Hard Left: Straight Talk About the Wrongs of the Right
New York: Anchor Books, c1996. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 204, Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Anchor Books, c1996. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 204, Inscribed by the author. More
Comrades in America, Inc., 1993. Second Edition [stated]. Third printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xiii, [1], 124, [6] pages. Signed "Yakov" on half-title page. Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff (born 24 January 1951), is a Soviet-born American comedian, actor and writer. After emigrating to the United States in 1977, Smirnoff began performing as a stand-up comic. He reached his biggest success in the mid-to-late 1980s, appearing in several films and the television sitcom vehicle What a Country!. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted by life in the United States. His humor combined a mockery of life under Communism and of consumerism in the United States, as well as word play caused by misunderstanding of American phrases and culture, all punctuated by the catchphrase, "And I thought, 'What a country!'" The collapse of Communism starting in 1989, and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, brought an end to Smirnoff's widespread popularity, although he continued to perform. In 1992, he bought his own theater in Branson, Missouri, where he performed his last show on December 3, 2015. In the late 1990s he retooled his stand-up act to focus on the differences between men and women, and on solving problems within relationships. Smirnoff now teaches a course titled "The Business of Laughter" at Missouri State University and at Drury University. More
New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 572, [8] pages. Illustrations. Source Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: October 2007. For Leo and Grega--with thanks for your friendship, and for including me in a memorable gathering on your elegant terrace. Fondly, Sally Bedell Smith. Sarah Bedell Smith (born May 27, 1948) is an American historian and author specializing in biographies of American political, cultural, and business leaders, as well as members of the British royal family. She has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair for over 20 years, and is married to Stephen G. Smith, former editor of U. S. News & World Report and current editor in chief of National Journal Daily. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Smith spent her early career working as a reporter for Time, TV Guide, and The New York Times, where she was a lead cultural news reporter specializing in television. In 1981, Smith published Up The Tube: Prime-time TV and the Silverman Years, an inside look at the American television industry, its ratings wars of the 1970s, and the meteoric career of Fred Silverman. She won the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award in 1982, and became a fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in 1986. In reviewing For Love of Politics for The Times of London, Gerard Baker wrote, "In her sharply insightful book, For Love of Politics, Sally Bedell Smith dissects the Clinton relationship, and says it is less like a traditional marriage and more like a vast and successful corporation that dominates the business of American politics." More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1987. Reprint. Fourth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xi, [3], 370 p. Index. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. Second Edition [stated]. Later printing. Trade Paperback. xxii, [2], 406, [2] pages. Occasional footnotes. Index. Some page discoloration. Minor tear to top edge of page vii/viii. Corner of page 3/4 creased. With a new preface and notes by the author. Inscribed to Dionna Humphry by the author twice: To Dionna Humphry--who is our future! Gloria Steinem, 2001 (on a bookplate inside the front cover), and To Dionna Humphry--a pioneer of reproductive freedom. In Sisterhood, Gloria Steinem, 2000 (on a bookplate on the front free endpaper). This is believed to be the Dionna Humphrey whose work in social justice began at the age of 17, and she’s worked for social change for well over a decade. She was named one of Choice USA’s 30 under 30 emerging leaders in 2003. And in 2007 Dionna was nominated by the Women’s Information Network for a Young Women of Achievement Award. She is now Campaign Director at MomsRising. Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist journalist and social political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine, and a co-founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969, Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation", which brought her to national fame as a feminist leader. In 2005, Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center, an organization that "works to make women visible and powerful in the media". Steinem remains an organizer and lecturer, and was a media spokeswoman on issues of equality. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. First Printing. 357, illus., notes and sources, bibliography, index. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1948. