On this page you can read about the 47titles that we have in stock on July 17, 2007, that are on our politics/law shelves at Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. Enjoy reading through, and please do place your order at any time. Thank you, yours, RAY
1. Adlow, Elijah, THE GENIUS OF LEMUEL SHAW: EXPOUNDER OF THE COMMON LAW, Massachusetts Law Quarterley, n.p., (1962), B&W frontis, 388pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Lemuel Shaw presided over the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts during the formative years of our Republic., (Order No: 46969 ), $10.00
2. Andersen, Kristi, THE CREATION OF A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, 1928-1936, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1979) 1st ptg, B&W tables and figures, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226018849 Places mobilization in the center of scientific analysis of the New Deal realignment sequence., (Order No: 35683 ), $14.50
3. Anderson, Jack (with Daryl Gibson), PEACE, WAR, AND POLITICS: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, Tom Doherty Associates, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 432pp, fine, wraps (softcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0312874979 Anderson tells how he uncovered the truth about President Kennedy's assassination, searched for Nazis in South America, broke the Savings and Loan scandal, was the first to discover the Iran "arms for hostages" scandal, and uncovered the mystery of Howard Hughes's death., (Order No: 24656 ), $2.00
4. Anson, Sir William R. and Guest, A. G., PRINCIPLES OF THE ENGLISH LAW OF CONTRACT AND OF AGENCY IN ITS RELATION TO CONTRACT - TWENTY-FIRST EDITION 1959, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, (1961) 21st ed, 608pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), For over sixty-five years ANSON ON CONTRACT has been recognized as one of hte leading textbooks of English law. In this new edition the book has been completely revised., (Order No: 34567 ), $30.00
5. Asher, Herbert, POLLING AND THE PUBLIC: WHAT EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW - THIRD EDITION, Congressional Quarterly, Inc, Washington, DC, (1995), 199pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0871877554, (Order No: 37369 ), $6.50
6. Bagdikian, Ben H., THE EFFETE CONSPIRACY: AND OTHER CRIMES BY THE PRESS, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1972) 1st ed, 159pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060101792 Bagdikian examines such problems as conglomerates, monopolies, absentee ownership, press agentry and free advertising, suppression of news, presidential manipulation of the news, and recent attempts from high quarters to bring the press to heel (viz. "The Great Nixon-Agnew Con Game")., (Order No: 15111 ), $7.50
7. Balz, Dan and Brownstein, Ronald, STORMING THE GATES: PROTEST POLITICS AND THE REPUBLICAN REVIVAL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1996) 1st ed, 424pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0316080381, (Order No: 10653 ), $5.00
8. Barrett, Laurence I., GAMBLING WITH HISTORY: RONALD REAGAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1983 1st ed, 511pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385179391, (Order No: 18642 ), $7.50
9. Bohannan, Paul (edited by), LAW AND WARFARE - STUDIES IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONFLICT, The Natural History Press, New York, 1967, 441pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), There are basically two forms of conflict resolution: administered rules and fighting - law and war., (Order No: 47606 ), $5.00
10. Bowen, Francis (compiled and edited, with notes by), DOCUMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA, FROM MAGNA CHARTA TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF 1789, John Bartlett, Cambridge, MA, 1854, 142pp, good, wraps (softcover) - some chips to spine and edges, From the preface, "While teaching the elements of Constitutional History and Law to successive classes in college, I have felt the want of a little manual, which should present in a form convenient for reference, the text, not only our our national Constitution, but of those state documents, whether pertaining directly to the history of England or of America, upon which some of the most important features of our Constitution are based, and from which, both in the spirit and the letter, it may be said to derive its parentage., (Order No: 44867 ), $65.00
11. Brunk, Gregory G. (compiled by), THEORIES OF POLITICAL PROCESSES: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE JOURNAL LITERATURE, 1965-1995, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1997) 1st ptg, 251pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313302596 Bibliographies and Indexes in Law and Political Science, Number 27, (Order No: 38328 ), $30.00
12. Campbell, Douglas S., THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MASS MEDIA: SELECTED CASES, SUMMARIES, AND ANALYSES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (1990), 243pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275934217 This book is a rare attempt to present comprehensive summaries including, not only succinct salient points of law, but also full arguments of the justices, all important points, and all dissenting as well as concurring opinions., (Order No: 38298 ), $45.00
13. Christoffel, Tom; Finkelhor, David; and, Gilbarg, Dan (written and edited by), UP AGAINST THE AMERICAN MYTH, Holt, Rhinehart, Winston, New York, (1970) 1st ed, 464pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0030853788 A RADICAL CRITIQUE OF CORPORATE CAPITALISM BASED UPON THE CONTROVERSIAL HARVARD COLLEGE COURSE, SOCIAL RELATIONS 148-149., (Order No: 31963 ), $7.50
