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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2005.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A massive, but well-researched, well-written and innovative look at Lincoln's political abilities by this Pulitzer Prize winning author - an account of how Lincoln brought his former rivals into his cabinet and used their political gifts to preserve the… Read more about this item

New York & Boston:: Twelve,, (2021). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (a few corners creased). First printing. A book which focuses on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court - but also looks at it as part of a larger story of the Republican Party's move to the right.… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2023). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corner of one leaf dog-eared). First printing. A book which traces today's 'patriot' movement back to the spark that ignited it - the FBI's two month siege of Koresh and the Branch Davidians in 1993. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 273 pp.… Read more about this item

New York:: Ballantine,, (2003). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book which "brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval. People think of it as the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.… Read more about this item

Waco, Texas:: Word Books,, (1970). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A title in the 'People You Should Know Series' written for students in the middle grades - an account of one of the founding fathers of the American Republic and second President of the US. Illustrated with drawings… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, NJ:: Prentice-Hall,, 1951.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in light green cloth in a very good dust jacket (some tidemarks visible on the verso of the dj).. First edition. An account of the American experiment in imperialism, from the Louisiana purchase to the annexation of Hawaii and the occupation of Japan and Korea and… Read more about this item

New York:: Seabury Press,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (toning to pages and to dj, 2 short closed tears to dj, scratch on front cover). First printing. A significant but surprisingly hard to find book, which describes movements throughout American history in which ordinary citizens, dissatisfied with the established system… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which warns how the growing sophistication of global crime organizations is robbing us not only of our money but also threatening our way of life. Index. 210 pp. .

New York:: Scribner,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. An account of a pivotal time in US history - a war of only six months' time that dramatically altered the United States' standing in the world. When America declared war on Spain in 1898, the US Army had just… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which begins with "describing the iconic photograph of the Fall of Saigon: desperate Vietnamese scrambling to board a helicopter evacuating the last American personnel from Vietnam. It is an image of U.S. failure and shame. Or is it?… Read more about this item

Forefront Books,, (2020). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A "call to all Americans to take back our constitutional freedoms and break free of 'our abusive relationship with our government.' [A] groundbreaking work on behalf of personal liberties has made him an object of fascination on both the Right and the Left."… Read more about this item

New York:: Dutton,, (2021). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. \A story that starts out with "a platoon of mostly 19-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively… Read more about this item

New York:: PublicAffairs,, (2002). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A blend of travelogue, history and biography, this is an account of how "Rushmore was conceived and built, and why controversy surrounded the project from the start. [It] is about the meaning of public art, the rise of automobile… Read more about this item

New York:: Basic Books,, (2020). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An explanation of how the American immigration system ran off the rails and a proposal for a plan to reform it. Our current crisis has roots in early twentieth century white nativist politics, which began to reemerge in the 1980s.… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some minor edgewear to dj, creasing on dj flap, original price of 14.95 on dj flap). First printing. Although written about a period in US history more than 50 years ago, these comments on the dust jacket flap… Read more about this item

New York:: Atria (Simon & Schuster),, (2021). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Publisher's letter laid in. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Named one of Ten Best History Books of 2021. by the Smithsonian Magazine, this is a book which honors the resilience of extraordinary heroes and the power of sports in… Read more about this item

New York:: Macmillan,, (1967). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing. An informal and entertaining look at urban planning, highways and infrastructure in the Northeast of the US. This corridor is often considered not just as several cities but as a megalopolis - and Bailey is interested in exploring just what… Read more about this item

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2013.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A look at the summer of 1964 - the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election - and the… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line, some minor edgewear to dj. original price of 14.95 on dj flap). First printing. Although written about a period in US history more than 50 years ago, these comments on the dust jacket flap are still relevant:… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2011). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A sweeping account of the American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900. Among them were Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, and Charles Sumner, whose… Read more about this item