Search Results: Political Science from Aardvark Rare Books

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980. First Edition. Paper. Very Good. Set of Two Staple-bound book: Octavo, 9.1 in x 6 in. Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 96th Congress, Second Session. Light blue paper covers with black title in black frame to front. Sunning to spines. Light rubbing to extremities; a few brown stains and age-toning to covers (Is that Senator Cannon's coffee spill?). Unmarked interiors. "Parts 1 and 2" (May, 1980): pp. ix, [1], 1 - 264. Black title to spine. Lightly thumbed bottom corners. Light blue pages. "Part 3" (August, 1980): pp. iv, 265 - 379. Column of notes in ink to cover. Cover was placed 1/4 inch offset leaving fore-edge of cover shelf-worn. "Parts 1 and 2" was submitted by Eilene Galloway (1906 - 2009), an American researcher and editor. She was often called "The Grand Dame of Space" and described as "an influential force in the development and analysis of domestic and international space law and policy".… Read More

New York: Monthly Review Press, 1975. First English Edition. Hardcover. Volume 1: Very Good Plus / Very Good Volume 2: Very Good / Good Plus. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.1 in., Volume 1: pp. ix + 304 + 91 (notes); Volume 2: pp. 307 - 644 + 95 (notes). Volume 1: Light blue boards with black title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light age-toning to pages. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges. One inch closed tear to rear of dustjacket; 1/4 in closed tear to bottom of dustjacket spine. Volume 2: Orange boards with black title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Underlining in pencil to many pages. Rubbing to dustjacket edges. Small closed tears to top/bottom of dustjacket spine; chip and small closed tear to dustjacket lower back corner. Fernando Claudin was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party in 1937, and was a member of its Political Committee from 1947 until his expulsion from the party in 1965.

London, England: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1912. New, revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. 12mo, 6.3 in. x 4.3 in., pp. xii, 477, [3]. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece plate and other photographic plates. Blue cloth boards staped with elaborate floral and column design in darker blue. Gilt title to spine. Previous owners' names, dated 1916, to front free endpaper. Chips to dustjacket corners, creases and closed tears to top of rear dustjacket, and open tear to top inch of dustjacket spine. Original British price sticker to spine. Protected in mylar. Preface is dated October, 1912. Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (1842-1921) was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of the world's foremost anarcho-communists.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket. xii,387 pages. Bibliography, index. Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Corners sharp, textblock square. Very light stain at bottom front 6-inch vertical tear to dust jacket .Some edgewear Jacket is in a mylar protector. Interior clean and bright. Previous owner's name stamped to bottom edge. "Situates the South Pacific in the context of overall French expansion and current theories of colonialism and imperialism and evaluates the French impact on Colonialism." [jacket notes].

New York: International Publishsers, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Octavo. Navy Blue Boards, ruled in blind, with the International Publishers "working man" logo blind embossed to bottom right corner. Faded gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to corners. Solidly bound. 214 pp.

New York: Twelve, 2017. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 406. Inscribed and signed by the author in felt pen on the title page. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Black paper boards with gilt title to spine. Protected in mylar.

France: Temps Actuels, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Dustjackets. In French. Tome 1: De l'Algerie des origines a l'insurrection; LE TORRENT SOUTERRAIN par Henri Alleg; LES OCCASIONS PERDUES par Henri-J. Douzon. 602 pages; Tome 2: Des promesses de paix a la guerre ouverte; L'INCENDIE par Pierre Haudiquet; A LA RECHERCHE DU DERNIER QUART D'HEURE par Jacques de Bonis 597 pages; Tome 3: Des complots du 13 mai a l'independance; UN ETAT VIENT AU MONDE par Jean Freire. 613 pages. Association Copy inscribed by Henri Alleg to J.P. Morray, well known author, political theorist and supporter of revolutionary causes Association Copie inscrite par Henri Alleg à J.P. Morray, auteur bien connu, théoricien politique et partisan des causes progressistes et révolutionnaires. Just a bit of edgewear to dustjackets, and the top of Tome 1 is a bit chewed. Juste un peu de edgewear à dustjackets, et le sommet du Tome 1 est un peu mâché.

London, England: Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in FleetStreet, and Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row (Part I); Richard Simpson, at the Three Trouts, and Ralph Simpson at the Harp in St. Paul's Church-Yard (Part 2), 1697. Fifth and Fourth (Respectively). Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Octavo (7 1/2" x 4 1/2"). Brown paneled and sprinkled calf in Cambridge style. Five raised bands, with contrasting spine label. Rubbing to extremities, very clean textblock, printed on still-bright laid bond. Previous owner's name written to front free endpaper, as well as stamp ("Property of BM/NPCN, London, W.C.I.") and (another previous) owner's name, to top of general title page. Two parts bound in a single volume,with general title page for both works ([A]1v) and separate title pages for each discrete part. Collates to [4], 232; [4], 120, 123-365, [1] p. The First Part (which is the Fifth Edition) contains: I) A Survey of the Constitutions and Interests of the Empire, Sweden,… Read More

New York: The Tenny Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9.1 in. x 6 in., pp. 285. Illustrated with frontispiece of Convention Hall and twenty-four additional black and white photos. Dark green boards with embossed frame in blind to front and back, and gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Upper corners are nudged. Spine is darkened. Rear hinge started but holding fine. Includes laid-in compliments card of Lafayette B. Gleason, the Secretary of the Convention. Lafayette Blanchard Gleason (May 30, 1863 - October 24, 1937) was the secretary of the Republican State Committee of New York from 1906 to 1937, and he was also the General Secretary for seven Republican National Conventions.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.4 in., pp. 450. Signed in felt pen by the author and populist Vermont senator on the front flyleaf. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Blue paper boards with silver title to spine. Protected in mylar.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 5.4 x 8.2 in., pp. xii + 222. Dark gray boards with silver title to spine. Very light rubbing to exptemities. Very light rubbing to edges and rear of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Reading like a detective story, "Red Star Over Cuba" documents (the author's) charges, concluding that "we were hoodwinked about Cuba by naive sentimentalistts, deluded liberals and philocommunists." (from the dustjacket).

Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. each 6.75 in x 4.2 in. Green cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped design on front, and dark green titles to front. Seven titles have "Standard Socialist Series" and design stamped in blind on front with dark green title to front and spine; five titles (indicated by *) have a stamped medallion on front with dark green framed title to front, and title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Most corners bumped. Light scuffing or smudging to boards. A few stray pencil and ink marks. Light age-toning to pages. Front hinge of "The World's Revolutions" showing. 2 in. x 1/2 in. paper sticker glued to front of "The Rebel at Large." Twelve Socialist Titles from the era of Eugene Debs published by Charles H. Kerr & Co., whose motto today is still "Subversive Literature for the Whole Family Since 1886." What's So And What Isn't by John M. Work, Third Edition, 1906 Social and Philosophical Studies by Paul Lafargue (trans. Charles H. Kerr),… Read More