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New York: American Heritage / Harper & Row, 1963. Part of Am. Heritage Junior Library. Very well illustrated with many color and some b/w reproductions of paintings, photos, arrtifacts, etc. 153 pp. w/ index. CONDITION:White cover shows light soil. Spine is square, tipa are lightly rubbed. Light wear to edges. Binding is tight. Interior is clean and unmarked.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Andrew Jackson Soldier and Statesman American Heritage Junior Library Ralph Andrist President Biography. more information

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New York: Rutgers University Press, 1947. Selections of Lincoln's writings and the writings of others about all aspects of Lincoln's life. 564 pp. Index. CONDITION: No dj. Light rubbing to edges, head/heel of spine, Binding secure. Contents clean and unmarked.. B.c.e.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Lincoln Reader Paul M. Angle President Presidents Presidential Quotations. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Fascinating narrative history of the "war" between the Executive and Legislative branches over the power to wage war. 476 p. w/ index.. ISBN: 0671633767. First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rockets Red Glare when America Goes to War the Presidents & the People Richard Barnet Executive Legislative Branch Separation of Powers Political Science Military History War Powers. more information

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Paterson, NJ: Littlefield, Adams & Co., 1965. Outlines of the key cases that have shaped American Constitutional law. 370 pp. CONDITION: Cover is scuffed. Binding is tight and square. Pages are high quality paper and unbrowned. Text is clean and unmarked. Owner name on back of ffep.. Fifth Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leading cases on the Constitution Paul C. Bartholomew. more information

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New York: Norton, 1978. Senator Daniel Webster was one of the three most influential senators in the period before the Civil War (Calhoun & Clay were the others.) Representing Massachusetts he was the leading Union advocate in the Senate, his Reply to Hayne considered a masterful response to the advocates of disunion. This full bio captures the contradictions of the man and the turmoil of the times. Modern readers will be surprized by the fund raising and personal loan practices that were the norm for the time. A good read! 333 p. w/ index. illus w/photos and engravings. Owner deboss on title page else clean and unmarked.. ISBN: 0393075249. First - "1" in Number Line. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Daniel Webster Irving H. Bartlett Senator Great Trimumverate of the Senate Politics Biography History. more information

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New York: Scribners, 1925. Bishop, a journalist with the Tribune and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt, who "has known every one in this country of importance," Horace Greely, John Hay, Henry Ward Beecher, Edwin L. Godkin, and Theodore Roosevelt for example. His career spanned the period from 1870 to the 1920's and he was not only and observer, but also a participant in the turbulant politics and social movements of the time. His memoirs "depict, through the aid of incident and anecdote, the personality of men, many of them famous, whom it has been my high privilege to know, many of hwom have honored me with their friend ship and confidence," and consitute one of the great records of what the leaders of him time were really like as people. 236 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Dj in non-glare mylar has edge wear and chipping. One inch piece is missing from lower spine panel. Dj is NOT price clipped. Red cloth cover is rubbed at edges. Tips bumped. Small white smudge/stain lower front cover. Spine has light forward slant. Binding is tight. Pages browning, clean and unmarked.. First Same Date tp/cp. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Notes and Anecdotes of Many Years Joseph Bucklin Bishop Journalist Journalism Theodore Roosevelt Politics Memoirs Autobiography. more information

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New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1974. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe governed America of 24 years during which great growth occured in business, large advances occured in technology and the nation began its relentless expansion across the continent. This book gives the men and the milieu they lived in and helped create. 218 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Ex library with usual markings and artifacts. Dj in laminate. Book is sound, generally clean. Text is free of underlining or marginal notations. A very good reading/working copy.. ISBN: 0809831171. First No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Nice Ex Lib Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. America and the Viginia Dynasty 1800-1825 Fon W. Boardman Jefferson Madison Monroe Culture American Lifestyle. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 1936. Written from a unapologetically pro-Jefferson viewpoint, narrates the triumph of "democracy" during his two terms. Together with Bowers's "Jefferson and Hamilton," chronicles the great struggle over the direction of American democracy in the first twenty years under the Constitution. 538 pp. with bibliography and index. CONDITION: Red cloth cover is rubbed at bottom edges and tips. Light scuffing to cover surfaces. Titles on spine are bright. Binding tight and true. Bookplate has been removed from front pastedown. Owner name in ink on ffep. Contents are clean and unmarked. . First Same Date on cp/tp. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. jefferson in Power the Death Struggle of the Federalists Claude G. Bowers Political Parties History Development Evolution Political Science. more information