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 224 pages. Illustrations. Foreword by David Hinshaw. Election Results. Notes. Sources. DJ is in a plastic cover and has wear, soiling, chips and edge tears. Corners bumped. Henry L. Stoddard was born in New York City, and educated at CCNY. He worked as a journalist in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., before becoming editor and part owner of the New York Evening Mail. He also wrote several monographs about political figures, and a biography of Horace Greeley. The author died after the book had been largely written and the editor addressed the whole manuscript, with the intention to carry out the author's scope and intention. Roosevelt courted publicity aggressively, not simply to boost his ego but also to effect vigorous reform. “Yes—it is true that TR liked the centre of the stage—loved it in fact,” wrote the journalist Henry Stoddard [a long-time friend of TR], “but when he sought it he always had something to say or to do that made the stage the appropriate place for him.”. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1949. 1300 total, 2 vols., illus., chart, apps, index, lib st title pg v.1 & fr flylf v.2, rear bd weak v.2, slip taped into fr bd v.1. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First Printing. 518, illus., notes, index, ink notation inside front free endpaper, raised stamp on half-title page, some wear & small tears to DJ. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, c1985. First U.S. Edition. 22 cm, 309, DJ worn at edges and corners, tears in rear DJ. More
Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 1995. Reprint. Later printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [6], 154 p. Illustrations. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 256 Pages Signed by the author sticker on the front of the DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. "Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future." --James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic. "A tonic, not because it will make you feel better, although it might, but because he makes a powerful, provocative and persuasive case that progressives are in a better position than they realize to make our world better." --E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went Wrong. T Ruy Teixeira (born December 15, 1951) is an American political scientist and commentator who has written several books on various topics in political science and political strategy. He is most noted for his work on political demography, and particularly for The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002), which he co-wrote with John Judis, a book arguing that the Democratic Party are demographically destined to become a majority party in the United States of the early 21st century. He writes and edits the weblog The Democratic Strategist. In 1999, he moved to the Century Foundation’s Washington office, where he is a Senior Fellow and in 2003 he became a Senior Fellow of a newly formed think tank, the Center for American Progress, headed by John Podesta, Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and co-chair of President Barack Obama's transition team. Teixeira is a Senior Fellow at both the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress. More
Washington DC: The 1969 Presidential Inaugural Committee, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Format of the Program booklet is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Title from front cover. Unpaginated [48 pages, plus covers and 'flimsy sheets]. Illustrated, with several in color. Golden seal of the Inauguration on front cover. Golden seal of the 37th President of the United States on the back cover. Very little wear and soiling. Program's envelop is present, and is worn, torn, had ink marks and is soiled. Interior page states: The Inaugural Committee present the program for the Inauguration of Richard Milhous Nixon 37th President of the United States and Spiro Theodore Agnew 39th Vice President of the United States January 20, 1969. The Oath of Office is presented followed by sections on The President of the United States (text by Willard Edwards), The First Lady (Text by Vera Glaser), Excerpts from the Acceptance Speech, The President's Cabinet, Inaugural Week Schedule, The Inaugural Concert, 1969 Inaugural Parade, The Line of March, The Capitol Ceremony, The Inaugural Ceremony, The 1969 Inaugural Ball, The Official Inaugural Book, The Inaugural Medal, The Vice President of the United States (Text by A. E. P. Wall), The Vice President's Lady (Text by Helen Henry), A Message from the Chairman, Committees and key staff and a brief Acknowledgment printed inside the back cover. There is an order form for The Inaugural Story laid in at the back. More
Alexandria, VA: The Capitol Steps, 2008. Pamphlet [event program]. 4 pages. Includes illustrations. Single sheet, with a center fold creating a four page program. Signed by six cast members. Oversize sheet with lyrics to "Lirty Dies" laid in. More
Alexandria, VA: The Capitol Steps, 2008. Wraps. 4 p. Includes illustrations. Single sheet, with a center fold creating a four page program. Ticket stub from December 5, 2008 laid in. 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
