Sweet Freedom's Song; "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Illus. 8vo, blue boards, d.w. (New York): Oxford University Press, 2002. Very good. More
POLITICS
To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life & Times of Art Young
Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2017. With essays by Art Spiegelman, Justin Green et al. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of examples of drawings by Art Young. 381 pages. 4to, pictorial boards. Seattle: Fantagraphics, (2017). First edition. Art Young (1866-1943) was an American political cartoonist best known for his drawings and editorial contributions to the Socialist monthly magazine, The Masses (1911-1917). Young started out drawing for mainstream news and humor publications, earning a position at the Chicago Interocean where he worked with the well-known..... More
Power Failure; New York City Politics and Policy Since 1960
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. 8vo, 1/2 tan cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1985. 396 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1985). First American Printing. More
Seat of Empire; The Political Role of Eighteenth- Century Williamsburg.
illus. 85pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Williamsburg,1950. More
The Collected Essays of Asa Briggs. Volume II: Images, Problems, Standpoints, Forecasts.
Urbana: The University of Illinois Press, 1985. Black & white illustrations. 324pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. Urbana: The University of Illinois Press, (1985). Very good. More
Serious Pursuits Communications and Education. Volume III: The Collected Essays of Asa Briggs.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. 470pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. has light edge-wear. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1991). Very good. More
The Patriot Game; Canada and the Canadian Question Revisited
Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1986. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. sunned on spine. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, (1986). Near Fine Presentation copy. More
The Patriot Game; National Dreams & Political Realities.
8vo, cloth, d.w. (Toronto): Key Porter, (1986). vg. More
Tour of Duty; John Kerry and the Vietnam War.
illus. 546pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): William Morrow, (2004). vg. More
Killing the Messenger: The Right-Wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack Your Government
New York: Twelve, 2015. xxii + 296 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Twelve, (2015). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
America in the Modern World
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1960. Thin 8vo, black cloth, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled, corners of cloth bumped. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1960). More
The French Nation: From Napoleon to Petain, 1814-1940.
New York: Harper, 1957. 328pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped and worn. New York: Harper & Row, (1957). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Politics In America.
467pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1954). More
My Brother, Lech Walesa.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Tribeca, (1983). vg. More
Autographed Letter Signed to the Earl of Suffolk
London: 1616. 1 page with 8 lines of writing, 9 x 7.5 inches, Tower of London, April 8, 1616. Signed in full by the conspirator in the plot to place Arabella Stuart on the throne instead of James I. He was arrested with Sir Walter Scott (who he accused of complicity) and was condemned to death but later pardoned. This letter is written to the Earl of Suffolk, Lord High Treasurer, asking payment of a pension due him, which was..... More
What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers
New York: Basic Books, 2006. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2006). Very good. More
Acts relating to the City of Brooklyn, and the Ordinances, Thereof; Together with an Appendix, containing the Old Charters,
Brooklyn: A. Spooner, 1840. Statistical Information. 283pp. 8vo, later cloth, leather label, head of spine and edges of corners worn, cloth and some pages dampstained, scattered light foxing. Brooklyn: A. Spooner, 1840. First Edition. More
Here I Am, Take My Hand.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harper, (1974). vg. More
Autographed Note Signed
1820. 1 page, 5 x 4.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1820 -- a conclusion of a handwritten letter with a postscript (but complete in itself), in full: "Yours Truly, H. Brougham. You had better make your corrections of the proportion on a separate paper." Boldly signed and in near fine condition. British statesman and Lord Chancellor. He also designed the One Horse Brougham. More
The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq., before the House of Commons, Friday, April 1, 1808, in Support of the Petitions from London, Liverpool and Manchester, against the Orders in Council.
Taken in Short-Hand by A. Fraser. xiii, 65pp. 8vo, disbound; (dampstain to margin, scattered light foxing, small tear to top margin of t.p.). Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, 1808. First American Edition. Early in his political career, Henry Brougham unsuccessfully defended British merchants, who were against the Council's maritime trade restrictions with the United States. In 1810, Brougham became a member of Parliament. Later he was Lord Chancellor. S&S 14591. More
In My Way; The Political Memoirs of Lord George-Brown.
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise vg). N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, (1971). Presentation copy. More
Redeeming the Republic; Federalists, Taxation, and the Origins of the Constitution
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, many pages wrinkled from exposure to dampness, but not dampstained. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1993). More
We Hold These Truths; Documents of American Democracy
New York: Harper, 1941. 8vo, blue cloth, small tears and pen marks in margins of a few pages. New York: Harper, (1941). More