McPherson James M.MareMagnum
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ill., br. Durante la guerra civile, Lincoln dovette affrontare problemi assai complessi. Commise, immancabilmente, degli errori ma da essi seppe imparare. E svolse al meglio le funzioni militari e politiche del comandante in capo: dominò il dibattito politico a Washington, definì una strategia di guerra per la nazione, contribuì alla scelta delle tattiche militari da applicare. Anche l'abolizione della schiavitù divenne un passaggio della strategia militare e politica di Lincoln. Il presidente si dimostrò anche in grado di far fronte alla trasformazione del conflitto: dal tradizionale bellicismo caratterizzato da obiettivi e mezzi limitati alla prima guerra totale della storia, che distrusse la vecchia Unione e ne costruì una nuova e migliore sulle sue ceneri.
br. In una biografia rigorosa lo storico James McPherson racconta la gloriosa avventura umana di Abraham Lincoln, il sedicesimo presidente americano che con la sua guida seppe porre le basi per il formidabile sviluppo degli Stati Uniti contemporanei. Sullo sfondo di una Federazione ancora in costruzione, il libro ripercorre gli eventi fondamentali della vita di Lincoln: la sua affermazione professionale come avvocato, la risolutezza come comandante in capo durante la Guerra civile americana, l'abilità con cui riuscì a destreggiarsi tra separatisti e unionisti per mantenere l'equilibrio della nazione, la determinazione che lo portò a vincere la battaglia per l'abolizione della schiavitù. Nella narrazione di McPherson, episodi celebri come il Proclama di emancipazione si intrecciano con dettagli inediti sulla suggestiva personalità di Lincoln, per restituire vivida e reale la grandezza di un leader che ha contribuito a trasformare gli Stati Uniti nella potenza mondiale di oggi.
Pages 116 - 211. Features: Indiana in the Douglas-Buchanan Contest of 1856; The Influence of Riley's Narrative Upon Abraham Lincoln; Medical Education in Indiana; The Story of John Williams, Colored; The Indiana Boyhood of the Poet of the Sierras; Colonel John Jackson; Song of the Portage; A Sketch of the Leach Family; The Civil War Diary of William M. Macy; and more. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 383-526. Features: The Lincoln Migration from Kentucky to Indiana; Indiana Food Administration Papers; The Old Printing Office in New Harmony; Edward Eggleston; Indiana Historical Society; My North Carolina Boyhood; A Student at Indiana University; Indiana Genealogy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
First edition, 8vo (180 x 125 mm), 136pp., frontis., illustrs., inner hinges shaken, orig. blue cloth, light wear to extremities, title in gilt on upper cover.
Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
423pp VG/VG First edition. Orignal editorial blue cloth with white and gilt lettering on spine in editorial illustrated dustwrapper protected by transparent plastic cover, ex-library copy with acc. nos stickers on the plastic cover of the dw, labels on endpaper and pastedown, few small stamps inside otherwise in VG+ conditions. With 3 Appendices and extensive bibliography at the end.