Bethesda, Maryland: The Woman's Suburban Democratic Club, 1950. Presumed First thus. Postcard. Format is 5 inches by 7 inches. Postcard. Scarce surviving local political ephemera focused on female Democrats. Text on one side is an invitation to the Annual Membership Tea and Fashion Show on Wednesday, June 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. K. Norman Diamond in Bethesda, Maryland. Illustrations on this side of the post card. Ink and pencil notations on both sides of the card. This invitation was sent to Mrs. Blair Lee III of Silver Spring, Maryland. Cancellation is date stamped May 29, 1950. The fashions were designed by Nan Richards. The Woman's Suburban Democratic Club appears to have evolved into the Women's Democratic Club of Montgomery County, Maryland. Francis Preston Blair Lee III (May 19, 1916 – October 25, 1985) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Secretary of State of Maryland from 1969 to 1971. He was Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1971 to 1979 and served as the Acting Governor of Maryland from 1977 to 1979, during Marvin Mandel's self-imposed suspension of gubernatorial powers and duties. He was a member of the Lee family, a major historical political family in American history. He was grandson of the first popularly elected Maryland U.S. Senator, Blair Lee I; direct descendant of signer of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee and also Francis Preston Blair, an adviser and friend of Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Abraham Lincoln. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First Edition. 656, illus., footnotes, index, some foxing to fore-edge and to a few pages, some wear and spotting to spine, board corners worn. More
Waco, Texas: Word Books, A Division of Word, Incorporated, 1988. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 180 pages. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling Acknowledgments, Prologue, Part One: Providing for Common Pretense. Hart's Desire, An American Tragedy, Remembrance of Things Past, Tales out of Reason, Loose Ends, Pinkie Rings and Heavenly Things, Fools and their Money, Roaring Back to the Future; Part Two: Promoting the General Despair; Part Three: Preserving Domestic Tolerability: To Thine Own Self Be True; Nothing but the Truth; and Postlude. Also contains Appendix and Notes. John Calvin Thomas (born 2 December 1942) is an American syndicated columnist, author and radio commentator. During the 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a reporter at NBC News. He joined the U.S. Army, and served at the Armed Forces Radio in New York. His program on CNBC was nominated for a CableACE Award in 1995. His column, which began in 1984, is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. Thomas joined Fox News as a political contributor in 1997. He was a panelist on Fox News Watch, a Fox News Channel program critiquing media coverage. He also gives a daily radio commentary, syndicated by Salem Radio Network. Thomas had been a columnist for USA Today, where he wrote articles with friend and political opposite, Bob Beckel, in the style of "point–counterpoint". Thomas has written about political issues and he supports, among other things, American positions related to Israel. He has written 10 books, including Blinded By Might, that discussed, among other things, the role of the Moral Majority in American politics of the 1980s. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 378, illus. More
New York: Kodansha International, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxx, 450 pages. Permissions. Additional Sources. Index. Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Inscribed and dated to Don Purcell by Torricelli on half title page. Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed "the Torch", is an American politician who served as the United States senator from New Jersey from 1997 to 2003 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th district from 1983 to 1997. From 1999 to 2000, he served as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Torricelli helped rewrite federal bankruptcy rules, assuring federal financing for hospitals. A leading voice for tax cuts, he was the author of the provisions reducing taxes for middle income families and making college tuition tax deductible. He obtained over $1 billion in federal funding for the construction of affordable housing in New Jersey. Additionally, Torricelli established the federal urban park restoration program and secured funding for law enforcement and education, leading to the addition of thousands more police officers and reductions in class sizes. He served a single term in the Senate. He subsequently founded Rosemont Associates, a consulting group. More
New York: Warner Books, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [1], 206, [2] pages. Bibliography. Inscribed to Anne Kaiser of the Maryland House of Delegates by the author on the page facing the title page. Also laid in is a typed letter signed by Jerold J. Samet presenting this book to Delegate Kaiser inscribed by Ms. Townsend to her. Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) is an American attorney who was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland in 2002. In 2010 Townsend became the chair of the non-profit American Bridge, an organization whose focus is to raise funds for Democratic candidates and causes. She is a member of the Kennedy family. Since leaving office, Townsend has written the book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way. Townsend also contributes to The Recovering Politician website started by Jonathan Miller. She is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, a visiting fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and senior Nitze fellow at St. Mary's College of Maryland. More
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969. Second Printing. 496, illus., bibliography, index, DJ slightly soiled, small tear along top edge of DJ spine. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1979. First Printing. 21 cm, 128, wraps, profusely illus. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1982. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 128, wraps, profusely illus. More