Decision-Making in the White House: The Olive Branch or the Arrows
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Third Printing. 21 cm, 94, index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Third Printing. 21 cm, 94, index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 134, DJ somewhat worn and sticker residue, DJ flap creased. More
Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2018. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 221, [1] pages. Illustrations. Sources. Inscribed on the title page. Inscription reads To J + Cathy with Love! ELS. Forward by President George W. Bush. President and Mrs. Bush’s granddaughter, Ellie LeBlond Sosa, is based in Boston, Massachusetts, where she works for a healthcare nonprofit. Her passion though lies in health and wellness. She earned her certificate as a holistic health counselor in 2013 and teaches fitness in Boston as well as on retreats for women around the world. Ellie met her husband of four years at her grandparent’s home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and was married there in 2014. George and Barbara Bush: A Great American Love Story is Ellie's first book which she was inspired to write after being a witness to their love over the years. Many books have been written about her grandparents but this is the first that focuses specifically on the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush. Kelly Chase has spent her career telling stories through a variety of mediums, including magazines, newspapers, radio, podcasts, videos, and more. She has worked with a diverse range of subjects—from former U.S. presidents to company executives—as well as a variety of projects—from magazine and website launches to a book that has sold worldwide. She has been the editor of Cape Cod and the Islands. She has managed and written for regional publications including New England Living, Maine Home & Design, Cape Cod Magazine, South Shore Living, Boston Home, Life & Style, and Design New England. Kelly earned her master's in publishing and writing from Emerson College. More
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1980. 243 pages. Wraps, illus., index, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Signed by the author (Spragens). More
Washington, D.C. Anne Squire, 1929. A Completely Revised Edition. Hardcover. x, 77, [1] p. 24 cm. More
Chicago, IL: Peoples Book Club, 1946. Book Club Edition. 334, frontis illus., index, front board weak, ink name ins fr board & on p. v, bds & spine spotted, some edge wear to boards & spine. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Trade Edition. Fifth Printing. 334, frontis illus., illus., index, some discoloration inside boards & flyleaves, name & stamp of previous owner inside front board. More
New York: Sentinel [An Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC], 2018. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 338 pages. Illustrations. Sources. Index. Inscribed on the title page by the author. Inscription reads For my dear friends Dan & Missy--With admiration and affection--Ken Starr. Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. Starr received the most public attention for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. president. Starr was initially appointed to investigate the suicide of deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater real estate investments of Clinton. The three-judge panel charged with administering the Ethics in Government Act later expanded the inquiry into numerous areas including suspected perjury about Clinton's sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky. After more than four years of investigation, Starr filed the Starr Report, which alleged that Clinton lied about the existence of the affair during a sworn deposition. The allegation led to the impeachment of Clinton and the five-year suspension of Clinton's Arkansas law license. Starr was later both the president and the chancellor of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from June 2010 until May/June 2016. More
New York: Citadel Press, [1964]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 48, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, small piece missing at top of spine, cover reglued. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, c1999. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 456, illus., note on sources, index, damp stains inside boards & flyleaves & on inner margins of a few pages, damp wrinkles to DJ. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, c1999. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 456, illus., note on sources, index, boards scuffed and small stains, some wear to board and spine edges. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1999. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 456 pages, illus., index., some wear/small tears to top DJ edge. Signed by the author. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First Edition. Third Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm. viii, 456 pages. Illustrations. Note on Sourcing. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription reads To Suzanne and Chris, G. R. Stephanopoulos. George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American television host, political commentator, and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos currently is chief anchor and political correspondent on ABC News, and a coanchor with Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, and host of This Week, ABC's Sunday morning current events news program. Before his career as a journalist, Stephanopoulos was an advisor to the Democratic Party. In 1988, Stephanopoulos worked on the Michael Dukakis 1988 U.S. presidential campaign. He has noted that one of his attractions to this campaign was that Dukakis was a Greek-American liberal from Massachusetts. After this campaign, Stephanopoulos became the "floor man" for Dick Gephardt, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader; he held this position until he joined the Clinton campaign. He rose to early prominence as a communications director for the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and subsequently became White House communications director. He was later senior advisor for policy and strategy, before departing in December 1996. