Bowles, Chester

The New Dimensions of Peace

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 391, index; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps; green cloth lettered in gilt, map endpapers in a pictorial dust jacket; Jacket is chipped at top left front panel. Former Ambassador to India. The author's perspective on how to achieve peace in the Cold War. Very good/good +.

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Book number: 19167

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McCarthy, Senator Eugene J.

Frontiers in American Democracy

Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1960. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 155, (iii); red cloth lettered in gilt in an unclipped dust jacket. This copy is warmly inscribed "with appreciation and best wishes" by the Senator. Some underlinings and bracketing of passages in the text else a very good copy/in an unclipped jacket with a bit of wear at extremities else a very good.

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Book number: 18857

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Progressive Party, Vermont

Platform of the Progressive Party of the State of Vermont

(Woodstock Vt, Elm Tree Press, 1912. First & Only Edition. Wraps. small quarto; pp; (4); original printed puce paper wrappers. This was printed in the summer of 1912 after the Republican National Convention and before the August Progressive Party Convention, both of which were held in Chicago. It specifically states that Theodore Roosevelt was cheated from the Republican Nomination at the RNC. It lists several planks but most notably “Women’s Suffrage”; expansion of Civil Service; Child Labor Laws; Initiative, Referendum, & Recall; Direct Election of U. S. Senators; Extension of powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Protections for women in the workplace; & transparency in campaign finances; Very scarce, OCLC locates just two copies extant, at the University of Vermont and at Princeton University. residue from adhesive on rear wrapper spine edge from extraction from a bound volume of pamphlets, else very good.

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Book number: 17903

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Rowell, Chester H. and Charles H. Thompson

Thou Shall Not Steal

(Np, No Publisher), 1912. Unrecorded. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 15; original printed paper wrappers; John Hall Wheelock (September 9, 1886 – March 22, 1978) was an American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. The son of William Efner Wheelock and Emily Charlotte Hall,[1] John Hall Wheelock was born in Far Rockaway, New York, and brought up in the neighborhood now occupied by Rockefeller Center. He summered in a family home on Long Island's South Fork, which provided inspiration for much of his work. This was printed in the summer of 1912 after the Republican National Convention and before the August Progressive Party Convention, both of which were held in Chicago. It specifically states that Theodore Roosevelt was cheated from the Republican Nomination at the RNC. It explains the details of the theft and expresses the need for a new party of Progressive voters from all parties. Very scarce, OCLC does not locate a single copies. residue from adhesive on rear wrapper spine edge from extraction from a bound volume of pamphlets, else very good.

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Book number: 17904

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Woodburn, James Albert

Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Third Edition, revised. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xiv, 542 with index and an ad leaf; folding facsimile voting ballot of the 1912 Presidential Election as it appeared in Massachusetts; burgundy cloth lettered in gilt in a dust jacket. A sketch of American Party history and of the development and operations of party machinery. A nice copy. Very good in a very good jacket.

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Book number: 17547

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Keywords: Books About Theodore Roosevelt