Baughman u e (7 Ergebnisse)

Unknown. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Ex Library with stamps/labels, etc. Boards have light fading and tape marks. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some light fading and tape marks underneath.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Landmark Books # 75; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages; 1957 Random House. HC/DJ. 1st edition, stated. Landmark Books # 75. Snug, solid and neat in a generally neat and bright color pictorial dust jacket with 195 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Publisher's green top stain moderately faded. Jacket has sharp edges and bright panels but has a few very small silverfish holes in the front edge of the rear flap and a pair of small chips from the edges. Attractive copy. NF/VG.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 4th printing ; Landmark Books ; xiii, 175 pp. ; illustrations by Mal Singer ; photographs ; red cloth in colorful dustjacket ; Contents: Men who carry the star-shaped badge -- Beginnings of the secret service -- Shots that shamed America -- The bulging briefcase -- What the secret service is and does -- The eyes are looking at you -- A mean and sneaking crime -- THe music-making moneymaker -- The New Jersey nickel mystery -- THe man who changed his fingers -- How to tell good money from bad -- Why people threaten the President --Fifteen thousand threats on file -- The mystery man on Pier 59 -- I will kill you -- Visitors at the gate -- CLose calls -- THe battle of Blair House -- The secret service today -- If you want to know more about the secret service. . Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. ix, [1], 266, [10] pages. Illustrations. The dust jacket is in a worn plastic sleeve. The author was the Chief of the U.S. Secret Service, retiring in 1961 after nearly 13 years as Chief. Urbanus Edmund Baughman (May 21, 1905 November 6, 1978) was the chief of the United States Secret Service between 1948 and 1961, under Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. Baughman was the first Secret Service Chief to pen a memoir concerning the office. Entitled Secret Service Chief, it was commented on the intricacies and inner workings of the Secret Service and its evolution from a counterfeit detection department to the presidential protection unit. Baughman was appointed to head the Secret Service by President Harry S. Truman shortly after the 1948 election. Baughman appeared on What's My Line? in 1955, before he was to be honored by the White House and appeared in Look magazine. He also appeared on To Tell The Truth in 1957. Derived from a Kirkus review: U.E. Baughman, the retired Chief of the U.S. Secret Service (he served in that top post for 13 years) tells the story of his government career, with great concentration on his experiences since 1948. A recent dynamic attempt on President Kennedy's life, prior attempts on Truman, Eisenhower, and other dignitaries' lives, counterfeiters, cranks and pranksters -- all these crowd into a book absolutely packed with colorful, exciting, and sometime disturbing anecdotes. While explaining the work of the Secret Service in recent times, and enhancing the story with his own experiences and thoughts, Baughman also proves a keen observer of the personalities he encounters. The three presidents he has guarded are all characterized in personal ways which make them highly human. The rush, the pomp circumstance of Washington life is not overlooked either. Yet through all of it stalks the menace of the insane, the criminal, the intriguer---ready to kill high officers, to flood the U.S. with false currency, or in other ways to pit themselves against the efficient, quiet forces of the Secret Service. Very good reading. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. …