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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1st edition)
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About the Item
First edition (stated) of Robert Caro’s magisterial biography of Robert Moses, awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Biography and selected by Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Caro himself has been described in the New Republic as “the most influential biographer of the last century.” Published in 1974 by Alfred A. Knopf. Per the dust jacket, “For the sheer magnitude, depth, and authority of its revelations, The Power Broker stands alone—a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only the virtually unknown saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power, but the hidden story of the shaping (and mis-shaping) of New York through the past half-century.” Thick 8vo, original black cloth with pictorial dust jacket, cartographic endpapers, 1,246 pages plus an index, b/w illustrations interspersed. A handsome copy of this landmark work.
- Similar to:Norman Bel Geddes (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1974
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Gentle bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light creasing to fore edge of pp. 805-834. Light bumping, rubbing and some creasing to price-clipped dj.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU828548009332
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