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. Light spotting to edge of text block, internally generally clean. Solid text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $17.95 on front flap, “9/74” code on rear panel, crude tape repairs to verso, notable shelf wear, light sunning to the spine, a very good example.
A solid example, with the common wear associated with this work.
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.
