foreword edgar hoover (27 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Random House, New York. 1956. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Black paper over boards with gray cloth overlay on the spine with gilt and black lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox; FBI seal embossed on the front board. Gold endpapers. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 368 pp 8vo.This is the story of the FBI and its chief, J. Edgar Hoover, as Mr. Hoover would like to have it told. After a foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, the book begins by illustrating the FBI in action in the apprehension of the despicable criminal Jack Gilbert Graham who planted a time-bomb in a United Air Lines plane in order to kill his own mother on whose life he had placed high insurance. Then Mr. Whitehead reverts to the FBI's beginning. That was in the original Federal Bureau of Investigation of 1908, which was mostly the creation of Theodore Roosevelt in his fight to halt the outrageous thievery of public lands in the Western states. This Bureau almost from the beginning was handicapped by politics. When appointed, Hoover's first business was to clean house, and in the process he served notice on Congress that the FBI was no longer a dumping ground for patronage appointments, and that he would not welcome political suggestions about promotions. From these first days onward, J. Edgar Hoover, as Mr. Whitehead tells the story, while frequently involved in the politics of Washington, was mostly engaged in them in order to keep politicians and partisan politics out of his Bureau. The author gives the story with warts and all telling the achievements and downfalls of the Bureau. A clean very presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good -. Stated First Edition. Normal wear; a decent readable copy. Book.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Approx. 4" wide by 7 1/2". "Distributed in the interests of a 'Crime-Free America' ." Foreword is copyright 1937 by United Newspapers Magazine Corporation. ; 18 pages.

Hardcover; Third Printing. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+ dust. First Edition. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. *Gifty* Attractive vintage book in dustcover in new Brodart cover: square, bright, solid. Smudge to title p. No internal marks. The star of the show is the dustjacket color. (The 1954 in the 11th Printing and a flap price of $1.95) [circa 1960's].

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Unclipiped: fair. BMOC; 180 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper only mildly age-toned; binding firm; green biards wut black lettering and red and black laurel decoration are faded with faint suvings and rumped corners, light rubbing at foot of spine. Pictorial d.j. is sunned with staining at upper edge of rear panel; chipping at corners and one-inch closed tears at crown of spine and at upper edge of front panel.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. Early Printing. Landmark Books Series, #46. Book is fine under a bright jacket with shallow chipping at spine ends, not affecting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Sixth printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with ink marks on front free end page but not other marks. Unclipped dust jackethas wear on front, at corners and at spine top. An attempt to give young readers a true-to-life picture of the agency, Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 180 pp. Including index and two pages listing other Landmark titles. In protective Mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 368 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2' tear, price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Photographs (illustratore). Third printing of this book. Red hardcover, dust jacket. The jacket has some wear and nicks. Still good overall. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Fourth edition. Good in good dust jacket. Book has bumped edges, top of text block discolored lightly. Dustwrapper is rubbed, tiny tears at edges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair to Good-. (1954) 182 pp. Original blue-green cloth covers; edges a bit darkened. Small bump to bottom edge of rear cover. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. DJ lightly soiled w/ few short tears and chips to edges. Illust. w/ b/w photos.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Ex-library. Ex-library copy with ink stamp on the reverse of the title page. Disbound, pages loose. ; "A report to The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice [and] The Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce." ; 14 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. This old book is in Excellent Condition - Clean, Unmarked and just about As New. This hardcover book with picture cover has 195 pages including many photos. The copyright page shows 1963 as the most recent date. There is The Landmark shield with number 46 on the spine. We always ship in a sturdy box.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B&W Photographs/Illustrated End Papers (illustratore). Eighth Printing. Landmark #46. Illustrated end papers, textblock and binding very clean and tight, b&w photographs; Minor bumping to head and foot of spine, and mildly scuffed along the bottom edge of the front board; Unclipped dust jacket, couple tears on front top edge, small chips at corners, small tears at head and foot of spine. 180pp., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Green Cloth. Condizione: Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE). No Jacket. Black & White Illustrations & Line Drawings (illustratore). First Edition. Rubbed spine.Please email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Inscribed or Signed.

Hardcover. 8vo., 180 pp. Black and white photos. Illustrated endpapers. Later printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket which has a few closed tears and wrinkling.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Red cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blue onto upper board and spine, 8vo (9 inches [23 cm] tall), pp. 191, (192), fingerprint illustrated endpapers, B&W photos throughout. Volume with a dusty top edge and an erasure near foot of title page. Price-clipped DJ with wear and tear and some fading to spine panel. Exciting wartime stories from the files of the "G-Men. the eyes and ears of the nation today.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1998) 344 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration on covers. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Light soiling to front cover. All edges gilt w/ yellow moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First THUS. Firearms investigation booklet distributed to law enforcement agencies. 33 pp.; b/w illustrations and photos; stapled-wraps; 8vo. One naval hospital stamp on front-wrap, else unmarked; general bumping throughout with some pages creased (dog-eared) at corners. Well packaged in a box; ships with tracking.