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Little, Brown and Co., 1959. Brief bio of Douglas toiuching on the hight points of his career. 239 pp. w/ notes on sources and index. CONDITION: Ex lib. Well-used but sound ex lib with usual library markings and artifacts. Dj in lib mylar. Text appears clean and unmarked. Binding tight.. First. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. Stephen A. Douglas Defender of the Union Gerald M. Capers Civil War Senator Lincoln-Douglas Debates Sectionalism Kansas-Nebraska Act library of American Biography. more information

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New York: Knopf, 1990. Award winning biography of Lyndon Johnson traces his rise in politics to his first successful run for the Senate. Reveals the corruption and dealing of Texas politics. 506 pp. w/notes and index. Photo illustrated. CONDITION: Dj in new mylar has light edge wear. Book is ligthly edge rubbed. Binding tight. Three light scuff marks on upper edge of page block. Contents clean.. ISBN: 0394528352. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Years of Lyndon Johnson Means of Ascent Robert A. Caro Politics Politician President Senator Biography. more information

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. 634 pp. with index. . 4th Printing of Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Philadelphia: Union Publishing Company, 1872. "Biographical sketches of all the candidates for President and Vice-President; history and platforms of the great political parties; facts about public men and measures; review of Grant's administration; the queer record of Horace Greeley." 570 pp. Illustrated with engravings. CONDITION: Black cover worn through at all tips, head and heel of spine. Spine split of three inches along edge of rear board with one inch closed tears running perpendicular into spine. Front hinge cracking, Binding tight. Endpapers show dark discoloration. Occasional foxing, marginal stains to contents. Pencil scribbles on copyright page and title page, also pp 240-241. Rest of text unmarked, . First. Hard Cover. Good/No Dj. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Politics Elections Presidential Campaigns Horace Greeley Ulysses Grant. more information

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Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1940. Contents: Nature of Crime in General; Sources of the Criminal Law; The Criminal Intent and Capacity to Commit Crime; The Criminal Act In General; Parties in Crime; Offenses Against the Persons of Individuals; Offenses Against the Property of Individuals; Offenses Against the Habitation of Individuals; Offenses Other Than Against Person, Property or Habitation of Individuals; Jurisdiction and Locality, with Index, table of cases. 724 pp. CONDITION: Usual library markings and artifacts. Blue library rebind is rubbed and scuffed. Binding tight. Contents clean and unmarked. . Fourth Edition. Heavy Duty Library Rebind. Sound Ex Library Copy/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Law School Library. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes William L. Clark William L. Marshall National Textbook Series Legal Law Book. more information

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Washington D. C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1981. Includes speeches and debates of the 1980 presidential campaign season of Carter and Reagan; Supreme Court decisions on employee rights, political firings, arrests in homes, immunity of municpalities, interrogation, death penalty, patenting living organisms, minority set asides, public abortion funding, and double jeopardy; foreign policy documents on hostage negotiations with Iran, OPEC oil pricing, agreements with China, IMF-World Bank, trail of Mao's widow, Polish workers, coup in Turkey, Zimbobwe independence, Cuban boatlift, Iran rescue attempt, Quebec separatists, Afghan crisis, Sakharov banishment, human rights, UN on Israeli settlements, coup in Liberia; science and health issue reports on chromosome damage from Love Canal, women's smoking, coal resources, Global 2000 report, economic impact of eruption of Mount St, Helens, flight of voyager I; documentation of congressional and religious issues Synod of Catholic Bishops, Senate probe of Billy Carter, Pope's encyclical and travels, various censures and expulsions from Congress, economic summit, Pope's order on Drinan (telling him to resign from the House), speech by Cyrus Vance (former Sec State), Carter's last (YES!) State of the Union Address, various economic and defense reports. This volume also includes index to years 1976-1980. 1043 pp. CONDITION: Ex lib with usual markings and artifacts. Book has been little used, is clean, tight and unmarked. Dark smudge on bottom edge of page block.. ISBN: 0871871696. First. Hard Cover. Very Good ex Lib. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex Library. Historic documents of 1980 Congressional Quarterly Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Supreme Court. more information

