


Price: $32.00 

 

Bryan - A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan


Koenig, Louis W.

Hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57720


Price: $23.00 

 

Churchill: The End of Glory - A Political Biography


Charmley, John

Paperback. NY, Harcourt Brace, Rep. wraps, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Trade paperback edition. 742 pages.

Record # 60952


Price: $12.00 

 

Corazon Aquino: The Story of a Revolution


Komisar, Lucy

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of the famed revolutionary Filipino political leader. Faded spine; mild foxing to top edge. Slightly rubbed wrappers. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951171


Price: $20.00 

 

Days of Anger, Days of Hope - A Memoir of the League of American Writers, 1937-1942


Folsom, Franklin

Hardcover. Niwot, Co, Univ. Press of Colorado, 1st , 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos.

Record # 57646


Price: $35.00 

 

Frankie - Mrs. R. D. Randolph and Texas Liberal Politics


Crawford, Ann Fears

Austin, TX, Eakin Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title-page. Black & white illust. 143 pages.

Record # 66328


Price: $25.00 

 

From the Top of the Stairs


Finletter, Gretchen

Boston, Little Brown , rep, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, The daughter of Walter Damrosch tells of her early encounters and conflicts with pianos, performers, politics and parties. 252 pgs. dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 300084


Price: $15.00 

 

Harrison Gray Otis 1765-1848 The Urbane Federalist


Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 561 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of important American political figure. Age toning and mild spotting to text block edge. Light edgewear to dust jacket, slight chipping to dust jacket as well. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951569


Price: $31.00 

 

In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution 1760-1774


Miller, Lillian B.

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, This illustrated volume is a history that sets the stage for the American Revolution by presenting portraits and biographies of important figures and focusing on important political issues of the time. Includes 240 pages, with 22 color and 155 b&w illustrations. Newspaper review laid in front cover. Old price sticker on lower right corner of back cover. Crease across lower front cover, overall a very good clean copy.

Record # 805207


Price: $10.00 

 

Joseph P. Kennedy - A Life and Times


Koskoff, David E.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 3rd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 643 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket has edgewear.

Record # 207878


Price: $15.00 

 

K. F. Ryleev: A Political Biography of the Decembrist Poet


O'Meara, Patrick

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 366 pages. Fading to dust jacket spine with marker mark on back side. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855525


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Speeches of Henry Clay - Vol. II


Clay, Henry

NY, Creeley & McElrath, Unknown, 1843, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol. II only. Black & white frontis. 597 pages. Light foxing.

Record # 62064


Price: $35.00 

 

Life of Henry Clay (2 Vols.)


Schurz, Carl

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382, 424 pages. American Statesmen Series, edited by John T., Morse, Jr. Top edge gilt. excellent condition

Record # 61571


Price: $13.00 

 

Life of William Ewart Gladstone, The (2 Vols.)


Morley, John

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, Rep., 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol 2 with small tear to front hinge.

Record # 60127


Price: $9.00 

 

Maxim Litvinoff


Pope, Arthur Upham

Hardcover. NY, L.B. Fischer, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Front fly leaf gone. Slight slant to spine

Record # 57735


Price: $18.00 

 

Mayor Who Mastered New York, The - The Life and Opinions of William J. Gaynor


Thomas, Lately

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 516 pages

Record # 56211


Price: $30.00 

 

Mirrors of Washington, The


Anonymous

Hardcover. New York , Putnams, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Profiles (not always flattering) of 14 U.S. politicians. 14 caricatures by Cesare and 14 black & white photo portraits. 256 pages. Light fraying to top of spine.

Record # 61237


Price: $12.00 

 

Nancy Reagan / The Unauthorized Biography


Kelley, Kitty

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 4th print, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white photos

Record # 108433


Price: $18.00 

 

Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time


Cleaves, Freeman

Hardcover. Newtown CT, American Political Biography Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 422 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Meticulous biography of the ninth American president. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951912


Price: $31.00 

 

Papers of Adlai E.Stevenson, The - Vol I: Beginnings of Education 1900-1941


Stevenson, Adlai E.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, proof, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ed. by Walter Johnson and Carol Evans. Light wear. 588 pages + black & white illust.

