Skidmore frank (7 Ergebnisse)

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 1931 issue of The American Magazine. Fiction and articles include, most notably, The Smile That Wins, a short story by P G Wodehouse plus part 5 of 5 (conclusion) of High Summer, a novel by Booth Tarkington, Owen D Young, a biography of an industrialist by Ida M Tarbell, Hitting Fifty, an article by Clarence Budington Kelland, A Gentleman for a Night, a short story by Octavus Roy Cohen, part 3 of 7 of West of the Pecos, a novel by Zane Grey, and others. Condition issues include: light edge wear to the front cover; small closed tear at the bottom of the spine, light soiling to the back cover; and pages 171/172 are missing - affecting an article by Martin H Kennelly, It All Comes Out on Moving Day. A good to very good copy due to the missing pages with a P G Wodehouse short story. Note this item plus my other listings comprise the complete serialization of High Summer (inventory #s 009695, 009696 & 009697). Hayden Hayden (cover), Wallace Morgan (High Summer), Joseph Cummings Chase (Owen D Young), Roy F Spreter (The Smile That Wins), T D Skidmore (A Gentleman for a Night), Frank Hoffman (West of the Pecos) (illustrator).…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. xviii, 446 pages : map ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0195007840; 9780195007848 LCCN: 67-20406 ; LC: F2538; Dewey: 320.981 ; OCLC: 9755147 ; A Galaxy book ; GB 271;".ollows three decades of democratic experimentation--and the rise and fall of constitutional government--in Brazil. Beginning with Getulio Vargas' fifteen-year rule and ending with the coup d'etat that ousted President Joao Goulart from office in 1964, Skidmore sets political events in the context of social and economic factors to show how the problems posed by economic expansion, an unfavorable trade balance, inequitable land distribution, and shifting political power have profoundly affected Brazil's growth and stability." ; Contents: The Vargas Era 1930-1945 - The end of the Estado Novo and the Dutra years - A new Vargas era 1951-1954 - Government by caretaker 1954-1956 - Year sof confidence, the Kubitschek era - Janio Quadros: agonizing interlude - Goulart in power: The deadlock prolonged - Brazilian democracy breaks down: 1963-1964 - The search for a new political order - The United States role in Joao Goulart's fall ; slight wear/mark on cover, else G. Book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A bound, ex-library copy the January - June 1932 issues of The American Magazine, volume 113. It includes a title and author index bound in the front. Contents include stories and Depression Era articles by Archibald Rutledge (What Do People Expect of You - January, Square Fighters - May), Octavus Roy Cohen (A Diamond Setting - January, Cold Cash - March, Double Sixes - April), Faith Baldwin (Rich Man's Town, parts 3 - 5 of 5, January - March) , Zane Gray (West of the Pecos, parts 6 & 7 of 7, January & February), Calvin Coolidge (In Times Like These - February), Ida M Tarbell (What Big Business Expects of Young Men - February), P G Wodehouse (Three Mr Mulliner stories - The Bishop's Cat (The Story of Webster) - February, The Bishop's Folly (Cats will be Cats) - March, & Open House - April), Clarence Budington Kelland (Scattergood Takes to His Bed - February, Speaking of Taxes - March, Ex-Banker - April, Paper Flowers - May), Stephen Vincent Benet (The Delphinium Blues - March), Franklin D Roosevelt (Why We Need Politicians - April), Booth Tarkington (Out of the Dark - April), General John J Pershing (We Are at War - June), and others. Light rubbing to the spine. The front covers are present but the back covers have been removed, The top margin has been trimmed slightly, at times affecting the text at the top of the front cover. The library markings are fairly unobtrusive. They include "Mercer University Library - Macon, GA" stamps on the front covers and a Mercer University Library plate on the front paste down. Occasional neat tape repairs to a few pages and to the May front cover. Occasional soil spots in the margins. However the interior is very clean and tight overall. The binding is solid and tight. A very good copy with stories and serial installments by prominent authors, most notably three P G Wodehouse Mr Mulliner stories, and a nice selection of Depression Era articles. A heavy, oversize book that will require additional postage. Hatden Hayden, John E Sheridan, Eugene Iverd, Winold Reiss, (covers), B J Rosenmeyer, T D Skidmore, H R Ballinger, Frank Hoffman, Ray F Spreter, Paul Meylan, C W Massaguer, Agust Bleser, Jr, T D Skidmore (illustrator).…

Stapled Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. Political Science Quarterly: Volume 83, Number 3, September 1973 reprint. 8vo. Stapled wrappers, 395-422 pp. Light soiling to covers. Near fine. Size: 8vo.