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New York: Scribners, 1924. Speeches and addresses by President Calvin Coolidge published for his re-election campaign of 1924 when he was running for the office in his own right (he became President upon the death of Warren Harding). 420 pp. w/index. Frontis. CONDITION: No dj. Deep blue cloth cover is lightly rubbed at tips. Gilt on front is bright. Gilt on spine is darkening. Binding tight. Gift inscription in neat hand fills most of ffep. Tiny pencil mark at start of paragraph p.66; p. 61 creased from dog-earring. Otherwise contents are clean and unmarked.. No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Price of Freedom Speeches and Addresses Calvin Coolidge President Presidential Administration Republicn. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. "Let every inhabitant make known his determinatin to support LAW AND ORDER; that duty is supreme." "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." "Unless good citizens hold office, bad citizens will." "We need more [work] and less [show].... Let men in office subsitute the midnight oil for the lime-light." This book shows why Coolidge, the epitome of the laid back President, was seen as an energetic rising star in the Republican Party. 275 pp. Photo frontis. CONDITION: Dj in new mylar is soiled has two inch long by half inch deep triangular chip from upper front edge near spine. Excised point tear to upper spine below title and above author's name. No price on flap. Dj shows portrait of Coolidge. Book is moderately rubbed on spine. Tips sharp. Binding tight. Pages browning. Text clean and unmarked.. Seventieeth Thousand. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. Small 8vo - 7¾" Tall. Have Faith in Massachusetts Speeches and Addresses of Calvin Coolidge Governor Law and Order Political Platform Republican President. more information

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New York: Harper Collins, 1990. Organized in seven topical sections covers Lincoln and the American Dream; Lincoln and Slavery; Lincoln and the House Divided; Lincoln and the Race for President; Lincoln and the Union; Lincoln and Libery; Lincoln and Democracy."...documents the development of an extraordinary leader as he matured from local politician to Great Emancipator. ...traces his evolving view of government, reconfirms his commitment to the ideals of liberty and union. ...includes well-known as well as infrequently published..." writings and speeches. 416 pp. w/biographies of editors and contributors and index. CONDITION: Dj in new mylar has light edge wear. Cover is clean, tips square. Binding is tight and true. Some light smudges on front edge of page block, small stain on lower edge of page block near spine. Owner name in neat hand on ffep. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked. . ISBN: 006039126x. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lincoln on Democracy His Own Words with Essays By America's Foremost Civil War Historians Mario M. Cuomo Harld Holzer President Presidential Writings New York State Governor Liberty Federal Government Power Control Constitution. more information

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New York: Harper, 1956. Thorough study of Ike's first term. 423 pp. w/index, photo section. CONDITION: Ex lib with usual markings, artifacts and damage. Underlining in pencil in chapter on Whtie House life, rest of text is unmarked.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. eisenhower the Inside Story Robert J. Donovan President Presidency Biography. more information

