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Santa FE: Sunstone Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on front . endpaper, and signed on title page. Jacket has light front flap creases.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. The inside story of the sex lives, the disasters, comic episodes, and the general mayhem of those who report the crime of a great city is faithfully recorded by one of the founding members of the New York Press Club. ; 9.25 x 6 x 0.75 inches; 160 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Macmillan. Good; "Delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St . George February 24, 1893." Covers rubbed, edge wear, fraying top of . backstrip.. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. George William Curtis (1824 - 1892) was an American author, orator, and civil service reformer. In 1862, he delivered his "Doctrine of Liberty" address at Harvard on behalf of President Lincoln.   In 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him as Chair to the commission of civil service reform. A prolific speaker, one of his last public appearances was in April 1992 when he delivered his 11th Annual Address as president of the National Civil Service Reform League.; 24mo .