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Beautifully signed in red: J. Anthony Lukas on first page (see picture). Clean text. Unclipped price ($15.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Small folds and shelf wear in top of jacket on spine.
Book in very good condition and dust jacket in very good condition J. Anothony Lukas was an extraordinary talented writer and researcher twice winning the Pulitzer Prize. Lukas suffered from depression ultimately committing suicide by hanging. Lukas began his professional journalism career at the Baltimore Sun, then moved to The New York Times. He stayed at the Times for nine years, working as a roving reporter, and serving at the Washington, D.C., New York City, and United Nations bureaus, and overseas in Ceylon, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa and Zaire. After working at the New York Times Magazine as a staff writer and freelancer for a short time in the 1970s (where he notably covered the Watergate scandal in two issue-length articles that served as the basis for a 1976 book,… Read More

Inscribed on the half title page: For Dan Moll Garry WillsBook in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good plus condition. Jacket has some minor rubbings on front with some chips near bottom. Chips at both top and bottom of spine. Rear of jacket has two small chips near top and one small chip near bottom. Clean text. Price unclipped ($10.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. This book landed Garry Wills on Nixon's master list of political opponents. This list was an expansion of the original Nixon enemies list of 20 key opponents of The President

Association Copy. Inscribed on front end page: For my old friend and comrade Lawrence Y. Sherman With affectionate regards Charles G. Dawes Oct 20th 1935Note: Sherman was a U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1913-1921. Senator Sherman was one of the more colorful characters in the Senate. As one of the group of senators known as the "irreconcilables" or the "bitter-enders", Sherman opposed the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and of U.S. involvement in the League of Nations, and according to Historian Aaron Chandler, played a key role in its defeat. He characterized the treaty as "humanitarian in purpose, but impracticable in operation", and believed the league would be weak.Laid in is original card stock invitation for the 50th Wedding Anniversary of the Dawes in Evanston in 1939. Laid in is a lengthy letter from the housekeeper for Senator Sherman declining the invitation to attend the 50th Wedding Anniversary of the Dawes. The letter is fascinating and describes many details of the… Read More