The Quest for Peace Since the World War
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1940. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 516, footnotes, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1940. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 516, footnotes, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1968, c1969]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 402, footnotes, index, usual library markings, boards worn and soiled, edges soiled. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1934. First Edition. First Printing. 166, footnotes, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled One of the Social Action Books Series. Addresses making the world safe for democracy while the League of Nations is impotent and militaristic dictatorship is rising in Europe and Asia. More
Stillwater, OK: Oklahoma State Univ. Press, 1975. 47, illus., notes, boards slightly worn and soiled. More
Mamaroneck, NY: Marasia Press, [1967]. 24 cm, 377, illus., footnotes, pencil erasure on front endpaper, tape marks (bookplate) inside board, DJ worn, soiled, & edges chipped. More
Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva Research Centre, 1938. 93, wraps, footnotes, appendices, foxing to fore-edge and spine, some foxing to text, some wear to edges of covers. More
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, [1948]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 230, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, boards soiled, top spine very worn, other wear to board edges. More
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, [1948]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 230, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, ink name on title page, DJ somewhat soiled/worn: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: L. Sale-Harrison, 1928. 5.25" x 7.25", 52, wraps, covers somewhat worn: small creases, small stains. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952. New Revised Edition. 24 cm, 963, illus., color maps, some pencil underlining, boards worn and soiled, large book somewhat shaken, boards somewhat weak. More
New York: Macmillan, 1974. First American Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 432, index. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1965. 289, illus., footnotes, index, date stamped inside p. iv. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [c1940]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 840, illus., maps (some fold-out), diagrams, footnotes, index, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Printing. 444, illus., maps, fold-out chart, appendices, index, discoloration ins bds, library stamps, pocket, & barcode, "ding" on front bd. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, 310 pages. Occasional Footnotes. Appendices. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling. No DJ present. James Thomson Shotwell (August 6, 1874 – July 15, 1965) was a Canadian-born American history professor. He played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1919, as well as for his influence in promoting inclusion of a declaration of human rights in the UN Charter. He obtained his doctorate from Columbia University in 1903. Shotwell attended the Paris Peace Conference as a member of "The Inquiry" (a study group established by Woodrow Wilson to prepare materials for the peace negotiations), historian of the American delegation, and author of the provisions establishing the International Labour Organization (ILO). He met with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Aristide Briand in Paris and suggested that a bilateral treaty be negotiated that would outlaw war between the U.S. and France. Their work led to the Kellogg-Briand Pact being signed on August 27, 1928. In 1935, he became president of the League of Nations Association. In May 1944, he joined a group that published a "Design for the Charter of the General International Organization" to succeed the League of Nations. The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and China all issued proposals after the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in October 1944 that closely paralleled those of the "Shotwell Commission". He attended the first UN meeting in San Francisco in April 1945. He helped draft the Charter of the United Nations as a consultant to the U.S. State Department. More
New York: King's Crown Press, 1949. First? Edition. First? Printing. 149, marginal notations and underlining, name of previous owner, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1931. 360, maps, endpaper map, index, spine badly torn at top. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First Printing. 344, illus., notes, index, usual library markings, DJ pasted & taped inside boards, some edge soiling large tear at DJ spine, smaller tear at top of DJ spine, rear DJ somewhat soiled, small piece missing at lower edge of rear DJ. The author clarifies the political machinery that brought Harding to the White House and his essential helplessness when faced with the harsh realities of office. Warren G. Harding became notorious because the myths that had formed him were not adequate to meet with the power and responsibility of the Presidency after the First World War. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964. Book Club Edition. 307, illus., bibliography, notes, index, DJ soiled and small tears along edges. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964. Book Club Edition. Second Printing. 307, illus., bibliography, notes, index, slight scuffing to boards. More
London: Hutchinson of London, 1964. First U.K. Edition, Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, 307, [3] pages. Frontispiece. Occasional Footnotes. Introduction by A. J. P. Taylor. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Black mark on verso. DJ has some wear and soiling, Some back pages bent. Eugene Owen Smith (1929–2012) was drafted into the Army and served in Germany in the early 1950s. Returning to New York, Mr. Smith got a job at Newsweek. He joined The New York Post in 1957 and left in 1960 to write his first book, “The Life and Death of Serge Rubinstein” (1962), about the still-unsolved 1955 murder of a Wall Street millionaire. Gene Smith, who depicted the lives of presidents, prime ministers and generals in a series of biographies, among them the 1964 best seller “When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson.” Mr. Smith wrote how the former president, long debilitated by a stroke and respiratory problems, had sought solace in the countryside. “When the Cheering Stopped” chronicles the death of the president’s first wife, Ellen Wilson, in 1914; his courtship of the Edith Bolling Galt and their marriage in 1915; his triumphal reception in Europe after World War I; and his failed campaign for American membership in the League of Nations. Of Mr. Smith’s 19 books, perhaps the next best-known is “The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression”. Among Mr. Smith’s other books are “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson”; “Lee and Grant; and “Until the Last Trumpet Sounds: The Life of General of the Armies John J. Pershing”. His last book, “Mounted Warriors is a history of the cavalry. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Hardcover. xv, 256 p. Map on lining pages. Occasional footnotes. Index. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 399, footnotes, index, usual library markings, front board weak and reglued. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1961. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 442, usual library markings, minor wear and soiling to boards and edges. More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1961. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, 442 pages. Footnotes. DJ is price clipped and has small chips, tears, and some soiling. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Notes on Sources, Bibliography, and Index. Also Includes Chapters on The Evolution of Anglo-American War Aims, 1917-1918; From the Pre-armistice Agreement to the Opening of the Peace Conference; The Opening of the Peace Conference and the Anglo-American Controversy over Colonial Claims and the Mandate Principle; The Covenant of the League of Nations: An Anglo-American Document; Anglo-American Policy and the Russian Revolution, 1919; Anglo-American Issues Arising from the "Preliminary Peace," the Military Clauses, and the Disposition of German Sea Power; The Principle of self-determination in Anglo-American Policy; French Security and the Territorial Settlement of Western Europe; The Principle of Self-Determination in Anglo-American Policy; Territorial Problems of Eastern Europe and the Middle East; The Conflict of British and American Policies in the Reparations Settlement; Problems of Immediate and Long-range Economic Cooperation; The Revision of the Convenant and Anglo-American Naval Rivalry; The Birth of the International Labor Organization; The Trial of the Kaiser; American Principles Versus British Treaty Obligations; The Territorial Claims of Italy and Japan; The Anglo-American Reaction Against the draft Treaty and Lloyd George's Proposals for Revision, May 7-June 28; The Breakdown of Anglo-American Cooperation in the Final Stages of the Peace Conference; and Epilogue and Conclusions. More