Search Results: Politics from Orpheus Books

New York: Dutton, 1978. Signed facing the title page at the top of his portrait by Charlton Heston. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this title. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Hur. From 1965-71, he served as the elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Five-term president of the National Rifle Association (1998-2003).

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968. First British edition / First printing. Pale green cloth. Very fine with publisher's cancellation on the CIP page in fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

New York: Crown, 2006. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Signed by former President Clinton on the title page. First edition / First printing. First issue with "failure of my life" in last sentence of the acknowledgments. Navy paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy.

New York: Viking, 2007. Signed on the title page by John W. Dean. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2015. Signed on the half-title page by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics.

New York: Times Books, 1995. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Tiny spot offset to the inside back of the jacket near the spine from the black cloth, It is not visible on the outside of the jacket. Book does not appear to be affected. A sharp attractive copy. Chosen as number 10 in The New York Times 50 Best Memoirs of the last 50 years. Barack Obama's remarkable first book, a memoir. Published 9 years before his Keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention propelled him into the National spotlight and four years later into the Presidency. This is the correct First Edition. The book was reissued in 2004, in both paperback and hardcover, and became a bestseller.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Gray paper-covered spine, red paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2008.

New York: Random House, 1987. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth spine, burgundy paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Signed on the front free end-paper by Former Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson, Senator Paul Tsongas and Senator Warren B. Rudman. Second printing. Blue cloth spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Peterson, who served in the Nixon Cabinet, remains a conservative, but is highly critical of the ideology of the present Republican Party. He is among the 40 billionaires including Warren Buffett and Bill Gates who have agreed to give half of their wealth to charity.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Marzani & Munsell, 1964. First edition / First printing. Red, White and Blue illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Political satire from the 1964 campaign.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. Signed and dated 2003 on the title page by Paul Krugman, Additionally inscribed: To Rick Best Wishes. First edition / First Printing. Red paper-covered spine, blue paper-covered boards. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Krugman is the Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Signed on the title page by President Carter. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, teal paper-covered boards. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. An Hour Before Daylight was a 2002 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Jimmy Carter is the 2002 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

New York: Dell, 1968. First edition / First printing. A collection of essays that appeared previously in periodicals and published works by Mailer. Illustrated wrappers.*8109.jpg Fine. Uncommon. A paperbound original.

New York: Viking, 1983. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth spine, ochre paper-covered boards. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket with crease to the rear flap and one tiny edge tear. This original edition of In the Spirit of Crazy Horse was withdrawn by the publisher when Matthiessen and Viking were sued for libel by David Price, an FBI agent, and the former South Dakota Governor, William J. Janklow. After 4 years of litigation, the suit was dismissed, after 3 additional years of appeals, the book was finally reissued by Viking in an updated edition. This is the original suppressed edition.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2002. Signed on the half-title page by both Al and Tipper Gore. Additionally Inscribed "To John". First edition / First printing. White paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Al Gore is the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

New York: Times Books, 1996. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, green paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.