M R Werner John Starr (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. This special edition has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Red quarter leather binding with gilt embellishments to the front and back and gilt title, author and embellishments at the spine. Four raised bands at the spine. Gilt fore-edges, marbled front and back inside boards and end-papers, and sewn in silk ribbon marker. BS/BS9173 052020.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Reprint. (petroleum, public lands, Albert B. Fall, trial).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. x. Illustrations. Index. 306pp. Illustrated lining papers. Orange cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Spine slightly sunned. No Dust Jacket. Teapot Dome Scandal in the President W. G. Harding administration. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dustjacket as Issued. Special Edition. Spine bound in leather; all edges gilt. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. "The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. The leases were the subject of a seminal investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies, Fall became the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison; no one was convicted of paying the bribes.Before the Watergate scandal, Teapot Dome was regarded as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very Good. very nice book and dust jacket 1st ed.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Illustrated in black and white. 306 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (lightly worn and torn, sunned spine). New York: The Viking Press, 1959. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "The Teapot Dome Scandal is not only the story of an enthralling piece of real-life detection: it is also a devastating commentary on the American scene on the 1920s, in which crooked oil barons, thieving politicians, apathetic congressmen, jury-fixing henchmen, and a gullible president left their ignoble mark upon the pages of history". So reads the publisher's blurb on the front fold-in of the dustjacket. Black paper-covered hardback binding, yellow printed title to spine, 306 pages. No inscriptions or marks to the text. Unclipped dust jacket has edge-wear only. Throws interesting light on the origin of the wealth that enabled Estelle Doheny, wife on one of the crooked oil men, to amass an exceptional library which eventually sold in the 1980s for over $30 million.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. A complete cover but with much wear with small tears along the extremitires of the dust jacket. Thirteen illustrations inside the book plus the ones on the inside cover, the front end paper and back cover of the dust jacket. this book is from the estate of Twin Cities collector, Grace Reiter; it is unmarked except for her signature sand embossed name.…

Condition: Fair. 1961. First Published in GB. 306 pages. Yellow and black dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Pencil mark to front flap. Light tanning to spine and edges. Marking to rear panel.…

Quarter Leather. Condition: As New. No Dust Jacket. A deluxe facsimile edition presenting an account of the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s. In his introduction, series chairman Alan M. Dershowitz explains that corruption isn't rare, but exposing it, and punishing its perpetrators, is. This scandal was centered around outright theft and bribes in exchange for leasing rights to oil at the US Navy Petroleum Reserve in Wyoming (known as Teapot Dome). With numerous political cartoons. This facsimile of the original 1959 Viking Press edition is an entry in the Notable Trials Library series. --- In dark red cloth backed in darker red bonded leather, with fancy decorations in gilt to covers & spine, titling in gilt to spine, with four raised spine bands and sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. AEG (all edges gilt), with attractive faux marbled endpapers. --- An about-Fine copy: bright, newish and lacking damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [6], x, 306, [2] pages.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Chipped DJ. First Edition. 306pp Illus "A mammoth conspiracy.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Teapot Dome, M. R. Werner and John Starr. Published by Gryphon Editions, New York, New York, 1993. Special edition privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Quarter leather binding with gilt embellishments to front, back and spine; gilt edges, marbled front and back inside boards and end-papers, silk ribbon marker. In fine, unread condition. A detailed account of the Teapot Dome scandal, which was one of the biggest political scandals in American history, which involved the administration of President Warren G. Harding 1921-1923. The scandal centered on the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves by the United States government to private oil companies, leading to allegations of corruption and bribery. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in an uncommonly fine dust jacket, tight and bright, with just a faint bit of sunning to the spine. (K-7.).

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has significant edgewear and is a touch faded with staining to the majority of the verso. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The pages clean and bright notwithstanding the limited age-toning; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with yellow titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.9 kg); pp (x) 306; Index; Includes: Black & white drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197735 ||.…

Condition: Good. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some nicks and tears. Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some nicks and tears.

Condition: As New. Like New condition. (public lands, petroleum, united states, teapot dome scandal, 1921-1924) A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Werner, M.R. John Starr. Teapot Dome. The Viking Press, 1959. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1993. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. x, 306 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * A comprehensive look at the Teapot Dome oil leasing scandal of the 1920s, which stood as the benchmark for American political corruption prior to Watergate. This specialized Notable Trials Library edition is sought by legal historians and collectors for its design and the legal commentary supplied by noted legal scholar Alan M. Dershowitz.…

Werner, M.R. and John Starr. Teapot Dome. The Viking Press, 1959. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1993. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. x, 306 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Black cloth gold gilt lettering. 8to. 306pp. 13 b/w illust. Near fine copy in a very good d/w. with two minor tears an light edge wear. Rare.

pp. 306. A few text illustrations. Slightly worn dust wrapper, a good copy.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in quarter leather boards. Gilded text block edges. The Notable Trials Library.; The Notable Trials Library.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1964 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 922 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 922 Volume 691 (1964) - 735 (1967).…