The Conscience of a Conservative
Shepherdsville, KY: Victor Publishing Company, Inc., 1960.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Barry Goldwater, inscribed to the former owners, "For Joan + Jim For all you have done and for your friendship - Thanks Barry Goldwater." 123, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's original navy leatherette stamped in silver. Near Fine with faint wear to spine ends and tips, light toning to contents. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, modest toning and rubbing to panels and light edge wear. A surprise hit book from Arizona senator Barry Goldwater that became his manifesto in the 1964 US Presidential race against Lyndon Baines Johnson. Goldwater lost, but his Southern-oriented election strategy and his brand of populist conservatism would greatly influence the Republican Party for decades, rare in its first printing and signed.
Price: $2,000