Search Results: a passion for politics the autobiography by louis brownlow

Chicago, Illinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1955. BD2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows moderate overall wear plus there is some light edge wear along the top and bottom edges heavier with some chipping on the top and bottom spine edges and corners plus there is a piece (about 0.5"x0.75") missing on the back at the bottom left corner plus there are closed tears (about 0.25" to 0.5") on the top edge at each corner plus there is some yellowing on the spine plus there is some very light rubbing overall plus there is some very light yellowing on the endflaps top edges. Plus there is some very light rubbing overall. A memoir of a noted American journalist of the turn of the last century. He was a reporter during the golden days of American journalism and served as an international correspondent during the years before World War I. In 1915 he shifted to… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has a small edge tear, other light edge wear, and a couple areas of slight foxing. Light foxing to the endpapers. .

University of Chicago Press, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. 8vo. Inscribed by Elizabeth Brownlow, wife of the author. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket only. Scuffing, chipping; portion of upper jacket has been torn away. Ships daily.

Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, c1955. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 605 p., illus.

Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press, 1955. First Edition, First Printing; 605 clean, unmarked pages/index; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/w. 8 Vo.

University of Chicago Press, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Inscribed by Jim Lehrer. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Ships daily.

University of Chicago Press 1955. First edition 2 vols. v1 606pp v2 500pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w's rubbed (v1 sunned spine, 2 inch tear tof ront cover at upper corner), illust.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. Two volume set (published 1955 & 1958). Significant shelf wear, creasing, and chipping to dust jacket of first volume & mild shelf wear to dust jacket of second volume, both protected by acetate covers. Altogether a complete set in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: American History).

University of Chicago Press, 1955 and 1958. Used - Very Good. 1955. University of Chicago Press, 1955 and 1958. Cloth, dj., 605 pp + 500 pp. Djs chipped and tattered along edges. Books are Very sound. Both volumes inscribed by Brownlow in year of publication. Very Sound. (Subject: Politics & Political Science.)

Place_Pub: Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1955, 1958. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/poor. 606 & 500 pages. 2-vol. set, illus., index, endpapers discolored, one-page corrigenda laid in, front DJ flap v.2 price clipped. Tear in front DJ v.2, small tears/chips to DJ edges v.2, v.1 DJ torn in half & heavily chipped, front DJ flap v.1 separated from rest of DJ. Volume1 signed by the author. Reprint of an article entitled "Louis Brownlow and the Governmental Arts" laid into v.1. The advisor and confidante of all the Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Harry Truman, Brownlow was almost solely responsible for the modern concept of the White House staff.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Each volume inscribed by Brownlow. Matching black cloth. Covers are lightly rubbed. Front and rear pastedowns of the first volume are browned, else internally unmarked and generally clean. Very light occasional foxing. 20 pages of illustrations on plates, plus frontispieces. Each volume has its own index. pp. xii, 605, [1]; x, 499, [1]. Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) was a political scientist, journalist, foreign correspondent, city manager, consultant in the area of public administration, and professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He served as an advisor to the administrations of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman and was the namesake of the 1936 Brownlow Committee, responsible for the modern reorganization of the executive branch. Each volumes is inscribed to his niece Ruth Brownlow Blandford (1898-1970), wife of Louis Brownlow's assistant, John Bennett Blandford,… Read More