john a corry (11 results)

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. very nice clean copy. tightly bound. clean covers. previous owner sticker on front end page. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is very nice with no chips or tears. 310 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 374 pp. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A nice, clean copy, like new, octavo, 310 pages, signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. (2000), 310pp, illus., red cloth, corners lightly bumped, dj shows some edgewear.

embossed red full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (Pu2000 & nap). endpaper maps. 310p. 27 b&w photos & illustrations. author's note. endnotes. bibliography. index. american history. biography. history of new york. theodore roosevelt. politics. ~ Just as essential to Theodore Roosevelt's accession to the Presidency as his charge up San Juan Hill was his election as Governor of New York four months later. A defeat would have seriously set back and perhaps even destroyed his chances to gain the White House. Yet until A Rough Ride To Albany, no book has devoted itself primarily to describing that hard~fought uphill campaign, which he barely won, and only after a series of energetic 'whistle stop' tours in which he displayed for the first time an extraordinary power to stir audiences that has rarely been seen in American politics. The book also explains how Roosevelt had to balance his commitment to reform with the positions of New York's Republican leadership, which did not share many of his priorities. It thus provides lessons that are just as relevant today as they were more than one hundred years ago. Although Roosevelt is the book's dominating character, its pages are also filled with other absorbing personalities. Among them are silky Republican 'Easy Boss' Thomas Collier Platt, who disliked Roosevelt but for the party's good was forced to back him for Governor; passionate political reformer John Jay Chapman, who accused Roosevelt of backing out on his word by refusing to run as an independent after being assured the Republican nomination; Elihu Root, whose lawyer's skill saved Roosevelt's candidacy when his opponents discovered that he had failed to pay his New York taxes; and Richard Croker, the arrogant Democratic boss whose failure to back a sitting judge for refusing to appoint a Tammany Hall functionary to a court clerkship created such public revulsion that Roosevelt was able to capitalize on the incident to turn a likely defeat into victory. A Rough Ride To Albany is 'must' reading for anyone fascinated by the career of Theodore Roosevelt or by the details of a dramatic political campaign that helped set the course of twentieth century American history.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. (First Edition) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE IN FINE DJ.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dust jacket with slight wear in mylar. V9.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. ISBN 0966157001. Hardback. Very Good condition book, with a couple of small dings and creasing to a couple pages on top edge of book, in a Good to Very Good Condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases to edges, some chipping and small closed tears to jacket corners and spine edges, slight fading to jacket spine. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for author's inscription on front endpaper. No statement of later printing on copyright page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 310pp Illus "Teddy Runs for Governor.".

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.