The War Lords of Washington by Catton, Bruce - 1969

Stated First. Clean tight pages, no DJ, red cloth cover shows light edgewear, bumped corners.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1948. Hardcover. Good. [6], 313 p.; 21 cm. Yellow cloth with deep red spine title. No dust jacket. Small stamp in the gutter of the Contents page: "Gift." Binding error: text block is upside down in binding. The first published book by Civil War historian Bruce Catton (1899-1978), an account of the work of the War Production Board and other federal entities during the Second World War, based on his own experiences. In Good Condition: cover is soiled; spine is faded; ends of spine and corners are rubbed; internally clean and tight.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square, bright, and tight binding. Price unclipped DJ has some wear around the edges with a small chip out of the top spine. Back of DJ is smudged. Written at the top of the front free end paper, "Book find - 10-27-48." with a price 1.79. From the front DJ flap, "This is an account of how we lost a fight for democracy at home while winning a victory over fascism on the battlefield of Europe and Asia. The fight we lost was fought in Washington, and the issue was how American business and the American people were to be organized for the super-human production effort that was required for victory. The fight was between those that believed a democracy at war should be a cooperative effort of all the people, of big and little business and labor alike, and those who wanted a limited war to be fought in such a way as not to threaten any vested interest of big business or any privilege of the War or State Departments."

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1948. First Edition. Book Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. With the 1 on copyright page. Original tan cloth with $3 on flap. The inside story of Big Business versus the people in World War II. Book is clean and unmarked, with vintage designer bookplate ('My library was dukedom large enough'). Jacket is very good, clean and bright, with a 3/4" closed tear to top outer corner of jacket not affecting title. Still attractive in its archival Mylar jacket cover.

Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The War Lords of Washington.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Greenwood Press Reprint, 1969. Hardcover. New. new ed of 1948 ed edition. 313 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.