Paul B Beers (47 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book and dust jacket have only very light wear. New clear dust jacket cover added.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Text clean and pages intact with some age toning. Gift inscription to front blank endpage. Dust Jacket unclipped, with rips and tears along the edges, and a crease to front flap. 228 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Some rubbing along the edges of the cover. Pages inside are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/State History/PA. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: VG to VG-. Signed by the author. Some rubbing & edgewear; small creases/chips at edges & corners; yellowing; few scuffs/smudges; otherwise overall clean & tight. 228 pages. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Edge rubbed, clean and tight, in edge rubbed, scuffed DJ with some creasing, minor chipping. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. From Stackpole Books, past and present vignettes of the people, times and towns of the Susquehanna River. Softcover edition. Used but tight and complete. Pages lightly toned. Signed by the author on the title page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. BC3 - A hardcover book signed by author on the half-title page in very good condition that has less than half inch tear on the bottom spine, cocked, light tanning and shelf wear in poor dust jacket that is mylar protected, worn with scattered wrinkling, chipping, crease and tears, and discolored. . being a panoramic packet about its people, culture, politics - about is places and place in history, literature, the arts, sports, business, industry - about its soot, woods, violence, idealism. the 200-year story of a diversified Commonwealth. 9.5"x6.5", 256 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.…

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page. Slightly dampstained. Writing inside. Gifter's inscription on half title page. (US history, pennsylvania, PA).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. Probable First Edition. 228pp. Illustrations (drawings). A fine copy in a G+ dust jacket ( a couple of chips). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A sort of rough justice characterized the Pennsylvania political scene, this book argues, if we define justice in Learned Hand's words as "the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society." According to the Prologue: "Reform always has worked better in Pennsylvania as an issue-based effort, rather than a broad political movement." According to the Epilogue: "Although 1978 was a year of intense competition, in the end?in revisions so typical of Pennsylvania?both the old and the new politics were refuted, while the comfortable middle-road was chosen." Beers explains the Keystone State's rejection of ideological extremes by reviewing its traditional virtues: tolerance of diversity, independence in thought and action, and patience under adversity. "Pennsylvania is the vest-pocket edition of the world," said Governor Shafer in 1967, "the ethnographic mosaic," said historian Phil Klein in 1976; "kind and mild, sort of non-Puritanical," said novelist John Updilke in 1977. The book's lively narrative begins with Boss Matt Quay forcing his way into the U.S. Senate in 1900, ends with Governor Dick Thornburgh balancing the taxpayers' demand for budge-cutting against his party leaders' itch for patronage. Between 1900 and 1979 the story is told of the rogues (Penrose, the Vares, and Cianfrani), the reformers (Pinchot, Leader, and Duff), and the greater number whose real achievements were dimmed by implications of corruption (Earle, Fine, and Shapp). On balance the author tends toward Henry Adams's assessment of the Pennsylvanian: "In practical matters it was the steadiest of all American types; perhaps the most efficient; certainly the safest.".…

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A sort of rough justice characterized the Pennsylvania political scene, this book argues, if we define justice in Learned Hand's words as "the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society." According to the Prologue: "Reform always has worked better in Pennsylvania as an issue-based effort, rather than a broad political movement." According to the Epilogue: "Although 1978 was a year of intense competition, in the end?in revisions so typical of Pennsylvania?both the old and the new politics were refuted, while the comfortable middle-road was chosen." Beers explains the Keystone State's rejection of ideological extremes by reviewing its traditional virtues: tolerance of diversity, independence in thought and action, and patience under adversity. "Pennsylvania is the vest-pocket edition of the world," said Governor Shafer in 1967, "the ethnographic mosaic," said historian Phil Klein in 1976; "kind and mild, sort of non-Puritanical," said novelist John Updilke in 1977. The book's lively narrative begins with Boss Matt Quay forcing his way into the U.S. Senate in 1900, ends with Governor Dick Thornburgh balancing the taxpayers' demand for budge-cutting against his party leaders' itch for patronage. Between 1900 and 1979 the story is told of the rogues (Penrose, the Vares, and Cianfrani), the reformers (Pinchot, Leader, and Duff), and the greater number whose real achievements were dimmed by implications of corruption (Earle, Fine, and Shapp). On balance the author tends toward Henry Adams's assessment of the Pennsylvanian: "In practical matters it was the steadiest of all American types; perhaps the most efficient; certainly the safest.".…

Soft Cover. Condition: good+. 9" tall; 228pp; b/w chapter heads; color il'd cover; pp browning; prev. owner's name & address stamped inside back cover. Paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Local history. Printed covers have light edge wear, one corner crease. Interior clean and tight. Author signed inscription on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. About Very good in near Very good dust jacket. Ex-library copy.

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