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Cover of envelope, 9.5 x 13 cm. Aged and discoloured. Partial official postmark in red. Addressed by Smith at centre to 'Thomas Thatcher Esqre | 44 College Green | Bristol.' Signature in bottom left-hand corner: 'W. H. Smith'.

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1. Original-Farblithographie auf rückseitig unbedrucktem Blatt, Blattgröße ca. 27 x 20 cm, unterhalb der bildlichen Darstellung faksimilierter Namenszug, sehr gut erhalten, selten 1100 gr.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Inscribed to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, the first edition of Turmoil and Triumph by former Secretary of State George P. Shultz. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo, 1184pp. Blue boards, blue cloth spine, title in gilt on spine, embossed initials on cover. The first printing, with a full number line on copyright page. Wear to cloth spine, previously read by the recipient. In the publisher's dust jacket, near fine, with $30.00 price on front flap, touch of shelf wear. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Paul O'Neill / You have my respect and admiration and my thanks for your support and friendship over many years. George P. Shultz." A notable association copy between two United States Cabinet Secretaries. Paul O?Neill (1935-2020) served as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from January 2001 to December 2002 under President George W. Bush. Before his government role, he was chairman and CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999. O?Neill joined the Office of Management in Budget (OMB) in 1967, serving as its deputy director from 1974 ? 1977, before returning to the private sector when Gerald R. Ford lost the 1976 election. O'Neill joined the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation in 1981, serving until his death in 2020. O?Neill was known for his outspoken views on economic policy and opposition to the Bush administration?s tax cuts. His tenure was marked by tensions with other officials, and he was asked to resign in December 2002. After leaving office, he criticized the administration?s decision-making process in the 2004 book The Price of Loyalty.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. The first edition of Presidential Decision Making: The Economic Policy Board by Roger B. Porter, inscribed to the future Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 265pp. Black cloth, title stamped on spine. Stated "First published 1980" on copyright page. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Paul O'Neill / With great admiration and fond memories of many hours spent together and with deep appreciation for your unfailing friendship. Roger Porter / July 1980." Porter and O'Neill served together during the Ford administration. Paul O?Neill (1935-2020) served as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from January 2001 to December 2002 under President George W. Bush. Before his government role, he was chairman and CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999. O?Neill joined the Office of Management in Budget (OMB) in 1967, serving as its deputy director from 1974 ? 1977, before returning to the private sector when Gerald R. Ford lost the 1976 election. O'Neill joined the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation in 1981, serving until his death in 2020. O?Neill was known for his outspoken views on economic policy and opposition to the Bush administration?s tax cuts. His tenure was marked by tensions with other officials, and he was asked to resign in December 2002. After leaving office, he criticized the administration?s decision-making process in the 2004 book The Price of Loyalty.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presentation copy from Secretary of the Treasury, John Sherman, the first edition of Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation: 1859-1878. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, vii, [1], 640pp. Quarter leather, marbled boards. Title in gilt on spine, raised bands. Ex-library, with "Cincinnati Law Library" label on both boards, stamp on title page. Internally clean, solid text block. Marbled endpapers. Includes card affixed to second free endpaper: "With compliments of" in Secretary of the Treasury, John Sherman's hand. John Sherman (1823-1900) was an American politician who served in several key government positions, including Secretary of the Treasury (1877-1881) under President Rutherford B. Hayes and Secretary of State (1897-1898) under President William McKinley. As Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman was instrumental in the implementation of the Specie Payment Resumption Act of 1875, which aimed to restore the gold standard and stabilize the post-Civil War economy. During his tenure as Secretary of State, although brief, he dealt with significant foreign policy issues, including tensions with Spain that preceded the Spanish-American War. Sherman also had a long legislative career, serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and as a member of the House of Representatives, where he was a key advocate for economic and monetary reforms, including the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Signed first edition of The Theodore Roosevelt Treasury compiled by Hermann Hagedorn. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 342pp. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, Theodore Roosevelt's signature blind stamped on front cover, frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt, clean text with minor toning to endpapers. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket in rich colors of red and gold, retail price of $6.00 on front flap, light soiling to cover with scuff mark along spine, small dampstain on the interior bottom edge of spine, small tears along top/bottom edges with some chipping to top edge of spine. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: "For C.D. Jackson / with the consciousness that TR / would approve the kind of Americanism / that he presents in the pages of Life - / with best wishes, / Hermann Hagedorn / 1958." Charles Douglas "C.D." Jackson (1902-1964) was an executive with Time, Inc. He began working for the company in 1931, and over the years, he held various positions, including publisher of Fortune and Life magazines. Periodically, Jackson took leaves of absence from his executive duties to take on military, diplomatic and political assignments. During World War II, being an expert in psychological warfare, Jackson was Deputy Chief of the Psychological Warfare Division, SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force), and in the early 1950s, he served as Special Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, advising the White House on international affairs, cold war planning and psychological warfare.

