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The Nature of the Chinese Foothold in Shansi, 1937-1938
by Elmquist, Paul C. ; (John Philip Emerson's copy)
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- (1949)
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Cambridge: Unpublished. Very Good. (1949). First Edition. Stiff Card Wrappers. 55 pages; A carbon typescript in a stiff brown card binding (two hole punch). At top of first page ink inscription: "for Phil Emerson." Some corners and edges trimmed, a taped over correction on one page and a few minor corrections in red pencil. … Read more about this item Item Price
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LEADERS OF COMMUNIST CHINA - OIR Report 5126 bound with Chinese Communist Publications: An Annotated Bibliography of Material in the Chinese Library at Harvard University Plus 4 additional works
by Fairbank, John King ; E-tu Zen Sun
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- 1949
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Cambridge: U.S. State Department Harvard University. Very Good. 1949. First Edition. Binder. iv, 122; 8; 3; 5; 280 pages; The item offerred here is a bound notebook containing several documents related to China and Chinese Studies compiled for the use of scholars, especially those utilizing the resources of Harvard University. Except for the State Department work, these… Read more about this item Item Price
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Packing The Courts - The Conservative Campaign to Rewrite the Constitution
by Schwartz, Herman ; [SIGNED]
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- 1988
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- 0684189534
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New York: Scribners. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; xiv, 242 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very good dustjacket. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. "Schwartz, professor of law at American University, charges that Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Impeachment in America, 1635-1805
by Hoffer, Peter Charles ; N.E.H. Hull
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- 1984
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New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, 325 pages; Clean and secure in original burgundy cloth binding in very good dustjacket with minor edgewear and one short closed tear at top edge of rear panel. From the dustjacket, Stanley N. Katz: "One of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Additional Facts, addressed to the Serious Attention of the People of Great Britain, respecting the Expenses of the War, and the State of the National Debt
by Morgan, William
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- 1796
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London: J. Debrett, Piccadilly, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good. 1796. Disbound. 53, (3) pages; Text leaves clean and unmarked; removed document from a bound volume containing multiple publications. OCLC Number 82011926 (3 locations) Examines the British National Debt in relation to Britain's expenditures during the American… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Review of Dr. Price's Writings on the Finances of Great Britain : to which are added, the Three Plans, communicated by him to Mr. Pitt in the Year 1786, for Redeeming the National Debt; Account of the Real State of the Public Income & Expenditure from the Establishment of the Consolidated Fund, to the Year 1791 ; and also, a Supplement, continuing the Account to the Year 1795, and Stating the Present Amount of the Public Debt
by Morgan, William; [Richard Price, F.R.S.]
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- 1795
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London: T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies. Very Good. 1795. Second Edition. Disbound. (4), v-viii, 72, 15 pages; Text block clean and complete; removed document from a bound volume containing multiple publications. OCLC 6791864 (only 16 locations) Half-title, title, Preface, text, Appendix, plus 15 page addendum "On the Present State of Public… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Short Address to the Public ; containing Some Thoughts how the National Debt may be reduced, and All Home Taxes, including Land Tax, Abolished
by William Mayne; Lord Newhaven
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- 1786
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Paris: J. Debrett. Very Good. 1786. First Edition. Disbound. (2), 23, (3) pages; Pages clean and unmarked; document removed from binding with multiple publications. Title page, text and three pages of publisher's ads at rear. OCLC 6055935 William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC (1722 1794), known as Sir William Mayne,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Electable -- Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House ... Yet
by Vitali, Ali ; [SIGNED]
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- 2022
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- 0063058634
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New York: Dey Street Books / William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2022. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; 339 pages; Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on titlepage "For xxx / Here's to Her-story! / Ali Vitali" otherwise clean and secure (unread) in original blue binding in bright fresh dustjacket. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Peaceful Transfer of Power -- An Oral History of Americas Presidential Transitions
by Marchick, David ; Alexander Tippett ; A.J. Wilson ; Ken Burns
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- 2022
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Charlottesville: University of Virginia. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, (3), 276 pages; Like New - clean and secure in original binding in dustjacket. The Peaceful Transfer of Power.... challenges our understanding of presidential transitions and the undertakings required to make them work. It is impossible to read it without… Read more about this item Item Price
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Weapons of Mass Delusion When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind
by Draper, Robert
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- 2022
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- 0593300149
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New York: Penguin Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 384 pages; About new in similar dustjacket. Unread. The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new breed of Republicans -- led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Madison Cawthorn -- far from moving on from Trump, have… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Transient Unemployed A Description and Analysis of the Transient Relief Population
by Webb, John N[ye]
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- 1935
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Washington DC: Works Progress Administration. Very Good. 1935. First Edition. Publishers wrappers. 5 p.l., & 132 pages; Publisher's grey printed wrappers. Minor toning to the edges of the wrappers, with a short tear at the top of the front cover and a shorter tear at the bottom edge. This copy has a printed notice that… Read more about this item Item Price
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Israel on Horns of a Security Dilemma
by Jansen, G. H.
