A Salute to the President: Promises Made/Promises Kept
n.p. n.p., c1967. Approx. 30, profusely illus., some wear and soiling to boards. More
n.p. n.p., c1967. Approx. 30, profusely illus., some wear and soiling to boards. More
Atlanta, GA: 1976 Democratic Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc., 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is approximately 6 inches by 4.25 inches. One one side is a black and white photograph of candidate Jimmy Carter, with a rustic background and his hand on a fence rail. He is dressed informally for the outdoors and sports a large oval belt buckle. On the other side the left half has a printed message that reads: Dear Friend, Thank you for your letter. We need your continuing strong support. Jimmy Carter. The right side has the name and address of the recipient and the postage. At the bottom is a statement that this was paid for and authorized by the 1976 Democratic Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. There is a small device at the bottom that indicates that this was printed by the Graphic Arts International Union Official Union Label Local No. 251 Atlanta. More
Fairfax, VA: Patrick Henry Center Pub. 2003. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 184 pages. Sources/bibliography. Signed by the author. More
Fairfax, VA: Patrick Henry Center, 2003. Presumed first edition/edition. Hardcover. xxiii, 184 p. More
Seal Beach, CA: '76 Press, 1976. Presumed first edition/first printing. Mass-market paperback. 88, [8] p. More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 236 pages. Contains notes, figures, bibliography, and index. Some soiling to rear dust jacket. Thomas Hodge Allen (born April 16, 1945) is an American author and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins (61.5% to 38.5%). Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley, Jr. with 55 percent of votes cast to Longley's 45 percent. Allen was re-elected five times, receiving over 55 percent of the vote each time in his district, until his defeat in his 2008 run for the U.S. Senate. After, Allen was appointed president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1956. 269, illus., notes, appendices, some wear and small chips/tears to DJ edges. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 29 cm, 256 pages. Illustrations. The picture sections compiled and written by Roland Gelatt. Photo research by Laurie Platt Winfrey. Joseph Alsop joined the staff of the New York Herald Tribune in 1932 and joined its Washington Bureau in 1935. He spent the war years as a member of General Clair Chennault's staff. He subsequently became one of the premier political columnists and commentators of the mid-Twentieth Century. More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. 29 cm, 255, illus. More
Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, c1996. First Printing. 23 cm, 124, wraps, illus., pencil erasure residue on flyleaf. More
New York: Dial Press, 1956. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 20, 240 pages. Rear board weak, strengthened with glue, DJ worn and chipped, DJ in plastic sleeve. Signed by Estes Kefauver. More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ Press, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 180, acid-free paper. Inscribed by the author, who was Carter's speechwriter. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 328, acid-free paper, illus., index. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 328, acid-free paper, illus., index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. v, [3], 328 pages., acid-free paper, illus., index. Inscribed by the author. Inscribed to Alfred Morris of the Border Patrol by Janet Reno on title page. Ink notation on fep and some highlighting, ink marks and underlining noted. Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11, 1993. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt. Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After leaving to attend Cornell University and Harvard Law School, she returned to Miami where she started her career at private law firms. Her first foray into government was as a staff member for the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. She then worked for the Dade County State Attorney's Office before returning to private practice. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney five times. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 461, index, faint "damaged" stamp on front endpaper, DJ worn, rear DJ flap separated. Introduction by Anna Roosevelt Halsted. More
Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1948. 23 cm, 372, illus., bookplate inside front board, boards somewhat scratched and some wear at edges and corners, raised stamp on title page. More
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, [1966]. First Printing. 24 cm, 341, map. Foreword by Harry Golden. More
Place_Pub: New York: Fordham University Press, 1998. 367, wraps, illus., footnotes, bibliographic notes, index. More
Place_Pub: New York: Times Books, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. 172, frontis illus., notes, chronology, selected bibliography, index, sticker residue on front DJ. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. First Printing. 577, illus., notes, index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: W. W. Norton, c2001. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 320, illus. More
New York: Viking, 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. vii, [3], 768 pages. Methodology and Acknowledgments. Inscribed by the author. John M. Barry (b. 1947) is an American author and historian who has written books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty. He is a professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Distinguished Scholar at Tulane's Bywater Institute. His first book, The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington, appeared in 1989 and explored the operation of the U.S. Congress, the use of power by Speaker of the House Jim Wright, and the rise of future Speaker Newt Gingrich. In 1995 the New York Times named it one of the eleven best books ever written on Congress and Washington. With Steven Rosenberg, MD, Ph.D., chief of the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute and a pioneer in the development of "immunotherapy" for cancer—stimulating the immune system to attack cancer—Barry co-authored his second book, The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer, which was published in 12 languages. Barry's 1997 book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list and won the 1998 Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for the year's best book on American history. In 2005, the New York Public Library named it one of the fifty best books of all kinds—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—in the preceding 50 years. More
New York: Viking, 1989. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [3], 768 pages. Methodology and Acknowledgments. Some wear and soiling to the DJ and edges. John M. Barry (b. 1947) is an American author and historian who has written books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty. He is a professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Distinguished Scholar at Tulane's Bywater Institute. His first book, The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington, appeared in 1989 and explored the operation of the U.S. Congress, the use of power by Speaker of the House Jim Wright, and the rise of future Speaker Newt Gingrich. In 1995 the New York Times named it one of the eleven best books ever written on Congress and Washington. With Steven Rosenberg, MD, Ph.D., chief of the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute and a pioneer in the development of "immunotherapy" for cancer—stimulating the immune system to attack cancer—Barry co-authored his second book, The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer, which was published in 12 languages. Barry's book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America was on the New York Times Best Seller list and won the 1998 Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for the year's best book on American history. In 2005, the N. Y. Public Library named it one of the 50 best books (all kinds-fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) in the preceding 50 years. More
Atlanta, GA: Longstreet, [c1998]. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 359, pages. Illus., chapter notes, index. Presentation copy signed by both authors. More