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First Edition [stated]. Ninth printing [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. viii, 456 pages. Illustrations. Note on Sourcing. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed by the author on fep. George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American journalist, political commentator and former political operative and advisor. Stephanopoulos is currently the chief anchor and the chief political correspondent for ABC News, a co-anchor of Good Morning America, and the host of ABC's Sunday morning This Week. Stephanopoulos is a regular substitute anchor for ABC World News Tonight. Prior to his career as a journalist, Stephanopoulos was an advisor to the Democratic Party. He rose to early prominence as a communications director for the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and subsequently became White House communications director. He was later senior advisor for policy and strategy, before departing in December 1996. Stephanopoulos is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. More
New York: Dutton, c1989. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 117, illus., index. More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 304 pages. DJ has slight wear,small scuff at back and minor soiling. Signed by author sticker on DJ. Foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed. Author's Note. Illustrations. Map. Includes Appendix A: A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul Jennings. Appendix B: Jennings Family Genealogy. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Elizabeth Dowling Taylor received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Over a 22-year career in museum education and historical research, she was director of interpretation at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and director of education at James Madison’s Montpelier. Most recently a fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Taylor is now an independent scholar and lecturer. She is the author of A Slave in the White House. Paul Jennings (1799–1874) was an American personal servant, as a young enslaved man, to President James Madison during and after his White House years. Jennings is noted for publishing in 1863 the first White House memoir. His book was described as "a singular document in the history of slavery and the early American republic." Living in Washington, DC from 1837 on, Jennings made many useful connections and was aided by the northern Republican Senator Daniel Webster in gaining freedom. In the 1850s, Jennings traveled to Virginia, where he tracked down his children, who had grown up on a neighboring plantation with his late wife Fanny, who was also enslaved. His relatives on his mother's side were sold by the widow Dolley Madison with Montpelier in 1844. More
New York: Doubleday, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 303, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Washington, DC: The Thrift Shop, 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 228, wraps, illus. (some color), index, floor plan, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Denver Colorado: The White House, 1955. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Thank You Note. Format is approximately 6 inches by 3.25 inches. Card printed on one side only. Card has The White House printed at the top and the following text: The President is deeply grateful for your kind remembrance of him on his birthday. Your good wishes, coming during his convalescence, have been very heartening to him. Envelop stating The White House present, and messily torn open. Postmark is Oct 28, 1955 from Denver, Colorado. More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. First Printing. 21 cm, 298, illus. with black and white photographs, index. More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. First Printing. 21 cm, 298, illus. with black and white photographs, index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Scribner, c1999. First Printing. 24 cm, 415, illus., DJ slightly soiled, some damp stains inside DJ and on boards, black mark on bottom edge. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Touchstone Edition. First Printing. Wraps. 415, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Signed and dated by the author. Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership in the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote six books; her last, with co-author Craig Crawford, was Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009). Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial comments she made about Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. She then served as an opinion columnist for the Falls Church News-Press until February 2012. More
London: Cassell, 1995. 23 cm, 242. More
New York: Free Press, 2006. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 196, [2] pages. Bibliography. Index. Some pages appear off-white. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Jim and Elizabeth, Best, Mike Tidwell. Predicts a rise in ocean levels throughout the next few decades and more catastrophic weather patterns that are threatening some of the nation's largest cities, identifying the consequences of the past century's consumption of fossil fuels. Mike Tidwell is the founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and nationwide. He is also an author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Katrina hurricane disaster in his 2003 book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. His most recent book, focusing on Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Race to Save America’s Coastal Cities. His 2004 documentary film, We Are All Smith Islanders, vividly depicts the dangers of global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. Tidwell has been featured in numerous national media outlets including NBC’s Meet the Press, NPR, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, Politico, and the Washington Post. In 2003, Tidwell received the Audubon Naturalist Society’s prestigious Conservation Award. Two years later he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. More