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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Condizione: Acceptable. Gift inscription inside cover. Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981

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    Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981

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    Condizione: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Dust jacket in in Good+ condition with some minor tearis at edges. Pages free of markings. Laid in is promotional two page letter from Jacob Javits about book and related videotapted seminars. Letter is signed by Javits (but signature probably photocopy). Interesting addition to this book about late US Senator. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.…

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Condizione: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: UsedGood. Hardcover; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; front board slightly bo wed; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows fad ing, light scuffing, and shelf wear.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin & Company, Boston, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Minus. First Edition. Hardcover, dust jacket, has some wear and the book is bowed. Inside is a letter from the author. Email us for some photos. We ship fast. Photographs (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Used: Very Good. Used: Very Good. 1st Edition . 1st printing. A NEAR FINE Hardcover with a VERY GOOD Dustjacket.

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear and edge wear. Inside pages are clean. ; 528 pages.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 1981

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    Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. 528pp Illus "The autobiography of a public man." Light foxing on top edge.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Jacob K. Javits on half title. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Small tears to dust jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Printing [Stated]. xii, [2], 528 pages. illus., index, DJ is price clipped and has slight wear to edges. A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party. Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. He also served as Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957. Generally considered a liberal Republican, he was often at odds with his own party. A supporter of labor unions, the Great Society, and the civil rights movement, he played a key role in the passing of civil rights legislation. An opponent of the Vietnam War, he drafted the War Powers Resolution in 1973. In the Senate, Javits supported much of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs and civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution but came to question Johnson's handling of the War in Vietnam. To rein in presidential war powers, Javits sponsored the War Powers Resolution. Javits also sponsored the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, which regulated defined-benefit private pensions. Javits died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1986. Derived from a Kirkus review: Admirers of New York's longtime (1957-81) liberal Republican senator cherish their memories: Javits, a formidable campaigner. He might have been a v-p or presidential candidate. Out to win a Congressional seat in 1946 (after WW II exposure to "Potomac fever"), Javits searched for a "Democratic district where the chances of a Republican victory would be slight--and where I, a neophyte, might be welcomed by the Republican organization." His upset victory then made him instantly known. Eager for local office after three terms in the House, he overlooked a first Dewey rebuff to put himself forward again--on the basis that "I'm the only Republican who can beat FDR Junior" for the attorney-generalship. That triumph--the only victory on the ticket--set Javits up to run, against Robert Wagner, Jr., for the Senate. He speaks out, too, on the discomforts of being an urban, liberal Republican legislator--committed to civil rights, low-cost housing and rent control, health care, Israel, internationalism--and specifically on how he progressed from "cold-shouldered outsider to respected insider" in the Senate. He hedges on Rockefeller and remains discreet about Nixon. Not without specifically political interest. George Tames (Author photograph) (illustratore).…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Printing. 528, illus., index, some wear and small tears to DJ edges. A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party. Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. He also served as Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957. Generally considered a liberal Republican, he was often at odds with his own party. A supporter of labor unions, the Great Society, and the civil rights movement, he played a key role in the passing of civil rights legislation. An opponent of the Vietnam War, he drafted the War Powers Resolution in 1973. In the Senate, Javits supported much of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs and civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution but came to question Johnson's handling of the War in Vietnam. Javits sponsored the War Powers Resolution. Javits also sponsored the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, which regulated defined-benefit private pensions. Javits died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1986. Derived from a Kirkus review: Admirers of New York's longtime (1957-81) liberal Republican senator cherish their memories: Javits, a formidable campaigner. He might have been a v-p or presidential candidate. Out to win a Congressional seat in 1946 (after WW II exposure to "Potomac fever"), Javits searched for a "Democratic district where the chances of a Republican victory would be slight--and where I, a neophyte, might be welcomed by the Republican organization." His upset victory then made him instantly known. Eager for local office after three terms in the House, he overlooked a first Dewey rebuff to put himself forward again--on the basis that "I'm the only Republican who can beat FDR Junior" for the attorney-generalship. That triumph--the only victory on the ticket--set Javits up to run, against Robert Wagner, Jr., for the Senate. He speaks out, too, on the discomforts of being an urban, liberal Republican legislator--committed to civil rights, low-cost housing and rent control, health care, Israel, internationalism--and specifically on how he progressed from "cold-shouldered outsider to respected insider" in the Senate. He hedges on Rockefeller and remains discreet about Nixon. Not without specifically political interest. …

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new, with some shelf/edgewear.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Printing [Stated]. 24 cm. xii, [2], 528 pages. illus., index, slight wear to DJ edges, form letter from Javits to members of Congress laid in. About the author: Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. He also served as Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957. Generally considered a liberal Republican, he was often at odds with his own party. A supporter of labor unions, the Great Society, and the civil rights movement, he played a key role in the passing of civil rights legislation. An opponent of the Vietnam War, he drafted the War Powers Resolution in 1973. A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party. Derived from a Kirkus review: Admirers of New York's longtime (1957-81) liberal Republican senator cherish their memories: Javits, a formidable campaigner. He might have been a v-p or presidential candidate. Out to win a Congressional seat in 1946 (after WW II exposure to "Potomac fever"), Javits searched for a "Democratic district where the chances of a Republican victory would be slight--and where I, a neophyte, might be welcomed by the Republican organization." His upset victory then made him instantly known. Eager for local office after three terms in the House, he overlooked a first Dewey rebuff to put himself forward again--on the basis that "I'm the only Republican who can beat FDR Junior" for the attorney-generalship. That triumph--the only victory on the ticket--set Javits up to run, against Robert Wagner, Jr., for the Senate. He speaks out, too, on the discomforts of being an urban, liberal Republican legislator--committed to civil rights, low-cost housing and rent control, health care, Israel, internationalism--and specifically on how he progressed from "cold-shouldered outsider to respected insider" in the Senate. He hedges on Rockefeller and remains discreet about Nixon. Not without specifically political interest.…

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    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover, price clipped.

