Search Results: Politics/Policy/Presidents/Political Science/International Relations from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Orig. published in German in 1982 as "Zeit Der Ideologien,'' this is the First English-language Translation, First Printing, from 1984, in 305 pages with General Index & Name Index in rear. Just removed from storage where it has been since being received brand new for review for an academic publication, this hardcover 8vo has brown cloth over boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is equally Fine, with no fading or wear. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 2020. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. The life & crimes of former Vice President Spiro Agnew, who surreptitiously was involved in a scandal of his own making while the world was focused on his boss, Richard Nixon, & Watergate. He "paved the way for crooked presidents to come." Based on her podcast, this is the FIRST EDITION, first printing, hardcover from 2000. Both book & DJ are Fine: look & feel Brand New & never opened! Completely clean & unmarked, virtually flawless! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Explores both international & domestic election monitoring & the challenge of "free and fair'' elections, even in democratic societies. FIRST EDITION hardcover with dark green boards, no DJ, price sticker on back cover. Book is completely clean & tight, NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. 14 Chpts, 383 Pgs, Notes, Index. Photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2003. First Edition First Printing . Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Special issue of the journal "Queen's Quarterly'' devoted to the Bosnian situation & international intervention efforts. 9 Chpts w/Notes, 251 pgs. Trade paperback book is like new: completely clean & tight, appears unopened & unread! Our photos depict he Exact book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A staple among good cooks inside & outside the Beltway since first published as "The White House Cookbook" in 1887 & much scarcer than that edition! In 440 pages with Index in rear, line drawings of food throughout, + 3 glossy plates featuring former first ladies Edith Carew Roosevelt (second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt who served as First Lady during his two terms), Ida Saxton McKinley, who served 1897-1901, until her husband was assassinated, & Helen Herron Taft, first lady from 1909-1913. Recipes cut out from a 1924 newspaper pasted in front & back matter & inside both covers, with some remnants of period advertisements. Orig. published in 1894, this is a slightly later edition from Saalfied from 1917. Hardcover 8vo is in Good condition: light blue-gray cloth-covered board show a stamped darker blue image of the US Capitol & lettering to front &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Written shortly after his departure from the White House as the 31st President of the US, Hoover here took to address the problem of human liberty, which he saw as increasingly challenged since the Great War (WWI), focusing on the American System & Liberalism, as well as alternative philosophies of society & government proffered by Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Naziism, & National Regimentation. He identified what he saw as abuses of & attacks on liberty, being particularly critical of his successor Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. 212pp. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1934, with the requisite Scribner's "A,'' this hardcover small 8vo has deep red cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with age-appropriate… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The definitive account of the days leading up to, during, & following the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, November 20th-25th, 1963. Front endpapers are a chronology of events, while rear ones show a map of the motorcade route in Dallas that fateful morning. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1967, this hardcover 4to has light blue linen-covered boards that show slight fading/rubbing to top edges. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $10 price intact) is VG, with mild edgewear, including a 1/4" tear descending from top edge of front cover & light scratches; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific… Read More

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Trade Paperback . Soft cover. VG-. Manifesto for revolution by the leader of the Yippies, with an Introduction by his brother-in-arms, Eldridge Cleaver, then leader of the Black Panthers. Proviso in front requests that you "Read This Book Stoned." Orig published in hardcover in 1970, this is the Second Printing of the trade paperback edition, in 256 pages with lavish illustrations--primarily black-and-white photos & vintage '60s graphics--throughout. (We are also offering the first printing of the mass market paperback in slightly better condition; please see our listing #022268). With colorfully decorated wrappers & author's photo on front cover, this trade paperback is in VG- condition: very clean & completely unmarked, with dust dulling to outside page edges. One central spine crease & rubbing to all extremities. Insect damage to fore edge side of first 2 pages in front matter only. Our photos depict the Exact… Read More

New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG. Manifesto for revolution by the leader of the Yippies, with an Introduction by his brother-in-arms, Eldridge Cleaver, then leader of the Black Panthers. Proviso in front requests that you "Read This Book Stoned." Orig published in hardcover in 1970, then in a trade paperback format (see our listing #021735), this is the First Printing of the First Mass Market Paperback, in 256 pages with lavish illustrations--primarily black-and-white photos & vintage '60s graphics--throughout. With colorfully decorated wrappers & author's photo on front cover, it is in VG condition: very clean & completely unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen to first page. Modest rubbing to extremities, shallow spine creases, slightly bumped/creased corners. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock"… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gramercy, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Combines two books in one: "Duke 2000: Whatever It Takes" & "The Revolt of the English Majors,'' each previously published as single volumes (in 2000 & 2001, respectively. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, in 296 pages, this oversized hardcover is Fine in a Fine DJ: looks & feels Brand New. Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white.The DJ is equally flawless. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business… Read More

Poway, California: Quality of Laws Press, 2005. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Founder & chairman of the Quality Laws Institute lays out his argument for reforming our democratic system of governance by reforming our laws. 185 pages. A First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED with a long inscription on entire ffep (first blank page) to "Peter." Hardcover book with decorative glossy boards is AS NEW. No DJ as issued by publisher. The hardcover book is As New: looks, feels, & smells BRAND NEW! Completely clean, pages white, binding tight & square. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. No DJ as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have!