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Chicago: American Library Association, 1966. An anthology of the most notable writings of American and British authors in the field of book censorship and intellectual freedom. Writers include: Leo Alpert, William O. Douglas, Richard Hanser, John Lardner, D. H. Lawrence, Eric Larrabee, Bernard De Voto, Max Lerner, Aldous Huxley, Julian boyd, Henry Steele Commager, George Bernard Shaw, Heywood Braun, H. L. Mencken, William Saroyan, John Steinbeck, A. B. Guthrie, Dwight Eisenhower, George Orwell, Carl Sandburg, etc. Chapters: Historical Retrospective; The Issues at Stake; Pressure Groups; Who or What is Obscene?; Political Subversion and Censorship; Writers Fight Back; Librarians Take a Stand; Schools Under Attack; Censorship in Ireland; Books Under Dictators; Broad View: past, present, future. 469 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Ex library with usual markings and artifacts. Dj in library mylar -mylar scuffed, jacket has light edge wear. Book is tight. Some use soiling to edge of page block. Contents clean, no underlining.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Sound Ex Library Copy/dj in Library Mylar. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex School Library. The First Freedom Robert B. Downs American Library Association First Amendment Censorship liberty and Justice in the World of Books American British anthology. more information

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Dansville NY: Instructor Publishing Co., 1893. 111 p. with questions for review. Illustrated with engravings. Maroon cloth cover shows extensive lighter areas of damp "chipping" on front, a few on back. Binding tight but not crisp. Contents clean and unmarked. . No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Good. Duodecimo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Santa Barbara, CA: Forum for Contemporary History, 1975. "Opposing views on the question that keeps coming back: Who killed JFK? Should we reopen the investigation? Was the Warren Commission right? Are the 'conspiracy' theories plausible? Is there any evidence?" Featuring Bernard Fensterwald, James J. Kilpatrick, Sylvia Meagher, David Belin, Robert San Anson, Skeptic Forum, Survival Handbook - How the assassination changed your life. Nice portrait of JFK against blue background on front and back covers. Has been lightly read. Some light rubbing along edges. Illustrated with photos and diagrams.. Magazine. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. who Killed JFK? Skeptic the Forum for Contemporary History kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theories. more information

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St Albans VT: North Country Press. "Being an eye-witness account of the administration of the Presidential Oat of Office to Calvin Coolidge in his father's homestead at Plymouth, Vermont August 3, 1923" by "the only newpaper man present at the ceremony." Unpaginated: 14 leaves. Illustrated with brown tone wood cuts. CONDITION: Cover shows some smudges and staining, contents are clean and unmarked.. Later Reprint of 1923 Edition. Stapled Wraps. Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. President Calvin Coolidge Inaugural Inauguration Vermont History. more information

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Washington D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1978. Washington through Cater, full page official portraits facing two-column, one-page biographical sketches. 86 pp. CONDITION: Cover is scuyfed on back, upper tip of back is creased as are the uppertips of the last few pages. Light edge wear. Gift inscription in black Sharpie across top of title page affects frist two lines of title. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked.. Seventh Ed.. National Geographic-type. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The presidents of the united States of America Official Portraits Biographies Executive Branch History. more information

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Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Co., 1972. The men who designed and guided Congress from its inception 'til the end of the Civil War. 280 pp. w/index. illus w/ period political cartoons. CONDITION: Ex lib w/usual libary markings and artifacts. Cover in library mylar, scuffs to mylar. Book shows light edge-wear/ use soil. Binding is tight. Contents are clean and (except for lib markings) unmarked.. ISBN: 0825534100. First No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. The U. S. Congress Men Who Steered Its Course 1787 - 1867 Marjorie G. Fribourg Politics Political Science Biography History legislative Branch Government. more information

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Portsmouth NH: Peter E. Randall, 1990. An insider's view of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary campaigns of Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan and George Bush by a former governor of New Hampshire. 302 pp. with index. Signed on title page by author. Author's business card as governor laid in. Book is clean, tight contents clean. Dj has wrinkling along spine, closed tear lower rear fold, otherwise intact and undamaged.. ISBN: 091433929X. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Political Campaigns Campaigning Presidential Primary New Hampshire Governor. more information

