Politics/Policy/Presidents/Political Science/International Relations from Gargoyle Books

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: John Dienhart Publishing Co., 1964. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Vintage 60's nostalgia! Prepared under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, the first American president to address the issue of the nation's fitness, who, after instituting the President's Physical Fitness Program in the nation's schools for children, commissioned this booklet. In 64 pages,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Orig. published in German in 1982 as "Zeit Der Ideologien,'' this is the First English-language Translation, First Printing, from 1984, in 305 pages with General Index & Name Index in rear. Just removed from storage where it has been since being received… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Washington Square Press, 1970. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Reveals the behind-the-scene details of the making of the "modern" image-driven presidential campaign, when advertisers had just begun to recognize the importance of a candidate's image & how to manipulate it--particularly for the growing TV audience. The candidate--Richard M.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1960. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John. A Scotsman traces the history of American politics from the days of Jefferson through the contemporary (Eisenhower) administration. Orig. published in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1960, and another Anchor paperback… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Transaction Books, 1980. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. … Saber más sobre este artículo

SAGE Publications, Inc, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. As New. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1947. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. In the wake of the devastation caused by the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan, to end WWII, this report was commissioned & prepared under the direction of the Committee on Social and Economic Aspects of Atomic Energy of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The definitive account of the days leading up to, during, & following the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, November 20th-25th, 1963. Front endpapers are a chronology of events, while rear ones show a map of the motorcade route in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Soft cover. Very Good. A leftist-leaning periodical in continual publication since it was launched in 1909 as La Follette's Weekly, changing to La Follette's for a few years, & then, in 1929, to The Progressive. This sample of issues provides a time capsule into the politics of the era, when trust in the American government was beginning… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Praeger, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Analyze the rise of Welsh nationalism in the post-WWI period, focusing on the electoral successes of nationalist movements & examining the influence of political, economic, structural, & cultural factors on this resurgence. In 139 pages with References. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1989,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 2020. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. The life & crimes of former Vice President Spiro Agnew, who surreptitiously was involved in a scandal of his own making while the world was focused on his boss, Richard Nixon, & Watergate. He "paved the way for crooked presidents to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Autobiographical account by the first full member from Hawaii in the US House of Representatives after it became a state in 1959, then a Senator. Previously active in territorial government, he traces his interest in politics & the people to the day in 1943 when… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berlin, Germany: Verlag Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Berlin, 1981. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Multilingual book offers a history of the Berlin Wall, specifically, "a documentation in pictures of the military ring around West Berlin, its development from "August 13th", 1961 up to today with the most important events." In 113 pages, with 168… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brooklyn, New York: Solson Publications, Inc., 1987. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Buckler, Richard. Issue #3 (& the final issue) of what started out as a bimonthly comic book produced during the second administration of US President Ronald Reagan. In this story, two American champions--"Rhombo" & "Schwartenheimer" are captured as they try to rescue… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Orgone Institute Press, 1946. First English Language Edition . Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. Even more frighteningly relevant today than when the author originally wrote it to explain the Nazi's rise to power in Germany leading up to WWII. The famed psychoanalyst, who originated "orgone theory," here explores how the economic & ideological structure of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Florissant, Missouri: Liberty Bell Press, 1964. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG-/G+. A right-wing screed from the chairman of the Missouri Federation of Young Republicans, inflaming the battle against what many extremists in the party continue to see as rampant, creeping communism & the "communist-socialist conspiracy to enslave America." He dissects the failures of presidential… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+/VG-. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, England: Penguin, 1968. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG-. By two journalists who were correspondents for the "Observer,'' this book takes you behind the scenes of the student riots that wrecked havoc on Paris in early 1968, drawing on direct observation, interviews, & eye-witness accounts. In 238 pages with Index + 16 pages of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1969. Paperback Original (PBO) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Fegley, Richard (Photographer). Compilation of observations & reflections by demonstrators, protest leaders, organizers, newscasters, writers, & others on the scene in riot-torn Chicago, IL, during the summer of 1968. A Paperback Original from 1969, this is the First Edition, First… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG. Manifesto for revolution by the leader of the Yippies, with an Introduction by his brother-in-arms, Eldridge Cleaver, then leader of the Black Panthers. Proviso in front requests that you "Read This Book Stoned." Orig published in hardcover in 1970, then in a… Saber más sobre este artículo