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Washington: Government Printing Office. Fine. 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. xxxviii, 1060 pages; As New in original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering at spine. This volume is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations of the United States that documents the most significant foreign policy issues and major decisions of the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. This volume documents U.S. policy toward the global energy crisis beginning in 1969 and ending with Nixon’s departure from office in August 1974. It will be followed by volume XXXVII, which covers the energy crisis during the administrations of Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, from 1974 until 1980. This volume documents the U.S. response to the changes that took place between and among the oil producing nations, the consuming nations, and the oil companies. From 1969 to 1974 the established practices of the international oil industry, based on contractual obligations between producing… Read More

Washington: Brookings Institution. Very Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Autograph; 426 pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed and signed by the author on halftitle "For Rollie, / with best wishes / to someone who shares / my concern for the / Middle East -- / Bill" "The most authoritative account of a major historic event, written with scrupulous scholarship by a key behind-the-scenes participant."--Zbigniew Brzezinski, Adviser to the President for National Security Affairs, 1977-81 "No one but Bill Quandt could, in my view, write so knowledgeable, yet so judiciously balanced, an account."--Hermann Frederick Eilts, Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79. "In his detailed, carefully balanced and meticulously researched history of the Carter administration's goal in helping Israel and Egype achieve peace, Bill Quandt has produced an admirable model of contemporary historical writing . . . a major contribution to the… Read More

Alexandria: S. Snowden & J. D. Simms. Very Good. 1813. First Edition. Self-wrappers. 36 pages; Speech of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, in the House of Representatives of the United State4s, Delivered the 5th January, 1813. on the Bill in Addition to the Act Entitled "an Act to Raise an Additional Military Force, " and for Other Purposes. Small chip at lower right corner of 1st leaf, otherwise a Very Good copy of this early Virginia imprint regarding the raising of troops for the War against the British (while simultaneously defending settlers against the Indians). Sabin 67250 OCLC: 15462181 Josiah Quincy III (1772 – 1864) was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), Mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Pamphlet. 32 pages; Contents unmarked and complete, stitched at left edge, lacks original wrappers. OCLC 1031746793. Sabin 67196. Hubbard 1133. Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) was President of Harvard University from January 29, 1829 to August 27, 1845. He was also a politician, serving as a Federalist congressman, Boston mayor, Massachusetts municipal court judge, and Massachusetts state representative and state senator. After his retirement, Quincy became interested in politics once again. His son Edmund’s abolitionist politics drew Quincy into the antislavery movement. At the age of 82, Quincy began writing political pamphlets denouncing the “slave power” and the Fugitive Slave Law. He became a firm supporter of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and a Unionist after the beginning of the Civil War. .