risner henry clay (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second Edition. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. Second Edition (stated), (1930). 8vo. xiii,344pp. Blue cloth, gilt letters, unworn, and would have been near fine except a Contents leaf poorly opened resulting in ugly tear and portion of leaf loose. Dust jacket very good, spine soiled and with private sticker label, edges slightly worn. Introduction by George Gordon Battle. Signed & inscribed by Risner on the front endpaper using the entire page, to U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner, New York, "a master among statesman", dated Washington's birthday 1938. Risner writes about his various experiences, reminiscences, and encounters including while he was with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, German, after World War I. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages; Signed by Author.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. Introduction by George Gordon Battle. (illustrator). Very Good (covers bright with little faint spotting; contents clean & tight with little browning to title page; some wear (browning to spine & some edgewear (price-clipped) d/j. 8vo., dark-blue cloth, stamped in gilt, in dust jacket; 344 pages Second Edition of a very scarce book. Signed presentation from Rosner on the front endpaper: ?To Mr. Burton Craige, With best wishes, Henry Clay Risner. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. March 25, 1935.? Risner was a well-known publicist and platform orator. This book is his experiences and encounters and interviews with different people while with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz in Germany just after World War I. Burton Craige was a North Carolina lawyer. He was an attorney for the Reynolds Tobacco Company and served in the state?s General Assembly and its constitutional study commission. He was on the was on the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Craige Residence Hall there is named in his honor. Signed.