Master of the Senate the Years of Lyndon Johnson by Caro Robert a, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective cover. Signed by the author on the half title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. CL1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Robert A. Caro and inscribed to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and few small tears and some peeling on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing, scratches, scuffing and light wrinkling, black smudges on the inverted sides near the flaps due to the book cover, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, some light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in two-fold presentation of this book at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University on May 9, 2002. Book Three of Robert A. Carol's monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson - the most admired and riveting political biography of our era - which began with the best-selling and prizewinning The Path to Power and Means of Ascent. Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. It was during these years that all Johnson's experience - from his Texas Hill Country boyhood to his passionate representation in Congress of his hardscrabble constituents to his tireless construction of a political machine - came to fruition. Caro introduces the story with a dramatic account of the Senate itself: how Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun had made it the center of governmental energy, the forum in which the great issues of the country were thrashed out. And how, by the time Johnson arrived, it had dwindled into a body that merely responded to executive initiatives, all but impervious to the forces of change. Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all-powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term - the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate's hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the "unchangeable" Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron-fisted control. Caro demonstrates how Johnson's political genius enabled him to reconcile the unreconcilable: to retain the support of the southerners who controlled the Senate while earning the trust - or at least the cooperation - of the liberals, led by Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey, without whom he could not achieve his goal of winning the presidency. He shows the dark side of Johnson's ambition: how he proved his loyalty to the great oil barons who had financed his rise to power by ruthlessly destroying the career of the New Dealer who was in charge of regulating them, Federal Power Commission Chairman Leland Olds. And we watch him achieve the impossible: convincing southerners that although he was firmly in their camp as the anointed successor to their leader, Richard Russell, it was essential that they allow him to make some progress toward civil rights. In a breathtaking tour de force, Caro details Johnson's amazing triumph in maneuvering to passage the first civil rights legislation since 1875. Master of the Senate, told with an abundance of rich detail that could only have come from Caro's peerless research, is both a galvanizing portrait of the man himself - the titan of Capital Hill, volcanic, mesmerizing - and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings and personal and legislative power. It is a work that displays all the acuteness of understanding and narrative brilliance that led the New York Times to call Caro's The Path to Power "a monumental political saga. powerful and stirring." 9.5"x6.5", 1167 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Robert Allan Caro is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, which was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. He has since written four of a planned five volumes of The Years of Lyndon Johnson (1982, 1990, 2002, 2012), a biography of the former president. For his biographies, he has won two Pulitzer Prizes in Biography, two National Book Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement), the Francis Parkman Prize (awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that "best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist"), three National Book Critics Circle Awards, the H.L. Mencken Award, the Carr P. Collins Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, the D.B. Hardeman Prize, and a Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Caro the National Humanities Medal. Due to Caro's reputation for exhaustive research and detail, he is sometimes invoked by reviewers of other writers who are called "Caro-esque" for their own extensive research. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED (inscribed) by author on a bookplate affixed to half-title page. Huge 1167 page book. DJ rubbed with some edge wear and closed tear and crease on rear flap. $35.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. NOTE: No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed on book plate affixed to free front end paper. shelf wear to dust jacket edges with 1/2" tear to rear jacket. Small X in blue pen on top of free front end paper.1st ed/4th printing. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. SIGNED and warmly by the author on the title page. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. The book is absolutely clean, unmarked and appears mostly if not completely unread. The dust jacket has a National Book Award winner sticker commonly found on this example. A few slight spots of edge wear, but intact and clean, free of any sunning or soiling. A very nice signed and inscribed example. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket, Stated First Edition First Print, Signed to title page ,in a protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Complete four-volume set, all first printings and all SIGNED BY ROBERT CARO on the title page. Entire set in beautiful condition with no major flaws. Two minor flaws: trace of fading to bottom edges of boards of Volume One, and slight foxing to top page edges of Volume Three. Otherwise all volumes bright and clean inside and out. Dust jackets fine with only flaw being a very slight ripple at top of rear panel of Volume Three. A fabulous signed set of Caro's masterwork, suitable to give as a gift. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. First Editions, First printings. All volumes are stated First Editions. All volumes signed (signature only) on the title page. Volume 1 is near-fine in near fine dust jacket with $19.95 price. All other volumes are as new in dust jacket with original prices. PATH TO POWER is near-fine only due to three or four dots of very slight foxing to top edge. The dust jacket is near-fine only because of small crease on rear flap. NO SPINE FADING. Two photos of Robert Caro signing are laid in.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro, inscribed to the producer of 60 Minutes, Philip Scheffler. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo, xxiv, 1167pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to spine. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, light shelf wear, retail price on front flap. Inscribed on the half title: "For Phil Scheffler - from his friend, Robert A. Caro. March 27, 2002." Philip Scheffler (1930-2018) is remembered for his extensive career at the CBS News program "60 Minutes." He began his tenure at CBS News in 1951 as a copy boy and steadily climbed the ranks, eventually becoming the executive editor of "60 Minutes" and right-hand man for Don Hewitt. Scheffler continued to contribute to "60 Minutes" until his retirement in 2003, leaving behind a lasting legacy in broadcast journalism. He passed away on September 7, 2018, at the age of 85.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro, inscribed to the creator of 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo, xxiv, 1167pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to spine, faint soiling to top edge of text block. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, light shelf wear, retail price on front flap. Inscribed on the second free endpaper: "For Don Hewitt and Marilyn Berger, from their friend, Robert Caro. With true admiration for their own achievements. April 3, 2002." Don Hewitt (1922-2009) was the creator of 60 Minutes on CBS Television. His show won eight Emmy Awards and became the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. His wife, Marilyn Berger, was also a journalist, working for the New York Times and the Washington Post. This work by Robert Caro, Master of the Senate, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2002 National Book Award.

First editions of each volume in Robert A Caro's ground-breaking biography of President Lyndon Johnson, each signed or inscribed by Caro. Octavo, original publisher's gilt-lettered cloth, illustrated with numerous photographs and maps. The Path To Power [1982] is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Joel - Precious friend. Robert A. Caro Oct. 9, 2012." Means of Ascent [1990] is signed by the author on the title page. Master of the Senate [2002] is signed by the author on the title page. The Passage of Power [2012] is signed by the author on the title page. Each are near fine to near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by R.D. Scudellari. Spine of The Passage of Power jacket photograph of Johnson by Yousuf Karsh. A very sharp set. "Robert Caro's monumental work on Lyndon Johnson is nothing short of a masterpiece. His unparalleled research and gripping narrative not only illuminate the complexities of Johnson's political career but also offer profound insights into the nature of power and leadership in American politics. Through his meticulous portrayal of Johnson's rise and tenure, Caro provides readers with a vivid and often unsettling portrait of the interplay between personal ambition and political strategy" (Doris Kearns Goodwin). "Robert Caroâs The Years of Lyndon Johnson is an extraordinary achievement in American biography. Caroâs exhaustive research and his ability to weave a compelling narrative make this series a definitive study not only of Lyndon Johnson but of American political life itself. His portrayal of Johnson's complex character and his ruthless pursuit of power is both enlightening and chilling" (Richard Hofstadter). "A monumental work that redefines political biography" (David Greenberg).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL OVER 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE set includes SIGNED (ON TITLE PAGES IN MATCHING PURPLE SHARPIE) FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS of 1) THE PATH TO POWER, 2) MEANS OF ASCENT, 3) MASTER OF THE SENATE, 4) THE PASSAGE OF POWER. AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE ONLY. All Dust Jackets are covered in mylar. PUBLISHING ALERT ON BOOK 5: STATEMENT IN EDITOR ROBERT GOTTLIEB'S OBITUARY of JUNE 2023: "This monumental project stretched over four volumes, with the FIFTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT DUE LATER THIS YEAR. SHIPPING (WITHIN USA ONLY)CHARGE WILL BE $10.00 WITHIN USA OINLY. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First edition, first printing of each published volume of Robert Caro's biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Signed by Caro on the half-title page or front free endpaper of each volume. xxiii, 882, [3]; xxxiv, 506, [3]; xxiv, 1167, [5]; xix, 712, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt. Light reading wear to Vol. 1, else Fine in Fine dust jackets. An attractive set. Robert Caro is one of the most acclaimed biographers in American history. The Power Broker, his study of the urban planner Robert Moses, won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize and has served as a foundational text for urban planning students ever since. Caro has been working on his exhaustively-researched biography of LBJ for more than forty years, publishing the first volume in 1982. He is still at work on the fifth and final volume. Master of the Senate brought Caro his second Pulitzer, and his many other awards include two National Book Awards and the National Humanities Medal.