100 pages. Features: Our Two Toughest Allies - Greece and Turkey, the two poorest countries in NATO, kick in 40% of their budgets for defense; A Soldier's Farewell (part 2 of 2) - General Omar N. Bradley; The Things You Can Make in Your Cellar - basement woodworkers; Why Ike Had to Draft Fathers - 13,000 'students' a month were turning temporary deferments into permanent exemptions; The Most Expensive City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Robert Sherrod and his family who live in Tokyo; The Mystery of the Mayan Temple - secret stairway in the temple of Palenque may suggest an ancient link between Egypt and America; They Sell People to Pets - San Francisco's "House of Pets"; Fiction: Midnight Mike; Love Has No Sense; The Bully of Uvada; The Betrayal of Tio; Spy and Counterspy (part 2 of 8); Young Captain Hornblower (part 6 of 8). Ads: Nice color-photo ad for RCA Victor TVs; Creepy two-page Kent cigarette ad says "If You'd Like the greatest health protection in cigarette history... these facts can help you..."; Color-photo ad for American-Standard bathroom fixtures features garish blue, pink and green examples; Nice color ad for Grehound bus lines; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Super '88' 4-door sedan, red with white roof; Mobiloil color ad features the 1953 Indianapolis 500; Nice color-photo ad for Lincoln cars; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Frigidaire Electric Ranges; Nostalgic Texaco Sky Chief cas ad features large red boxing glove; One-page elegant color-photo ad for Packard cars; Webcor tape recorders; Vintage ad for the new Homelite 5.5 HP chainsaw; Color-photo ad for Ford cars features the A.M. Brown family of Westchester County, NY; Dayton Rubber Tire ad features H.O. Vincent, Secretary of Service Lines, Inc. of Nashville; Gulfpride oil ad features nice color photo of Ralph J. Cahall of Annandale, VA, and William P. Snyder, III, of Sewickley, PA; Nice color Convair ad features shapely lady in purple dress; Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
116 pages. Short Stories: The Susceptible Scientists; Rich Man's Daughter; In Ememy Hands; The Third Man in the Boat. Articles: Con Man of the Country Clubs - David Goldreyer passed bad checks; The Hunt for HIdden Diabetics - Fresno, CA tracks unsuspecting victims; ; Biggest City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Tokyo, Japan; "Background Music" - Persuasion in the Air; Robert Preston - The Happiest Actor on Broadway; What's New in Toyland? - lovely color-photo-illustrated article; Does Pro Basketball Have a Future? - with photo of Richie Guerin of the Knicks attacking referee Mendy Rudolph; Serials; The Midtown Bomber (part 1 of 5); The Case of the Greedy Grandpa (part 7 of 8). Ads: Nice Santa-theme Alka-Seltzer ad; Kaywoodie Pipes; GE TVs; *Fantastic* color ad for the Lincoln Continental Mark IV (maroon); United States Steel; Hammond Organ; Chanel No. 5; Nice Cadillac (yellow) evening ad; Stanley Tools Christmas ad; Vintage Shulton Old Spice ad; Lowry organs; Magnavox TVs (color photo); Campbell's Oyster Stew Soup; Fisher Body; L&M cigarettes; Arrow Shirts; Toastmaster Appliances (2 pages); 1959 Edsel; King Sano cigarette ad features photo of former U.S. diplomat John S. Young; Westinghouse Appliances ad feeatures color photo of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wearing crowns; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features family shopping scene with the 1959 Mercury Park Lane 4-door hardtop cruiser (beige); Viceroy cigarettes; Gem Push-Button Razor; Douglas DC-8; Norelco shavers; Avis; Black and Decker Tools; GMAC; Borden's Ice Cream; Singer Sewing Machines and Vacuums - color photos; Arvin Hi-Fi Stereo Radio; Thor Electric Tools; Lady Schick shavers; Cushman Scooters; Dormeyer appliances; Rex-Flex shoes; Kodak cameras. Back cover color photo Lucky Strike ad features Jack Benny writing his 'giving' Christmas list. Piece of masking tape on front cover which shows above-average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
pp. xi, 173 + Frontis and full page portraits. Very XLib. 8vo. Rebound in library buckram, very rubbed. Hardbound. First Edition. SHELF W25
EDITORIALE OPERE NUOVE 1957 TIMBRO OMAGGIO PER RECENSIONE IN ANTIPORTA, 271 PAGINE, TUTTE INTONSE, ANCORA DA TAGLIARE.
8vo., cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. The work contains the Latin texts of the fifteen royal charters granted to the borough with, in each case, a parallel translation.
Le presidenze di John Fitzgerald Kennedy e di Abraham Lincoln sono ricordate per i grandi cambiamenti storici che esse introdussero nella società americana. Ma è davvero possibile considerare questi leader come rivoluzionari sovvertitori della tradizione degli Stati Uniti? L'analisi concreta della politica dei due grandi presidenti rivela aspetti sorprendenti e per certi versi mai indagati, che permettono di stabilire fino a che punto il mito che accompagna le loro figure sia davvero giustificato dalla concreta politica che essi seguirono. Il testo concilia profonda scorrevolezza e facilità di lettura con precisione storica e attenzione alle figure che accompagnarono la vita prematuramente interrotta di Lincoln e Kennedy, due protagonisti uniti da un filo che, attraverso un secolo di storia, segna il coraggio delle loro azioni e la drammaticità della loro fine, proiettandone il carisma fino ai nostri tempi. La storia può talvolta essere ripercorsa con le forme di un racconto senza rinunciare a conclusioni documentate, serie e innovative. Autori: Marco Casetta.
