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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Cloth a bit sunned. Loose bookplate in front. (14)383pp. Photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [Anita Loos Copy with Her Art Deco bookplate] by Hammond, John Hays (SIGNED) & Anita Loos - 1935
by Hammond, John Hays (SIGNED) & Anita Loos
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [Anita Loos Copy with Her Art Deco bookplate]
by Hammond, John Hays (SIGNED) & Anita Loos
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. Complete Set. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN HAYS HAMMOND TO AUTHOR AND ACTRESS ANITA LOOS IN VOLUME ONE. Her striking and colorful art deco bookplates are in each volume. 813pp. Illustrated in black and white, bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, spines faded, a few tiny spots to covers otherwise a very good set house in publisher's slipcase with pictorial paper labels. Hammond was a mining engineer, diplomat and philanthropist. He was incharge of mining at Cecil Rhodes' mines in South Africa. Hammond was friends with President William Howard Taft and was appointed special United States Ambassador. Anita Loos was a screenwriter, playwright, author and actress best known for her novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
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- Date Published 1935
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HAYS HAMMOND; VOLUME 1
by Hammond, John Hays
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The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Hardcover. 1935. Thick 8vo 813pp . Good+ with no DJ. Two volumes published in one. B&W Illustrations. Green cloth. Spines faded .
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The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond [2 volumes]
by Hammond, John Hays
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Farrar and Rinehart, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2 volume set, in a slipcase that has been repaired(rather fair condition). shelf wear on the boards. spines have been lightly sunned. foxing and markings. 1 ownership plate in each copy. both copies remain neat and charmingly presentable, more so considering its age. heavy set, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond
by Hammond, John Hays
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Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States
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Farrar & Rinehart. Good. 1935. Hardcover. NY (1935). 2 vols green cloth, lightly rubbed and bumped. One has ripped glassine, the other without. End papers darkened.; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches .
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The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond
by Hammond, John Hays
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1935. fair to good in fair to poor box. 813 total, 2-vol. boxed set, illus., bibliography, index, some discolor ins bds, spines faded & spotted, box quite worn & edges torn. The author (1855-1936) was a U.S. mining engineer who helped to develop gold mining in South Africa and California. He was in London when the Spanish-American War broke out, and was pleased that English public sentiment favored the American side.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HAYS HAMMOND
by Hammond, John Hays ; [Mrs. Hennen Jennings' copy]
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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New York: Farrar and Rinehart. Very Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original green cloth bindings with gilt lettering at spines and front boards. Faded at spines, some offsetting from laid-in newspaper reviews. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the Author on ffep -- "To my devoted friend / Mary Coleman Jennings / In appreciation of my high / esteem for her father, her / husband and herself. / From / John Hays Hammond / March 1935." OCLC 472245289 John Hays Hammond (1855 1936), a mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist. He was raised in the Gold Rush days of San Francisco in which his father R. P. Hammond and his father's close friend William P. Coleman played significant roles. John Hays Hammond took his first mining job as a special expert for the US Geological Survey 1879-1880 in Washington, DC. He returned to California in 1881 to work for Senator Hearst, the mining magnate and father of William Randolph Hearst. In 1882, he was…
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