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| ABZUG, MARTIN Seventh Avenue Story New York, Dial Press. 1947. First Edition. 315pp. Cloth, light wear, in dj slightly edgeworn at top (minor chips), light soil. internally clean, tight and very good. A novel of "lusts and hate and calloused consciences" centering around the garment trade of New York City, then loosely centred around Seventh Avenue. This was the author's second book. It was later re-published under the title, "How Cheap Can You Get". Martin Abzug (1917-1986) was the husband of the well-known Congresswoman and feminist, Bella Abzug (1920-1998). They were married for forty-two years and despite all the characterizations of the Congresswoman as crusty, assertive and sometimes ascerbic, these are usually put in the minority by the positive characterizations of the marriage. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 004432 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| SPAIN, JAMES W. Innocents of the Latter Day: Modern Americans Abroad Washington D.C. Five and Ten Press Inc. 1997. First Edition of 600 copies. 97pp. 8vo/21cm. Printed green card-stock wrappers. NF. The stories include: Going Home, A Most Important VIP, The Right Way to Make Bricks, A Question of Justice, Counting on the Consul, The VP Makes A Point, THe Younger Generation, Living Dangerously, The Art of Persuasion, Copping A a Plea and The Girls from Mkubwakuwa. As the author says in his Foreword, thought the stories are pure fiction all are based on something that actually happened. The author Dr. James W. Spain (1926-2008). spent his entire career in government service at first with the CIA and the majority with the U.S. Foreign Service where he served as Ambassador to Turkey and Sri Lanka. He was an authority on the Pathans of the Pak-Afghan border area on which he wrote his thesis, The Pathan Borderland and several other books. USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 2824] Book number: 004397 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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