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Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises.

Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises.

by GEITHNER, Timothy F

New York: Crown, 2014. Signed by Timothy Geithner, on a blank page following the front free endpaper. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Seattle Arts and Lectures program and ticket laid in. President of the Federal Reserve Bank 2003 - 2009. U. S. Secretary of the Treasury 2009 - 2013.
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NZ$109.36
Curzon : The End of an Epoch

Curzon : The End of an Epoch

by Mosley, Leonard

London: Readers Union, 1961. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to end papers and no bumping to very sharp corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little foxing to rear and small scratch to spine. 301pp. Biography of George Curzon, Viceroy of India and later British Foreign Secretary. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (+). 7.75 x 4.75 inches.
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NZ$17.55
Your United Nations

Your United Nations

by United Nations

Light dust soiling and wear genfic30
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NZ$21.85
Robert M. La Follette Memorial Addresses : Delivered in the Senate and  House of Representatives of the United States in Memory of Robert M. La  Follette, Sixth-Ninth Congress

Robert M. La Follette Memorial Addresses : Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Memory of Robert M. La Follette, Sixth-Ninth Congress

by U S Congress

Washington: United States Government Printing Office. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 233 pages: 6 x 9 in. : 2: KB#016161: Boards are Dark Black with Gilt Lettering on front. Includes tissue-protected frontispiece portrait. Board corners are slightly scuffed; otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. 26th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document No. 157. Robert Marion... Read more about this item
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NZ$8.41
Enterprise Years: A Businessman in the Cabinet

Enterprise Years: A Businessman in the Cabinet

by David Ivor Young

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1990. Inscription to half-title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 338pp. Lord Young's account of his ten year stint as Minister to Margaret Thatcher's Government when he assisted with Thatcher's effect on Britain.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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NZ$10.53
The Stevensons: a Biography of an American Family

The Stevensons: a Biography of an American Family

by Baker Jean H

NY: Norton. 1997. Trade Paperback..first edition thus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs clph
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NZ$16.82
Gandhi

Gandhi

by Cheney, Glenn Alan

London: Franklin Watts, 1984. Very faint marking to ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 87pp. Biography of the man who won independance for India from the Britsh Empire. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 9.25 x 6 inches.
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NZ$12.66
The Arrogance of Power : The Secret World of Richard Nixon

The Arrogance of Power : The Secret World of Richard Nixon

by Summers, Anthony; Swan, Robbyn

New York: Viking, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and minor bumping to spine ends and upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little rubbing to upper edge and spine foot. 640pp. A compelling portrait of a politician whose one consistent and relentlessly pursued principle was to win - whatever the cost.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good (+). 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
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NZ$15.96
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed : Reworking The Body Politic From The Bottom Up

I Ain't Got Time To Bleed : Reworking The Body Politic From The Bottom Up

by Ventura, Jesse

New York, New York: Villard Books. Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket. 1999. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 208 pages: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: 1.4: KB#003112: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Original owner's name is printed on front flyleaf. "Jesse Ventura reveals the secrets of his stunning electoral success and amps his innovative strategies for pioneering a new era in American government. " Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .
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NZ$30.28
The Time of My Life

The Time of My Life

by Healey, Denis

London: Michael Joseph, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 607 pages. 52 illustrations. The memoirs of a leading politician and also the autobiography of a splendid Englishman who is liked and admired across the political spectrum. Healey has witnessed the great changes that have taken place in Britain since the war, and often taken a decisive hand in them. From Attlee and Bevan through to Mrs. Thatcher it has not only been the political landscape that... Read more about this item
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NZ$21.27
Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader

Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader

by Havel, Hippolyte; Jun, Nathan [Editor]; Pateman, Barry [Introduction];

AK Press, 2018-09-25. Paperback. Like New. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Trade paperback. Like new.First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition.
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NZ$20.95
Biographical Dictionary of the Left, Vol. IV

Biographical Dictionary of the Left, Vol. IV

by Francis X. Gannon

Boston, Western Islands, 1973, 1st . Hardcover . NF/NF. DJ w/ trace of edgewear/rubbing; couple small dings rear; in new Brodart protector.
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NZ$25.24
Michael Tippett : The Biography

Michael Tippett : The Biography

by Soden, Oliver

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 750pp. Biography of composer Sir Michael Tippett, often considered alongside Benjamin Britten in terms of talent. This account tells of his extraordinary life in which as well as composer he was a pacifist, revolutionary, thinker, activist, prisoner, celebrity and... Read more about this item
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NZ$53.18
No Life of My Own: An Autobiography

