Diplomat Among Warriors
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. 470, illus., index, foxing to fore-edge, some discoloration inside flyleaves, DJ worn & discolored: small tears, small pcs missing. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. 470, illus., index, foxing to fore-edge, some discoloration inside flyleaves, DJ worn & discolored: small tears, small pcs missing. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. 470 pages. Illus., index, slight wear to boards. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. 470 pages. Illus., index, slight wear to boards. More
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996. First Printing. 24 cm, 273. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 553, frontis illus., footnotes, index, some discoloration & foxing inside boards & flyleaves and to a few text pages. Pencil underlining on a few pages, ink notation inside front flyleaf. Myers was a Professor of Politics at Princeton University and prepared the State Papers of President Hoover for publication; Newton was a member of Congress from 1919-1929 and Secretary to the President from 1929-1933. William Starr Myers (June 17, 1877 - January 27, 1956) chronicled New Jersey and the GOP. Myers was graduated from the University of North Carolina, class of 1897. After graduating from UNC cum laude, Myers went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University where he received his Ph.D. in 1900. Myers became assistant professor at Princeton University, 1906-1918, then professor from 1918 until his death. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. viii, [2], 553, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Index, p.500 creased, some discoloration inside hinges, DJ soiled & edges chipped. Pieces missing along DJ edges, large piece missing to front DJ, short note (not from author) pasted inside front flyleaf. Myers was a Professor of Politics at Princeton University and prepared the State Papers of President Hoover for publication; Newton was a member of Congress from 1919-1929 and Secretary to the President from 1929-1933. William Starr Myers (June 17, 1877 - January 27, 1956) chronicled New Jersey and the GOP. Myers was graduated from the University of North Carolina, class of 1897. After graduating from UNC cum laude, Myers went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University where he received his Ph.D. in 1900. Myers became assistant professor at Princeton University, 1906-1918, then professor from 1918 until his death. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 687 pages, notes, index, some soiling to edges. David Nasaw (born July 18, 1945) is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th Century America. Nasaw is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History. In addition to writing numerous scholarly and popular books, he has written for publications such as the Columbia Journalism Review, American Historical Review, American Heritage, Dissent, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The London Review of Books, and Conde Nast Traveler. Nasaw has appeared in several documentaries, including The American Experience, 1996, and two episodes of the History Channel's April 2006 miniseries 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: "The Homestead Strike" and "The Assassination of President McKinley". He is cited extensively in the US and British media as an expert on the history of popular entertainment and the news media, and as a critic of American philanthropy. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 1st Mariner Bk Edition. First Printing. 687, wraps, illus., notes, index, ink underlining on a few pages, sticker residue on rear cover This biography of William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) is based on previously unavailable sources, including Hearst's private papers. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. 335, index, usual library markings, part of DJ cut off and pasted to fr endpaper, bds somewhat worn. Introduction by Eric Estorick. This is an important snapshot of New Zealand during the traumatic upheaval of the Second World War. More
Washington DC: General Services Administration, The National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 11 inches by 8.5 inches. National Archives Publication 62-10. vii, [5], 56 pages. Illustrations (some in color). The exhibit lists 88 items, not all of which are illustrated in the catalog. Cover has some wear and soiling. For many reasons this exhibit is a source of deep satisfaction to the General Services Administration. It reflects a strong personal interest of President Kennedy--indeed, the exhibit was first suggested by him. It reflects one if the strongest personal interests of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt. It calls to the attention of the general public the rich cultural resources in our growing network of Presidential libraries, of which the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library was the first. And it presents for the enjoyment of the people of this country some view of the history of their navy that will bring a glow of pleasure to al who see them. Because of the exhibit's wide appeal the Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibit Service will circulate it among other institutions throughout the country after it has been displayed in the National Archives. Franklin Roosevelt was a serious collector of prints, paintings, models, books, and documents relating to the history of the United States Navy. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. 212, maps, bibliographical essay, index, small stain on fore-edge, slight soiling to DJ. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 741, illus., footnotes, source notes, index, slight soiling to DJ. Inscribed by Justice Black ("Hugo"). More
Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, [c1936]. 21 cm, 279, illus., edges soiled, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Free Press, c1993. Book Club? Edition. 25 cm, 480, illus., references, index. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. 615 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Sticker on rear DJ. Inscribed (long inscription) by the author. From the bestselling biographer of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman comes a multi-generational saga of one of America's wealthiest and most controversial families--the Annenbergs. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. 615 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some wear/small tear to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. From the bestselling biographer of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman comes a multi-generational saga of one of America's wealthiest and most controversial families--the Annenbergs. More
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First United Kingdom Printing. Hardcover. viii, 615, [1] pages. Illustrations. Interviews. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some wear/small tear to DJ edges. From the bestselling biographer of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman comes a multi-generational saga of one of America's wealthiest and most controversial families--the Annenbergs. More
The Free Press, 1999. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xix, 298 p. Illustrations. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Eight paperback printing [stated]. Trade paperback. viii, [2], 342 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author with a sentiment and dated on the half-title page. This work was the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History. David M. Oshinsky (born 1944) is an American historian. He is the director of the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU School of Medicine and a professor in the Department of History at New York University. Oshinsky obtained his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1971. He won the annual Pulitzer Prize in History for his 2005 book, Polio: An American Story. Oshinsky’s most recent book, Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital, was published in 2016. His other books include the D.B. Hardeman Prize-winning A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy, and the Robert Kennedy Prize-winning Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. More
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Trade paperback. Quarto. 192 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated. Bibliography. Front cover somewhat weakened. Some wear and soiling to covers. Small piece missing to edge rear cover. Short biography followed by a complete film listing with credits, cast members, synopsis, photos, and some reviews for each film in which Carole Lombard appeared. A career study of the great 1930's actress who died tragically in a plane crash in 1942. A retrospective of the film career of Carole Lombard, one of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, and noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. This lavishly illustrated study features a compact biography, followed by a complete filmography of her films. Each film is addressed in detail and presented in date order. Each film listing includes the studio and year produced, cast list, plot synopsis, and excerpts from contemporaneous reviews. More
New York: Dial Press, 1971. First Printing. 24 cm, 147, illus., bibliography, index, some wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ, name and address stamped on front endpaper. More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 1937. 340, illus., maps (some fold-out), index, some soiling to boards and spine. Text is in German. More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 285, [1] pages. Illustrations. Small chips at bottom of the dust jacket noted. Includes A Note to the Reader, and Who's Who in this Book, as well as an Epilogue, Books of Special Interest on the Roosevelts, and an Index. Part 1 includes Nothing Is As It Seems; Part 2 includes The People Around FDR; Part 3 includes Growing Up Roosevelt; Part 4 includes Babs and Boss; Part 5 includes Death Hangs Over the White House. Lillian Rogers Parks (February 1, 1897 – November 6, 1997) was an American housemaid and seamstress in the White House. With the journalist Frances Spatz Leighton, co-author of a number of White House memoirs, Parks published My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House. The book covers a 50-year period in the life of domestic staff in the White House. It reports Parks' experiences as a seamstress, and those of her mother, 'Maggie' Rogers, who served as a housemaid for thirty years. Lillian Rogers Parks was portrayed by Leslie Uggams in the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House. Many of the gifts she received (revealed in the aforementioned book) from presidents during her time there later became notable artifacts and collectibles associated with presidential history, eventually ending up in the Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. She also published The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil in 1981 in collaboration with Frances Spatz Leighton. She was an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American Edition. 436, illus., app, biblio, index, lib stamps ins fr flylf & r bd crossed out in marker, rough spot ins r flylf, some wear to DJ. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American Edition. 436, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, usual library markings, some wear to board corners This book focuses on Winston Churchill's life, day by day, as he directed the war effort during World War II. More