Organizing and Staffing the Presidency
New York: Center/Study of Presidency, c1980. First Paperbk? Printing. 24 cm, 196, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, ink name on half-title. More
New York: Center/Study of Presidency, c1980. First Paperbk? Printing. 24 cm, 196, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, ink name on half-title. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c1979. 22 cm, 248, ink note on front endpaper, limited underlining and marginalia on several pages. More
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Howard University, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 64 pages. Illustrations. Format is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. This is the program from a gala "Honoring the Heroes of the Landmark Decision". Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896. The Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." De jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Howard University is a federally chartered, historically black university in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Howard offers more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. More
Washington DC: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Booklet. Format is approximately 5 inches by 10 inches. Covers and 8 pages. Illustrations. Ink notation inside the front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. The W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award was presented on Tuesday, April 28, 1992 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel. The Honorees were President Jimmy Carter and Anatoly Sobchak, the Mayor of St. Petersburg, Russia. The program included J. Brian Atwood as the Master of Ceremonies, Welcoming Remarks by the Hon. Lindy Boggs, Invocation by Father Robert J. Brooks, the film "Making a Difference", Dinner, Presentation of the Award to Jimmy Carter by Walter F. Mondale, Remarks by Jimmy Carter, Presentation of Award to Anatoly Sobchak by George J. Mitchell (Senate Majority Leader), and Remarks by Anatoly Sobchak. Music was provided by Gene Donati Presentations. The next page presents the Host Committee, Patrons and Sponsors. The next two pages have photographs and text on Jimmy Carter and Anatoly Sobchak. The next page describes the W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award. The following page presents the menu for the evening. The last page described the National Democratic Institute. The inside of the back cover presents the Institutes Board of Directors and its Senior Advisory Committee. The back cover is blank except for a union label from the printers trade union. Includes two tickets to the event, each #31 (presumably the table number). More
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, c1978. First Edition. 24 cm, 367, index, corners slightly bumped, DJ somewhat frayed and small tears at edges. More
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, c1978. First Edition. 24 cm, 367, index, DJ somewhat soiled, small tears to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. More
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1979. First Paperbk Edition. pocket paperbk, 367, wraps, index, some darkening to text, covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear The author was the Press Secretary to President Gerald Ford. More
New York: The Free Press, 1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 371, notes, index, some foxing to fore-edge. More
Washington, DC: Senate Democratic Policy Com, 1982. First? Edition. First Thus? Printing. 239, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Place_Pub: New York: Viking, 2001. Third Printing. 338, select bibliography, index. More
New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition. 293, footnotes, appendices, index, red marker dot on fore-edge, sticker residue and some soiling to DJ. More
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976. First Edition. First Paperbk? Printing. 21 cm, 134, wraps, illus., some soiling to covers, some discoloration to text. More
Place_Pub: Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976. First Edition. First? Printing. pocket paperbk, 134, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page discoloration Here is Jimmy Carter--man of faith and politics--as seen by two veteran newspapermen. More
New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition. Second Printing. 387, illus., index, DJ slightly soiled, some wear to top and bottom edges of DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1987. Fourth Printing. 387, illus., index, DJ slightly worn, some foxing to fore-edge. Inscribed by the author (O'Neill). More
Place_Pub: New York: Random House, 1987. Third Printing. 387, illus., index, DJ edges slightly creased, paper clip impression front flyleaf & half title. Inscribed by the author (O'Neill). More
New York: Random House, 1987. Third Printing. Hardcover. xiii, [2], 387, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ has moisture stain at bottom spine but otherwise has minor edge soiling and other slight wear and soiling. Minor staining to the bottom of several early pages. Signed on half title page by the author (O'Neill). Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as a Democrat from 1953 to 1987. The only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, he is the third longest-serving Speaker in American history after Sam Rayburn and Henry Clay in terms of total tenure, and longest-serving in terms of continuous tenure (Rayburn and Clay having served multiple terms in the Speakership). More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, c1995. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 341, illus., slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. xxii, 233 p. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on fep. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P. J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and a panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. He has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. He is the author of 20 books, including Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject. More
New York: Free Press, c1981. First Printing. 25 cm, 308, notes, bibliography, index, some wear and small chips to DJ edges, boards under DJ discolored (white powder on boards). More
Philadelphia, PA: Camino Books, Inc., 2003. 10th Anniversary Edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. x, 405, [1] pages. Signed by the author in the title page. Includes Introduction by John Timoney, Prologue, Epilogue, Author's Glossary, Acknowledgments, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. The author was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, covering politics for ten years. Frank Rizzo, Philadelphia's mayor, represented stability and security in an increasingly unstable and insecure America, particularly in the largest cities. Long after his death, most police officers continued to speak of him fondly, even longingly, because he supported the police at a time when almost everyone else looked down on them and denigrated them. Here at last is the first full-scale biography of Frank L. Rizzo, one of the most beloved and feared public figures in urban American history. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, figures, notes, bibliography, index, small crease in DJ flap, slight soiling to DJ, red mark on edge. More
New York: A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, illus. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, figures, notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author to Linda Chavez, conservative columnist & political commentator. More