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  • THE DARK LADY. by Auchincloss, Louis.
    Auchincloss, Louis.
    THE DARK LADY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel spanning three decades, from the 1930s to the McCarthy era of the 1950s, set in a New York where "birth and style count nearly as much as wealth" - the world that Auchincloss grew up in. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-395254027.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small erasure spot on the front endpaper)

    Book ID: 76191
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  • REEL POLITICS: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon. by Christensen, Terry.
    Christensen, Terry.
    REEL POLITICS: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A survey of over 200 films from the age of silent films through two World Wars, the McCarthy era, the counterculture, Vietnam and to the present, which reveals the ways in which the genre has changed to reflect the changes in our culture, and which demonstrates that even ostensibly liberal films are essentially conservative. Illustrated with photographs, notes at the end of each chapter. Political Filmography, index. x, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-631-158448.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj).

    Book ID: 58095
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  • THE ESTABLISHMENT. by Fast, Howard.
    Fast, Howard.
    THE ESTABLISHMENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final novel in the sequence which tells the story of the family of Dan Lavette, beginning with "The Immigrants", followed by "Second Generation." It is now 1948 and "a mysterious and urgent call involving her husband in a secret mission leads to a train of events that brings Barbara Lavette to a confrontation with Congress during the McCarthy era, to jail, and to further tragedy and final fulfillment." 365 pp. ISBN: 0-395281601.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some spine slant, edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 83853
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  • MY NATIVE GROUNDS: The Autobiography of Royal W. France. by France, Royal W.
    France, Royal W.
    MY NATIVE GROUNDS: The Autobiography of Royal W. France.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Cameron Associates, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a former corporate attorney and economics professor who chose to defend those accused of un-American activities in the era of McCarthy. Foreword by Dr Alexander Meiklejohn. 255 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in a good dust jacket (rather severe toning to the pages, some rubbing and wear to the dj, small peeled spot from sticker removal, original price of $3.75 still present.)

    Book ID: 77157
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  • Hellman, Lillian.
    SCOUNDREL TIME.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Bantam, 1977. Memoir of the witch-hunting, blacklisting era of the 1950's. Photographs. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-553-102826.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 24204
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  • Hellman, Lillian.
    SCOUNDREL TIME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1976.) dj. Memoir of the witch-hunting, blacklisting era of the 1950's. Introduction byt Garry Wills. Illustrated with photographs. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-316-355151.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 35655
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  • AMERICAN VOICES. by Lowenfels, Walter (1897-1976).
    Lowenfels, Walter (1897-1976).
    AMERICAN VOICES.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    Philadelphia: Whittier Press, (1953.). The top of the first page reads "The people ask for peace!" and the back cover refers to "that enormous power which was the love of peace." Excerpts, printed in Lowenfels' defense in his Smith Act trial, noting that this poem, which was originally published in Masses & Mainstream, . was used as evidence that he was advocating the overthrow of the government by force. 8 pp.

    Condition: Fine in stapled wrappers

    Book ID: 51946
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  • FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS. by Sarton, May
    Sarton, May
    FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Gollancz, 1955. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon first English edition of this early Sarton novel, described as a vivid dramatization of the plight of the embattled American liberal during the McCarthy era. Set in the world of Harvard and Cambridge. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For Louis and Phyl w love from the old reccom (?)" and dated March 1969. 239 pp.

    Condition: Very good in burgundy boards in a very good dj - usual light toning to the pages, rear flap of dj beginning to separate along fold, some staining there.

    Book ID: 76385
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