Politics from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Random House, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/Very Good. A stand-alone, mid-career novel from master craftsman Ludlum, author of the Jason Bourne bestsellers and numerous other bestselling thrillers. "The Icarus Agenda" features Congressman Evan Kendrick, the quiet, unassuming representative of a remote Colorado Congressional district who is able to end the takeover of a U.S.… Read more about this item

New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. As American Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner McPherson demonstrates, Abraham Lincoln, with almost no military experience, created the post of Commander In Chief during the Civil War and then, while still managing his elected office of President with all its political turmoil, became the best Commander in… Read more about this item

New York: Crescent Books, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Pimlott, a senior lecturer and head of the Department of War Studies and International Affairs at the UK's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst until his death in 1997, was also a prolific author of books on military history and warfare, including this book in which he served as editor and… Read more about this item

New York: Dell, 1963. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Dell Laurel Leaf Library 0112. Catton, senior editor at American Heritage Publishing and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of numerous books on the Civil War, published this concise, fast-paced narrative of the Civil War during the War's centennial anniversary years as… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., 1880. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This biography of President Garfield represents a publishing puzzle: According to Brisbin's biographer, Benjamin Foster, Brisbin published his Garfield biography with the title, "From the Towpath to the White House, a Biography of James Garfield," in 1880 in Philadelphia, and also in 1880 in Hartford as "The… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An early novel from the bestselling Woods and the fourth book in his series of political thrillers featuring Will Lee, chief aide to Washington's most powerful New South senator. Lee, a talented lawyer, influential and powerful in his own right, becomes involved in… Read more about this item

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixteenth novel from one of the acknowledged masters of the modern spy-thriller is set in the Middle East amid the violent retribution between Palestinians and Israelis that may already have destroyed any chance for peace as the intelligence services on either side find themselves… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1940. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. This is the second of six novels written by Clune, who worked as a reporter and columnist for the Rochester, NY, "Democrat and Chronicle" for over 55 years, dying in 1995 at 105. While his first novel, "The Good Die Poor," was… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vidal's epic novel from his American Chronicle series, of politics and journalism in the U.S. at the beginning of the 20th Century when Teddy Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst wages their private war for the soul of the country. Top edge of text lightly… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1992. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The award-winning Updike's 15th novel features Alfred Clayton, an historian who has received a request from a professional society for his memories of the 1974-77 Gerald Ford administration. "Alf" obliges with memories of a turbulent period in his personal life and with pages of an… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halberstam's eleventh book was written at the beginning of the last decade of the 20th Century, giving its author a sweeping view and penetrating analysis of world and national political and economic history over the past fifty years but equally as fascinating… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The eighth novel by this greatly under-appreciated writer is this story of two Forham classmates whose paths re-cross 25 years after graduation. Peter Quinn, now a successful Washington lawyer and lobbyist, narrates the post-graduate lessons he receives from Edgar Lannin, a cynical, street-smart… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third novel in Orenstein's well-regarded mystery series featuring Ev Franklin, high-powered, cynical New York advertising executive, this time working as a pollster for a presidential candidate targeted by someone who doesn't mind murder; boards and text are clean, tight, square; two small closed… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. A collection of essays by this well-known economics analyst and columnist, written between 1995 and 1997, many appearing in Krugman's regular column in "Slate" or the "New York Times;" text is tight, square and clean with no underlining or… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. the ninth novel from the co-anchor of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, features journalist Tom Chapman on the trail of a conspiracy that has rigged a presidentical debate and changed American politics and journalism forever; front edge of text lightly soiled, o/w text and boards are… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Ballantine S 705; Professor Horowitz's now-classic studies of the 'new' civilian militarists, written in the early years of the Vietnam War, seem equally appropriate and applicable today when men with little connection with the military make military policy,… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1970. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. vintage paperback, Pocket Books 78032; the book that allegedly helped convict Hoffman and the other Chicago Eight co-defendants at their conspiracy trial after the riot-torn 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; cover photo by Richard Avedon; originally published in 1968… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The eleventh novel for Lehrer, of PBS television news fame, features Charles Avenue Henderson, retired CIA operative and a gang of other former agents, all now slightly long of tooth, on a mission to assure the appointment of one of their colleagues as the next director… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books, 1989. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage Books 72237; a collection of Thompson's essays and journalism from the 1980s or, as he puts it, the "Gonzo Papers, Vol.2," detailing what he finds deeply disturbing in America: "Huge brains, small necks, weak muscles and fat wallets" as he… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, Inc., 1964. First Edition, Second Printing. . Trade Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage paperback, Pelican Original A604; Brown surverys the entire range of persuasive techniques from advertising to brainwashing, including political propaganda and religious conversion. Lower front corner bumped, edges lightly soiled, o/w text is clean, tight; pictorial wrappers show small stains on… Read more about this item