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981

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    Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First/First. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981, 528 pages. First/First in Very Good+/Very Good+ condition. The boards/text block shows minimal edgewear and soiling. The DJ has some edgewear/shelfwear. Otherwise tight, square, and unclipped (please review photos). Jacob Javits has Signed and inscribed to the back of dedication page. NY Senator Jacob Javits memoir of political career and interactions with JFK, LBJ, Nelson Rockefeller, and world leaders Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, and others. B& W photos. Bubble wrapped, boxed, and shipped promptly. Black boards with gold lettering.…

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    Editore: Houghton-Mifflin, 1981

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    Da: Northmont Books and Stamps, Farmington Hills., MI, U.S.A.Northmont Books and Stamps

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    Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. A beautiful copy signed by the Senator. Signed by Author(s).

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Boston. 1981. Houghton Mifflin., 1981

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    dark grey gilt lettered cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. bit of rubbing on the spine, not torn, not price clipped. Signed on the ½ title page "Jacob K. Javits" (very unusual signature.unmistakable.) nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xii+528p. glossy b&w photo. illustrations. list of illustrations. acknowledgments. index. autobiography. biography. american history. politics. world history. history of new york. ~ This is the story of a public life in the making, a life of service to the public, and a life lived in the public eye. It begins on Manhattan's Lower East Side where young Jacob Javits, the son of immigrant parents, grew up. It climaxes with his bid for a fifth term as the senior Senator from New York. A maverick from the beginning, Javits, though liberal, joined the Republican party in a favorable response to Fiorello La Guardia and in reaction to Tammany Hall's efforts to control votes. In a memoir that is both personal and political, Senator Javits comments on a lifetime of involvement in a multitude of issues. He speaks candidly of his commuter marriage to Marian Javits and offers numerous portraits of American and foreign political leaders, including Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Thomas Dewey, Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, and many others. He also reviews the consequences of Watergate and speculates on the future of New York City, the world economy, and the ~ prospects for peace. …

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Printing. 528, illus., index. Inscribed by the author. A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party. Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. He also served as Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957. Generally considered a liberal Republican, he was often at odds with his own party. A supporter of labor unions, the Great Society, and the civil rights movement, he played a key role in the passing of civil rights legislation. An opponent of the Vietnam War, he drafted the War Powers Resolution in 1973. In the Senate, Javits supported much of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs and civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution but came to question Johnson's handling of the War in Vietnam. Javits sponsored the War Powers Resolution. Javits also sponsored the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, which regulated defined-benefit private pensions. Javits died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1986. Derived from a Kirkus review: Admirers of New York's longtime (1957-81) liberal Republican senator cherish their memories: Javits, a formidable campaigner. He might have been a v-p or presidential candidate. Out to win a Congressional seat in 1946 (after WW II exposure to "Potomac fever"), Javits searched for a "Democratic district where the chances of a Republican victory would be slight--and where I, a neophyte, might be welcomed by the Republican organization." His upset victory then made him instantly known. Eager for local office after three terms in the House, he overlooked a first Dewey rebuff to put himself forward again--on the basis that "I'm the only Republican who can beat FDR Junior" for the attorney-generalship. That triumph--the only victory on the ticket--set Javits up to run, against Robert Wagner, Jr., for the Senate. He speaks out, too, on the discomforts of being an urban, liberal Republican legislator--committed to civil rights, low-cost housing and rent control, health care, Israel, internationalism--and specifically on how he progressed from "cold-shouldered outsider to respected insider" in the Senate. He hedges on Rockefeller and remains discreet about Nixon. Not without specifically political interest.…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Printing. 528, illus., index, some wear and small tears to DJ edges, price sticker on front DJ flap. Inscribed by the author (Javits). A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party. Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. He also served as Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957. Generally considered a liberal Republican, he was often at odds with his own party. A supporter of labor unions, the Great Society, and the civil rights movement, he played a key role in the passing of civil rights legislation. An opponent of the Vietnam War, he drafted the War Powers Resolution in 1973. In the Senate, Javits supported much of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs and civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution but came to question Johnson's handling of the War in Vietnam. Javits sponsored the War Powers Resolution. Javits also sponsored the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, which regulated defined-benefit private pensions. Javits died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1986. Derived from a Kirkus review: Admirers of New York's longtime (1957-81) liberal Republican senator cherish their memories: Javits, a formidable campaigner. He might have been a v-p or presidential candidate. Out to win a Congressional seat in 1946 (after WW II exposure to "Potomac fever"), Javits searched for a "Democratic district where the chances of a Republican victory would be slight--and where I, a neophyte, might be welcomed by the Republican organization." His upset victory then made him instantly known. Eager for local office after three terms in the House, he overlooked a first Dewey rebuff to put himself forward again--on the basis that "I'm the only Republican who can beat FDR Junior" for the attorney-generalship. That triumph--the only victory on the ticket--set Javits up to run, against Robert Wagner, Jr., for the Senate. He speaks out, too, on the discomforts of being an urban, liberal Republican legislator--committed to civil rights, low-cost housing and rent control, health care, Israel, internationalism--and specifically on how he progressed from "cold-shouldered outsider to respected insider" in the Senate. He hedges on Rockefeller and remains discreet about Nixon. Not without specifically political interest.…