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Chicago: Rand McNally, 1969. Anthology of articles on the various powers, duties and roles of the American president. Contributors include Presidents, statesmen and scholars from Consitutional times to the Sixties. 400 pp. Book is clean, tight. Dust and use soiling to edges of page block. Owner name on interior. Text unmarked.. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The President Roles and Powers David E. Hairght Larry D. Johnston Politics Political Science Executive Branch US Government Civics. more information

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Canyon, Texas: Palo Duro Press, 1964. A hostile biography of the political history of Lyndon Johnson by a Texas historian and rancher and Constitutional Democrat, published just in time for the 1964 Presidential campaign season. 255 pp. CONDITION: Shows age in dust soiling to edges and lightly browning paper. Cover is loosely glued to spine. All pages firmly attached. Owner name sticker on tp.. First. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. A Texan Looks at Lyndon study in Illegitimate Power J. Evetts Haley President Politics Hostile Critical Biography Campaign Document. more information

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Des Moines, Iowa: W. D. Condit, 1884. Campaign biography of Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks, Democrat candidates for President and Vice-president. Includes history of the Democat Party, life sketches of prominent Democrat statesmen, the platforms of both parties, and "a mass of useful political information." Cleveland was elected to his first term as a result of this campaign. Illustrated with engravings. 510 pp. CONDITION: No jacket. Green cloth cover is heavily rubbed and scuffed. Upper front quadrant appears to have damp damage which has removed the dye from the cloth and gilt from the front title box. Boards exposed at tips. Binding is secure, hinges have been reinforced with library quality hinge-tape. Occasional smudges and/or foxing on pages. Ffep and frontis detached. Pages browning.. No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/No Dj. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Early Life and Publish services of Hon. Gover Cleveland Thomas A. Nendricks Thomas W. Handford President Vice-President Democratic Candidates Campaign Biography Platform First Term. more information

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William Morrow, 1962. A collection of letters Hoover received from kids over the years along with his responses along with "The Uncommon Man" and other selections. 160 pp. CONDITION: No dj. Blue cloth cover has lith edge wear. Tips rubbed. Binding is secure. Contents appear clean and unmarked.. First Same Date tp/cp. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. on growing Up Letters to American Boys & Girls Including the Uncommon Man and other Selections Herbert Hoover President Republican Inspirational. more information

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Chicago: Caxton, 1884. Campaign biography of 1884 Republican Presidential nominee "... reciting the annals of his brillian career from obscurity to the foremost postioin in teh councils of the nation and the affections of the people. Including a biography of General John A. Logan and embracing a history of the principles and achievements of the Republican Pary, with platforms of both paries from 1856 and other valuable political documents. Illustrated with portraits and other engravings." Author was Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. 576 pp. CONDITION: Leather cover is rubbed at edges, scuffed and scratched on surfaces. Spine label well attached. Binding tight. Contents clean and unmarked. . First. Leather. Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Presidential Campaign Biography Republican Party Candidate. more information

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New York: Morrow, 1956. Adlai Stevenson, governor of Illinois, was the democratic candidate for President in 1952 and 1956. This bio was co-written by his sister for publication in 1956, presumably to assist his campaign. 308 pp. Frontis. Family tree. CONDITION: Damp damage to lower front tip, lght scuffs and scratches else cover is clean. Binding is secure, tips are square. Several pages are creased from being dog-eared, else contents are clean and unmarked.. First - Same Date tp/cp. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. My Brother Adlai elizabeth Stevenson Ives Governor Illinois Presidential Candidate Campaign 1952 1956 Politics Biography. more information

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Garden City: Garden City, 1940. James's classic biography of General and President Andrew Jackson. 972 pp. w/index. Photo plates. CONDITION: No jacket. Brown cloth is rubbed at edges and tips. Binding tight. Gift inscription on half-title. Contents clean and unmarked. .. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The life of Andrew Jackson the Border Captain portrait of a President Marquis James. more information

