Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury
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- 1959
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Pleasanton, California, USA
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. 616 pp. Advanced Bookseller's Copy as noted by the the label on the front paste-down endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket has some rubbing and minor tears with a small stain on the bottom of the spine, previous repair tape on the inside of the cover, price of $5.75 intact with original price marked… Read more about this item Item Price
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ADVISE AND CONSENT
by Drury, Allen
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- 1959
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Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Original book club edition, before Pulitzer Prize awarded. Vg+. Same size, design and quality as first printing. 1959 on both title and cp.. Former owner bookplate on front pastedown. Trace of rub to edges. Original, vg+ dust jacket with modest tone and rub. A newspaper clipping of… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Allen Drury
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- 1959
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Kalispell, Montana, USA
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Condition of book, binding, spine, and hardcover are very good. There is some wear on the edges and spine of the hardcover. There is no dust jacket. Book has no writings or markings in it. Book makes for a great reader. Item Price
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by Drury, Allen
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- 1976
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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Comments: Tight copy. No d-j issued.
Synopsis: Advise and Consent is a study of political animals in their natural habitat and is universally recognized as THE Washington novel. It begins with Senate confirmation hearings for a liberal Secretary of State and concludes two weeks later, after debate and controversy have exploded this issue into a major crisis. Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by DRURY, Allen
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- Used - Fine
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- 1959
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Early reprint. Fine in a price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with some modest and slightly irregular fading to the spine, and the announcement of the Pulitzer Prize printed on the jacket. Inscribed by the author: "For Suzanne Shepherd with best regards, Allen Drury." A nice copy of Drury's first book, a Pulitzer… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics
by Drury, Allen
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- Very Good+
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- 1958
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$74.99
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. This early trade printing (with a notice on the dust jacket front panel that this is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book) is in Fine condition, with a Very Good+ dust jacket with its original price intact. Over the years, this book has become a classic of Beltway double-dealing, intrigue, power-hunger, and blackmail, in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury
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- First UK Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover Hardcover
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Woolloongabba, Queensland, AUS
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London: Collins, 1960. First UK Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition. 22cm x 14.5cm. 638 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket. This copy is from the collection of Australian theologian Sir Alan Walker, founder of Lifeline, and contains numerous annotations to the rear endpaper in his hand. Foxing, mostly to edges and endpapers. Bookseller's label of Grahame Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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Advise and Consent, Allen Drury. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1976. Limited Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 545pp. Full navy-blue leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt illustrated designs front and rear; all edges gilt; ivory silk moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
by Drury, Allen
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- 1959
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$2,200.00
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. The Saturday Review said of Advise and Consent in August 1959 that "It may be a long time before a better one comes along." Roger Kaplan of Policy Review wrote in 1999 that the novel "in many ways invented a genre in fiction. The use of a racy intrigue, if possible involving both… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1960
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- Fine Binding
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$50.45
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London: Collins, 1960. First edition. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition of Drury's acclaimed novel, in a fine binding. First UK Edition. Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
by Drury, Allen
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$2,800.00
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Senator Clark with best regards Allen Drury." The recipient Joseph S. Clark, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- No Jacket as issued
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- Collector's Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$50.00
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Spitzmiller, Walt. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). Collector's Edition. Large Thick Octavo. 714 pp, signed by author on tissue protected ffep, special message from the author, Major characters, a novel in five sections. 6.6" x 9.3" brown leather boards, gilt spine letters, gilt design all around, gilt text-block. … Read more about this item Item Price
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ADVISE AND CONSENT
by Drury, Allen
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- Used - G++
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- 1st Thus
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- 1962
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- Paperback
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WINTERTON, Lincolnshire, GBR
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$10.91
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GB: Corgi (Transworld), 1962. EN1239. Film tie. Tight text block is browned at edges. Clean covers are rather worn.Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Thus. Paperback. G++. Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- Limited
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- 1976
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$79.00
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The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Advise and Consent. Written by Allen Drury. Winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1960. Illustrated by Franz Altschuler. Published in 1976 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Navy leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark. Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$65.00
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author(s). Full brown leather embossed in gilt with banded spine. All edges gilt. Moire end papers & ribbon marker. Some very light scuffing to gilt edges. 714 pages. 22 page booklet titled, "Noted from the Edition" laid in. Illustrated by Walt Spitzmiller.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury
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- 1959
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Muskegon, Michigan, USA
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$51.99
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Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury. Political Fiction. Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by DRURY, Allen
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- Good
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$300.00
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Later printing. Small quarto. 616pp. Bookplate of R. Leonard Miall and gift inscription ("For: Leonard and Lorna from Sally") on front endleaves. Light wear, near fine in a price-clipped and heavily toned, good only dust jacket with short chips and tears, and a diagonal crease and a couple of splash marks… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Limited Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, USA
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$29.00
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This limited edition of Advise and Consent by Allen Drury has been privately printed and individually signed by the author," genuine brown leather binding blind-stamped with bright gold decoration, all edges gilt, four raised spine-bands, silk moire end-papers, ribbon bookmark, also includes the publisher's original… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise And Consent
by Allen Drury
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- Used - Good
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$8.11
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Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. 638 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- Used - vg-
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- NO
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.50
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.. 1959. vg-. Hardcover. Book club ed. 616pp; b/w illustrated title pg; contents unmarked, pp tanning at edges; 9.25" tall; light shelf wear to edges of tan cover; no dj . Item Price
$5.50