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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1922. A Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Tan cloth boards with paper decoration on covers and paper title on spine, pencil notations on few pages. Revised Edition (1913) with clarification of notes and sentences. Excellent critique on the times and personalities of the period including John Davidson, Oscar Wilde, Keats, Nietzsche,, Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells. Illustrations throughout by Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, William Rothstein, Walter Crane, etc. Frontispiece photograph of Aubrey Beardsley.. Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Aurbrey Beardsley, et al.. 8vo.
Dial Press, 1973. A selection of articles from The World Newspaper, written by such notables as H. Mencken, Robert Benchley, Alexander Wolcott, Heywood Broun, Dorothy Parker, etc., as well as an interview with F. Scott Fitzgerald., detailing the social and political climate of America during the 1920's. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
New York: Basic Books, 2000. First fully documented study of a functioning anti-Semetic worldview within an American institution of government. Details Jewish files of U.S. Military Intelligence which reveal that many generals and commanders including Moseley, Patton, and MacArthurs's intelligence chief Willougby believed in the physical, intellectual, and moral inferiority of Jews, and feared that Jews threatened their "superior" Anglo-Saxon culture, gene pool, government and national interests. Moreover, the book shows how difficult it is to alter or eradicate such prejudices once they are deeply imbedded in the culture and personnel of government institutions. In fact, even after the Holocaust, prominent retired generals went to their deaths in the 1970s and 1980s still believing in a Jewish threat to America.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
Boards with design and gilt on cover and spine exhibit wear, rubbing, slight fraying head and tail of spine, bumps, light pencil notations endpapers.
Issued in two (2) editions, school and household, this school edition reviews American history through the Civil War, complete with maps and illustrations throughout both in color and black and white.. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Fascinating in-depth analysis and supportive reference to the assassination of John F Kennedy, shedding light on the mystery behind Oswald and Ruby, and to the alleged Mafia involvement. Also of interest is detailed and overwhelming evidence behind CIA and Robert Kennedy's plan to invade Cuba using US Armed Forces.. First Edition. Hard Cover. About New/About New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Dark Gray boards with magenta lettering, dust jacket protected by Brodart.
Author sets out to disprove our views about the Victorian Era being a repressed society. He argues, that those liviing at the time were not only frivolous, thrill-seeking and sexually liberated, but out-shined us and were more socially advanced that we think of them.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.