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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.” Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly...
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The Story Of the Irish Race
by Seumas MacManus
The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus was written to be a light history for the American public during the Irish Civil War.
MacManus weaves a romantic view of the whole saga of the Irish from the time of Firbolg and the occupation by the Milesians through the various invasions; history, culture, religion, laws, arts, ties, folklore, trade, literature, heroes Fein, Easter Uprising, etc.
MacManus weaves a romantic view of the whole saga of the Irish from the time of Firbolg and the occupation by the Milesians through the various invasions; history, culture, religion, laws, arts, ties, folklore, trade, literature, heroes Fein, Easter Uprising, etc.
Present At the Creation
by Dean Acheson
The author relates his experiences in the State Department during a period that witnessed World War II, European reconstruction, the Korean War and McCarthyism
Intended Consequences
by Donald T Critchlow
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how thegovernment's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. The growth of the feminist movement in the late 1960s fundamentally...
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A History Of the Arab Peoples
by Albert Hourani
In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. This updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which includes recent events such as 9/11, the US invasion of...
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Profiles In Courage
by John F Kennedy
Profiles in Courage was written by John F. Kennedy when the
iconic U.S. President was still a senator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of
short biographies tells of eight United States Senators who shown great courage
under enormous pressure from their parties and their constituents. Among
Kennedy’s featured senators were: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas
Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Lamar, George Norris, and
Robert A. Taft. While these Senators suffered severe criticism... Read more about this item
iconic U.S. President was still a senator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of
short biographies tells of eight United States Senators who shown great courage
under enormous pressure from their parties and their constituents. Among
Kennedy’s featured senators were: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas
Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Lamar, George Norris, and
Robert A. Taft. While these Senators suffered severe criticism... Read more about this item
United States Politics Books & Ephemera
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria
New York: W. W. Norton, May 2008. Hardcover. Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Highlighting to first two pages, otherwise Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 292 pages.
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NZ$13.12
The Old Revolutionaries
by Pauline Maier
New York: Vintage, March 1982. Trade Paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. Tanned with dust stains to top edge, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxii+309 pages. The "old revolutionaries" were Samuel Adams, Isaac Sears, Thomas Young, Richard Henry Lee, and Charles Carroll. Of widely varying backgrounds and interests, all of them had their greatest influence in the years between 1769 and 1776, and all of them saw their power transferred after the war to the men we know as "the...
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NZ$21.38
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger
New York: Scribner. October 2004. Trade Paperback. Second printing per number line. Near Fine. Lightly tanned. Text unmarked. Slight corner wear. Old price sticker. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. ix + 370 pages. This book explains the impact of the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud on American foreign policy, business, and national security.
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NZ$19.72
To Die for the People: The Writings of Huey P. Newton
by Huey P. Newton; Franz Schurmann [intro.]
New York: Random House, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 232 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price present. Black boards stamped in gilt and silver. Dust jacket creased along edges with a few minor nicks and short tear to top edge near crown; mild staining to spine. Boards show light shelfwear with mild sunning to edges and binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate taped to front pastedown and pages otherwise...
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NZ$1,237.95
America the Powerless: Facing Our Nuclear Energy Dilemma
by Waltar, Alan E
Madison, Wisconsin: Cogito Books, 1995. Softcover. Good+/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Curling to front lower corner.
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NZ$13.20
Speech at Anti-McCarran Act Rally, New York City, June 1963
by Reverend C. Tyndell Vivian
Hollywood, CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center, 1963. Near Fine. Hollywood, CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center, 1963. First Edition. Photo-illustrated bifolium (23.5 x 10 cm.) 4 pp. Touch of rubbing and faint toning to edges. Near Fine. American minister Vivian was a close friend and lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., helped organize the first sit-ins in Nashville in 1960 and participated in the Freedom...
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NZ$247.59
The Sixth Commandment Friendly to Virtue, Honor and Politeness. A discourse, in consequence of the late duel, addressed to the North Congregational Society of Newburyport: August 5, 1804
by [Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr] Samuel Spring
Newburyport, MA: E.W. Allen / Thomas & Whipple, 1804. Very Good. Newburyport, MA: From the Press of E.W. Allen / for Sale at the Bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed, old remnants of spine leather; 28pp. ([A]4 B-C4 D2, collated and presumed complete); woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Brief soil to title page (serving as upper cover), occasional uneven spotting, else Very Good and sound. Sermon delivered in response to the fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron...