Fourth printing (first published February 1938). xxii, 325 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Black cloth rubbed, abraded patch near spine center, sight cloth loss at frayed spine ends, slender wear at front board's top corner. Light foxing to top and bottom edges with toning to former too; strong foxing to fore-edge. Foxing/toning to b/w frontispiece portrait and opposing title page; small chips at bottom corners of title and dedication leaves (i.e. pages iii-vi); occasional mostly light foxing to interior pages. Binding is firm. A good+ copy of J. Edgar Hoover's uncommon first book allegedly ghost-written by Courtney Ryley Cooper who is credited with the book's Foreword.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Third printing. 368pp. Faint damp spots on top page edges, a signature loose and laid in, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, very good in a good to very good dustwrapper with extremities worn, creased tears on edges, small dampstain on spine ends. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover to a veteran FBI Special Agent. An interesting association copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Third printing of the first edition, in clean bright dust jacket, SIGNED by J. Edgar Hoover, with an additional signed letter from J. Edgar Hoover on FBI letterhead attached to front fixed endpaper. Clean black paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine, black title box, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Browning to edges of endpapers. Inscribed and signed by Hoover on front free endpaper to then Chairman of the Board of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company as follows: "Carl S. Hallauer, With warm personal regards and grateful appreciation - J. Edgar Hoover - Jan. 22, 1957." Additional letter is thanking Carl for a telegram extending congratulations on Hoover's 35th anniversary as Director of the FBI, and is signed "Edgar" in blue ink. Rose red top-stained upper page edges. 368 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, tiny bit of wear at upper edge, no chips or tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Octavo, xix, 297 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine black with white and red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Second printing dust jacket, as indicated by front flap. Mild shelf wear. Scuffing to covers. Non-archival tape adhered to top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Foxing and toning to textblock. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover on front free endpaper. Includes typed letter signed by Hoover, adhered to front pastedown, dated "December 21, 1960." Shelved in Case 1 1/2. 1387214. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, Third Printing, Second Printing Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 3rd. Printing, Hardcover with the dust jacket red top page edge, 368 page book. This very scarce signed twice by Whitehead & Hoover it's signed , dated ( 1957 ) and inscribed by Don Whitehead ( 1908-1981 ) & J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972 ) on the first blank page, inscribed to Charles H. Stanley FBI Special Agent and past President of the Society of Former FBI Special Agents. Mr. Whitehead was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1951 & 1953. Condition : Near Fine , light edge rub at the top front corner. Dust jacket is Very Good with light chipping and edge rubs, now in a clear mylar dust jacket cover ( removable ) Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover on the front free endpaper, "To Victor Emanuel with kindest personal regards from your friend J. Edgar Hoover. Xmas 1956", and additionally signed underneath by Clyde Falson, Hoover's long-time top deputy. Emanuel (1898-1960) had served as chairman of the Aircraft Production Council in the Second World War, was then chairman of the Aviation Corporation, and was well-connected in political circles. The FBI Story is an authorized history of the FBI, written with free access to the FBI records and personnel. The author was head of the Washington Bureau of the New York Herald Tribune. Octavo. Original white quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey paper-covered sides. A little sunned, paperclip impression to front free endpaper and half-title. A good copy.

First edition, inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover on the front free endpaper, "To George Meany, With cordial regards, J. Edgar Hoover. 11.16.56". Meany (1894-1980) founded the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the United States, and served as its president from 1955 to 1979. He was an ardent anti-Communist and supported Hoover's FBI; an excerpt of his 1956 address to the FBI graduating class, criticizing Communism, is printed on page 328. Hoover, in turn, supported Meany's efforts to combat the Mafia in organized labour and to prevent Communists from gaining roles in the union movement. In 1970, Hoover told Congress that Meany "is one of the finest men I know. There are no Communists in the AFL-CIO and he doesn't tolerate corruption" (Congressional Record, 20 November 1970). The FBI Story is an authorized history of the FBI, written with free access to the FBI records and personnel. The author was head of the Washington Bureau of the New York Herald Tribune. Octavo. Original white quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey paper-covered sides. With dust jacket. Slight tape marks to front endpapers, minor soiling to front cover and edges, slight staining at head towards rear; unclipped jacket a little sunned with tiny chips: a good copy in very good jacket.