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WRITINGS ON THE WALL: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Liberty - Time, Inc, (2016.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book of essays in which Abdul-Jabbar "uses his unique blend of erudition, street smarts and authentic experience on the country's seemingly irreconcilable partisan divide - both racial and political, parenthood, and his own experiences as an athlete, African-American, and a Muslim. . . he also offers keen assessments of and solutions to problems such as racism in sports while speaking candidly about his experiences on the court and off." SIGNED by Adbu-Jabbar on the title page. Index. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1618931719.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 72357More details Price: $60.00 -
ROGUE JUSTICE: A Thriller.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - The second thriller featuring Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene. SIGNED on a publisher's bookplate on the half title page by this political and voting rights activist. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-0385548328.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87867More details Price: $30.00 -
JUMPING AT SHADOWS: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 74071More details Price: $35.00 -
THE CASE OF THE SLEEPING PEOPLE (Finally Awakened By Little Rock School Frustrations)
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Little Rock, ArkansasL Pioneer Press (1959). First edition - A book based on speeches delivered by Dale Alford in his successful eight-day campaign for Congress as a Democratic write-in candidate from the Fifth District of Arkansas. Alford was a segregationist and a member of the Little Rock school board, who opposed the forced racial integration of the schools. Errata slip laid in. xvii, 142 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed black wrappers with "advance copy for review" on front cover. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 77445More details Price: $40.00 -
VIETNAM PERSPECTIVEs, Volume 1, Number 2, November 1965.
Edition: First printing.
New York: American Friends of Vietnam, Inc. 1965. First edition - Pro Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) academic journal, with articles including George Tanham's "The Communist challenge in the provinces;" Charles Joiner's "Administration and political warfare in the highlands;" "Asian Leaders Speak" and "Why New Zealand aids South Vietnam." 56 pp.
Condition: Very good in red and black printed stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 55356More details Price: $11.50 -
SEX FOR AMERICA: Politically Inspired Erotica.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperPerennial, 2008. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 25 short stories, cartoons and illustrations centered around sex and politics. Contributors include Steve Almond, Jonathan Ames, Charlie Anders, Jami Attenberg, Nick Flynn, James Frey, Avital Gad-Cykman, Daphne Gottlieb, Liz Henry, Keith Knight, Tsaurah Litzky, Lydia Millet, Mistress Morgana, Rick Moody, Vanessa Norton, Susan O'Doherty, Eric Orner, Peter Orner, Michelle Richmond, Jerry Stahl, Anthony Swofford, Michelle Tea, and Alison Tyle. SIGNED by THREE authors: inscribed by the editor Stephen Elliott on the title page, and signed by Lydia Millet at her story "Desert Shield" and by Charlie Jane Anders at "Transfixed, Helpless and Out of Control." Illustrated. Notes on contributors. xiii, 270 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72380More details Price: $40.00 -
SEX FOR AMERICA: Politically Inspired Erotica.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperPerennial, 2008. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 25 short stories, cartoons and illustrations centered around sex and politics. Contributors include Steve Almond, Jonathan Ames, Charlie Anders, Jami Attenberg, Nick Flynn, James Frey, Avital Gad-Cykman, Daphne Gottlieb, Liz Henry, Keith Knight, Tsaurah Litzky, Lydia Millet, Mistress Morgana, Rick Moody, Vanessa Norton, Susan O'Doherty, Eric Orner, Peter Orner, Michelle Richmond, Jerry Stahl, Anthony Swofford, Michelle Tea, and Alison Tyle. SIGNED by THREE authors: by the editor Stephen Elliott on the title page, and signed by Lydia Millet at her story "Desert Shield" and by Charlie Jane Anders at "Transfixed, Helpless and Out of Control." Illustrated. Notes on contributors. xiii, 270 pp
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (stray ink line on outside edge of textblock).
