blount winton (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. The cover has beige cloth. The cloth in the front gutter has a 1/2 in. split. The edges of the split are glued down, apparently as left by the binder. An inscription is on the title page, signed by the author as Red Blount. The content has an autobiography of this author, including being postmaster general, and a history of Blount International. Other content: color and b/w photos and other illustrations; index. Scans e-mailed upon request. Signed by one of the Authors.

The founder and CEO of international construction behemoth Blount International served under Richard Nixon as the last postmaster general to have cabinet rank (1969-72) before that agency became independent. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Huntsville, Alabama on 1969 August 2 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 6-cent "Alabama 1819-1969" stamp at upper right. No decorative printed cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address present. Near the center, Blount signs small but bold in black fineline. With 12 August 1969 TNS from assistant transmitting this and small portion of original transmittal envelope. Blount was born in Alabama -- hence the relevance.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. First Printing [stated]. 223 pages. Plate autographed by author message laid in. Illustrations. Index. Other significant Signature--Signature of B. Barr on fep--possibly former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr. Some edge soiling/discoloration. From Wikipedia: "Winton Malcolm Blount, Jr., known as Red Blount (February 1, 1921 October 24, 2002), was the United States Postmaster General from January 22, 1969 to January 1, 1972. He founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of the large construction company, Blount International, based in Montgomery, Alabama. Blount was the last Postmaster General when the position was within the presidential Cabinet. Born in Union Springs, Alabama, Blount served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, having trained as a B-29 pilot. However, the war ended before his training was completed. In 1946, Blount and his brother William Houston Blount started a building contractor company, Blount Brothers. The company worked on such construction projects as the First Avenue Viaduct in Birmingham, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, and Cape Canaveral's Complex 39A which launched Apollo 11 in Florida. In 1952, Blount was appointed the Alabama Chairman of Citizens for Eisenhower, then in 1960 Southeastern Campaign Chairman for Richard M. Nixon's unsuccessful presidential campaign against John F. Kennedy. In 1961, Blount was elected President of the Alabama Chamber of Commerce; in 1968, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce. In 1964, Blount was appointed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to the National Citizens Committee for Community Relations to advise the White House on the enforcement of the new Civil Rights Act of 1964 even though Blount had expressed doubts about the new law. In 1969, Blount was appointed as the Postmaster General by U.S. President Richard Nixon, and he supervised the transition in 1971 of the U.S. Post Office Department from a Cabinet-level department of the U.S. government to a special independent executive agency. He was hence the last Cabinet-level Postmaster General, and he served as the first director of the new U.S. Postal Service. Blount's assistant Postmaster General was James M. Henderson, an advertising executive from Greenville, South Carolina, who was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1970. Henderson persuaded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Apollo 11 astronauts to photograph the Moon for an image on a postage stamp. More than 140 million moon stamps were sold. In 1971, Blount's profile was depicted alongside that of Benjamin Franklin's on the face of a silver proof coin commemorating the inauguration of the new Postal Service. The commemorative coin was offered in a carrier with one stamp bearing a Philadelphia postmark from the old Post Office, and another from Washington D.C., placed by the new Postal Service." From Wikipedia: "Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. (born November 5, 1948) is a former federal prosecutor and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Barr joined the Libertarian Party in 2006 and served on its National Committee. He was the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.".

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 298pp - Color reproductions. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama catalogue. In original soft cover. Magazine stamps (2) otherwise in very good condition.

orig.wrappers. Color photo illustrations. (illustrator). 28x21cm, viii,134 pp., Series: Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology, no. 56. Minor rubbing. Rubberstamp to title-page. VG.