Franklin Roosevelt
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
[Glenview, IL]: Scott, Foresman, [1968]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 213, illus., maps, biblio, index, ink notation & pencil erasure on fr endpaper, bds somewhat worn & soiled, some edge soiling. More
Lion by the Tail: The Story of the Italian-Ethiopian War
Place_Pub: New York: The Viking Press, 1974. 369, illus., endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index, text slightly darkened, DJ somewhat soiled, sm edge tears at DJ spine. More
Mr. Baruch
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Printing. 784, illus., appendix, notes, bibliography, index, spine discolored, some wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More
Mr. Baruch
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Printing. 784, illus., appendix, notes, bibliography, index, ink initials ins fr flyleaf, DJ quite worn/torn: flaps separated from rest of DJ. More
The Roosevelts: An American Saga
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 542, [2] pages. Genealogical table. Author's Notes. Source Notes. Index. Some weakness in front board which has been restrengthened with glue. More
1940: The World in Flames
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 258, illus., some warping to top of pages at back, top edge soiled. More
Is Paris Burning?
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Third Printing. 376, illus., color endpaper maps, table, sources, index, small stains to fore-edge, bookplate partially removed front flyleaf. More
Is Paris Burning?
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. 376 pages. Illus., color endpaper maps, table, sources, index, some foxing to top edge, DJ soiled: small tears and small pieces missing. More
Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First Edition. First Printing. 391, illus., footnotes, notes, bibliography, index. More
FDR and the Origins of the Welfare State
New York: Crowell, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 118, illus., index. More
Control or Fate in Economic Affairs: Selections from the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science
New York: Academy of Political Science, 1971. 23 cm, 212, wraps, footnotes, bibliographical references. More
Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884-1933
New York: Viking, c1992. Book Club? Edition. 24 cm, 587, v.1 only, illus., notes, bibliography, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, small tear at DJ spine. More
Alice; Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
New York: Viking, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, [4], 590 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Front DJ flap price clipped. Inscribed by the author. Copy of book review from the Washington Post laid in. Stacy Cordery is a biographer and professor of History at Iowa State University. She is currently under contract with Viking/Penguin for a biography of the rags-to-riches, innovative American beauty entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden. Stacy's most recent book, Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts, earned praise from the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Kirkus, and Publisher's Weekly, among others. Her third book, Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker, was a New York Times notable non-fiction book and widely extolled for its depth of research and engaging prose. She is a popular speaker and has appeared on venues such as NPR, CNN, C-SPAN, the Diane Rehm Show, and the Smithsonian Channel. More
Alice; Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
New York: Viking, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, [4], 590 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Stacy Cordery is a biographer and professor of History at Iowa State University. She is currently under contract with Viking/Penguin for a biography of the rags-to-riches, innovative American beauty entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden. Stacy's most recent book, Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts, earned praise from the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Kirkus, and Publisher's Weekly, among others. Her third book, Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker, was a New York Times notable non-fiction book and widely extolled for its depth of research and engaging prose. She is a popular speaker and has appeared on venues such as NPR, CNN, C-SPAN, the Diane Rehm Show, and the Smithsonian Channel. More
The Power and the Story
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. First Printing. 307, notes, index, rear DJ flap creased. More
Total War and the Constitution: Five Lectures Delivered on the William W. Cook Foundation at the University of MI, March 1946
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition. 188, footnotes, index, some foxing to fore-edge, some discoloration inside boards, DJ soiled and small tears. More
Days of Infamy: MacArthur, Roosevelt, Churchill, the Shocking Truth Revealed
New York: Pocket Books, c1994. First Printing. 25 cm, 448, illus. More
The Pacific War
Place_Pub: New York: Rawson, Wade, 1981. First Edition. First? Printing. 742, illus., endpaper maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, front DJ flap price clipped, small tears/chips to top DJ edge. More
Newton D. Baker; A Biography
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1961. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 310, [8] pages. Illustrations. Note on Manuscript Collections. Notes by Chapter. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Endpaper discoloration. Clarence Henley “Red” Cramer was the author of eight books, including this foundational biography of Cleveland notable, Newton D. Baker, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War. Cramer’s 1962 biography of Newton D. Baker, the brilliant mayor of Cleveland (1912–1916), who became Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of War, revealed that F.D.R. had phoned Baker during the deadlocked 1932 Democratic convention to offer to throw his support to him, if Baker, the darling of the Stop Roosevelt forces, really wanted the nomination. He didn’t. Baker saw the presidency, wrote Cramer, as a four-year sentence to a glorified prison “without benefit of clergy or even the mollifying ministration of a parole board.” Cramer spent the bulk of his academic career with Case Western Reserve University. This work was based on the fullest possible research among official documents and Baker's public and private papers, many of which had never been examined before. As a result, this biography offers many original and intimate insights into the course of recent American history and the men who shaped it. More
The Pressure Boys: The Inside Story of Lobbying in America
New York: J. Messner, Inc., [c1939]. 25 cm, 308, part of DJ present. Inscribed by the author. More
Rebel at Large: Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 384, top board corners somewhat bumped, top corner of text creased, ink name and stray red mark inside front flyleaf. More
Connecticut Yankee: An Autobiography
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1943. First? Edition. First? Printing. 428, index, DJ worn, torn, scuffed, and soiled. More
Imperfect Presidents; Tales of Misadventure and Triumph
Fall River Press, 2010. Fall River Press Exclusive Edition. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 238, [4] pages. Illustrations. Reading Guide. Notes. Source Notes. Index. Jim Cullen is the author of "Born in the USA" (Literary Guild Alternate), "The American Dream," and other books. He has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Sarah Lawrence College, and currently teaches at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, where he also serves on the Board of Trustees. He received his B.A. in English from Tufts University, and his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in American Civilization from Brown University. Jim is the author of over dozen books, which include "Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions", "The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation" and "Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition" More
Selected Papers of Homer Cummings, Attorney General of the United States, 1933-1939
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxvi, 316 pages. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Appendix: Politics and Humanity. Index. This does not have a DJ. Some spotting and scratches to fore-edge, discoloration inside boards & flyleaves. Some edge wear and scuffing to boards and spine, presentation copy signed by the author. Homer Stille Cummings (April 30, 1870 – September 10, 1956) was a U.S. lawyer and political figure who was United States Attorney General from 1933 to 1939. He also was elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, three times before founding the legal firm of Cummings & Lockwood in 1909. He later served as chairman of Democratic National Committee between 1919 and 1920. Cummings reentered politics. In 1932, he helped persuade 24 senators and numerous congressmen to announce their support for Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the Chicago convention, he planned strategy, operated as floor manager, and delivered a resounding seconding speech. Following the election, Roosevelt chose Cummings as governor-general of the Philippines. Two days before the inauguration, Thomas J. Walsh, who had been designated attorney general, died. Upon taking office on March 4, 1933, Roosevelt named Cummings to lead the Justice Department. Cummings served almost six years as attorney general. Cummings transformed the Department of Justice by establishing uniform rules of practice and procedure in federal courts. He secured the passage of twelve laws that buttressed the "Lindbergh Law" on kidnapping, made bank robbery a federal crime and cracked down on interstate transportation of stolen property. More