Book ID: 74996More details Price: $38.50 -
POLITICAL SUICIDE
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by this British master of crime fiction. A member of Parliament has supposedly committed suicide by throwing himself into the Thames. Or has he? The police are not sure, so Superintendent Sutcliffe, on the verge of retirement, uses his accumulated leave to check into it. A satirical look at British politics and the furor engendered when there is a by-election to fill an unexpectedly vacant seat. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-00231441x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86806More details Price: $30.00 -
POLITICAL SUICIDE
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Scribners, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A standalone novel by this British master of crime fiction. A member of Parliament has supposedly committed suicide by throwing himself into the Thames. Or has he? The police are not sure, so Superintendent Sutcliffe, on the verge of retirement, uses his accumulated leave to check into it. A satirical look at British politics and the furor engendered when there is a by-election to fill an unexpectedly vacant seat. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-68418625X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 3507More details Price: $17.50 -
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (his first won the Edgar) set in 1984 with Reagan as President but with a fictional cabinet. Features private investigator Tony Casella. 379 pp. ISBN: 0-688-066135.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 60657More details Price: $17.50 -
BANKING ON BAGHDAD: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)
Book ID: 32146More details Price: $20.00 -
THE REPUBLICAN PLAYBOOK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (2006). Hardcover first edition - A humorous look at the Republican Party during the George W. Bush era. The title page states "By reading this book, I promise to swear in a court of law that I have never read this book, I have never seen this book, and that this book does not exist, so help me GOP." Illustrated. Index. 157 pp. ISBN: 978-1401302900.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards (as new).
Book ID: 90466More details Price: $15.00 -
FIRST LADIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about politics and about two very different political wives, one a recovering alcoholic and the other a ruthless "dragon lady." In the 1980 presidential election neither candidate wins a majority in the Electoral College and the selection of a chief executive is deadlocked in the House. When the Vice President is sworn in, his wife becomes the temporary first lady. Meanwhile the wife of the Republican contender feels that the position has been stolen. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-070076480.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to edges of textblock and pages)
Book ID: 78339More details Price: $16.50 -
BOOMSDAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Twelve/ Warner, (2007). Hardcover first edition - A satirical suggestion for solving the problems of social security and more by this author who has been described as "the quintessential political novelist of his time" (according to Fortune magazine) winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and as "one of the funniest writers in the English language." (Tom Wolfe). A popular blogger proposes that the government provide incentives for the Baby Boomers - everyone over 75 - to commit suicide. 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0446579810.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards with cutout on front cover, no dust jacket as issued. (light toning to pages)
Book ID: 84694More details Price: $18.00 -
LITTLE GREEN MEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, set in the strange land of Washington, D.C., "a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common." SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-679452931.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81882More details Price: $30.00 -
REPORT ON DIRECTIVES OF THE SIXTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR, 1956-1960 TO THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U. FOR THE SIXTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U.S.S.R. 1956-1960.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1956. First edition - A booklet of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on their economic progress and plans for the future. Photograph of Bulganin. Faint stamp on title page noting that the material in this had been filed with the Department of Justice. 82 pp.
Condition: Fair condition in cream stapled wrappers with red lettering (tidemarks to edges of covers, prev owners' name inside front cover. Uncommon.
Book ID: 88263More details Price: $15.00 -
REPORTING: An Inside View.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Sacramento: California Journal Press, (1977). First edition - A look at how the press worked in the post-Watergate era - among other things, it describes the relationship between reporters and politicians both in California and in Washington D.C. Bibliography, index. ix, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-930302133.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 77945More details Price: $13.50 -
BEFORE I SAY GOOD-BYE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, a story of treachery and deceit, in which a sinister psychic manipulates a congress candidate by claiming to be in contact with her husband, who was presumed killed when his new cabin cruiser blew up in New York Harbor. SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. . ISBN: 0-684835983.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82681More details Price: $30.00 -
SPEAKING OF HILLARY: A Reader's Guide to the Most Controversial Woman in America.
Edition: First printing.
Ashland, Oregon: White Cloud Press, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A balanced collection of essays on and by Hillary Clinton on her social, political and personal life. Contributors include Christopher Hitchens, Dee Dee Myers, Susan Faludi, Walter Shapiro, Katha Pollitt, Maureen Dowd, Henry Lewis Gates, Ellen Goodman, Anna Quindlen, and many more. includes bibliography, 311 pp. ISBN: 1-883991-34X.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket(closed tear to upper edge of dj at side of spine)
Book ID: 61332More details Price: $18.50 -
HILLARY'S CHOICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - An in-depth biography of the former First Lady, New York Senator and now presidential candidate that attempts to answer the question "why does she stay with him." Lynn Sher commented "With firsthand knowledge and first-rate reporting, Gail Sheehy meticulously peels back the layers of this woman we have so barely understood: revered and reviled First Lady, vunerable First Victim, flawed tactician, inspired candidate. You cannot know Hillary Rodham Clinton without reading this book." Photographs, notes, index. xv, 389 pp. ISBN: 0-375-503447.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62982More details Price: $18.50 -
CRANSTON: The Senator from California.
