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Shalit, Gene and Lawrence K. Grossman, editors.
Somehow It Works: A Candid Portrait of the 1964 Presidential Election by NBC News
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1964, Hard Cover,
illus: David Hollander and Paul Seligman, Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, 1964 bought one the most bitter, tumultuous, and significant political campaigns in our history. In over 100 photographs and unforgettable words of the delegates themselves, NBC brings forth the entire spectacular story. A fascinating cast of characters: Sen. Barry Goldwater, Cabot Lodge, Gov. Wallace, Mary Chase Smith, GOv. Scranton sending his scathing letter to Goldwater, Rockefeller being hooted by his own party, Robert Kennedy's tremendous ovation from the Democratic Delegates, the anguished Negro Republican delegates of San Francisco, Freedom Democrates of Atlantic City, Lady Bird Johnson whistle stopping through the South and President Johnson rolling up the greatest popular voute in history. In David Brinkley's prologue he deduces the American character. A series of prepared charts based on NBC's own "Electronic Vote Analysis" clarifies the new ethnic, economic and religious voting patterns emerging from the election. America's most revealing process..the choosing of their President. Tan cloth illustrated boards. DJ not price clipped, colorful charicature. Chips to lower spine and corner, closed tears to spine edge and lower flap edge, lower rear corner chipped, upper edge mild creasing and soil. No writing, all else clean, solidly bound. 223 pp, 4 to
(1964, Presidential, Campaign, Barry, Goldwater, At, The Republic, National, Convention, Democratic, Convention, 1964, Journalists, And Presidential, Campaigns, 1964, Primaries) Cat No. 2309.
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Wouk, Herman.
The Caine Mutiny, A Novel of World War II
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company,
1951, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, A tense sea story of a mutiny aboard a United States Navy ship in WWII. The storyline contains two strands, being the build up and tension of the mutiny, to the Court Martial; and the backround of Willie Keith, which is dramatized in his growing up and long love affair with a night club singer. The main characters that support the book are Captain Queeg, a neurotic, unstable, petty tyrant; his executive officer, Lieutenant Maryk, and third in command Lieutenant Keefer, who sparks the revolt. Made into a movie starring: Humphrey Bogart (as Captain Queeg), Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray and Van Johnson. Bright blue cloth boards and spine, silvered lettering to spine. Map end papers. Text mild toning. DJ not price clipped, pictorial. Closed tear to lower and upper spine ends, upper edge and spineend bumped, upper corners chipped. Rear cover short bio of and picture of Wouk. 8 vo, 494 pp All else clean, tightly bound.
(Cain, Mutiny, Novels, Of, World, War, Ii) Cat No. 2310.
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Wouk, Herman.
The Caine Mutiny, A Novel of World War II
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company,
1951, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, A tense sea story of a mutiny aboard a United States Navy ship in WWII. The storyline contains two strands, being the build up and tension of the mutiny, to the Court Martial; and the backround of Willie Keith, which is dramatized in his growing up and long love affair with a night club singer. The main characters that support the book are Captain Queeg, a neurotic, unstable, petty tyrant; his executive officer, Lieutenant Maryk, and third in command Lieutenant Keefer, who sparks the revolt. Made into a movie starring: Humphrey Bogart (as Captain Queeg), Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray and Van Johnson. Bright blue cloth boards and spine, silvered lettering to spine. Map end papers. Text mild toning. DJ not price clipped, pictorial. Closed tear to lower and upper spine ends, upper edge and spineend bumped, upper corners chipped. Rear cover short bio of and picture of Wouk. 8 vo, 494 pp All else clean, tightly bound.
(Cain, Mutiny, Novels, Of, World, War, Ii) Cat No. 2310.
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Wouk, Herman.
The Caine Mutiny, A Novel of World War II
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company,
1951, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, A tense sea story of a mutiny aboard a United States Navy ship in WWII. The storyline contains two strands, being the build up and tension of the mutiny, to the Court Martial; and the backround of Willie Keith, which is dramatized in his growing up and long love affair with a night club singer. The main characters that support the book are Captain Queeg, a neurotic, unstable, petty tyrant; his executive officer, Lieutenant Maryk, and third in command Lieutenant Keefer, who sparks the revolt. Made into a movie starring: Humphrey Bogart (as Captain Queeg), Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray and Van Johnson. Bright blue cloth boards and spine, silvered lettering to spine. Map end papers. Text mild toning. DJ not price clipped, pictorial. Closed tear to lower and upper spine ends, upper edge and spineend bumped, upper corners chipped. Rear cover short bio of and picture of Wouk. 8 vo, 494 pp All else clean, tightly bound.
(Cain, Mutiny, Novels, Of, World, War, Ii) Cat No. 2310.
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Seaver, Edwin, Editor.
Cross Section 1945, A Collection of New American Writing
New York, L.B. Fischer,
1945, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, The second volume of the Cross Section series; contributions not only by unpublished or little known authors, but new work by such established writers as Richard Wright, Edita Morris, Jesse Stuart, Gladys Schmitt and Millen Brand. Works from 33 authors in all including: novelettes. stories, excerpts from longer books in process and poetry. Additional works from: Prudencio de Pereda, Norman Rosten, Jane Bowles, Hilde Abel, Jane Mayhall and others. Green cloth boards and spine, decorative black and gilt book illustration to front board, black and gilt title panel to spine. DJ not price clipped, tan mild soil, green decorative border, illustration. Upper spine end and corner chipped. Rear corner closed tear, mild bumping of upper edge. Clean, no writing, solidly bound. First Edition. 8 vo, 362 pp
(American, Literature, Stories, Richard, Wright, Jesse, Stuart, Edita, Morris, Gladys, Schmitt, Jane, Bowles, Millen, Brand, Cross, Section, Of, American, Writing, Series, Forties, Novelists, Norman, Rosten, Prudencio, De, Pereda) Cat No. 2311.
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