de Cicco, Andres

Un año en Moscu

Buenos Aires, Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is also dampstained and spine is faded. Laid-in is a promotional brochure of the book by the publisher. Fair/Good.

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Book number: 004494

Catalogue: History, Government and Politics, Social History

Keywords: Diplomacy "Soviet Union"

Clemmer, Mary

Ten Years in Washington: Or, Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them.

Hartford, CT, The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 003728

Catalogue: American History, Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Washington Cabinet Congress "White House"

Gauba, K.L.

Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)

Lahore, India, The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002480

Catalogue: Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism

Moynihan, Daniel P.

Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding; Community Action in the War on Poverty

New York, The Free Press, 1969. First Printing, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). xxi, 218pp. Black cloth, pink and gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Near fine book, very good dust jacket is lightly worn and lightly scuffed. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004157

Catalogue: Signed, Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Senator "War on Poverty" "Office of Economic Oppurtunity" Lyndon Johnson"

Seward, William H. (Secretary of State)

Letter from the Secretary of State, Transmitting a Report of the Commissioner of Immigration of the Foreign Immigration and the Expenditures of the Bureau for the First Three Quarters of the Year 1866.

Washington, House of Representatives, 1866. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 81pp. Disbound. Mildly toned but clean and sound. Contains listings of the number and occupations and vital statistics of passengers arriving in the U.S. Very Good.

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Book number: 002783

Catalogue: American History, Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Immigrants Maritime