Edition: First printing.
San Rafael, CA: Presido Press, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Biography of this influential - and decent - senator by his sister. INSCRIBED by Cranston on the front endpaper to Janet and Sonny Salter (former mayor of Beverly Hills, CA and co-founder of Happy Trails Camps for children with cancer) and also SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Photographs. Index .xi, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-891411046.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63792More details Price: $30.00 -
MARXISM AND THE NEGRO STRUGGLE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1965. First edition - A slim brochure which collects three significant articles on this topic: a two part article on 'Marxism and the Negro' and Clifton Berry's 'Reply to Harold Cruse' both originally published in 'The Liberator' in 1964 and George Breitman's five part series on 'Marxism and the Negro Struggle which appeared in August and September 1964 in the weekly newspaper 'The Militant.' 48 pp. Uncommon in the original edition.
Condition: Very good in stapled wrappers (some soiling to the cover, contents tight and clean)
Book ID: 85402More details Price: $50.00 -
SMOKEOUT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third novel - "From the darkly comic mind of a veteran Florida journalist comes a riotous look at politics, big money and human unpredictibility." SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-399146490.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61052More details Price: $28.50 -
BLACK SUNSHINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A gleefully iconclastic tale of two competitive brothers in Florida politics," SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-399149465.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61051More details Price: $28.50 -
ALLAH KERIM.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Roxburgh Publishing Company Inc., (1920) dj. Hardcover first edition - Subtitled: "A Story of a Single Soul, A Mortal Without a Name" this is a moral treatise written in a loosely fictional form, in which a son, saying "I am as you made me" strangles his mother to death. It opens with a description of New York City as "a great citadel of sin", an evil which extends to politics where "the rich rule, who rob and tax the money for the benefit of the few" and presents mothers as essential to stand against this corruption, with an example of a mother who instead was evil herself. 118 pp.
Condition: Near fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering in a very good dust jacket with light foxing overall, but otherwise little wear.
Book ID: 90478More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ASSASSINATION OF LUMUMBA.
Edition: Later printing.
New York & London: Verso, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - In June 1960, the former Belgian Congo won its independence; on January 17. 1961, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered. Using official sources and first hand accounts, this book attempts to "unravel the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the assassination" and reveals a "network of complicity from the CIA to the Belgian government." In fact, this book has prompted the Belgian government to establish an official commission to inquire into the assassination. Translated from the Dutch by Ann Wright and Renee Fenby. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, chronology, index. xxi, 224 pp. ISBN: 1859846181.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54066More details Price: $25.00 -
LOST HONOR.
Edition: First printing.
Los Angeles: Stratford Press, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The rest of the story" recounted in Dean's first book, 'Blind Ambition.' Continues his discussion of Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon, his speculation on the identity of 'Deep Throat,' his efforts to regain a normal lfe after being released from prison and more. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-936906-1514.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 47433More details Price: $75.00 -
LYING DOWN WITH LIONS: A Public Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls of Power.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Beacon Press, (2000.). First edition - Autobiography of the African American Congressman - one of the most radical and progressive congressman in the second half of the 20th century - who was first elected in 1971 and served until 1998 - "a book on social change and working as an outsider on the inside." 210 pp. plus photographs.
Condition: Very near fine in printed yellow and black wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 34541More details Price: $30.00 -
POLITICAL FICTIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight pieces, starting in 1988 with the election of the first Bush as president - pieces that create a portrait of the American political landscape 'that tells us, devastatingly, how we got where we are today.' Of course, today things are far worse than they were 20 years ago when this was published, but we can still learn from her book. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-375-413383.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85114More details Price: $50.00 -
THE TERRY-BRODERICK DUEL.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in decorated pale grey boards with a red cloth spine, paper label on spine (bookplate, light toning to edges of boards and pages, sunning to spine). Some pages still unopened.
Book ID: 87563More details Price: $35.00