Record # 57719


Price: $23.00 

 

Passions and Politics: A Biography of Versailles


Barry, Joseph

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company Inc., Reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 538 pages. Hardcover. Ivory canvas covered boards with black titles to spine. Deckled edge, illustrations in black & white, clean inside and out with maps to endpapers. Dust jacket with edgewear, light toning & price-clipped. A nice copy.

Record # 6670078


Price: $23.00 

 

Personal and Controversial


Blanshard, Paul

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Spine faded. Dust jacket slightly torn. Previous owner's sticker front end paper.

Record # 803356


Price: $8.00 

 

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy


Greene, Naomi

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 249 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Light (erasable) pencil notes/underlining in a few places. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Dust jacket unclipped, has some chipping on front cover, very good. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine. Front cover board has a bump/dent and some fading (see image). Binding tight, spine straight. Greene reveals to English-speaking readers the diverse talents that made Pasolini one of the most controversial European intellectuals of the postwar era, at the center of political and cultural debates still vital to our time.

Record # 32369


Price: $23.00 

 

Proceedings on the Death of Hon. Solomon Foot - Including Addresses Delievered in the Senate and House


N/A

Hardcover. Wash, D.C., GPO, 1st, 1866, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Foot was a Vermont Senator. Limp cloth covers

Record # 19949


Price: $40.00 

 

Rembrandt's Eyes


Schama, Simon

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 750 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Super clean inside and out. In great shape. From the front flap: "...this book moves far beyond the bounds of conventional biography or art history. With extraordinary imaginative sympathy, Schama conjures up the world in which Rembrandt moved--its sounds, smells, and tastes as well as its politics; the influences on him of the wars of the Protestant United Provinces against Spain, of the extreme Calvanism of his native Leiden, of the demands of patrons and the ambitions of contemporaries; the importance of his beloved Saskia and, after her death (Rembrandt was later forced to sell her grave, so complete was his ruin), of his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels...".

Record # 30479


Price: $31.00 

 

Scott Nearing - Apostle of American Radicalism


Whitfield, Stephen J.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages. Black & white photography. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 206299


Price: $12.00 

 

Sir Henry Vane - His Life and Times (1613-1662)


Adamson, O.H and H.F Folland

Hardcover. Boston, Gambit, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous price blacked out with marker on front end paper.

Record # 101415


Price: $18.00 

 

Sketches From a Life


Kennan, George F.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 5th pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57669


Price: $23.00 

Struggle for Modern Tibet, The: The Autobiography of Tashi TseringGoldstein, Melvyn and William Siebenschuh with Tashi Tsering

Struggle for Modern Tibet, The: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering


Goldstein, Melvyn and William Siebenschuh with Tashi Tsering

Hardcover. New York, M.E. Sharpe, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Captivating autobiography by a Tibetan educator and former political prisoner. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. With black-and-white photography throughout. Unmarked and scarce. A tight copy.

Record # 952371


Price: $44.00 

 

The Private Life of Chairman Mao: the Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician


Li, Zhisui

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 682 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark. Slight wear to jacket edges. Small gouge out of upper back cover edge. Otherwise tight and clean copy. "From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty~two years later, Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in almost daily~and increasingly intimate~contact with Mao and his inner circle. For most of these years, Mao's health was excellent; thus he and the doctor had time to discuss political and personal matters. Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries as well as in his memory. In The Private Life of Chairman Mao he vividly reconstructs his extraordinary experience."

Record # 2230472


Price: $25.00 

 

When Hollywood Had A King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence


Bruck, Connie

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 513 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. From the front flap: "In When Hollywood Had A King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who transformed the entertainment industry--businessman, politician, tactician, and visionary Lew Wasserman.

Record # 30500


Price: $19.00 

 

When LaGuardia Was Mayor - New York's Legendary Years


Heckscher, August

hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st , 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 448 pages. Dust jacket edgewear, closed tears.

Record # 64954


Price: $15.00 

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