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Notes as Vice President 1928-1929
by Dawes, Charles G
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- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/good. Signed first edition, first printing of Notes as Vice President: 1928-1929, the memoirs of Vice President Charles G. Dawes.. Octavo, 329pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Light toning to spine. Stated "Published October, 1935" on copyright page. In publisher's scarce dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, chipping along edges, archival tissue reinforcement to hinges, closed tears and shelf wear. Signed on the front free endpaper by former Vice President Charles G. Dawes. Charles G. Dawes served as the 30th Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. Born on August 27, 1865, in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes was a banker, military general, and diplomat before entering the political arena. He developed the Dawes Plan in 1924, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The plan was designed to solve the World War I reparations problem that was stressing the economy of Germany and the international economic system. Prior to his vice presidency, Dawes served in World War I and was the first Director of the Bureau of the Budget in 1921. He passed away on April 23, 1951, in Evanston, Illinois.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Title
- Notes as Vice President 1928-1929
- Author
- Dawes, Charles G
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition, first printing of Notes as Vice President: 1928-1929, the memoirs of Vice President Charles G. Dawes.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First 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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