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Newton D. Baker: America At War; Based on the personal papers of this Secretary of War in the World War; His Correspondence with the President and important leaders at home and abroad; the confidential cablegrams between the War Department and Headquarters in France; The minutes of the War Industries Board, and other first hand material
de Palmer, Frederick
- Usado
- very good
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very good
- Librería
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1931. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Signed limited edition of Newton D. Baker: America At War by Frederick Palmer, with signature from Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker.. Octavo, two volumes, x, 421pp; x, 449pp. Blue leather, title in gilt on spine, raised bands, decorative gilt on covers. Light rubbing at top of spine, faint foxing to leafends, a very good example. Top edge gilt, uncut edges. Lacking the publisher's rare slipcase. Signed on limitation page by Newton D. Baker and the author, Frederick Palmer, this being number 89 of 996 signed sets. Newton D. Baker (1871-1937) served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland and Secretary of War from 1916-1921. As Secretary during WWI, he presided over the US military participation for the war. He notably selected John J. Pershing to head the American Expeditionary Forces. After leaving government office, he was a principle litigator in the case of Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Company, which established precedent for the constitutionality of zoning laws. In 1932 he was a candidate for President of the United States, but the convention chose Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 15358
- Título
- Newton D. Baker: America At War; Based on the personal papers of this Secretary of War in the World War; His Correspondence with the President and important leaders at home and abroad; the confidential cablegrams between the War Department and Headquarters in France; The minutes of the War Industries Board, and other first hand material
- Autor
- Palmer, Frederick
- Ilustrador
- Signed limited edition of Newton D. Baker: America At War by Frederick Palmer, with signature from Secretary of War, Newton D. B
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather bound
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited Edition
- Editorial
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1931
- Palabras clave
- Cleveland Politics, Democratic National Convention, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, W.W.I, world war one, League of Nations
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
