Conservatism

Conservatism

Buckley, Reid, Speaking in Public: Buckley’s Techniques for Winning Arguments and Getting Your Points Across (National Review Books, 2nd ed, 1st printing, 1988). ISBN 0-06-015930-8. Brother of William F. Buckley, Jr., Reid (1930-2014) ran the Buckley School of Public Speaking in South Carolina and wrote books and articles in his brother’s considerable shadow. Includes tops on crushing your opposition and how to tell Mike Wallace to go to Hell. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Inscribed on the end papers, “7-VI-95 for William B. O’Boyle w/best wishes, Reid Buckley.” HBB price: $25.

Buckley, William F., Jr., Overdrive: A Personal Documentary (Doubleday & Co., 1st ed., 1983). ISBN 0-385-18269-4. The celebrated conservative activist/writer documented a week in his life in this book. Reviewing it in The New York Times, Nora Ephron concluded, “A boy born to a small oil fortune grows up to be a man with three homes, five in help, a wife on the best-dressed list and the secure belief that even his preference in peanut butter will be of interest to his fans. His attitude toward life is so cheerful and good-natured - and what's more, he's right about the peanut butter - that it seems almost churlish to point out that it is possible to spend too much time in a limousine. The English used to say, give an Irishman a horse and he'll vote Tory, but never mind.” Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, good condition, autographed on bookplate. HBB price: $35.

Reed, Ralph, Politically Incorrect: The Emerging Faith Factor in American Politics (Word, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1994). ISBN 0-8499-1172-9. Ralph Reed, the wunderkind of the religious right in the 1980s and’90s, offers his one-volume version of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The themes are the same, twenty years on, but the examples are different: in 1994, Reed found homosexuality worth only two mentions. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, inscribed on the half-title page. Very good condition, as if unread. HBB price: $10.