John Williams Walker; A Study in the Political, Social and Cultural Life of the Old Southwest.
8vo, cloth, d.w. University: Univ. of Alabama Press, (1964). More
POLITICS
The United Nations; A Concise Political Guide. Third Edition
Lanham: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. very lightly soiled. (Lanham): Barnes & Noble Books, (1995). Very good. More
The Johnson Eclipse: A President's Vice Presidency
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Illustrated. 280 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: the Macmillan Company, (1966). First printing. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Typed Letter Signed
Cleveland: 1936. 2 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, law firm letterhead, Cleveland, October 20, 1936. Written to Frederic R. Coudert, international law attorney and political power broker, on the upcoming Presidential election, in small part: "I have found myself deeply troubled by the Presidential campaign. With the concentration of power in Washington, the encroachments of the executive upon legislative discussion, the vast wastefulness and extravagance in Federal expenditures and the unblushing use made of those expenditures for political purposes, I...... More
Autograph Letter Signed
1946. A.L.S. "Baldwin of Bewdley", 8vo. 1 page, Ashley Hall, June 1946, to international attorney and political powerbroker Frederick R. Coudert, soon after the death of his wife and while stricken with sever arthritis and near total deafness, in full: "My permanent quarters are here, so let me know when you are in England and we will try a meeting if possible. Life is not easy and it may not be possible to ask you here because of the servant..... More
Autographed Letter Signed "S.B."
Ottawa, Canada: 1939. 2 pages (front and back), 8 x 5 inches, Government House, Ottawa, April 19, 1939. Written to powerful New York attorney Frederic R. Coudert during a lecture tour of Canada, in part: "...Nothing is settled yet and I will try and send you a line from Toronto if I have made any final arrangements while I am here. I only came over to give off these lectures which I hoped might be of use in Canada at..... More
Autographed Letter Signed
London: 1926. A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages, 10 Downing Street, December 26th 1926, a very cryptic communication to American international law attorney and political powerbroker Frederick R. Courdet, in full: "Thank you, old friend for your letter and for the enclosures you sent me. Your N.Y. man has handled it with due sense of gravity and responsibility... of the danger in the situation as there must be in a modern democracy if the ship begins to sink." Fine condition. British statesman..... More
Typed Letter Signed on personal stationery
London: 1920. 1 page with handwritten additions and corrections, 9 x 7 inches, London, July 7, 1920. In this letter, Balfour respectfully declines an invitation to take part in the Fund for the Restoration of Rheims Cathedral, in part: "...I feel at once overwhelmed and ashamed at the number of somewhat similar duties which I have undertaken; and I really dare not add to their number!" Natural folds; Balfour's name written at the top of the page in another hand..... More
The Past Has Another Pattern
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1982. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 527 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper (lightly edgeworn and faded on backstrip). New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1982). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Mary and Bill Murdoch with warm regards, George Ball, July 26, 1982." More
The Memorialists petition both houses of Congress to end mail delivery on the Sabbath.
Baltimore. Broadside. 10 1/2 inches x 12 1/2 inches. Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1829, issued at the height of the national debate on whether mail delivery should take place on Sunday. "...The evils resulting from this violation of the Sabbath have increased from year to year until they have reached an extent alarming both to the friends of morality and of a free government. Your Memorialists have witnessed this increasing immorality with deep regret. Your Memorialists deem it unnecessary to urge..... More
Signed Photograph
Val de Marne: 1981. 3.5 x 5.25-inch black-and-white snapshot of Bani-Sadr in Western attire with horn-rimmed glasses, holding his chin in a pensive expression. Signed in English and Farsi. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope. Val de Marne, France, September 9, 1981. Fine. More
The Struggle for Democracy.
Boston: Little Brown, 1988. Profusely illustrated, some in color. 298 pages. Short 4to, boards, d.w. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Truth of Power; Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House
New York: Norton, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w., corners of boards bumped. New York: Norton, (2001). Presentation copy. More
Confusion on the Potomac; The Alarming Chaos and Feuds of Washington.
8vo, cloth, chipped d.w. N.Y.: Funk, (1941). More
The Politics of Southwestern Water
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1984. a few maps. 50pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1984. More
Reflections on Government
London: Oxford University Press, 1953. 424 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; some red pen marks in margins of first 30 pages, one page with underlining. London: Oxford University Press, (1953). A very good copy. More
Essays on Government.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1956. vii + 304pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed, price clipped. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, (1956). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Gladstone and Radicalism: The Reconstructionism of Liberal Policy in Britain, 1885-1894.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975. viii + 308pp., cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed, previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. New York: Barnes & Noble, (1975). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Willkie; The Events He was part of-the Ideas He fought for.
Illustrated. 405pp. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Simon & schuster, 1952. Very good. More
Reprint of a Short Biography of Colonel Ebenezer Allen, Known in the New Hampshire Grants, as Captain or Major,
Plattsburgh: J. W. Tuttle, 1852. A. D. 1777, before and after. Also Short Biographies of Lieutenant Samuel Allen and Dr. Jacob Roebeck. In addition some reminiscences of Lake Champlain, reprinted in part. 32pp. + errata slip. 8vo, beautifully bound in modern 1/2 red morocco, a few words in pencil in margin of one page, slightly underlined on a few pages, margins of title page and last page are lightly soiled. Plattsburgh: J. W. Tuttle, 1852. Ebenezer Allen served with Ethan..... More
Intervention and Revolution; The United States in the Third World
New York: New American Library, 1968. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: New American Library, (1968). More
The Lean Years; Politics in the Age of Scarcity
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1980). Near Fine Study of current political conflict caused by a lack of natural resources. More
Violence and Defense in the Jewish Experience.
361pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: JPS, 1977. Very good. More
Truth is Our Weapon
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. chipped, torn, and lightly soiled, d.w. and front cover of cloth lightly dampstained. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953. Author was a former Assistant Secretary of State. He examines American propaganda and information sent abroad during the Cold War. More
Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani
New York: Basic Books, 2000. Illustrated. 498 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2000). More