Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 25 cm, 442 pages. Index, slight wear to DJ edges, slight soiling to rear DJ. Signed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 25 cm, 442 pages. Index, slight wear to DJ edges, slight soiling to rear DJ. Signed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 442 paes. Index, some wear and small tear to top DJ edge, price sticker on rear DJ. Signed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm, xvi, 442 pages, index. Slight wear to DJ edges, slight soiling to rear DJ. Inscribed by the author. Time Present, Time Past, is an exceptional memoir about growing up in Missouri, going to Princeton, and, above all, serving in the Senate. It is a political book, but not a politician’s book. Rather, it is the work of a writer who happens to be a politician. Intelligent, surprisingly candid, and exceptionally well written, it is a love letter to America from someone who is aware of this country’s weaknesses and contradictions, but who is still optimistic about the future. When Bradley, at 52 a young man by Senate standards, announced he would not run for reelection. Married, with a college-age daughter, he has said that he never thought of himself as a Capitol Hill lifer, and that, while he liked being a senator, he was worn out by the need to spend so much time raising money. He was also underwhelmed by the idea of working as a member of a minority fighting the new conservatism. But he planned to remain in the public arena and was clearly thinking of the future and of a moment when it might yet be time for him to go tarmac to tarmac. More
New York: Vintage Books [A Divison of Random House], 1997. 1st Vintage Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8 inches. xvi, 450, [10] pages. Wraps. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This edition contains a new Afterword. William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2000 election, which he lost to Vice President Al Gore. Bradley was an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He won a gold medal as a member of the 1964 Olympic basketball team and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 1965, when Princeton finished third in the NCAA Tournament. After graduating, he attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship where he was a member of Worcester College, delaying a decision for two years on whether or not to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). While at Oxford, Bradley played one season of professional basketball in Europe and eventually decided to join the New York Knicks in the 1967–68 season, after serving six months in the Air Force Reserve. He spent his entire ten-year professional basketball career playing for the Knicks, winning NBA titles in 1970 and 1973. Retiring in 1977, he ran for a seat in the United States Senate the following year, from his adopted home state of New Jersey. He was re-elected in 1984 and 1990, left the Senate in 1997. Bradley is the author of seven non-fiction books, most recently We Can All Do Better, and hosts a weekly radio show, American Voices, on Sirius Satellite Radio. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [2], 432, [2] pages. Inscribed by author on Dedication page. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. This is a work of historical reconstruction; the appearance of certain historical figures is therefore inevitable. All other characters are the product of the author's imagination. The Chaneysville Incident won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves. John, the historian, struggles to solve the mystery of his father, Moses Washington, a moonshiner with a troubled past. Imagination, hunting, death, and racial tensions all make thematic appearances in this novel. Chaneysville is in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. More
Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing of this issue. Wraps. 23 cm. 173, [3] pages. Illustrations. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1988. Second Printing. 24 cm, 1064, illus., references, index, bottom edge of board dinged, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More
New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 1988. Later printing. Trade paperback. xii, [2], 1064,[8] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Major works cited in Notes. Index. Covers creased. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: For Steve, With best wishes, Taylor Branch Dec. 6, 2016. Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947) is an American author and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy, collectively called America in the King Years, was released in January 2006, and an abridgment, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, was published in 2013. Branch served as an assistant editor at The Washington Monthly from 1970 to 1973; he was Washington editor of Harper's from 1973 to 1976; and he was Washington columnist for Esquire Magazine from 1976 to 1977. He also has written for a variety of other publications, including The New York Times Magazine, and The New Republic. In 1972, Branch worked for the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern. Branch shared an apartment with Bill Clinton, and the two developed a friendship. He also worked with Hillary Rodham, later Clinton's wife. Branch's book on Bill Clinton, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With The President, was written from tape-recorded interviews and conversations, most of which occurred in the White House during Clinton's two terms in office and which were not disclosed publicly until 2009. In 2015, he received the BIO Award from Biographers International Organization. More
New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. Later printing. Trade paperback. x, 352, [6] p. Illustrations. Index. Signed on fep. Inscription above signature appears to be in a different handwriting. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Donna Lease Brazile (born December 15, 1959) is an American political strategist, campaign manager, political analyst, and author. She is a member of the Democratic Party, briefly serving as the interim chairperson for the Democratic National Committee in spring 2011, and assumed that role again in July 2016, until February 2017. She was the first African American woman to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Al Gore in 2000. She has also worked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, including Jesse Jackson and Walter Mondale–Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, and for Dick Gephardt in the 1988 Democratic primary. