Politics & Policy from Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA

n.p.: [Democratic National Convention?], 1964. 12mo (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 184 x 133 mm), 23, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. A summary of the Democrats' platform for the 1964 election, in which President Lyndon Johnson trounced Senator Barry Goldwater. The Democrats also published a longer version of the platform under the same title; this appears to be a quick… Read more about this item

Chicago: Self-published, 1936. Small 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 192 x 125 mm), 33,[1] pages, in stapled wrappers. A defense of the Roosevelt administration by Chicago businessman William E. Clow Jr. He points to the administration's efforts to put people back to work and to a strengthening of the banking system, among other achievements. SCARCE. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout,… Read more about this item

Düsseldorf: Free International University, 1979. Small Quarto (11 inches / 280 mm), [26] pages in side-stapled wrappers (soft cover). German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) appeals for a third way between capitalism and communism. His appeal originally appeared in German in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper on December 23, 1978. This volume, appearing the following year, presents dueling English translations of his text… Read more about this item

Ickes, Harold. Columnists and Calumnists. No place of publication stated: No publisher stated, 1939. 8 1/2 x 11 (216 x 280 mm) sheets, [1], 16 pages, printed on rectos only and stapled at top left. Advance copy of an acerbic speech by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, in which he levels sustained, withering criticism of certain newspaper columnists… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. 1st Edition. Octavo. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight soiling to front board with an erasure on the front free end paper. Dust jacket lightly soiled, especially around the edges. The great French journalist and intellectual Jean-Francois Revel (1924-2006) argues that the United States could lead a global revolution. This, needless… Read more about this item

12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 125 mm), 1,143, [1] pages, in blue cloth, titles to spine, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket. Don't be put off by the odd title. There's plenty of interesting content here about post-war Britain and socialism, along with chapters about Germany, the Soviet Union, India, and more. G.D.H. Cole (1889-1959) was an Oxford… Read more about this item