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Indianapolis New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1938. The classic biography. Combines the individually published biographies The Border Captain (1933) and Portrait of a President (1937). 972 pp. with notes and index. Illustrated with photo plates. Map endpapers. CONDITION: Red cloth cover is sunned at spine. Gilt on spine is clear. Lower edgew rubbed, tips rubbed, one lightly bumped. Owner name on ffep. Binding tight. Contents clean and unmarked. . First Thus No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The life of Andrew Jackson the Border Captain portrait of a President Marquis James. more information

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New York: Harper, 1960. A campaign book published for JFK's 1960 Presidential run. "The foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, national security and related domestic issues of a leading Presidential candidate are here edited by an eminent historian, who has also contributed an introduction. The book includes the Senator's annotations and an interview with him by John Fischer." Separate leaves of a speech of June 14, 1960 entitled, "A New Approach on Foreign Policy A Twelve-Point Agenda" bound in front. 233 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Cover is edge worn, scuffed, has creases at tips and across lower quarter of front, shows age and use-soil. Binding is tight. Quality sewn signatures for durable binding. Use-soil to edges of page block. Contents are clean and unmarked.. No Additional Printings. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Strategy of Peace Senator John F. Kennedy Allan Nevins President Presidential 1960 Campaign Foreign Policy Cold War. more information

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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1971. Jefferson seems a bundle of contradictions: strict constructionist that stretched the Constitution, passionate advocate of equality who owned slaves. This anthology presents Jefferson's observations of his contemporaries and his times, the views of his contemporaries about him, and the opinions of modern (20the century) historians about him. Part of the "Great Lives Observed" series. 180 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Light edgte wear and use soiling to covers. No creases in spine. Binding tight. Contents clean and unmarked.. First - "1" in Number Line. Trade Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jefferson Adrienne Koch Great Lives Observed Series Thomas Jefferson President Democratic Republican Democratic Party Founder Founding Father. more information

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New York: MacMillan, 1953. Volume 2 of two volume bio of controversial Progressive politician Robert La Follette of Wisconsin. This volume covers from 1917 to the end of his life and includes his struggle to maintain constitutional rights, the campaign to expell him from the Senate, the filibuster to protect natural resources, the fight over the Versailles treaty, his limited involvement in presidential politics, progressive governance in Wisconsin, tea pot dome, the 1924 presidential campaign. pagination continued from first volume, pp. 731 to 1305 with index to both volumes. Photos. CONDITION: No dj. Blue cloth cover is lightly rubbed on edges and tips. Gilt on spine is darkening. Gilt signature on cover is bright. Binding tight. Contents clean and unmarked.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert M. La Follette June 14, 1855-june 18, 1925 Volume II Belle Case La Follette Fola La Follette Progressive Movement Politics Biography. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Scuffing to title piece pasted at top of spine affects words of title. Book is square, tips rubbed, binding tight,contents clean and unmarked.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The American Presidency an Interpretation Harold J. Laski Political Science Executive Branch Government American History. more information

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Arlington House, 1967. Details the powerful and effective "Fear Campaign" orchestrated by the Democrats during the 1964 presidential campaign. 208 pp. w/ notes and index. CONDITION: Dj is intact with small chipping and wear at edges, dampstain at heel of spine, surface tears on back. Book is tight, spine has slight forward slant. Owner name ffep. Contents are clean and unmarked.. First No Additonal Printings. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small 8vo.. Hysteria 1964 the Fear Campaign Against Barry Goldwater Lionel Lokos Presidential Campaign Senator Political science Arizona Politics Smear Propaganda Advertising. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1960. A complete one-volume history of his life and times. 778 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Dj in new mylar has edge chipping and short closed tears. Foxing on rear flap fold. Book cover is clean, binding is tight and true. Rubbing to lower edges. Line of small stains on front of page block. Two small stains top edge of ffep. Contents are clean and unmarked.. No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the Real abraham Lincoln reinhard H. Luthin Civil War President. more information