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- 1967
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[Delhi]: from The Statesman. Very Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. 7 pages; Clean and secure in original stapled printed wrappers. OCLC 912873669 First independent issuance [offprint ?] "This article appeared in: 'The Statesman', Delhi, October 10, 1967" . Item Price
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The Co-operative Movement in Soviet Russia
by Multiple Authors
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- 1925
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Geneva: International Labour Office. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Issue 3 of Studies and Reports; x, (2), 362 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed boards with cloth spine. Ex-libris marks include spine label, stamp to front board and LofC release stamp to ffep, remnants of pocket card to rear endpaper. Contents unmarked;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art for Embassies -- Selected from the Woodward Foundation Collection; an exhibition organized by the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 30 September - 5 November 1967
by Millard, Charles W. ; Henry Geldzahler
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- 1967
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Washington, D.C.: Washington Gallery of Modern Art. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Paperback. 24 pages; Clean and secure in original stiff pictorial wrappers. Measures 12.5" X 5" ( 31cm x 14 cm) Five color and five b&w reproductions. Foreword by Charles W. Millard. Introduction by Henry Geldzahler. OCLC 160372 Examines the… Read more about this item Item Price
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![THE BILLINGS COLLECTION ( Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings) [Inscribed and Signed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/986/748/1480748986.0.m.jpg)
THE BILLINGS COLLECTION ( Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings) [Inscribed and Signed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]
by Kennedy Jr, Robert F. ; [SIGNED] ; Nan Richardson (editor) ; Lorraine Ferguson (Book Designer)
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- 1991
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Boston: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Fine. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 277 pages; Clean and secure in original binding of blue cloth with silver lettering and a mounted photograph illustration on front board. This copy inscribed and Signed by Bobby Kennedy on title page: "To Rolley [Evans] / Lem's great pal - Xmas… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ACT TO ORGANIZE THE TERRITORIES OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS In the Senate of the United States, July 21, 1854 Resolved that twenty thousand copies of the Kansas and Nebraska Act, certified by the Secretary of State, be printed in pamphlet form for the use of the Senate
by Hunter, W. ; Chief Clerk
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- 1854
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Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1854. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. 33d Congress, 1st Session, Senate Mis. Doc. 72; 16 pages; Clean and complete in original self wrappers, stitched at left fold; small faint stain at lower outer corner of first two leaves; foredge curled on a few leaves (unevenly opened); two one word pencil notations in… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1968 A Narrative History of American Politics in Action
by White, Theodore H. ; [SIGNED]
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- 1969
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New York: Antheneum Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; xii, (2), 459, (3) pages; Wonderful association copy between a noted Washington journalist and the quintessential historian of American presidential campaigns. Inscribed and Signed by the author on halftitle -- "To Rowland Evans, fellow craftsman, / all… Read more about this item Item Price
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Obituary Addresses Delivered On The Occasion Of The Death Of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, in the Senate and House of Representatives, July 10, 1850 with the Funeral Sermons by Rev. Smith Pyne, DD, Rector of St. John's Church, Washington, Preached in the Presidential Mansion, July 13, 1850
by Pyne, Smith ; Millard Fillmore ; et alus
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- 1850
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Washington: William M. Belt. Very Good-. 1850. First Edition. Removed Document. 107 pages; Contents clean and complete, lacking wrappers; some offsetting to titlepage from frontispiece illustration of Zachary Taylor Commemorative medal, engraved by W. L. Ormsby OCLC 12780234 Contents include speeches by some members of Congress, a sermon by Rev. Smith Pyne… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Acts and Resolutions of the First General Assembly of the State of Florida: Passed at Its Adjourned Session, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on Monday Nov. 17, 1845, and Ended Dec. 29, 1845 together with rules adopted by Supreme Court
by Multiple authors
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- 1845
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Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian, printed by S.S. Sibley. Good. 1845. First Edition. Disbound. [5], 64-158, xvi, xxii pages; Contents clean and complete; lacks front board, rear board and spine from original tan calf binding; LC release stamp on ffep, stamp on tp. Blanks leaves at fore and aft toned and chipped; text block clean. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Time of the Toad - A Study of Inquisition in America by One of the Hollywood Ten
by Trumbo, Dalton
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- 1949
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Hollywood: The Hollywood Ten. Very Good-. 1949. First Edition. Paperback. 38 pages; Contents clean and complete, wrappers worn and chipped, splitting at spine fold. The author Dalton Trumbo was a blacklisted screenwriter who went to prison for his refusal to name names. The "Hollywood Ten" were writers and actors who were forced to appear before the… Read more about this item Item Price
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