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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An early novel from the bestselling Woods and the fourth book in his series of political thrillers featuring Will Lee, chief aide to Washington's most powerful New South senator. Lee, a talented lawyer, influential and powerful in his own right, becomes involved in the trial of a man for a race-related rape and murder, caught up in a political race he is not prepared for, estranged from the woman he loves, and in the gun sights of a white supremacist organization called The Elect, all within a few days' time. Boards show light bumping on lower corners, text block's edges a touch of soiling, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. Dustjacket shows very minimal surface and edgwear, no tears, no creases or other significant damage. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1965. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Anchor A487; a political science classic published during the Cold War but worth reading as long as any nation maintains nuclear weapons; written by a noted French sociologist and philosopher, translated by Ernst Pawel; one-reader text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers showing minor soiling on back cover o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A political thriller set in England; First Printing of the First U.S. Edition.

New York: Random House, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/Very Good. A stand-alone, mid-career novel from master craftsman Ludlum, author of the Jason Bourne bestsellers and numerous other bestselling thrillers. "The Icarus Agenda" features Congressman Evan Kendrick, the quiet, unassuming representative of a remote Colorado Congressional district who is able to end the takeover of a U.S. mideast embassy by terrorists who threaten to slaughter embassy staff if their demands are not met. Kendrick becomes a reluctant national hero thrust by competing political interests into consideration for presidential nomination while at the same time, vengeful terrorists seek his death by whatever means and costs. First edition, first printing (as stated, with Random House complete numberline from 9 to 2). About 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 678 pages, including "About the Author" page. Bound in dark blue, cloth-covered boards with author's name stamped in lower corner of front cover and gold… Leer más

New York: Pocket Books, 1974. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Pocket Books 78418; Thomas' story of a U.S. Senator who takes a bribe and the Washington columnist who discovers political corruption, scandal and murder; text is clean, tight, slight spine lean in black pictorial wrappers showing light reading crease, minor surface and edgewear. Very Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. the ninth novel from the co-anchor of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, features journalist Tom Chapman on the trail of a conspiracy that has rigged a presidentical debate and changed American politics and journalism forever; front edge of text lightly soiled, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minor surface and edgewear.

New York: New American Library, 1964. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Mentor Books MP553; a collection of essays from this noted economist in which he blasts American myths about capitalism, history, politics and the affluent society; text is clean, tight, square in white wrappers showing some slight age discoloration along spine, very minor surface and edgewear. Scarce and collectable.

Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., 1880. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This biography of President Garfield represents a publishing puzzle: According to Brisbin's biographer, Benjamin Foster, Brisbin published his Garfield biography with the title, "From the Towpath to the White House, a Biography of James Garfield," in 1880 in Philadelphia, and also in 1880 in Hartford as "The Early Life and Public Career of James A. Garfield." In 1881, following Garfield's assassination, Hubbard Bros., the Philadelphia publisher, re-issued the book with additional material under the name William Ralson Balch, an editor and journalist, who had covered Garfield's political career and assassination. However, the new edition did not mention Brisbin as author, Balch being credited as sole author, a stance he maintained throughout his life though, according to Foster, his claim was denied by the Library of Congress. Subsequently, our copy of the book was issued, titled on the… Leer más

New York: Knopf, 1992. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The fifteenth novel of National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike features historian Alfred Clayton, who answers a request for his memories of the 1970s Gerald Ford administration with his own turbulent personal history of that time as well as pages of an unpublished book on James Buchanan, president from 1857 to 1861. A Very Fine unread copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1992. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The award-winning Updike's 15th novel features Alfred Clayton, an historian who has received a request from a professional society for his memories of the 1974-77 Gerald Ford administration. "Alf" obliges with memories of a turbulent period in his personal life and with pages of an unpublished book he was writing at the time on the life of James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. President. The alternating texts offer a startling contrast between the life styles and social manners and mores of Americans in two different centuries. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; a tiny, quarter-inch tear on the upper edge of the fold between the front panel and flap, and a faint "shadow" on the front flap where a price sticker was removed, o/w the dustjacket shows very minimal surface or edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1940. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. This is the second of six novels written by Clune, who worked as a reporter and columnist for the Rochester, NY, "Democrat and Chronicle" for over 55 years, dying in 1995 at 105. While his first novel, "The Good Die Poor," was a cynical, realistic story of a newspaperman caught up in corrupt city politics, his second is a satiric comedy that could only happen in America. It features Chester Willoughby who decided the radio ads for his furniture store's clearance sale should be used for a series of inspirational talks. To his own and everyone's amazement, Chester turned out to have a radio voice, one so hypnotic it didn't really matter what he said. It wasn't long before the Willoughby Brotherhood League began whispering about Willoughby for President. Both corners on front cover lightly bumped, o/w orange cloth-covered boards and text are clean and unmarked,… Leer más

New York: Arbor House, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. The second novel in the "Capital Crimes" mystery series by the daughter of the late President Harry S Truman, featuring institutions in the Washington, D.C. area; top edge of text is foxed, initials "CZ" in ink on fep, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows a half-inch tear and crease on bottom of front panel, front flap creased.

New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The sixth of this bestselling author's international thrillers that began with the 'The Day of The Jackal.' Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halberstam's eleventh book was written at the beginning of the last decade of the 20th Century, giving its author a sweeping view and penetrating analysis of world and national political and economic history over the past fifty years but equally as fascinating and important to us, some 20 years along, is his forecast of what the U.S. and world will look like into our current century. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor shelfwear.

New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The National Book Award winner's fifth novel is a satire of contemporary American politics and politicians. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The eleventh novel for Lehrer, of PBS television news fame, features Charles Avenue Henderson, retired CIA operative and a gang of other former agents, all now slightly long of tooth, on a mission to assure the appointment of one of their colleagues as the next director of the CIA.

New York: Pocket Books, 1970. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. vintage paperback, Pocket Books 78032; the book that allegedly helped convict Hoffman and the other Chicago Eight co-defendants at their conspiracy trial after the riot-torn 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; cover photo by Richard Avedon; originally published in 1968 by The Dial Press, the Pocket Books edition contains a new introduction by Hoffman not included in the earlier edition; text is clean, tight, square; white pictorial wrappers show reading crease, some slight soiling, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Woods' third suspense-thriller featuring Will Lee, U.S. Senator from Georgia, and his wife, Kate, a CIA deputy director. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Murder thrusts itself into the final days of an East Coast gubernatorial campaign; First Printing of the First Edition; light edgewear, o/w boards and text are clean, tight; dustjacket shows very minor surface and edge wear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Vintage Books V-413; Dr. Frank's analysis of man's survival in a world full of weapons of mass destruction is as relevant today as when he was asked to testify before Congress in the 1960s; preface by Sen. William Fulbright. Edges somewhat soiled o/w text is clean, tight, square in white wrappers showing some slight soiling, minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.