Huey Long: A Biography (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)

Long, Huey

Published by Knopf, 1969

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Huey Long, the charismatic Louisiana populist of the 1920s and 1930s with a dictatorial approach to governance and national ambitions. Long's career was cut short when he was assassinated in the Louisiana State Capitol building in 1935 by a Louisiana doctor related to a Long political opponent. Long was the model for one of the most famous characters in American political fiction -- Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men." Inscribed by T. Harry Williams to a previous owner (a history student) on the front endpaper. 844 pages, illustrated. Has a non-author gift inscription on the back endpaper. There's foxing on the endpapers and flaps of the dust jacket. The jacket also has a crease on the front flap.

Seller Inventory # 016193

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Huey Long: A Biography (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)