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MARGARET, DAUGHTER OF BEATRICE. A Politician's Psycho-biography of Margaret Thatcher
Abse, Leo
Jonathan Cape London (1989). xi & 288pp. Abse, a Labour member of Parliament from Pontypool (Wales) 1958-1987, with training in law and in psychoanalysis, offers his opinion on Mrs Thatcher's character and on the characters of any and all who cross his path. Non-scientific but valuable insight into recent British political history. Wish we had someone like Abse working inside the U.S Congress. But alas he is one of a kind and not exportable. Abse, born in 1917, member of Parliament for 30 years, now retired. Fine. Cloth. Fine dj. 8vo.. ( more information)
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PORNOGRAPHY, FEMINISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
Assiter, Alison
Pluto Press (1991). Slight darkening of paper. A critique of the two main feminist positions (the radicals and the liberals) on the politics of pornography. x & 166pp. Very good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE STREETS WERE PAVED WITH GOLD
Auletta, Ken
Random House (1979). 2nd printing. xvii & 345pp. The decline of New York City. Striking photo of Twin Towers WTC from wet Soho street taken by Matthew Klein on rear panel of dust jacket. Very good. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good dj. 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE RESERVE MINING CONTROVERSY. Science , Technology, and Environmental Quality
Bartlett, Robert V
Indiana Univ. Press Bloomington (1980). Introduction and Concluding Observations by Lynton K. Caldwell. Gilt lettering on spine. Very light bump to upper outside corner. xiv & 293pp including Chronology, Notes and Index. Dispute (and its consequences) over mining wastes dumped into Lake Superior by Reserve Mining Company of Silver Bay, Minnesota. Near fine. Illlustrations. 1st printing. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. ( more information)
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NIGHT FLIGHT TO HANOI, War Diary with 11 Poems
Berrigan, Daniel
Perrennial Library/ Harper & Row (1st paperback edition 1971). Pages browning. Radical priest visits enemy. Bump to lower outside corner of rear cover. Recommended by Saul Maloff and Sara Blackburn. xix & 140pp. One corner fold. Introduction by Howard Zinn. Good reading copy. Paperback. 12mo.. ( more information)
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THE BRAIN BANK OF AMERICA, An Inquiry into the Politics of Science
Boffey, Phillip M
McGraw-Hill (1975). Introduction by Ralph Nader. Publisher's one page news release laid-in. xxiii & 312pp. Argues that political and economic interests affect the objectivity of the opinions of the National Academy of Sciences. Reviews particular issues and cases: Radioactive Waste Duisposal, Supersonic Transport, Defoliation, Food Protection, Pesticides, Airborne Lead. Photo portrait of author on rear panel of dust jacket. Near fine. Hardback. Nicked dj. 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE HIGH ROAD
Bova, Ben
Houghton Mifflin 1981. Rub to lower front outside corner. Light bump to the other corner. Argues the use of outer space technology to alleviate socio-economic-ecological problems here below. Preface by U.S. Senator Harrison H. Schmitt. x & 289pp. We're getting close. Very good. 1st printing. Cloth. Nicked dj. Small 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GAME
Brams, Steven J
Yale University Press New Haven (2nd printing, 1979). xix & 242pp. Marks and rubs to cover. Store stamp on half-title page. Decision & game theories applied to political campaigns. Small tape marks on cover, very good else/ Index. Paperback. 8vo.. ( more information)
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MALCOLM X. The Man and His Ideas
Breitman, George
Merit Publishers New York (7th printing March 1969). 'A speech delivered to the Friday Night Socialist Forum of Eugene V. Debs Hall in Detroit on March 5, 1965.' 22pp. Ads. Slight color change in paper. Center stapled. Small marginal smudge on page 3, text not affected. Three lines of erratic light ink underlining on page 6 and two letters emphatically underlined on page 8. The impression of this can be sensed (it is very light) on the two previous pages. Very good. Wraps. 12mo.. ( more information)
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MEMOIRS
Bruce, Jamesa Cabell
Gateway Press Baltimore 1975. Signed by author. Owner's name typed on small label on fly: Mes. Jordan. xx & 382pp. Baltimore lawyer and businessman who worked for Roosevelt and Truman, was Ambassador to Argentina during Peron era. Very good. No dj. Frontis. Cloth. 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE MIDDLE EAST. U.S. Policy, Israel, Oil and the Arabs
Bruzonsky, Mark A. (editor)
Congressional Quarterly Washington, DC Sept. 1977. vii & 183+pp. 3rd edition. Country profiles, analysis of major issues, biographies of leading figures,chronology of events 1945 through Aug. 1977, bibliography. rubbing & soil marks on covers. text is very good. Illus., tables, maps. Wraps. 4to.. ( more information)
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DISSENT. . Volume 8, No. 2. Spring 1961
Buttinger, Joseph (First listed on Editorial Board)
. Slight fading outside. Articles by Seymour Melman on Arms Control, H. Brand on U.S political economy, Stephan Thernstrom on Underground Massachusetts, Ignazio Silone on the welfare state, Lionel Abel on Sartre among others. p. 106-216. Very good. Wraps. Small 8vo.. ( more information)
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EQUALITY
Carter, Robert L., Dorothy Kenyon, Peter Marcuse, Loren Miller
Pantheon (1965). Foreword by Charles Abrams Chipped and torn dj. xxv & 191pp. Argues issues of quotas and compensatory treatment. Very good. 1st printing. Hardback. Small 8vo.. ( more information)
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THE POLITICS OF DEFEAT. America's Decline in the Middle East
Churba, Joseph
Cyrco Press NY (1977). 224pp. Foreword by George Schwab. Introduction by Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. By U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst. Photo portrait of author on rear panel of dust jacket. Of historical interest. Near fine. Maps. 1st printing. Hardback. Nicked dj. Small 8vo.. ( more information)
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