Results for: Depression Era US
Bold Relief : Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy.
Amenta, Edwin.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 343 pages with illustrations, endnotes, tables, list of programs and organizations, and index. A study of the innovative nature of the New Deal.
Price: $25.00
Mrs. Leland Stanford : an Intimate Account.
Berner, Bertha - her private secretary.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1935.
Octavo (regular size). Dj has wear and small tears to edges and corners, with light soiling, a bit more at back. Edges and corners of boards have light wear. Former owner stamped name on front lower cover of dj and on first free endpaper. 231 p. w/illustrations and appendices on the Stanford's Art Gallery and their Palo Alto stock farm and the lineage of the horses there, written by Frank Covey. A warm biography of a leading lady in California from the 1880s to the 1930s, who with her husband founded Stanford University after the death of their son. Her husband was one of the Founders of the Central Pacific Railroad company, governor of And US Sentor for California. As president of the Central pacific he hammered in the golden spike which linked east and west by rail in 1869. Mrs. Stanford died by under odd circumstances in Oahu, which Berner deals with but briefly
Price: $80.00
Democracy and Finance : the Addresses and Public Statements of Willaim O. Douglas as Member and Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Douglas, William O. edited with introduction and notes by James Allen.
New Haven : Yale, 1940..
First edition. Very good octavo in light brown cloth. Boards slightly scuffed. Head and heel of spine bumped. Top edges of pages slightly soiled. 301 pages with index. Sections include Demcoracy and Finance, Stock Exchanges, Public Utilities, Reform of Corporate Organizations, Administrative Government, and Education in Government and Law. A solid collection of shorter (1-12 pages), more philosophical pieces by Douglas, who was also appointed to the Supreme Court by FDR in 1939. He was the longest serving Justice, over 36 years, and a fierce defender of individual rights. A very uncommon book.
Price: $135.00
Public Papers and Letters of Oliver Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina, 1929 - 1933.
Gardner, Oliver Max. Compiled by Edwin Gill. Edited by David Leroy Corbitt.
Raleigh, NC: Council of State, State of North Carolina, 1937.
Octavo. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and on corners of covers with slight dent on upper edge of front cover. Some scuffing to covers with faint marks on front cover. Crack in binding between frontispiece and title page. 788 pages with list of appointments and index. The papers of noted Democratic governor of North Carolina during the opening years of the Great Depression.
Price: $20.00
The Long War: The Intellectual People's Front and Anti-Stalinism, 1930-1940.
Kutulas, Judy.
Durham: Duke University Press, 1995..
First edition. Good octavo hardcover in orange cloth binding without dust jacket. Ex-library with many of the flaws, marks, and stamps associated with that condition including call number tag on spine. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Covers have slight scuffing. 334 pages with endnotes, selected bibliography, and index.
Price: $18.00
FDR and the Spanish Civil War: Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle That Divided America.
Tierney, Dominic.
Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.
Very good octavo hardcover in red/maroon cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head (heavy) and heel of spine and light bumping to corners of panels. Slight scuffing to covers. Isbn/bar code sticker on back cover. 223 pages with maps, endnotes, bibliography, and index. A study of American diplomacy and the Spanish Civil War.
Price: $45.00
Public Schools in Hard Times : The Great Depression and Recent Years.
Tyack, David; Robert Lowe; and Elisabeth Hansot.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in good price-clipped dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with a few minor tears and some light scuffing to covers. 267 pages with illustrations, tables, endnotes, and index.
Price: $20.00
