Editor historical notes (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Good. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, copyright 1971. 320 pages. 11 x 8.5", cloth, dj. ISBN 0811715728. Boards slightly curled, dj bit soiled, few edge nicks, text clean, tight, VG/VG.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition. Very fine cloth copy in good dustjacket. xxi, 368 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : good. First edition. First printing [stated]. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xxi, [3], 368, [4] pages. Illustrations. Biographies of Contributors. Biographical Notes. Index. Signed by editor. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Inscribed on half-title. Forewords by Frank Freidel. From an obituary posted on-line: "Katie Louchheim was a former State Department official and a former vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Although she never held elective office, her influence in politics was considerable, beginning in 1934 when she arrived in Washington with her husband, Walter, an investment counselor. He helped organize the Securities and Exchange Commission in the early days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Mrs. Louchheim worked her way to become vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee from 1956 to 1960. Along the way, she held various appointed government posts. In World War II she served in the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation and helped form the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Under President John F. Kennedy she was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, at that time the highest job in the department ever held by a woman.".…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Limited Edition. "First Edition" and "Four thousand copies of this book have been printed" stated. Fine, if not new hardback in fine, if not new unpriced, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 127p, 24p. Publishers original brown cloth over boards. Part #3 in Gowan's Bibliotheca Americana which was a reprint series of rare and scarce works. William Gowans (1803-1870) was rare and antiquarian bookseller in New York.The last 24 pages is a catalog of rare and out of print books. Headband chipped otherwise a well preserved copy.…

COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET but lacking publisher's slipcase with which it was issued. Hardcovers, H 23.5cm x L 16cm. No dust jackets present. Blue cloth rubbed with light discolorations; gilt stamping to spines and front boards remains bright. Light foxing to text block edges. Toning/foxing to endpapers; interior leaves are clean. Bindings are firm. Still a handsome set. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…