No Life of My Own: An Autobiography

by Chikane, Frank

London: Catholic Institute for International Relations, 1988. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower front edge, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 177pp. Biography of a key South African community leader and the struggle against apartheid. Also covered is the fight of black Christians to resist racism in the churches.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (+).... Read more about this item
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NZ$16.49
Watergate

Watergate

by West, Philip

London: Alternative News Service, 1973. Red ink side lines to a few paragraphs on first eight pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight foxing adjacent to front spine edge and to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The story of Richard Nixon and the Watergate conspiracy, starting with Nixon's political activities from 1946.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.75 inches.
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NZ$17.55
Dominions Diary: The Letters of E.J.Harding, 1913-16

Dominions Diary: The Letters of E.J.Harding, 1913-16

by E.J. Harding & Stephen Constantine (editor)

Halifax, West Yorkshire: Ryburn Publishing, 1992. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 336pp. E. J. Harding was secretary to the Dominions Royal Commission from 1912 to 1917. Here are set out his private letters to his parents and sister illustrated with over 100 contemprary postcards and photographs as he travelled to New Zealand,... Read more about this item
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NZ$20.21
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

by Baldwin Smith, Lacey

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Received with praise when first published, this provides an insightfull new portrait of an historical figure that everyone 'thinks' they know well. The common perception of Henry VIII is of a cruel, power-obsessed womaniser - he was that, plus much more. The author shows him to be very much a monarch of his times, confronting the political and social pressures that surrounded him, sometimes with good grace, sometimes... Read more about this item
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NZ$8.51
White House Doctor

White House Doctor

by Smith, Burton T

Madison Books, 1993-01-22. Hardcover. Very Good//Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed. VG/VG. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by author T. Burton Smith on fly page with note inscribed to a Donald Wegman, MD. blue photo-illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Very light exterior wear..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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NZ$61.83
Midnight Diaries

Midnight Diaries

by Boris Yeltsin

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, indent to rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light rubbing/creasing to upper edge. 398pp. Boris Yeltsin's account of his tumultuous years as President of Russia, based on the diairies he maintained during this time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
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NZ$21.27
American Son : A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

American Son : A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

by Blow, Richard

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2002. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 294pp. The last, defining years of John F Kennedy Jr, son of the American president, as seen by an editor who worked with him at George magazine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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NZ$13.30
Beatrice Webb

Beatrice Webb

by Cole, Margaret

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1945. Previous owner's neat name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bright gilt lettering to spine, light dusting/foxing to page edges and bumping to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with stain to lower rear edge, irregular fading to spine and small tears to edges. 197pp. The authentic memoir of one of Britain's greatest women who helped build the socialist movement within... Read more about this item
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NZ$9.04
Missionary for Freedom: the Life and Times of Walter Judd

Missionary for Freedom: the Life and Times of Walter Judd

by Edwards Lee

NY, Paragon, 1990 364 pages. Biogrpahy of anticommunist crusader Minnesota Congressman Walter Judd. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

A fine book in dust jacket with a closed tear top edge rear panel else fine. See Photos

bx 94
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NZ$16.82
Breaking The Surface.

Breaking The Surface.

by LOUGANIS, Greg

New York: Random House, 1995. Signed by Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Diving: Greg Louganis. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Louganis is the second individual and the only male to sweep diving events in consecutive Olympics. Five Gold Medals in World Championships, Six Gold Medals in the Pan-American Games.
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NZ$126.18
Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox

Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox

by William B Feis

Illustrated with photographs and maps, notes, bibliography, index. VG copy spine ends bumped, light upper corner bumping with a green remainder-like line to the top edge in Near Fine Dust Wrapper. with a trace of wear. bx77
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NZ$21.03
The Transplanting : A Narrative from the Letters of Marie Balascheff, A Russian Refugee in France

The Transplanting : A Narrative from the Letters of Marie Balascheff, A Russian Refugee in France

by Balascheff, Marie & Stearns, Martha Genung (editor)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon cloth boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Page fore-edges untrimmed. 251pp. Biographical account of the author, daughter of a Russian Charge d'Affairs who spent time in England and France after her family escaped the Russian Revolution. Whilst in England she met Queen Victoria a number of times. Photographic... Read more about this item
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NZ$85.10