Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet 1913 to 1920; With a Personal Estimate of the President -- 2 volumes
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [12], 369 pages, frontispiece and 1 additional leaf of illustration; [1], 360 pages, frontispiece and 1 additional leaf of illustration; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titles and author's facsimile signature on front covers. Top page edges gilt. Plain dust jackets printed in black and red. Stated First Edition. With a calling card bearing a message indicating that this was a gift from American banker and stock broker Lewis Iselin (1879-1928) and his wife Marie de Neufville (1883-1979). The author, David F. Houston, served as Secretary of Agriculture (1913-1920) and then as Secretary of the Treasury (1920-1921) under President Woodrow Wilson. Books are in Near Fine Condition: discoloration on front endpapers of vol. 2; a few pages opened carelessly; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jackets are in Good Condition: spines are sunned; rubbed and lightly soiled; chipping at heads of spines; closed tears of 1 cm. and less from upper edges; solid. Near Fine / good. Item #011921
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