I. 2 blank sheets, XVII (I); 537 pages, with 78 xylographic illustrations in the text; 86 singleside-printed toned or colour-lithographic plates (incl. portraits after Daguerreotypes by Eliphalet Brown) and 3 foldout-colourplates of japanese woodblock-prints (89 plates in total) and 3 geographical maps (1 foldout) bound within; 2 blank sheets. / II. (House Edition, 1857). (8) 414, (1) 14 pages ('Treaty of Ka-na-ga-wa'[Kanagawa], the first document ever negotiated by the Empire of Japan with any western nation according to International Law), (1) XI (1) p.; some xylographic text-illustrations, 4 (3 coloured) lithographic plates 'Agriculture of China', 22 (of 23, 17 [hand-]coloured) plates of Natural History (Yack, Japanese Fox), Ornithology (Japanese Birds, 5 of 6), Ichthyology (Japanese Fishes, 10), Conchyology (Japanese Shells, 5); 3 (2 folded) maps in the text, 16 plates with meteorological diagrams; 15 of 17 very large multiple folded maps at the end. / III. XLIII, 705 pages with 365 (of 366) astronomic xylographic plates (lacking plate 66); all plates in I and II on singleside printed cardboards. - I. Thick and heavy 'night-blue' full morocco-binding of the period over 4 raised bands with gilt-ornamental frames at panels and bands and gilt title and owner's name ('P. G. Washington') at bottom-of-spine, colour-marbled endpapers; II./III. Blind-tooled (naval motive) publisher's cloth bindings; lex.-4to.(ca. 31 x 23 x 20 cm; ca. 9 kg.). *** [Ausklingender FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 14.05.2026 / Expiring SPRING-SALE until Thursday, May 14, 2026: um über 45% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 45%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 1.800,-] --- (Sabin #30958, Cordier 'Japonica' #513, Nissen ZBI #3132) I. FIRST EDITION, BIBLIOPHILE BOUND ORIGINAL; THE SENATE-EDITION (Senate executive Documents #34 of 33rd Congress, 2nd Session), published parrallel to Nicholson's 'House-Editon'. - FIRST BLANK SHEET WITH 4-LINE INSCRIPTION ''to Baron Gerolt / with the kind regards / of P. G. Washington / Feby. 16 1857''. Peter Grayson Washington (1798-1872), son of the Nephew of a Cousin of George Washington (1732-1799, American Founding Father and first President of the United States) served as 'Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Virginia New York City'; Friedrich Karl Joseph Freiherr von Gerolt (1797-1879) was the German-Prussian 'Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States' and has been the longest-ever serving ambassador of Germany in the U.S. In the quarter+ century of service, Gerolt met presidents James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant. As a studied mining geologist (Freiberg Mining Academy) in ''1824 he travelled to Mexico as an agent of the German-American Mining Association, where significant silver mines were suspected. Together with Carl de Berghes, also an Mining Association Agent, he published the 'Carta geognostica de los principales distritos minerales del Estado de Mexico' in 1827 with Arnz & Comp., a special mineralogical map of central Mexico, which is considered the first geological map of Mexico printed in colour.''(german wikipedia). - Corners of the leather-binding partly somewhat rubbed, panels slightly rubbed and slightly scratched; some textpages opposite of lithographic plates with slight offsetting (shadow) last sheets with slim humidity-stain at top sharp-corner, last 10 sheets (incl. rear endpaper) with small hole in the blank bottom margin; A MAGNIFICIENT COPY WITH A 'WELL NAMED' ASSOCIATION OF THE PERIOD. --- II. Binding somewhat rubbed, lacks plate 6 of Ornithology and textpages 257-262 (beginning of Ichthyology); Acceptably used. / III. Binding rubbed, many pages with humiditystain at foreedge or top sharp-corner (growing towards the end), lacks zodiac-plate #66 (of 352). --- MAIN OFFER IS THE LUXOURIUS EQUIPPED AND COMPLETE HISTORIC ASSOCIATION COPY OF VOLUME I; Vols. II and III have been added from another set to create scientific completeness (more or less). . .