368p., illus. 6 col. plates Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
Mm 150x220 Volume rilegato in tela con titoli oro al piatto e al dorso, 332 pagine con tavole in nero fuori testo. Un ex libris in apertura, ma buona copia on legature ben salde.
in-8°, 325 pp., reliure pleine toile verte, dos lisse, titre dore. Bel exemplaire. [109B-3]
Biografia in lingua spagnola.
In-8°, pp. 332, ritratto (soggetto: Lincoln) in b/n con carta velina all'antiporta, 11 tavole in b/n fuori testo, tela editoriale con titolo in oro al dorso. Usura diffusa alla tela.
88 pages. Features: Cover portrait of "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, 1922-1943; Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Color ad for the Packard Super-8 160 car; Nice color one-page ad for The Transcontinental (Air) Line and Western Air, Inc. (TWA); Nazis claim to release secret American diplomatic documents captured in Poland; Max Moskowitz is too tough for thieves at his gas station; Homicide in Breathitt County, Kentucky; Article on Mussolini; Mackenzie Kings Wins - article with photo of King casting ballot; Photo-illustrated article on Japan's Crown Prince Akihito; First anniversary of peace in Spain; Color ad for Campbell's tomato juice; Allied Shipping Blockade in the Orient - article with map; Vintage United Air Lines ad includes photo of stewardess; Nice color one-page ad for Cadillac features a red Sixty Special; Color-photo ad for the Studebaker Commander car; Article on 'Negro Health'; Home-grown composer Roy Harris; Color Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall; Great stone faces in southern Mexico - Who carried them?; Running photo features photo of Gregory Rice; Photos of Joe Louis knocking out Johnny Paychek; Beautiful White Rock ad features bare-breasted maiden gazing into pond; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Chatanooga's newspaper publisher George Fort Milton; Nicely illustrated GMC truck ad features semi; Illustrated Ford V-8 truck ad shows man pulling tarp over load; Bob (Robert) Scherer and his Gelatin Products Co. of Detroit; Wilson golf products ad features headshot photos of "Johnny" Revolta, Eleanor Tennant, and Helen Hicks; Nice color ad for the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 inside back cover; Back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features lovely polo player Peggy McManus of Santa Barbara, California; and more. Complete and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Legatura in cartoncino rigido telato, dalla copertina illustrata con caratteri in oro, dal pittore Mino Buttafava, con titolo al dorso, quasi illeggibile. Buono lo stato di conservazione, pagine perfettamente tenute, velate da tonalità seppia, come i tagli, con XV ( 15 ) illustrazioni in nero, con didascalie, fuori testo. Traduzione dall' inglese di Lidia Velani. Numero pagine 447. USATO
Legatura editoriale telata con copertina rigida, con illustrazione incisa, intarsiata d'oro, al piatto anteriore e figure e titoli impressi in oro al dorso, ombrata, lievi danni d'usura, buono lo stato conservativo. Pagine intatte, ossidate da tonalità seppia, pulviscolo ai margini, tagli bruniti. Tavole fuori testo, in bianco e nero su carta lucida, ingiallite ai bordi. Medaglioni, fregi, diciture di tutti i volumi della collana ad opera del pittore Mino Buttafava di Milano. Traduzione di Lidia Velani. N. pag. 447. USATO
Hardback reprint in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG (one closed tear). Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. (Great Lives). 20181. eng
Folio, 8pp., drop-head title, and with a docket title. George Heneage of Hainton, Lincolnshire, on his marriage, in 1695, to Mary Petre, daughter of Lord Petre, Baron of Writtle, then deceased, grant and convey to his heirs the rents and profits of the rectory and lands at North Willingham in Lincolnshire. This act would enable him to sell the property. The L and O copies only on the ESTC.
4pp., broadsheet newspaper, 450 x 325mm, upper margin closely cropped affect a few words. Includes national, foreign and regional news; regional and some London advertising, shipping news from Boston and other east coast ports, local public notices, publishers, insurance and auction announcements, real estate sales. Some advertisements illustrated with small cuts.
