THE WILSON ERA; YEARS OF PEACE, 1910-1917.

Daniels, Josephus. Edgar Emerson Hartwig, 1913-1996 (previous owner). [Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924.]

Edité par Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press - UNC Press, 1944.

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First edition (per matching dates upon title and copyright pages) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xvi, 615 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16cm. Lacks dust jacket. Dark navy blue cloth with mild mottling occurring along board edges and joints as well as on spine; gilt stamping upon spine and front board remains bright; light bump at spine head. Toning to text block edges and endpapers; some staining to bottom edge at fore-edge heel corner. Raleigh, North Carolina bookseller ticket (The State Book Shop) affixed at bottom right of front pastedown. Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) served as Secretary of the Navy from 1913-1921 under President Woodrow Wilson as well as being US Ambassador to Mexico from 1933 to 1941 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Daniels followed YEARS OF PEACE with a second volume titled THE WILSON ERA; YEARS OF WAR AND AFTER, 1917-1923 (UNC Press, 1946). Also affixed to the front pastedown is the personal signed bookplate of USDA research agronomist and Mississippi State University Distinguished Professor Edgar E. Hartwig (1913-1996), a.k.a. "Mr. Soybean," who specialized in developing insect and disease resistant soybean varieties. An estimated ninety percent of soybean varieties grown in the southeastern United States originated from Hartwig's research. A very good copy with Daniel's two-line signed inscription on the front free endpaper: "Sincerely yours | Josephus Daniels.".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE WILSON ERA; YEARS OF PEACE, 1910-1917.
• Éditeur: Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press - UNC Press, 1944.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • American History