Public Policy/International Relations

Coolidge, Calvin, Have Faith In Massachusetts (Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1919). Speeches by the then-new Governor. A must-have for enthusiasts of  Silent Cal’s minimalist government views (National Review anointed then to-be and not yet former Senator Scott Brown the New Coolidge). Deaccessioned from the Zephyr Hills, FL public library. No dust jacket but otherwise very good condition. Duodecimo, 275 pp. HBB price: $35.

Friedman, Thomas L., The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st ed, 1st printing, 2005). ISBN 0-374-29288-4. The New York Times columnist explains the ways of the world in another best-seller. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Octavo, 488 pp. HBB price: $125.

Doob, Leonard W., ed., “Ezra Pound Speaking”: Radio Speeches of World War II (Greenwood Press, Contributions in American Studies, #37, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1978). ISBN 0-313-20057-2. The foreword says, “The best reason for publishing Ezra Pound’s Italian broadcasts may be the simplest. Thousands of people have heard about them, scores have been affected by them, yet but a handful has ever heard or read them. Here they are.” Since his death in 1972, Ezra Pound has slipped into history’s embrace and people do not much know the influence he possessed before World War II, or the controversy he caused after it. Far from the sunny, affably clueless radio postcards of P.G. Wodehouse, Pound had an agenda and he was determined to push it. Fascist radio was all too happy to help. This book is a singular contribution to the history of the war era and understanding the life of Ezra Pound. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, Green boards, fine condition. Octavo, 465 pp. HBB price: $125.

Garreau, Joel, The Nine Nations of North America (Houghton Mifflin, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1981). ISBN 0-395-29124-0. This enormously-discussed book proposed breaking the US, Mexico and Canada into nine countries based on geographic and socioeconomic affinities. Given the “great sorting” that has gone on since and the increasing vogue for seccesh talk on the political right, its day may be returning. Hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition, underlined text by previous owner. Autographed. HBB price: $20.

Halberstam, David, The Next Century (William Morrow, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1991). ISBN 0-688-10391-X. One of America’s most astute writers took a look at things to come as the last century wound down. It’s remarkable how much he got right. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket fine condition. Quarto, 126 pp. HBB price: $50.

Roht-Arriaza, Naomi, ed., Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1995). ISBN 0-19-508136-6. Hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Fine condition; remainder mark on bottom of text block. Octavo, 398 pp. HBB price: $25.

Yergin, Daniel, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World (Penguin Press, 1st ed, 1st printing, 2011). ISBN 978-1-59420-283-4. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, new. With a Dow Chemical semitransparent illustrated band around the volume and a bookmark congratulating Yergin as “a most deserving recipient of the Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service.” Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, 804 pp. HBB price: $25.