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Notes as Vice President 1928-1929
by Dawes, Charles G. [General A.A. McHardy]
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- very good
- Signed
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- Condition
- Very good/near fine
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The memoirs of Vice President Charles G. Dawes, Notes as Vice President: 1928-1929, inscribed to General Alexander A. McHardy of the British Army.. Octavo, 329pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Light toning and rubbing to spine. Stated "Reprinted December, 1935" on copyright page. In publisher's scarce dust jacket, near fine, short closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, exceptionally bright illustrations. Signed on the front free endpaper: "For General and Mrs. McHardy, from their friend, Charles G. Dawes. April 23rd, 1936." Dawes met General A.A. McHardy near the end of World War I, when they were both appointed to the Military Board of Allied Supply, tasked with organizing supply operations between allied powers during the war effort. They remained friends, with Dawes visiting McHardy in Great Britain during his tenure as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10884
- Title
- Notes as Vice President 1928-1929
- Author
- Dawes, Charles G. [General A.A. McHardy]
- Illustrator
- The memoirs of Vice President Charles G. Dawes, Notes as Vice President: 1928-1929, inscribed to General Alexander A. McHardy of
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- first edition Charles Dawes, first edition Essays and speeches, the autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, signed book Calvin Coolidge, limited edition Calvin Coolidge, signed book Charles dawes, Vice President Charles Dawes, Portrait of an American Dawes
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