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Stanford U. Press, 1947. By an Associate Professor of Poli Sci at U of Idaho. Chapters: The Historical Development of the Direct Primary; Origins and Development of the Direct Primary in Idaho; Some ASpects of the Operatin of the Direct Primary in Idaho 1909 - 1912; Aspects of the Operation of the Direct Primary in Idaho 1912 - 1942; Opinions of Selected Groups on Certain Questions Pertaining to the Direct Primary; The Operation of the Idaho Direct Primary; Cost of Primary Elections in Idaho to the Candidates for STate and National Office; Conlucsion and Recommendations. Thirteen tables, 3 charts. 149 pp. CONDITION: No jacket. Ex lib with usual markings, artifacts etc. Moderately shaken. Spine has forward slant. Soiling to covers and edges of page block. Tips bumped. Occassional pencil check mark in contents.. First No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. The direct primary in Idaho Boyd A. Martin Politics Political Science Elections Populism History. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. The story of a great trial lawyer of the 1920's and of his influence on men who are leaders of today's bar. 304 pp. with index. CONDITION: Dj has moderate edge wear, with closed tear with curling edges at upp rear spine fold. Black cloth cover is sunned along top edges. Half-inch "chip" from cloth at upper front edge of clover. Binding tight. Owner info on ffep. Contents clean and unmarked. . Stated First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Emory Buckner a Biography Martin Mayer Trial Lawyer Law the Bar Legal Practice Attorney Legal Practice. more information

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W. E. Scull, 1901. Commorative publication on the event of the assassination of President McKinley, the event that put Theodore Roosevelt in the White House. Covers details of McKinley's life and presidency, the circumstances of his shooting and death, reprints memorial tributes from national and world leaders, gives a review of the life career of Roosevelt. Illustrated with many photo plates. 503 pp. CONDITION: No jacket. Cloth cover his rubbed and scuffed. Front cover portrait is scuffed. Gilt on spine is gone, gilt on front is severely darkened. Binding is secure. Owner info on ffep has been scratched out. Front endpapers have diagonal crease. Foxing to end papers. Text is clean and unmarked.. No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Good/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Authentic Life of William McKinley Our Third Martyr President Together with a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt Alexander K. McClure Charles Morris Assassination. more information

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New York: Norton, 1981. Thorough narrative biography of Grant the failed businessman, successful Civil War general and flawed President. 592 pp. with notes, selected bibliography and index. Illustrated with photos and period engravings. CONDITION: Dj in new mylar is creased along top edge, several short closed tears. Book is clean, binding tight and true. Onwer name in ink. Contents clean and unmarked. . ISBN: 039301723. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grant a Biography William S. McFeely General Ulysses S. Grant President Civil War Reconstruction. more information

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New York: Judge Company, 1901. Cover engraving of Theodore Roosevelt standing next to McKinley's casket during official viewing at White House. Contents: (TR can be seen in a total of 5 photos among the following). Three full-page photos of Mrs. McKinley, Remains of McKinley in state at Buffalo, and Taking the President's Body to the Rotunda of the Capitol. Four two-photo-per-page spreads of crowds in the rain at the capitol; Remains of President Lying in State; Mck's body leaving the White House for the Last Time; picture of two nurses who tended McK, and Last Photograph of the President and his wife in Buffalo before the assassination. Three three-photo spreads of Last Sad Tribute of Buffalo; The Death of Mck; The New President Takes Office (TR not shown). One four-image spread The Funeral ... at Buffalo.... One five photo spread At His Old Home for the Last Time. Two seven image spreads, one of McK's funeral and the center spread of engravings showing Nation's Tributes to Lincoln and Garfield. Articles on McKinley Epoch in American History; The Beautiful Domestic Life of President and Mrs. McK; Personal Recollections of White House doorman of Lincoln and Garfield assassinations. Editorial on Two Kinds of Anarchists. word-sketches and photos of McK's Secretary (equivalent of modern chief of staff) George Courtelyou, Judge John Hazel who administered the Oath of Office to Roosevelt, England's Roosevelt - Lord Cromer of Egypt, a record-setting French cyclist, and a captured female missionary. Fillers on coffee addiction, fireproof hotel, the universal food, humble heros of today. One page of sports including foot-ball, base-ball, sculling, horse racing, yachts and autos. One page financial opinions/advice. Usual ads. 23 pp (including front and back cover) CONDITION: Soiling to back cover and margins of front cover. Chips and up to one-half inch long closed tears along spine edge of cover, none affecting lettering or cover picture. Small chipping along front edges of pages. Light soiling on front margins of interior pages. Tips of pages bumped and creased.. Magazine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Magazine. McKinley Funeral Number Leslie's Weekly September 28, 1901 President William McKinley Assassination Theodore Roosevelt. more information

