essays speeches extracts journal rufus von dawes charles (3 Ergebnisse)

Leather bound. Zustand: Very good. First edition of Essays and Speeches by Charles G. Dawes, inscribed to his sister. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 427pp. Three-quarter brown morocco, title in gilt on spine, raised bands. Reinforced hinges. Decorative binding done by The Riverside Press. Frontispiece portrait opposite title page. Top edge gilt. Ex-library copy, with bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Inscribed by Vice President Dawes to his sister, with the following inscription: "For my sister Bernie D. Hoyt, with affectionate regards. Charles G. Dawes. Sept 17th, 1915." Charles G. Dawes was the 30th Vice President of the United States under President Calvin Coolidge and Ambassador to Great Britain under President Herbert Hoover. This book details the speeches of Rufus Dawes, the father of Charles Dawes and military officer during the American Civil War. Rufus Dawes was known for his service with the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1915 First Edition Hardcover Fine/No Dust Jacket Houghton Mifflin Co, Pub, Boston, MA, 1915, 1st edition, with Portraits, fine condition, bound in 3/4 leather, marbled end-pages, gilt top edge, ribbon page marker, Charles G Dawes, Fine Bindings.

First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the initial binder's blank, "For my dear friend of many years William J. Calhoun from Charles G. Dawes", in a presentation binding by the publisher. The recipient was the author's close friend, the diplomat William J. Calhoun (1848-1916). Calhoun wrote a report for President William McKinley advising war with Spain, which had a major influence on persuading McKinley to enter the Spanish-American War. He afterward served as commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission and from 1909 to 1913 as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China. Present in China during the 1911 Revolution, he arranged for President William Howard Taft to send marines to protect the legation. Dawes likewise worked for McKinley. He later held the roles of Vice President and Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is most famed for the Dawes Plan, which temporarily resolved the issue of German reparations following the First World War. This collection of essays and speeches focus on questions of banking and trust reform, which at this stage of his career was his principal interest, and for which he had garnered a national reputation. It also includes extracts from the journal and speeches of his forebears. Octavo (213 x 141 mm). Photogravure frontispiece and 2 similar plates with tissue-guards. Original presentation binding of black half morocco by The Riverside Press, spine lettered in gilt, marbled sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy.