Woodrow Wilson and the People
Place_Pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 392, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some wear/chips to DJ edges. More
Place_Pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 392, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some wear/chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Random House, 1936. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. 383, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. Endpapers discolored, Ink notation on front endpaper. Rear board weak and restrengthened with glue. Many pencil notes on rear flyleaf & inside rear cover. This honest book adds to the author's previous account of his years in Washington, though there is new light on his relations with certain American personalities. Its most important contributions concern Bernstorff's ambassadorship at Constantinople during the last part of the war, and his activities in the political life of the German Republic, particularly on behalf of the League and disarmament. This volume should be read by all who wish to understand the tragedy of postwar German democracy. More
New York: Crown, 2018. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 739, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Source Notes. Index. Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian specializing in the United States presidency. He is the author of nine books, the most recent of which, Presidents of War, was published by Crown/Penguin Random House in 2018. Beschloss has been a frequent commentator on the PBS NewsHour and is the NBC News Presidential Historian. He is a trustee of the White House Historical Association and the National Archives Foundation and he also sits on the board of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Michael Beschloss was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State’s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2004 in the area of Communications and Education. More
New York: Vintage Books, 1962. Third, Revised Edition. Wraps. 403 pages, 13 cm, wraps, bibliography, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page browning, highlighting/underlining. More
New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1947. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. viii, [1], 312, vii pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Dust jacket has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips. Some discoloration. More
New York: Knopf, c1947. Rev/1st Thus Edition. 22 cm, 312, biblio, index, fr bd weak/reglued, spine faded, pencil erasure on fr endpaper, signature of noted author Elmer Davis ins fr bd. More
New York: Knopf, 1959. Second, Rev. Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 865, illus., usual library markings, boards somewhat soiled and worn, edges soiled. More
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, [c1970]. 24 cm, 168, index, pencil erasure on endpages, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, soiled, and small tear. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1980. First Edition. 221, notes on reading, index, extensive highlighting and ink underlining/notations pp. 163-209, some wear to bd/spine edges. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First edition. First edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 202, [6] p. Notes. Subject Index. Index of Names. More
Houston, TX: Bright Sky Press, 2016. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. 500 pages. Foreword by Ken Burns. Illustrations. Index of Topics Covered. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Since 2010, in addition to the groups identified in Cross-Examining History, Talmage has interviewed and moderated programs for the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, the George W. Bush Presidential Library, the Great Washington Writers Series, and the SMU Center for Presidential History. After conducting 31 “cross-examination”-style public interviews of presidential historians and White House insiders, attorney Talmage Boston believes he has identified 10 key traits of successful presidents. Boston shares those traits in the book Cross-Examining History. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Printing. 24 cm, 346, index, DJ worn and soiled, rear DJ crumpled. More
Princeton, NJ: Dow Jones Books, 1976. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 870, [6] pages. Illustrations. Occasional Footnotes. Source notes. Bibliography. The Gridiron Club: Membership List. Index. Inside front and back covers are stained. Mr. Brayman and graduated from Cornell University. Harold Brayman (1900-1988), former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company, retired from that position March 31, 1965. Brayman went to Du Pont in 1942 after a distinguished newspaper career of twenty years, fourteen of them spent as Washington correspondent for leading New York and other American dailies. He had headed that activity of the company for 21 years, establishing a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. As a specialist in reporting and analyzing political events, Brayman attended all national political conventions from 1928 through 1940. He crisscrossed the nation as a correspondent on the presidential campaign trains of Alfred E. Smith in 1928, President Roosevelt in 1932, Alfred M. Landon in 1936, and Wendell L. Wilkie in 1940. He worked as a syndicated columnist and a Washington correspondent for several newspapers. While a correspondent in Washington, Brayman was president of the National Press Club in 1938 and president of the Gridiron Club in 1941, one of the very few Washington correspondents to have been elected president of both of these organizations . He wrote four books, ''Corporation Management in a World of Politics,'' ''Developing a Philosophy for Business Action,'' ''A History of the Lincoln Club of Delaware'' and ''The President Speaks Off the Record.''. More
Princeton, NJ: Dow Jones Books, 1976. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 870, [6] pages. Illustrations. Occasional Footnotes. Source notes. Bibliography. The Gridiron Club: Membership List. Index. Inside front and back covers are stained. Mr. Brayman and graduated from Cornell University. Harold Brayman (1900-1988), former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company, retired from that position March 31, 1965. Brayman went to Du Pont in 1942 after a distinguished newspaper career of twenty years, fourteen of them spent as Washington correspondent for leading New York and other American dailies. He had headed that activity of the company for 21 years, establishing a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. As a specialist in reporting and analyzing political events, Brayman attended all national political conventions from 1928 through 1940. He crisscrossed the nation as a correspondent on the presidential campaign trains of Alfred E. Smith in 1928, President Roosevelt in 1932, Alfred M. Landon in 1936, and Wendell L. Wilkie in 1940. He worked as a syndicated columnist and a Washington correspondent for several newspapers. While a correspondent in Washington, Brayman was president of the National Press Club in 1938 and president of the Gridiron Club in 1941, one of the very few Washington correspondents to have been elected president of both of these organizations . He wrote four books, ''Corporation Management in a World of Politics,'' ''Developing a Philosophy for Business Action,'' ''A History of the Lincoln Club of Delaware'' and ''The President Speaks Off the Record.''. More
Place_Pub: Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1955, 1958. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 606 & 500 pages. 2-vol. set, illus., index, endpapers discolored, one-page corrigenda laid in, front DJ flap v.2 price clipped. More
New York: F. L. Searl & Company, 1920. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 163, boards somewhat worn and soiled, especially at edges, front board weakened/reglued, black mark on top edge. More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1968. 225, illus., footnotes, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper and in index. More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1956. First Edition. First? Printing. 192, illus., gift inscription (not from author) on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears/chips. More
New York: Knopf, 1979, c1978. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 433, illus., bibliography, index, slight edge soiling, slight wear and soiling to boards. More
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1965. Reprint Edition. 363, footnotes, index, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chip in rear DJ, some edge soiling. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1963]. 24 cm, 388, bookplate, some staining and wear to DJ, underlining on several pages. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. xi, [3], 388, [2] pages. Sources. Index. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Inscription on half-title signed by the author (Jim Burns). James MacGregor Burns (August 3, 1918 in Melrose, MA – July 15, 2014 in Williamstown, MA) was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. In 1971 Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in History and Biography for his work Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. Burns shifted the focus of leadership studies from the traits and actions of great men to the interaction of leaders and their constituencies as collaborators working toward mutual benefit. He was best known for his contributions to the transactional, transformational, aspirational, and visionary schools of leadership theory. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1988. Bicentennial Edition. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 29 cm. xviii, [2], 800, Volume One ONLY. Illustrations (some color). Foreword by William E. Leuchtenburg. Notes. Bibliography. Index, Senate Document 100-20. Inscribed on the half-title page by the author. Inscription reads "Best wishes to Hugh Evans Sincerely Robert C. Byrd." Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress. Initially elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, Byrd served there for six years before being elected to the Senate in 1958. He rose to become one of the Senate's most powerful members, serving as secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1967 to 1971 and—after defeating his longtime colleague Ted Kennedy for the job—as Senate Majority Whip from 1971 to 1977. Over the next three decades, Byrd led the Democratic caucus in numerous roles depending on whether his party held control of the Senate, including Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader and President pro tempore of the United States Senate. As president pro tempore—a position he held four times in his career—he was third in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Renowned for his knowledge of Senate precedent and parliamentary procedure, Byrd wrote a four-volume history of the Senate in later life. More
Bennington, VT: Images from the Past, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 113, illus., chronology, bibliography. Inscribed by the author (James R. Carroll). More
New York: Center/Study of the Presid. 1981. 25 cm, 146, wraps, tables, notes, tear at spine. More