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 310, [2] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Donna Marie Britt is an American author and former syndicated newspaper columnist, reporter and critic. Her first book was Brothers (& me): A Memoir of Loving and Giving. Britt launched her journalism career at the Detroit Free Press in 1980 where she worked as a general assignment reporter, features writer and fashion columnist. A former editor and film critic for USA Today, she joined the Washington Post in 1989, earning acclaim as an op-ed columnist and writing frequently about social, cultural and racial issues. Her weekly column ran in newspapers in more than 60 cities, and was syndicated by the Washington Post Writer’s Group. Britt's 2011 book, Brothers (& me): a Memoir of Loving and Giving was honored by O: The Oprah Magazine as one of January 2012’s “Ten Titles to Pick Up Now,” and excerpted that same month by Essence magazine. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, [1966]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 269, some wear and soiling to DJ, some edge soiling. More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1945. Revised Edition. 24 cm, 717, illus., map, index, ink notation inside board, several pages have been folded at corner. More
Silver Spring, MD: The Beckham Publications Group, 2005. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 163 p. Illustrations. More
New York: Morrow, c1998. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 318, illus., index, slight wear and soiling to DJ, publisher's ephemera laid in. Introduction by Bill Clinton. More
Washington, DC: The Georgetown Theater Co., n.d. 4, wraps This is an undated program from a presentation by the Georgetown Theater Company and Discovery Theater of William Brown's anti-slavery play. There was a cast of 12, and six named individuals handled backstage assignments. It is assumed that this program is from the late 20th century. More
New York: Basic Books, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 545, [7] pages. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's ephemera laid in. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Nick Bryant was born in Bristol, England, and works in Australia for the BBC as one of its most trusted and senior foreign correspondents. He is a regular contributor to several Australian magazines and newspapers, including The Australian, The Spectator, The Monthly and The Australian Literary Review. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford. Nick Bryant has recently been appointed as a BBC South Asia correspondent based in Delhi. Prior to this he was the BBC Washington correspondent from 1999. He joined the BBC news trainee scheme in 1994 after writing for the Independent, the Daily Mail and the Times newspapers. A year later Nick was a reporter on BBC Radio Five Live and reported from various countries on stories such as the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. More
Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Books, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 148, footnotes, selected bibliography, index, some damp damage to bottom of boards and a few pages, text clear and pages separate. More
Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. Notes, bibliography, index, inscription on title page, minor wear and soiling to DJ. Signed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Reprint. Third printing. Hardcover. xii, 262 p. Illustrations. More
Chicago, IL: University of Illinois, c1990. First? Edition. First? Printing. 123, wraps, bibliography, index, some scuffing to covers, sticker/tape residue at bottom of spine. More
New York: Association Press, 1927. 140, illus., bibliography, boards weak, boards somewhat worn and scuffed, ink name inside front flyleaf. More
New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxviii, 400, [4] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Elisabeth Bumiller (born May 15, 1956) is an American author and journalist who is the Washington bureau chief for The New York Times. Bumiller was also a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. Bumiller's book, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, was based on ten interviews with Rice as well as interviews from 150 others, and portrays Rice supporting Bush's desire to invade Iraq, and it describes her being surprised when Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian elections. Jacob Heilbrunn, in The New York Times, wrote that Bumiller "brings a keen eye to Rice, probing not only her tenure as a policy maker and her close ties to George W. Bush, but also her personal and professional past. More
New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition [Stated]. Hardcover. xxviii, 400, [4] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. Elisabeth Bumiller (born May 15, 1956) is an American author and journalist who is the Washington bureau chief for The New York Times. Bumiller was also a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. Bumiller's book, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, was based on ten interviews with Rice as well as interviews from 150 others, and portrays Rice supporting Bush's desire to invade Iraq, and it describes her being surprised when Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian elections. Jacob Heilbrunn, in The New York Times, wrote that Bumiller "brings a keen eye to Rice, probing not only her tenure as a policy maker and her close ties to George W. Bush, but also her personal and professional past. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1943. Rev., Bk Club Edition. 252, maps, tables, pgs darkened, top margin p. 249 torn off (loss of a few words of text), edges of bds & spine worn. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 722 pages. Illustrations. Generally Bibliography. Chapter Bibliographies with Basic Book List. Index. Some wear to board edges and corners, pencil name inside front flyleaf. Book-of-the-Month-Club leaflet about this book laid in. The division between a man of ideals and a protector of presidential authority is the focus of a detailed study of Roosevelt during the difficult war years. James MacGregor Burns (August 3, 1918 – July 15, 2014) was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. After earning his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard,[10] Burns joined the faculty of Williams College in 1947, and taught there for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1986. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1971 Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in History and Biography for his work on America's 32nd president, Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. Burns shifted the focus of leadership studies from the traits and actions of great men to the interaction of leaders and their constituencies as collaborators working toward mutual benefit. He was best known for his contributions to the transactional, transformational, aspirational, and visionary schools of leadership theory. More