Search Results: Political Science from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Raleigh, N.C.: Printed by T. Loring, at the Office of the North Carolina Standard, 1839. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 39 pages. The pamphlet measures about 8 1/2 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Soft cover pamphlet in original yellow printed wrappers bound in a stiff-board library binder with a cloth reinforced spine. The pamphlet is held in the binding with what appears to be a cloth book tape. The outer boards show some wear but are sound. The pamphlet is secure in the binding. The text is foxed. There is an early inscription at the top of the pamphlet's front cover which is hard to decipher, but it appears to read, "Wm. Jeffreys, Esqr. / With respect of W. Str..(?)..er." We do not know who made the inscription. We believe it was inscribed to William Jeffreys (1817-1845) who was an attorney in Franklin County, North Carolina and who was in the NC Senate. He died of typhoid fever and was buried in a carved-out boulder. We have not been able to figure… Read More

Raleigh: Department of Archives and History, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 770 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a blue and white dust jacket. The front panel of the jacket is rubbed, and there is a small triangular chip at the top edge. Book is sound and clean.

Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 1089 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a light blue dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed but sound. The book is sound and clean.

New York, London, Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 350 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white dust jacket, now in mylar. A fresh, clean copy.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 263 pages, indexed. Hardcover in colour dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Text is clean.

New York: Longman / Pearson, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Variously paginated. Soft cover bound in black and light blue wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. The top corner of the front cover and a number of the first pages are dog-eared. A sound copy with clean text.

Charlotte, N.C.: HEritage Printers, Inc., 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Oblong 8vo. (60) pages. Hardcover in a green and sepia dust jacket. The jacket shows some wear with a 1 1/2 inch tear along the fore edge of the front panel at the top corner and a 2 inch tear on the front panel near the spine. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. Illustrated with photos. There are a few pages of some brief genealogical data at the rear tracing Adlai Stevenson back to Col. John Brevard.

Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 168 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in blue and red wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. There is a soft diagonal crease along the bottom 2/3 of the front cover. Prior price (matching our price) is written in ink at the bottom corner of the half title. A sound copy with clean text.

New York and London: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 259 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a red, white, blue and tan pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. A nice, clean copy.

Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House, 1992. Soft cover. Good. Small quarto. 542 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in white wrappers. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. There is a tan stain on the right side of the spine near the headcap. A sound copy with clean text.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. 324 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue, brown and white pictorial dust jacket. Cloth binding has spotting. DJ is foxed, has some edge-wear, small tears. Spine is damped. Text is clean. Book has an old odor, could be aired out.

New York: Research Department, National Headquarters Progressive Party, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 272 pages. Softcover bound in yellow wrappers with masking tape on the spine. Title of work handwritten on front cover. Wrappers have edge-wear, and there is a split to the lower half of the front hinge (about 5 inches). An inexpensively made but exhaustive political party handbook to be used during the 1948 Presidential Election. Text is toned. There are occasional corrections and other marks throughout text. A scarce item. The Progressive Party (1948-1955) was a progressive liberal party which served the campaign of Henry A. Wallace for President. Wallace had been a Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1946 Wallace was Secretary of Agriculture under Truman, and Truman fired him due to Wallace's public opposition to some of Truman's policies. The party platform included racial desegregation, the… Read More

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1978. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Octavo. 140 pages. Soft cover bound in yellow wrappers. A fresh, clean and unused copy. The ISBN calls for a hardback; this is a paperback.

Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1892. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Variously paginated. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth with titles in gilt. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Secure inner hinges. Early owners' signatures. A sound copy with clean text. Partly unopened.

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 148 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a whitel dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. The book has some foxing on the top and fore edges of the text block but otherwise is sound and clean.

New York and New Orleans: University Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 184; xciv pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Covers show wear from handling. Corners are rubbed. Label for the Library of The Observer Co of Charlotte, NC is inside front cover. Inner hinges secure. Text block is sound, and the text is unmarked.

Washington, D.C.: 27th Congress / House of Representatives, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 123 pages. Hardcover rebound in mid-20th century black buckram (NOT an ex-library copy). There is minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on the front paste down (George Breathett, a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC in the 1950s-1960s). The text itself shows some wear and toning and is untrimmed and partly unopened (some of the edges have never been cut). A sound copy.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1925. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. (126) pages. Hardcover bound in black cloth. The binding is worn, and the corners are bumped. Much of the gilt on the front cover is rubbed off. Secure inner hinges and clean text.

Westminster: rchibald Constable & Company, Ltd., 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 120, (4) pages. Hardback bound in blue cloth with titles in black. Moderate rubbing to the binding; the cloth shows light spots of silver fishing. Spine darkened. The inner hinges are secure and the binding is sound. Text clean. Limited to 2500 copies.

Boston, New York, Chicago: D. C. Heath and Co., 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 313, (4) pages, indexed. Hardcover in grey cloth. Binding is rubbed and soiled from handling. Spine is toned, soiled. Prior owner's name written at top of front flyleaf. Text is toned but generally clean. Illustrated.