The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition. 636, illus., maps, endpaper map, appendices, index, boards somewhat stained. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition. 636, illus., maps, endpaper map, appendices, index, boards somewhat stained. More
Place_Pub: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. 630, illus., maps, appendices, index, tears, chips, & creases to DJ edges, rear DJ flap creased, small rough spot ins front flyleaf. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, [2], 636 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Front endpaper illustrations. Rear endpaper map. Appendices. Index. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions. Johnson is ranked favorably by many historians because of his domestic policies and the passage of many major laws that affected civil rights, gun control, wilderness preservation, and Social Security, although he also drew substantial criticism for his escalation of the Vietnam War. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, [2], 636 pages. DJ has some peeling. Monagramed bookplate signed in ink by both Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson on the half title page; such dual signatures are rare. Illustrations. Maps. Front endpaper illustrations. Rear endpaper map. Appendices. Index. Name of previous owner on back of the half- title page. DJ has some wear, soiling, and peeing of the glassine layer. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First Edition. 270, notes, index, some edge wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. vii, [3], 278 pages. Illustrations. Index. Some wear and small tears to DJ edges. Minor page soiling noted. Samuel Houston Johnson (January 31, 1914 – December 11, 1978) was an American businessman. He was the younger brother of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Sam Houston Johnson was administrative aide, troubleshooter, sounding board, and general counsel for his older brother. He was part of a network of supporters his brother used to maintain awareness of and control over political activities in Texas. When Lyndon Johnson was appointed Director of the National Youth Administration in Texas in the 1930s, Sam Houston Johnson replaced him as chief aide to Congressman Richard M. Kleberg. Sam Houston Johnson later worked for the National Youth Administration in Texas. He also worked for the Federal Land Bank in Houston, and reported to his brother on its activities. During World War II, Sam Johnson worked on the staff of the War Production Board. In addition, he was employed as a member of his brother's Senate staff, and worked on Lyndon Johnson's campaigns. Besides working for and with his brother, Sam Houston Johnson also worked as an insurance executive and as the Mexico representative of a Texas international trucking company. In 1970 Johnson wrote a memoir, My Brother Lyndon, which praised his brother in most respects, but was critical in others. At the time, Sam Houston Johnson indicated that he was estranged from his brother, but said his book was not the cause. The two reconciled before Lyndon Johnson's death. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1992. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 352 pages. Illus. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 352, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, small tear to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 352, illus., index, red "X" on front flyleaf, slight wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1992. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 352 pages. Illus., index. Presentation copy inscribed to Jim Bohannon, radio talk show personality, and signed by the author. More
New York: Macmillan, [1965]. Second Printing. 24 cm, 392, illus., index, DJ worn at edges and corners, edges soiled/discolored. More
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Second Printing. 24 cm, 392, illus., index, p. 392 discolored, rear DJ flap cut off & laid inside book, boards somewhat scuffed, small tear to DJ spine. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Book Club Edition. 750, illus., maps, chronology, notes on sources, index, front DJ flap price clipped, small tears/chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1984. First Paperbk Edition. 752 pages. Illus., maps, chronology, notes on sources, index, some wear/creasing to cover edges, text somewhat darkened. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 750, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Cast of Principal Characters, Notes on Sources. Index. Gift inscription not from author on fep. Embossed stamp of previous owner on fep. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Stanley Abram Karnow (February 4, 1925 – January 27, 2013) was an American journalist and historian. He is best known for his writings on the Vietnam War. After serving with the United States Army Air Forces in the China Burma India Theater during World War II, he graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in 1947; in 1947 and 1948 he attended the Sorbonne, and from 1948 to 1949 the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He then began his career in journalism as Time correspondent in Paris in 1950. After covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (where he was North Africa bureau chief in 1958-59), he went to Asia, where he spent the most influential part of his career. He was chief correspondent for the 13-hour Vietnam: A Television series, which premiered on PBS in 1983; it won six Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a George Polk Award and a DuPont-Columbia Award. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 320 p. Illustrations. Index. More
Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1994. Hardcover. x, [2], 190, [6] pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The author was a professor at Indiana University Southeast. The author examines the Kennedy administration's rhetoric to understand why Project Apollo received so little opposition. The administration's rhetoric "sold" the space project as a great frontier adventure story. By describing space as the New Frontier, the Kennedy administration shaped the way Americans interpreted and gave meaning to space exploration. The frontier narrative established a presumption in favor of massive commitments of the nation's resources to staffed space flight. The continuing influence of the frontier mythology is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the decision to develop the space shuttle program. Ultimately, the shuttle's attraction may have been the symbolic importance of the fact that the astronauts flew the craft as a plane, thereby reaffirming the rugged individualism and daring of the frontier myth. More
New York: Morrow, c1990. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 790, illus., library materials pasted onto front board and front flyleaf--otherwise unmarked. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Printing. 25 cm, 300, footnotes, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Putnam, [1967]. 22 cm, 223, decorated binding. Inscribed by the author. More
New York City: Mrs. John F. Kennedy, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Thank You Note. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 3.375 inches. Card printed on one side only. Card has a black border, a crest at the top center, and the following text: Mrs. Kennedy is deeply appreciative of your sympathy and grateful for your thoughtfulness. The envelop has Mrs. John F. Kennedy on the flap and black lines at the flap edges. The envelop has some wear and soiling, especially where opened. On the front of the envelop, it is franked with a plate signed Jacqueline Kennedy and the recipients address is hand written. There is no postmark. More
Washington, DC: National Geographic, c1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 12, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1961. Inaugural Edition. 266, illus., bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, ink name & address inside front flyleaf, DJ somewhat soiled & worn. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Memorial Edition. 287, illus., bibliography, index, DJ soiled and scuffed: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Memorial Edition. 287, illus., bibliography, index, slight wear to board edges. More