Books - "politics"
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The Middle Mind
Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
First UK edition proof copy 205pp F (in ills. wrappers)
PUBLISHER: allen lane london [2004]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature curtis white politics america sociology
The Pilgrims of Hope and Chants for Socialists
first public edition 81pp+ads. VG+ (green cloth w.blind stamp to top board and gilt.dec.to spine,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1915
KEYWORDS: arts literature politics socialism william morris
The Prisoner of Sex
first edition, 234pp, VG+ (green cloth, minor foxing to prelims and foredges.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing and wear, price clipped, very minor internal foxing.)
PUBLISHER: little, brown, toronto, 1971
KEYWORDS: norman mailer politics sociology modern first edition literature
The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolo Machiavelli in four volumes
Ex-library, first edition thus four-volume set, re-bound in half leather with brown cloth boards, imperial octavo, upper page edges stained brown, other page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xli+420pp/464pp/488pp/iv+472pp, VG- (front board of vol1 completely detached, moderately heavy scuffing to spine sides, extrems & raised bands and to board edges, usu library markings including labels to front pastedowns and gilt library stamp to front boards, some browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: james r.osgood boston 1882
KEYWORDS: literature politics history niccolo machiavelli christian detmold
I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan
reprint [june 1954] 272pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,content edges and margins sl.browned) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: arco london 1954
KEYWORDS: ku klux klan stetson kennedy politics sociology
New Cloak,Old Dagger
how britain's spies came in from the cold
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1996
KEYWORDS: military history politics spies michael smith
The Age of Uncertainty
first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed
Ideals of Nationhood
first edition inscribed by author 319pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders and dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1935
KEYWORDS: history biography politics new zealand lord bledisloe
The Future of Communist Power
first edition 247pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode london 1970
KEYWORDS: politics brian crozier communism
The True and The False Pacifism
ex-lib.first edition 85pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.chipping to extrems.,minor loss to lower corner of front cover,usual libr.stamps)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1917
KEYWORDS: history politics d'alviella goblet
Anno Regni Georgii III [An Acto to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle,and other Flesh Provisions,from Great Britain,for a limited Time]
first edition [detached from a volume] pp967-972 VG- (4 leaves incl.title page,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor foxing,chipping and wear to extrems.,creasing w.holes from binding,closed tear to title page margin)
PUBLISHER: printed by charles eyre and william strahan london 1771
KEYWORDS: history literature politics george iii acts
Savage's Account of New Zealand in 1805 together with Schemes of 1771 and 1824 for Commerce and Colonization
Tidy ex-library, reprint 184pp VG+ (minimal library stamps, light scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges, minor soiling) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1939
KEYWORDS: new zealand history john savage mckinlay politics
The Stranger at The Gate
354pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.foxed,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1948
KEYWORDS: greece rome politics sociology haarhof
Lands of the Slave and the Free
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.452/479pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear of vol.1] VG- (brown cloth w.gilt stamp to top boards,mod rubbed and soiled,spine s sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedowns,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: john w.parker london 1855
KEYWORDS: history politics cuba america slave henry murray
Abraham Lincoln The War Years
4 vols.
ex-lib.4 vols.[vol.1 reprint;vols.2/3/4 first edition] 660/655/673/515pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,some plates loose but all present,content edges v.sl.soiled,spines cracked) lack d/ws
PUBLISHER: harcourt,brace new york 1939/1940
KEYWORDS: american history abraham lincoln biography politics
The Press in the French Revolution
first uk edition 335pp VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,pencil underlining to contents) lacks d.w
PUBLISHER: ginn london 1971
KEYWORDS: press french revolution politics journalism gilchrist murray
The Caliphate Its Rise,Decline,and Fall
reprint 633pp [4 fold-out maps] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight,sl.foxing to maps)
PUBLISHER: john grant edinburgh 1924
KEYWORDS: caliphate history politics william muir weir
New Zealand Aspirations in the Pacific in the Nineteenth Century
first edition 332pp octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled boards, eps and content edges sl.foxed, prev. owners name in ink to front pastedown) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed, v small tears/chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1964
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics angus ross
The Rise and Fall of 'The Model Republic'
ex-lib.first edition 424pp VG- (burgundy embossed cloth w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards unevenly sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1863
KEYWORDS: history james williams politics
Areopagitica
first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history