COOLIDGE, Louis Arthur, and REYNOLDS, James Burton

The Show at Washington

Washington, DC, Washington Publishing Company, 1894. Paperback. 24mo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers with modern brown cloth tape spine. 241pp. Good only. Outer corners of original front wrapper chipped and remainder a tad soiled and scuffed; added brown cloth tape spine neat and strong; text block tight and clean for the most part, with minor chipping to preliminary leaves; ownership signature (John E. Flynn) on title page and pencilled on bottom page edges; a few page references inked on inside rear wrapper and lightly pencilled on rear inner flyleaf. Typically worn and well-thumbed first softbound edition of this gossipy name-dropping "insider" chronicle about D.C. politicians and celebrities by these two Washington correspondents (Coolidge for the "New York Recorder," Reynolds for the "Boston Advertiser"). But what interests and intrigues about this copy is its provenance: It hails from the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81), who likely inherited it from his father Adlai II (1900-65), Illinois governor and two-time presidential candidate, who may have inherited it from his grandfather Adlai I (1835-1914), postmaster general and U.S. vice president under Cleveland -- who was in office at the time of its publication. That's a lot of "maybe"s, but it's a realistic possibility. He is gossiped about on pages 67-68 and makes other brief appearances. .

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Book number: 47455

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Americana

COOLIDGE, LOUIS ARTHUR AND JAMES BURTON REYNOLDS

The Show at Washington

Washington D. C.: Washington Publishing Company, 1894. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and fraying to the spine ends of the book covers. There are spots of ground-in dirt to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a penciled previous owner's name on the front endpaper. "LOUIS ARTHUR COOLIDGE, graduate of Harvard College; formerly AssistantSecretary of the Treasury; influential in civic affairs both in state and nation; at one timepresident of the famous Gridiron Club of Washington; author of biographies important inthe political history of this country; distinguished for welfare service during the war; leading citizen of Boston who exemplifies New England ideas of duty and service." (from Bowdoin education site). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 41576

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: Politics Louis Arthur Coolidge James Burton Reynolds Humor Political Sketches Congress Washington D. C. Anecdotes