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The American Magazine: A Compact History
by TEBBEL, John
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- 1969
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 279pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and attractive third printing of this first history of American magazines from 1741 on up through 1969. Item Price
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The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and Pursuits
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- 1837
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$195.00
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Boston: C.A. Wells, 1837. Hardcover. 16mo. Full black blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering; rebacked in matching black calf with original spine remounted. 504, (1p). All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous small engravings and several tissue-guarded full-page plates, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild binding wear only; internally tight and nice, with mild age toning; ornate lady's ownership signature on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lebens-Beschreibungen, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Schriften alter evangelisch-lutherischen Prediger, welche seit Dr. Henirich Melchoir Mühlenberg's Zeit im Pennsylvanien...
by MUHLENBERG, Heinrich Melchoir
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- 1865
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Selins=Grove, PA: Druckerei des "American Lutheran, 1865. Paperback. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. Pp. 65-128. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers, with couple of edhe chips, but overall tight and attractive. Second half only ("Driites und viertes Heft") of this chronicle of German-Lutheran ministries in Pennsylvania by the towering German-born clergyman and missionary Mühlenberg (1711-87). as here collected by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters to a Chinese Official: Being a Western View of Eastern Civilization
by BRYAN, William Jennings
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- 1906
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New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1906. Hardcover. 12mo. Pale grey paper over boards with paper front board label. viii, 97pp. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn, while tight and internally fine and bright. Handsome first edition of this response to the 1903 book "Letters from a Chinese Official," in which this versatile politician/orator/lawyer (just returned from a much-reported 1905… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. February, 1866 / Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. February, 1869 / Suffrage for Women. Speech by John Stuart Mill, in the British Parliament, May 20th, 1867
by (PHILADELPHIA FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY)
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- 1866
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$950.00
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Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, Printers, 1866. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glossy marbled wrappers with modern black cloth tape spine. 27pp; 27pp; 16pp. Near fine. Tight, bright, attractive. This unusual society was founded in 1833, same year as the American Anti-Slavery Society, and did not disband until 1870 when both the 14th Amendment (citizenship and equal protection under the law) and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement
by NICHOLS, Ashton
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- 2006
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- 9781598032420
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$75.00
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Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2006. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. v, 190pp. Near fine. Accompanied by 12 audio CDs in individual sleeves, both book and CDs housed in a heavy duty small 4to clamshell case. Near fine. Handsome full set of this "Great Courses" seminar, the "Course Guidebook" outlining these twenty-four 30-minute lectures. This publisher does… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Ideals: Founding a "Republic of Virtue.
by ROBINSON, Daniel N.
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- 2004
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- 9781565858961
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$40.00
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Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2004. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. ii, 71pp. Fine. Accompanied by stiff trifold housing 6 audio CDs, all contained in heavy duty clamshell case. Fine. Pristine set of this "Great Courses" seminar, the "Course Guidebook" outlining these twelve 30-minute lectures. This publisher does not denote edition in any consistent, verifiable manner. Item Price
$40.00
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Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again
by FRUM, David
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- 2008
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- 9780385515337
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 213pp. Fine/fine. Perfectly pristine first edition, inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on half-title page: "For Robert Malott, / With thanks for all / your generous support of AEI. / David… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back
by MANN, Thomas E., and Ornstein, Norman J.
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- 2006
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- 9780195174465
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with copper lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 272pp. Fine/fine. Superbly bright and tight first edition, nicely inscribed and signed by Ornstein in black ballpoint on half-title page: "9/27/06 / To Bob Malott -- / Great friend, mentor & role model -- / With immense… Read more about this item Item Price
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Direct Democracy: The Politics of Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
by CRONIN, Thomas E.
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- 1989
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- 9780674210257
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta and black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 289pp. Map, tables. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "For the Malotts / with all best wishes / Tom Cronin / 1989." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Diplomacy for a Crowded World: An American Foreign Policy
by BALL, George W.
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316079532
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$125.00
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. x, 356pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. Superb, tight first edition of this analysis by the noted American diplomat (1909-94). He boldly inscribes and signs the dedication page (his favored spot) in black fineline: "Robert H. Malott / With… Read more about this item Item Price
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The First Universal Nation: Leading Indicators and Ideas about the Surge of America in the 1990s
by WATTENBERG, Ben J.
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780029340011
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New York: The Free Press, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 418pp. Tables. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight and bright first edition -- boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline on front flyleaf: "For Bob Malott / --- a shaper of this first / universal nation --- / With high regard, and many… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who Owns America
by HICKEL, Walter J.
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- 1971
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- 9780139583223
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Ivory cloth with red spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 328pp. Fine/near fine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. A tight and lovely first edition of this study by Hickel (1919-2010), Alaska governor and Nixon's one-time Secretary of the Interior, inscribed and signed huge and bold in brown marker on front flyleaf: "to Robert Malott /… Read more about this item Item Price
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Values Matter Most: How Republicans or Democrats or a Third Party Can Win and Renew the American Way of Life
by WATTENBERG, Ben J.
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780029337950
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New York: The Free Press, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 426pp. Tables. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition, boldly inscribed and signed in blue fineline on half-title page "For the Malotts / Valued friends who / know that values matter / most... /… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future
by WATTENBERG, Ben J.
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9781566636063
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$55.00
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Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and mustard paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 241pp. Tables. Fine/fine. A wonderfully bright, tight first edition, boldly inscribed and signed in red ballpoint on front flyleaf: "For Bob Malott / With the highest regard -- / Ben J. Wattenberg / 09/04 / AEI."… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong
by WATTENBERG, Ben J.
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671475451
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 431pp. Tables. Near fine/fine. Wonderfully tight, bright AEI reprint edition of this study in which (screams jacket front panel) "A Senior Fellow of the American Enterprise Institute... examin[es] the facts, exploding the myths, and revealing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advice & Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court's Nomination Battles
by SIMON, Paul
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780915765980
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$95.00
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Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Near fine/fine. Light spotting to top page edges. A lovely and tight first edition with a huge bold presentation inscription and signature in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "To Adlai and Nancy -- /… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ethics in Government
by DOUGLAS, Paul H.
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- 1953
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Mustard and black cloth with black spine lettering. ix, 114pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. An attractive, tight first edition of this 1951 Harvard University Godkin Lecture, a compilation of three talks by the noted politician. This lovely copy bears a fine senatorial connection, as it hails from the library of Senator… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathology of Power
by COUSINS, Norman
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780393023787
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987. Hardcover. Foreword by George F. Kennan. 8vo. Half red cloth with gilt spine lettering and mustard paper over boards, dust jacket. 228pp. Fine/fine. Small scuff to rear flyleaf. This pristine first edition was a presentation copy from one associate dean of Harvard Business School to another: Front flyleaf boldly inscribed and signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Foreign Affairs: Spring 1989 (Vol. 68, No. 2)
by HYLAND, William G. (editor)
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- 1989
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1989. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pale green wrappers. 216pp, (14pp ads). Near fine. Handsome, tight copy of this 5-times-yearly staple in this field. Among the articles is Adlai E. Stevenson and Alton Frye's "Trading with the Communists" (pp. 53-71) -- this sharp copy a contributor's copy, from the personal collection of Adlai E.… Read more about this item Item Price
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