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Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent
by Blaine Harden
New York: W. W. Norton, September 1990. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Near Fine jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 333 pages.
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NZ$23.03
In the Matter of Representative Newt Gingrich (3 Vols): Report of the Select Committee on Ethics, Report of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and Appendix for the Report of Counsel for the Respondent
by Special Committee on Ethics; Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997. Very Good. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997. Ethics Committee report in octavo; 1267pp. Printed beige wraps. Standards of Official Conduct report and appendix in quarto; 213pp, 190pp, remainder unpaginated. Side-stapled beige paper covers. All covers lightly shelfworn with some fading along edges. Call numbers taped over bottom spine edge on larger volumes, but no other library or institutional markings. Binder clip over top part of...
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NZ$99.04
Sneaking Into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Shows
by Pelosi, Alexandra
Free Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Light edge wear to dustjacket.
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NZ$16.51
Franklin D. Roosevelt : A Political Life
by Dallek, Robert
London: Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books. 2017. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 692 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$32.75
Election Mood
by Clare Boothe; G. Alan Chidsey [designer]
Great Neck: G. Alan Chidsey, 1940. Very Good. Great Neck, NY: G. Alan Chidsey, November 9, 1940. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); [60pp]. Dark gray leather with stamped lettering. Covers a bit toned with any gilt or foil to lettering rubbed away. Spine a bit cocked. A handful of the pasted-in columns have let go from the pages, but are all present and laid in at their respective places, with no tears or folds. Binding is sound. Faint Library of Congress Surplus stamp on front free endpaper, but no other library...
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NZ$577.71
White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
by Simon Johnson; James Kwak
New York: Pantheon, April 2012. Hardcover. First edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. Red dot to bottom edge. Not clipped. 352 pages. White House Burning demystifies the national debt, explaining whence it came and, even more important, what it means to you and to future generations. It tells the story of the Founding Fathers' divisive struggles over taxes and spending. It charts the rise of the almighty dollar, which makes it easy for the United States to...
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NZ$19.72
![Pandaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics [Signed by Moynihan to Senator Connie Mack]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/240/442/1576442240.0.b.jpg)
Pandaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics [Signed by Moynihan to Senator Connie Mack]
by Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Signed by Sentaor Daniel Patrick Moynihan to fellow Senator Connie Mack III at front free endpaper. Octavo. 221 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly creased along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding is sound. Erased bookseller scribblings to front free endpaper and pages otherwise unmarked. Near Fine.
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NZ$165.06
Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois; Including the Preceding Speeches of Each, at Chi-cago, Springfield, Etc.; Also, The Two Great Speeches of Mr. Lincoln in Ohio, in 1859, as Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party, and Published at the Times of Their Delivery
by [Abraham Lincoln] [Stephen A. Douglas]
Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Very Good. Columbus, [OH]: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Later printing with "2" at the bottom of the page 13 and with Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co. imprints listed. Octavo. 268 pp. with 4 pages of advertisements preceding title; lacks front free endpaper. Publisher's blind-stamped boards gilt lettering to spine. Boards show loss and fraying to spine ends; moderate edgewear; corners bumped; mild scuffing and spotting. Binding is sound. Heavy spotting...
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The Fighting Men of the Civil War
by Russ A. Pritchard William C. Davis
Well used book. Some wear to cover. Pages are in decent shape.
"Even though the Civil War is among the best-documented wars in world history, the story of the individual soldier is not well documented What is the story of the men in blue and gray? In The Fighting Men of the Civil War, William C Davis shows us that for these soldiers the Civil War was far removed from politics, from the great question of slavery, even from the movement of armies"
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"Even though the Civil War is among the best-documented wars in world history, the story of the individual soldier is not well documented What is the story of the men in blue and gray? In The Fighting Men of the Civil War, William C Davis shows us that for these soldiers the Civil War was far removed from politics, from the great question of slavery, even from the movement of armies"
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NZ$8.25
Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters, & Democrats
by Miroff, Bruce
HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Light edge wear and rubbing to dustjacket.
