Description
First edition of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and The Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro.
Thick octavo, [x], 1246pp, [xxxiv index]. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Red top stain. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Previous ownership inscription on half-title. Clean text throughout. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $17.95 on front flap, short closed tear to top edge of front panel, bright illustrations on spine, a near fine example. The best example of The Power Broker we’ve come across.
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.