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Stanford, CA: Stanford U. Press, 1966. Hailed at its 1957 publication as a landmark contribution to political and social science, a consummation of historical understanding, it presents a way to take political rhetoric seriously without taking it at face value, shows how to extract from political behavior the social values of a whole people and delineate some fundamental dimensions and tensions of the American character in its Jacksonian phase. 302 pp. w/index. CONDITION: Several creases across front cover. One crase next to spine on back. No creases in spine. Pink highlighting in first and second chapter. Remainder of text is unmarked.. Later Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Jacksonian Persuasion Politics and Belief Anfrew Jackson Democratic Party Politics Political Science. more information

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New York: Bantam, 1961. Tells the intimate, personal story of author James Michener's personal involvement in our most dramatic political campaign - the election of our first Catholic president. 214 pp. CONDITION: Cover has scratches, old sticker mark, corner creases, clossed tear across spine, half-inch tears at folds head and heel of spine both front and back covers. No verticle creases in spine. Binding secure, pages browning, clean, unmarked. . First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. John F. Kennedy JFK President Presidential 1960 Campaign Politics Political Science Grassroots Organizing Catholic Religion. more information

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New York: Oxford, 1983. Based on the sealed letters, this book reveals the private lives of one of America's most glittering political families from 1735-1927, whose members were presidents, diplomats, renowned historians. 400 pp. Index. Photos. CONDITION: Dj has short closed tears at edges. Book is tight, sqaure and clean except for some light smudges on front edge of page block.. ISBN: 0195031725. First Same Date tp/cp. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Descent from Glory Four generations of the John Adams Family Paul C. Nagel Presidents. more information

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Pasadena, CA: Ninth Judical Circuit Historical Society, 1998. Contents: The Prohibition Agency's First Case: Official Zeal, Mistaken Identity, and Murder in Wyoming, 1919; Alaska's Floating Court; The Loma Prieta Earthquake and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; Railroad Construction and Late Nineteenth-Century Federalism: Legal Strategy in the Organization of the Southern Pacific System. pp. 145-317. CONDITION: Lower front tip and following pages slightly jammed beginning to curl.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Western Legal History Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society Prohibition Alaska Earthquake Railroad Consolidation Southern Pacific. more information

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New York: Warner, 1980. Dj in mylar.. ISBN: 044651201x. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Real War Richard Nixon Cold War Foreign Policy Affairs President. more information

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New York: McGraw Hill, 1960. Nixon's first book, compiled from speeches and papers for publication during the 1960 campaign against Kennedy. Deals with key issues of foreign and domestic policy including Soviet Premier (We-will-bury-you) Khrushchev and communism, the Soviet economic challenge, the missile gap and defense, civil rights, politics and leadership, America's economy, free enterprise vs government control, inflation, foreign aid, Latin America, Lebanon crisis, education, labor and steel strike, refugees, his visit to Russia, etc. 253 pp. with chronology of Nixon's life and index. CONDITION: No jacket. Usual library markings and artifacts. Black cloth cover has shelf wear to head and heel of spine and bottom edges. Lower tips are bumped, upper tips are rubbed. Dust soil to top edge of page block. Binding is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Lib. Challenges We Face Richard Nixon Campaign 1960 Republican President Politics American History Cold War. more information

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