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NZ$14.86
Forbes Burnham: National Reconciliation and National Unity 1984-1985
by Halim Majeed
Uniondale, New York: Global Communications Publishing, October 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. xix + 143 pages.
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NZ$189.82NZ$113.89
The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution
by Monk, Linda R
Hyperion, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Former owner's name on half title page.
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NZ$29.71
![On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers on the American Revolution [Limited Edition, signed by Ward]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/131/1563131835.0.b.jpg)
On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers on the American Revolution [Limited Edition, signed by Ward]
by Edmund Burke; Lynd Ward [illus.]; Peter J. Stanlis [ed.]
Lunenburg, VT: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Stinehour Press, 1975. Very Good +. Lunenburg, VT: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Stinehour Press, 1975. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Lynd Ward, this being #1654. Large octavo. 268 pp. Two-color wood engravings by Ward. Bound in Schumacher cloth printed with an allover multicolor Colonial pattern with the titling stamped in gold leaf on a dark-brown leather label. Glassine dust jacket;...
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NZ$123.80
Murder in the Rose Garden; An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery
by Roosevelt, Elliott
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition of Murder in the Rose Garden by Elliott Roosevelt, inscribed to his wife, Patricia Peabody Roosevelt.. Octavo, 232pp. Black hardcover. Stated "first edition" with a full number line. Publisher's near fine dust jacket, light sunning to spine. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my one and only loved one, Patty, who has lived through such hardship, being married to me these last several...
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NZ$536.44
![Freedom and the Union: Speech of William H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, in Vindication of Freedom and the Union. In Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 1860 [with] State of the Union. Speech of William H. Seward in the Senate of the United States, January 12, 1861 [with] Speech of William H. Seward, for the Immediate Admission of Kansas Into the Union; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/532/375/1445375532.0.b.0.jpg)
Freedom and the Union: Speech of William H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, in Vindication of Freedom and the Union. In Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 1860 [with] State of the Union. Speech of William H. Seward in the Senate of the United States, January 12, 1861 [with] Speech of William H. Seward, for the Immediate Admission of Kansas Into the Union; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856
by William H. Seward
Albany / Washington, DC: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers / Congressional Globe Office, 1861. Very Good. Albany / Washington, DC: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers / Congressional Globe Office, 1856-1861. Three pamphlets bound as one, removed from larger volume. Octavo. 12pp.; 16 pp.; 15 pp. Printed wraps. Light edgewear to wraps with some fraying along spine. Binding otherwise holding soundly and pages legible throughout. A series of speeches from Seward marking key moments in his political...
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NZ$330.12
John Adams Two Volume Boxed Set : Volume I 1735-1784; Volume II 1784-1826
by Page Smith
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1962. Two-volume Hardcover set in slipcase. Very Good books in Very Good jackets. "First Edition" stated on copyright pages. "Book of the Month Club Selection" stated on unpriced jackets. Prior owner's name inked to front pastedowns. Reading and edge wear including large chips to jackets. Two volumes. xx + 1170 total pages. Vol. 1. 1735-1784; Vol. 2. 1784-1826. Two volume hardcover set, with slipcase and dust jackets. Winner of the Bancroft Prize and The Kenneth Roberts...
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NZ$29.63
Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
by David Read Barker
Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories...
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NZ$49.44
Power, Pasta and Politics: The World According to Senator Al D'Amato
by Al D'Amato; Bob Dole [fwd.]; Ed Koch [intro.]
New York: Hyperion, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to journalist William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription "To Bill -- You are a giant, not only as a wordsmith, but as someone who calls them like he sees them. It has been a great honor to get to know one of the truly great writers of our time. Your Friend, Alfonse." Octavo; 357pp. Photo dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; book in white paper- and red...
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NZ$74.28
![Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy [26 Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/752/461/1349461752.0.m.jpg)
![A Time to Speak, A Time to Act: The Movement in Politics [Signed with additional signed letters]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/745/552/1546552745.0.m.jpg)
