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Caro | Robert A.

The Power Broker

First Edition | First Printing

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First edition of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and The Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro.

Thick octavo, [viii], 1246pp, [xxxiv index]. Black cloth, title in gilt. Red top stain, with some dust and wear along top edge of text block. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Clean text throughout, but previously read. In publisher’s first state dust jacket, $17.95 on front flap, wear along top edge and closed tear to top edge of spine, toning to spine, a very good copy.

This early work by Robert A. Caro won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1975 and is often cited as one of the best biographies of the 20th century.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Edition

First Edition, First Printing

Date Published

1974

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Very Good

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Author

Caro | Robert A.