Author: HANNA, Mark
Title: Mark Hanna: His Book
Description: Boston, The Chapple Publishing Co, 1904. Hardcover. Introduction by Joe Mitchell Chapple. 12mo. Teal blue cloth with front board white lettering and decorations and black/white pictorial stamping. 84pp. Near fine. Hand-lettered paper shelf label near spine foot. A bright and lovely first edition of this slim volume published just after the 1904 death of this hugely powerful and influential Republican businessman who orchestrated William McKinley's two presidential campaigns and served as senator from Ohio (1897-1904). Tipped to the front flyleaf is a near fine Hanna signature in brown ink on a heavy stock 3½" X 2" card. Front board (only) notes the two essays that constitute this text: "Socialism & Labor Unions" and "W. McKinley as I Knew Him." From the library of Hanna's Senate colleague and fellow bimetallism and tariff advocate: William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. According to Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff.. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation.." A primo copy bearing choice signature from the collection of a close Hanna colleague. .

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