2013, ISBN: 875779a47ce5137bef4e79df315e19cd

New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1948. First U.S. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. Apparent first U.S. printing of this entry in the "English Masters of Black-And-White". Cruiksha… More...

New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1948. First U.S. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. Apparent first U.S. printing of this entry in the "English Masters of Black-And-White". Cruikshank illustrated any number of classics, including Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Washington Irving. This slim voliume focuses on his long life and career, with many reproductions of his art. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, tan jacket. Very Good (slight lean to spine, a little yellowing of pages) in a VG jacket (no tears, some soil evident). Not price clipped ($2.50). A touch of paste residue to front flap and first FFEp pasted to front board., Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1948, 3, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 432 p. Illustrations. Sources. Index. This cherished collection of the words of America's founding fathers features selections from essays and correspondence written by such notable figures as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. Here are the words of our founders on piety, patriotism, honesty, justice, and other moral underpinnings of the good and honorable life. From Wikipedia: "William John "Bill" Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush. In 2000, he co-founded K12, a for-profit online education corporation which is publicly traded....Bennett was born in Brooklyn, the son of Nancy Walsh, a medical secretary, and F. Robert Bennett, a banker. He moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Gonzaga College High School. He graduated from Williams College, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Political Philosophy. He also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School. From 1976 to 1981 he was the executive director of the National Humanities Center, a private research facility in North Carolina. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan appointed him to head the National Endowment for the Humanities, where he served until Reagan appointed him Secretary of Education in 1985. Reagan originally nominated Mel Bradford to the position, but due to Bradford's pro-Confederate views Bennett was appointed in his place. This event was later marked as the watershed in the divergence between paleoconservatives, who backed Bradford, and neoconservatives, led by Irving Kristol, who supported Bennett. It was in 1986 that Bennett switched from the Democratic to the Republican party. Bennett resigned from this post in 1988, and later that year was appointed to the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy by President George H. W. Bush. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 97-2 vote. Bennett is a member of the National Security Advisory Council of the Center for Security Policy (CSP). He was co-director of Empower America and was a Distinguished Fellow in Cultural Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Long active in United States Republican Party politics, he is now an author, speaker, and, since April 5, 2004, the host of the weekday radio program Morning in America on the Dallas, Texas-based Salem Communications. In addition to his radio show, he is the Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute. Further work at the Claremont Institute includes his role as Chairman of Americans for Victory Over Terrorism (AVOT). He was also a political analyst for CNN until his termination in 2013....Bennett tends to take a conservative position on affirmative action, school vouchers, curriculum reform, and religion in education. As Education Secretary, he asked colleges to better enforce drug laws, supported a classical education rooted in Western culture, and derided multicultural courses. He frequently criticized schools for low standards. In fact, in 1988, he called the Chicago public school system "the worst in the nation." Bennett has tangled with the educational establishment (which he dubbed "the blob" or bloated educational bureaucracy) over the following reform measures, which he espoused: Competency testing for teachers Opening the teaching profession to knowledgeable individuals who have not graduated from "schools of education" Performance-based pay Holding educators accountable for how much children learn A national examination to find out exactly how much our children know Parental choice of schools[4] Bennett is a staunch supporter of the War on Drugs and has been criticized for his views on the issue. On Larry King Live, he said that a viewer's suggestion of beheading drug dealers would be "morally plausible." He also "lamented., Simon & Schuster, 1997, 3, Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley. Very good copy in full sheepskin binding. nd (ca. 1850). early ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 527 pp., Edited By Washington Irving; all edges & endpapers marbled ., Crissy & Markley, 3<

1850, ISBN: 875779a47ce5137bef4e79df315e19cd

Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley. Very good copy in full sheepskin binding. nd (ca. 1850). early ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 527 pp., Edited By Washington Irving; all edges & endpapers mar… More...

Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley. Very good copy in full sheepskin binding. nd (ca. 1850). early ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 527 pp., Edited By Washington Irving; all edges & endpapers marbled ., Crissy & Markley, 3<