14. Clift, Eleanor and Brazaitis, Tom, MADAM PRESIDENT: SHATTERING THE LAST GLASS CEILING, Scribner, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 351pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684856190 Two respected Washington pundits offer a forward-looking history of women in politics--from envelope-stuffing in the 1960s to the prospect of a woman president in the next decade., (Order No: 33481 ), $6.00
15. Craig, Stephen C. (edited by), BROKEN CONTRACT? CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AMERICANS AND THEIR GOVERNMENT, WestviewPress, Boulder, CO, (1996) 1st ptg, 336pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0813322634, (Order No: 37366 ), $15.00
16. Desmond, Charles S. (introduction by Harrison Tweed), SHARP QUILLETS OF THE LAW: FROM DECISIONS OF THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS, Dennis & Co., Inc., Buffalo, NY, 1949, sketches by Harris Steinberg, 245pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Judge Desmond's book gives a picture of the functioning of New York's highest Court., (Order No: 38277 ), $27.50
17. Dwyer, William L. (with a foreword by Norman Dorsen), THE GOLDMARK CASE: AN AMERICAN LIBEL TRIAL, University of Wisconsin Pr., Seattle, WA, (1984), 291pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple lines of underlining, ISBN 0295961635 William Dwyer was counsel for Goldmark and his wife, Sally. His gripping story of their nightmare and ultimate vindication is a classic of American trial court history., (Order No: 34832 ), $10.00
18. Feerick, John D. (foreword by Paul A. Freund), FROM FAILING HANDS: THE STORY OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION, Fordham University Press, New York, (1965), 368pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This book attempts to set forth a detailed account of presidential succession as reflected in the deaths and illnesses of Presidents, in the crises reflected in these events, and in the continuing growth in importance of the second office in the land--the vice-presidency., (Order No: 33997 ), $15.00
19. Fleming, Harold C. (with Virginia Fleming), THE POTOMAC CHRONICLE: PUBLIC POLICY & CIVIL RIGHTS FROM KENNEDY TO REAGAN, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1996), 285pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0820318361 Part history and part memoir of the institute's leader, Harold C. Fleming, this volume tells for the first time how the institute served as a creative broker of talent, ideas, and resources among minorities, activists, and interest groups., (Order No: 48497 ), $7.50
20. Galbraith, John Kenneth, NAME-DROPPING: FROM F.D.R. ON, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1999 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 194pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0618154531 Drawing on a lifetime of access to many of the greatest public figures, Galbraith creates a rich and uniquely personal history of the century--a history he helped to shape., (Order No: 28123 ), $3.00
21. Granger, Bill and Granger, Lori, LORDS OF THE LAST MACHINE: THE STORY OF POLITICS IN CHICAGO, Random House, New York, (1987) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 244pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039454238X, (Order No: 38847 ), $7.00
22. Greenstein, Fred I. (editor), LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN PRESIDENCY, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988, 430pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0674518551 Nine eminent political scientists and historians here present their assessments of the leadership styhles and organizational talents of presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan., (Order No: 51604 ), $10.00
23. Haar, Charles M. and Kayden, Jerold S., LANDMARK JUSTICE: THE INFLUENCE OF WILLIAM J. BRENNAN ON AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES, The Preservation Press, Washington, D.C., (1989) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 264pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891331328 This is the first book to analyze Justice Brennan's land use opinions and their impact on how we live. The authors assess 21 opinions and present extensive excerpts from them., (Order No: 43223 ), $12.50
24. Hightower, Jim, THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES - THEY'VE STOLEN OUR COUNTRY AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT BACK, Viking, New York, (2003) 5th ptg, 280pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670031410, (Order No: 40997 ), $10.00
25. Horn, Robert A., GROUPS AND THE CONSTITUTION, AMS Press, New York, (1971), 187pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0404509754 First published in 1956., (Order No: 38370 ), $25.00
26. Inglis, Fred, PEOPLE'S WITNESS - THE JOURNALIST IN MODERN POLITICS, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2002) 1st ptg, 416pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small bump top, ISBN 0300093276 Explores the relationship between journalism and politics in the 20th century and tells the stories of the journalists - both good and bad - who have played major roles., (Order No: 47271 ), $7.50
27. Kirby, Ephraim, REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT FROM THE YEAR 1785, TO MAY 1788; ..., Printed by Collier & Adam, Litchfield, CT, 1789, 456pp, good++ to very good, full calf leather (hardcover), "...WITH SOME DETERMINATIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS." Text is followed by A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS, 23 pages of essentially a glossary. This is followed by a page of errata, and then 5 pages of the 230 Subscriber's Names. Lawyers and judges faced a dilemma after the thirteen colonies won their independence because there was no publication of American legal reports during the colonial period on which American courts could base decisions instead of English law. Connecticut was the first state to address the problem and the legislature passed an act in 1784 requiring judges to submit written judgments which could be kept on file with the clerk of the court. There was no provision, however for the publication of the judgments. Ephraim Kirby, a private citizen, recognized the need and found the subscribers to support his assembling the reports. As a result, this is the first publication of decisions of an American court, the Superior Court of Connecticut, and Kirby is distinquished as the first reporter of court decisions, compiling the first volume of law reports in America. Published in Litchfield Connecticut, where the Litchfield Law School was established in 1773 as the first law school in the US. With only some light foxing, this is an exceptionally nice clean and tight copy in its original binding with spine label indicating KIRBY'S REPORTS of this important law book. We also have Root's REPORTS OF CASES - Two Volumes (1798 and 1802) uniformly bound with this book., (Order No: 49671 ), $650.00
