Ambassador's Journal: A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years (Signed and Inscribed to Zbigniew and Muska Brzezinski)
Langue : anglais
Edité par Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1969
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Stated First Printing. First Edition. 56 pages of photographs. Signed and inscribed to Zbigniew and Muska Brzezinski. The inscription, on the blank front end paper, reads: 'For the Brzezinskis who walked amiably(?) through these pages. With great affection, JKG--1969.' The index references the Brzezinskis on page 540: 'We had a relaxed lunch with Kenneth Kauffman, the Brzezinskis and Joan Robinson.' A footnote at the bottom of the page states 'Zbigniew and Muska Brzezinski of Columbia University, friends and former Harvard colleagues.' You can see the covers of the book in the photos. They are very clean, one little spot on the spine. The lettering is bright on both the front and spine. The latter has a couple of light vertical creases, also a bit of crinkling at both its top and bottom edges, no tears. The cover edges are in excellent shape, no rubbing. The same goes for the cover corners. The page edges are mostly quite clean, one tiny tan stain on the middle one, corresponding mainly to the Index pages. However, it did not migrate onto any the actual pages. The book is fairly thick, running 656 pages. If you push the front or rear cover forward or backward it will jiggle a little bit. However, the book is solidly bound, the pages are nicely tight throughout, and the junctures between the covers and their facing end papers are free of any wear. The only wear (quite minor) are several tiny and shallow punctures along the juncture between the Books By and title page. The juncture is otherwise unworn and both pages are nicely, tightly bound from top to bottom. There is a light impression of a paper clip off the top edge of the signed page and following half-title page. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I found only two instances of a small stain, one on page xviii and the other on page xix of the Introduction. I didn't see any conspicuous creasing, no placeholder creases. One exception, a vertical crease on page 296. There are no markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And Mr. Galbraith's signed inscription represents the only writing to be found anywhere. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. It is in quite decent condition. I've always had it in a fitted protective cover. It is very clean. The edge wear is minimal. The flaps are clean and in very good condition. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. From the dust jacket: 'A few days after the election in 1960, President Kennedy called Mr. Galbraith to tell him he was to be his Ambassador to India. As he tells here, Mr. Galbraith decided that it would be an interesting time and resolved to keep a journal. So he did and this is it. Never before has there been such an expert account of exactly what an American ambassador does. His diary will be counted, we think, one of the most important, certainly one of the most readable and by all odds the most relaxed of the books on the Kennedy years. Most of the great figures of the sixties pass through these pages. The author is unsparing on those officials who preferred official comfort to the perils of leadership. But he is warmly sympathetic on the problems and struggles of the Indian people. And the Journal tells in awe-inspiring detail of the duties that the Galbraiths packed into every day-- travel, talks with villagers, official negotiations without end and the equally endless flow of visitors from home. One visitor was Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who, having read the Ambassador's accounts, decided to come and see for herself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. in his book A Thousand Days wrote 'Nor did the President appear to mind Galbraith's guerrilla warfare against the icons and taboos of the Department Of State. From time to time, the President took pleasure in announcing that Galbraith was the best ambassador he had.' Zbigniew Brzezinski was a master of geopolitics and grand strategy, serving as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter.…
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Détails bibliographiques
- Titre
- Ambassador's Journal: A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years (Signed and Inscribed to Zbigniew and Muska Brzezinski)
- Auteur
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Éditeur
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Année de publication
- 1969
- État de l'article
- Very Good
- Jaquette
- Very Good
- Reliure
- Hardcover
- Langue
- anglais
- Édition
- 1st Edition
- Impression
- 1st Printing
- Catalogues du vendeur
- Crème de la crème, India, One-Of-A-Kind
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