Logan mrs john a editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Maroon cloth binding with gilt print on the cover and spine. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is some foxing on some of the end papers. There is a small tear at the base of the title page. The cover has edge wear and some cloth bleach spotting along the top front edge along with a couple of small soil spots. The spine has some cloth bleach spots on the top end. Superbly illustrated with fifty full page photogravure plates from photographs made by special permission of the United States Government expressly for this work. From Washington to Taft's Administration. 770 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [8], xxxii, [2], 33-752, [2] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Superbly illustrated with fifty full-page photogravure plates from photographs made by special permission of the United States Government expressly for this work. Photograph of Mrs. President Roosevelt seated at her desk in the Library of the remodeled White House--from her latest photograph, approved by herself, and engraved expressly for this book [precedes title page]. In presenting this volume, in the preparation of which the utmost care has been taken, and no expense considered too great, I have endeavored to meet the demand for a story of the birth and growth of our National Capital, and for a comprehensive and interesting description of the countless and mighty interest that center there. The sketches of the Presidents of the great Republic, from Washington to McKinley, together with those of the ladies of the White House, whose influence has often been "the power behind the throne," I am sure will claim the interested attention of my readers. My first introduction to life in the city of Washington was in 1858, General Logan being then a member of Congress, and for more than thirty years I have lived there almost continuously, an interested observer passing events. It has been my aim to show my readers, both by word and pictorial art, the wonders and workings of the elaborate machinery of Government in motion, by leading them through the great national buildings and explaining what the army of busy men and women workers do and ow they do it; to show them the works of art, and the architectural glories and priceless treasures of the Capital; to portray not only daily life at the White House, past and present, but its brilliant social and official functions as well. …