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Describes the extreme ethnic conflicts that lead to population cleansing & surveys some of the most vicious ethnic cleansing episodes in history, including Bosnia, Cyprus, Karabakh, Kosovo, Rwanda, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Ulster, Transylvania, the Palestinian problem, & Russian minorities in the former Soviet republics. Just removed from storage where it has been since packed away Brand New after revieiwing, this FIRST EDITION, First printing hardcover is Fine in Fine DJ: both are completely clean, binding tight & square; NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; nice, white pages with just some teeny smudges/spots to external page edges & white DJ front. NOT ex-lib. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific); later orders, weekends &… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Intriguing investigation of a "pernicious biological cult" that originated in the 1860s, when Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels first read Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" & tried to make his ideas of genetics & natural selection jive with their goals for a socialistic society in the USSR. The adoption of this "Marxian biology" paved the way for the Soviet Union to "annihilate all traces of the science of genetics from the Communist world." Repercussions for American culture, literature, sociology, & politics are considered. In 557 pp with Bibliography, Index, Preface. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1959, this hardcover 8vo has textured blue cloth over boards, lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, both hinges intact, pages off-white… Read More

University Park Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Scholarly examination of fascist, white supremacist, & other misguided attempts to use sociobiology to support their claims that whites are somehow genetically superior to other races (& men superior to women, etc). As an alternative to the sexist & racist claims of both biologically cultural determinism, the author advances an alternative notion of "developmental contextualism to explain human differences & further contribute to the nature-nurture debate. In 258 pages with chapter references & Index. Widely published on this topic, the author is a professor in the School of Education at Indiana University. A First Edition, first printing from1992, this hardcover book has black cloth-covered boards with deep gray lettering to spine. Condition is Fine in a Fine DJ (our highest grade): actually a Brand New book just removed from storage where it's been… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, in 580 pages, first published in 1968. This is a Book of the Month Club edition (bce) from shortly thereafter, identical in size & heft, with small review leaflet laid in. With burgundy cloth-covered boards embossed with the publisher's gilt seal to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: completely clean, pages creamy white & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Mild fading to top edges & bumped/rubbed lower outer corner to front board. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Good due to heavy fading to top edges &… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+/VG-. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, in 580 pages. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later (Aug.) printing from 1968, (the first year of issue), this hardcover 4to has deep burgundy cloth-covered boards embossed with the publisher's gilt seal to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: very clean save for a darker smudge to top outside page edges. Pages creamy white & unmarked except for former owner's name in neat pen to ffep. Binding strong, hinges secure, slight rightward slant. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $10 price intact) is downgraded to Good+/VG- due to… Read More

London, England: Penguin, 1968. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG-. By two journalists who were correspondents for the "Observer,'' this book takes you behind the scenes of the student riots that wrecked havoc on Paris in early 1968, drawing on direct observation, interviews, & eye-witness accounts. In 238 pages with Index + 16 pages of never-before-published black & white photos. First published in London by Heinemann, it is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from 1968, a Penguin Special (S26)never made available for sale in the US. Condition is VG-: completely clean, pages tanned, but unmarked save for former owner's stamp to first page. Moderate edgewear & rubbing ll around, with creasing to front upper-outer corners & slight tearing at heel of spine, same cover. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day… Read More

New York, New York: Dell, 1965. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Winner of the Prix de la Resistance, this book reveals "the shattering, secret history behind the rise & fall of the Third Reich." Author was a decorated member of the French Resistance movement during WWII & later in charge of liquidating German records of the Occupation, where he gained access to top ex-Gestapo agents & both published & unpublished documentary sources. In 416 pages. Orig. published in hardcover in 1964, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition, first printing, from Dell (#2863) from Sept. 1965. Condition is solidly Good+: extremely clean, binding strong & straight, all pages secure. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: moderate edgewear all around, including some heavy creases & rubbing, chips. Nicely preserved in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will… Read More

SAGE Publications, Inc, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. As New. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what you're looking for! You can be sure that, unless otherwise noted, ALL are LIKE NEW & unopened. Completely clean & unmarked, bindings straight & strong in like DJs (if issued with one). Virtually flawless! A chance to build your library with essentially new books that have been long out of print or not seen the light of day in decades! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A First Edition, First Printing, both this hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition; indistinguishable from Brand New! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white. NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless, with NO fading or edgewear. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.