Brookings: A Biography (with card of Mrs. Robert Somers Brookings aka Isabel Valle Brookings) by Hermann Hagedorn - 1936

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $3.50 is still present on the front flap but the lower corner has been cut off. The underside of the jacket has been neatly reinforced along the top and bottom edges with masking tape. Over the decades the tape is darkened and become brittle and appears to be easily removed, though the glue has darkened the underside of the DJ as well as the pastedowns. Red cloth boards underneath her clean and bright with only minor edge bumps. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues and text pages are tight. The front pastedown contains a calling card from Mrs. Robert Somers Brookings with an address of 2700 Upton Street, which was their address. This card also has some pencil notes on it, it is unknown if this is from the authors wife or another person. The text pages are clean but the end pages shows some spotting and foxing along with the marks on the pastedowns that were mentioned earlier. The copyright page shows a single publication date of November, 1936.