28. Kotkin, Joel and Grabowicz, Paul, CALIFORNIA, INC., Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc, New York, (1982) 1st ed, 312pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) press release, ISBN 0892561793 "The people who own California control your future - whether you like it or not!", (Order No: 17486 ), $6.00
29. Kurland, Philip B., MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER AND THE CONSTITUTION, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1971), 235pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226464059 Offers diverse judicial opinions concerning judicial restraint, judicial tenure, stare decisis, separation of powers, reapportionment, freedom of speech, religion in schools, individual rights of privacy, criminal justice, the meaning of "due process," equal protection, and the Court's involvement in economic issues., (Order No: 34889 ), $12.50
30. Mansour, Camille (translated from the French by James A. Cohen), BEYOND ALLIANCE: ISRAEL IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, Columbia University Press, New York, (1994) 1st ptg, 324pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231084927 Exposes the controversy surrounding whether Israel is a strategic asset or burden to the United States, and examines the why behind the privileged American-Israeli relationship., (Order No: 39648 ), $27.50
31. McWilliams, Wilson Carey, THE POLITICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT: AMERICAN ELECTIONS, 1976-94, Chatham House Publishers, Chatham, NJ, (1995) 1st ptg, 211pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1566430283, (Order No: 37365 ), $9.00
32. Mitchell, Greg, THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CENTURY: UPTON SINCLAIR'S RACE FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE BIRTH OF MEDIA POLITICS, Random House, New York, (1992) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 667pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679411682 Author Greg Mitchell brings to life the raucous 1934 race in a day-by-day narrative rich in detail and anecdote., (Order No: 38131 ), $10.00
33. Moriarty, Gerald P. (translated from the French by), THE PARIS LAW COURTS: SKETCHES OF MEN AND MANNERS, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1894, B&W illustrations, 293pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), Written in collaboration with members of the Association of Journalists attached to the Paris Law Courts with the object to describe for the general public the organization and procedure of the Paris Law Courts, the history and customs of the Paris Bar, and the psycological aspect of that varied world whom interest or necessity attracts, day by day, to the Parisian Palace of Justice., (Order No: 40126 ), $60.00
34. Morone, James A., THE DEMOCRATIC WISH: POPULAR PARTICIPATION AND THE LIMITS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, BasicBooks, New York, (1990) 1st ptg, 402pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0465016022, (Order No: 28720 ), $6.00
35. Muller, Steven & Schweigler, Gebhard (editors), FROM OCCUPATION TO COOPERATION: THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED GERMANY IN A CHANGING WORLD ORDER, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1992) 1st ed, 288pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393033597 In this new collection of essays, a joint German-American effort sponsored by the American Assembly and Atlantik-Brucke, leading voices from both countries provide their views on what will unite and what will divide the United States and Germany in the 1990s., (Order No: 10685 ), $7.50
36. Newfield, Jack & Greenfield, Jeff, A POPULIST MANIFESTO: THE MAKING OF A NEW MAJORITY, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1972), 221pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, (Order No: 12895 ), $5.00
37. Powell, Theodore, THE SCHOOL BUS LAW: A CASE STUDY IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, AND POLITICS, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1960) 1st ed, B&W frontis, 334pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book attempts to be an objective study of the role of religious groups as a political force., (Order No: 35067 ), $14.50
38. Priestley, Joseph, AN INTERESTING APPENDIX TO SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. CONTAINING..., Robert Bell, Philadelphia, PA, 1773, good+, original full leather, raised bands (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Contains: I. Priestley's Remarks on some Paragraphs in the Fourth Volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the Dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The Case of the late Election of the County of Middlesex considered on the Principles of the constitution and the Authorities of Law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some Positions relative to Religious Liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the Laws of England. VI. Authentic Copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates... Condition note. A nice original copy, clean and tight with some light occasional foxing. Full calf with corner wear, and some scraping to leather. Raised bands original spine label, "LETTERS - TO - BLACKS". Original owner's bookplate "Property No...." on front paste down., (Order No: 40579 ), $1450.00
