Behind the Ballots por Farley, James A - 1938-01-01

Harcourt, Brace, 1938. 9/39 5th ptg. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. Signed. [The Life of a Kingmaker] Autographed by James Farley. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Farley He was the campaign manager for New York State politician Alfred E. Smith's 1922 gubernatorial campaign and Roosevelt's 1928 and 1930 gubernatorial campaigns as well as Roosevelt's presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1936. 53rd United States Postmaster General. Includes related ephemera. Contents:I. My early life; II. The pre-election campaign of 1932; III. The birth of the New Deal; IV. The Post Office Department; V. The 1936 election; VI. F.D.R

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1938) 392 pp. Original blue cloth covers. Top corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Faint dampstain to top edges of first few leaves, not affecting any text. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear, tear, and chipping to edges. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of the author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Harcourt Brace. VG. (1938). Farley was the New Deal's Postmaster General under FDR. Francis B. Sayre's copy. .

ABC-CLIO, LLC. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Third printing. Very good with a lightly faded spine, light edgewear, a small ink stamp on the front pastedown. Inscribed by the author.

Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1938. Very Good Plus. Inscribed to Arthur Greenwood and signed by Farley.

Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1938. Stated first edition. Hardcover. very good/good. Signed by author. NOT an ex library book. Inscribed to . . . Postmaster, the former owner, signed by the author, dated May 26, 1939, on front endpaper. 392 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 2" tear top rear of spine, other short tears, peeling on edges. Price is not clipped.

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company [1938]., 1938. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Farley by Margaret Bourke-White. Original dark blue cloth stamped in green; top edge stained green. Very good. No other signatures or bookplates. Important memoir on F.D.R, The New Deal, Farley’s term as Postmaster General. Signed and inscribed by James Farley in green fountain pen ink on the front free endpaper: "To Dean Alfange, A real person, a great friend who has my respect and admiration. James Farley, Dec. 19, 1938.". Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.