Team Rivals Political Genius by Goodwin Doris, Signed (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 11th printing. A tight, square, clean copy - signed by the author on the front fly leaf. A fine copy but for the previous owner name written on the front paste down end paper. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author, Doris Kearns Goodwin. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spots to bottom page end. xix, 916 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Maps) (illustrator). Sixth printing [stated]. xix, [1], 916, [4] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. Nice inscription signed by the author on fep. Illustrated endpapers. DJ has slight wear. Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, and commentator. Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. After Johnson left office in 1969, she assisted Johnson in drafting his memoirs. Her first book Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, which drew upon her conversations with the late president became a New York Times bestseller and provided a launching pad for her literary career. Derived from a Kirkus review: Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history, examines Abraham Lincoln as a practical politician, focusing on his conversion of rivals to allies. It was smart politicking to recruit erstwhile opponents Salmon Chase and William Seward, who had very different ideas on most things but who nonetheless served Lincoln loyally. Goodwin indicates that Lincoln knew that war was coming, and he knew why: He'd been vigorously opposed to slavery for his entire public career. By the end of the first term, enough divisions obtained within and without the White House that it looked as if Lincoln would not be reelected-whereupon he demanded that his secretaries sign a resolution "committing the administration to devote all its powers and energies to help bring the war to a successful conclusion," the idea being that only a Democrat would accept a negotiated peace. Illuminating and well-written; a welcome addition to Lincolniana.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 916pp. Illustrations, map, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of the film-inspiring Pulitzer Prize winner -- with choice film-related autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in full in black ballpoint by actor Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), who portrays Confederate vice president Alexander H. Stephens in the popular 2012 film "Lincoln." Tipped to the facing blank leaf is a full-page steel-engraved half-length portrait of Stephens in 3-piece suit and tie, a leaf from the 1866 second volume of J.T. Headley's popular survey "The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States." Very good, with the faintest of age toning and touch of foxing. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Haley's original transmittal envelope.

Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Kearns on the title page to a staffer of "The Daily Show" after an on-air appearance. "To Alison, With fun on the Daily Show & best wishes. Doris Kearns Goodwin." Bump to rear board topedge; spine ends lightly pushed; dustjacket with touched corners and small wrinkle on rear panel topedge corresponding to the bumped edge. Tight copy in Very Good condituion in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Basis in part for the Steven Spielberg directed 2012 film with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and more. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription to _____ on the title page. 916 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with vignettes at the chapter headings and with two sections from black and white photographs. A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. author (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 2005 , Hardcover with the dust jacket , 916 page book. With illustrated end pages , with some black & white vintage images and maps.This copy is also signed on the title page by Prize winning author Dois Kearns Goodwin. Condition : FINE Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Doris Kearns Goodwin,Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln ,(Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series), Signed, Steven Speilburg will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 2005, Hardcover with the dust jacket, 916 page book with some black & white illustrations. This copy is also signed only on the title page by Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin . Condition AS NEW . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original certificate of authenticity present. Excellent condition. Black leather. #1035 of 2000. 916 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Wonderful and unforgettable book, with the signature of the author on the title page, dedicated to 'Jeremy'. A rare first edition US hardback SIGNED. Complete number line of course. Unread looking, clean and tight. Protected unclipped jacket. No annotations, as new. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.