39. Root, Jesse (A Judge of the Superior Court), REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN SUPERIOR COURT AND SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1789-1798 - TWO VOLUME SET, Hudson and Goodwin, Hartford, CT, 1798 & 1802, good++, original full calf (hardcover), Two Volume Set complete, as follows: Volume I - REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT AND SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS, FROM JULY A.D. 1789 TO JUNE A.D. 1793; WITH A VARIETY OF CASES ANTERIOR TO THAT PERIOD PREFACED WITH OBSERVATIONS UPON THE GOVERNMENT AND LAWS OF CONNECTICUT. TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED SUNDRY LAW POINTS ADJUDGED, AND RULES OF PRACTICE ADOPTED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, 584pp, followed by: Index To The Introduction, Contents, Index, and Subscriber's Names. -- - Volume II - REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT AND IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FROM JUNE A.D. 1793, TO JANUARY A.D.1798; BEING FOUR YEARS AND A HALF, OR, NINE CIRCUITS., 536pp, followed by the Table of Contents. An exceptionally nice clean and tight set with only minimal light foxing and edgewear. Both volumes have red spine labels reading ROOTS REPORTS, and this set is uniform with our volume of Kirby's REPORT OF CASES... 1789 which is first volume of law reports in America. This two volume set continues Kirby's work in the state, and is seldom seen., (Order No: 49719 ), $750.00
40. Roucek, Joseph S. and Eisenberg, Bernard (edited by), AMERICA'S ETHNIC POLITICS, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1982) 1st ptg, 403pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, ISBN 0313220247 A political and social history of the United States observed through an ethnic lens., (Order No: 35005 ), $7.50
41. Russell, Judith, ECONOMICS, BUREAUCRACY, AND RACE: HOW KEYNESIANS MISGUIDED THE WAR ON POVERTY, Columbia University Press, New York, (2004) 1st ptg, 244pp, very good++, brown boards (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0231112521 A focused story about how the swirl of politics and personalities shaped the struggle of a secretary of labor and a Council of Economic Advisors chairman in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations., (Order No: 41112 ), $29.50
42. Slater, Philip, A DREAM DEFERRED: AMERICA'S DISCONTENT AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW DEMOCRATIC IDEAL, Beacon Press, Boston, (1991) 1st ptg, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807043044, (Order No: 34132 ), $6.00
43. Smith, Bruce Lannes; Lasswell, Harold D.; and, Casey, Ralph D., PROPAGANDA, COMMUNICATION, AND PUBLIC OPINION - A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE GUIDE, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1966) 4th ptg, 435pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1946. A comprehensive bibliography in the public opinion field with annotations., (Order No: 50202 ), $15.00
44. Stoel, Caroline P., and Clarke, Ann B., MAGNA CARTA TO THE CONSTITUTION - LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW, Magna Carta in America, Portland, OR, (1986), color illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0932575234 Catalogue of the exhibition of the same name., (Order No: 47820 ), $15.00
45. Tuck, Jim, THE LIBERAL CIVIL WAR: FRATERNITY AND FRATRICIDE ON THE LEFT, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, (1998), 291pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0761810889 A compelling account of the alliance between McCarthy and William Randolph Hearst helps explain why so many normal Americans succumbed to panic nearly half a century ago and resorted to witchhunts and blacklists., (Order No: 51570 ), $50.00
46. Wattenberg, Ben J., VALUES MATTER MOST: HOW REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS OR A THIRD PARTY CAN WIN AND RENEW THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, The Free Press, New York, (1995), B&W charts and graphs, 426pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) warmly inscribed by author, ISBN 002933795X Wattenberg vividly narrates the history of the values issue in American politics. He says that whichever party and candidates now best understand the social concerns of a restless electorate, and act upon these issues, will be rewarded in national, state, and local elections in 1996 and beyond., (Order No: 11749 ), $7.50
47. Weale, Albert, DEMOCRACY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1999), 236pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 031222091X Defining democracy as a system of government in which important choices in public policy depend, in a systematic way, upon public opinion, Weale argues that its key justification is its capacity to enable members of society to advance their common interests as political equals in a situation of human fallibility., (Order No: 38750 ), $40.00
48. Wellborn, Charles, TWENTIETH CENTURY PILGRIMAGE: WALTER LIPPMANN AND THE PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1969), 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807103039 Beginning with an intellectual biography of Lippmann, Wellborn traces the shifting patterns in Lippmann's thought across the years and examines his philosophy in relation to the nature of man, the malady of democracy, the meaning and function of law, and the relevance of religion., (Order No: 32878 ), $7.50
49. Yates, Douglas, THE UNGOVERNABLE CITY: THE POLITICS OF URBAN PROBLEMS AND POLICY MAKING, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1979) 2nd ptg, 219pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0262740133, (Order No: 43734 ), $6.00