Author: STEVENSON, Adlai E.
Title: Die Bürde Amerikas
Description: Cologne, Germany, Verlag für Politik und Wirschaft, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with blue lettering, dust jacket. 107pp, (3pp). Very good/very good. Binding is pristine, while text block shows the usual moderate and even age toning; jacket shows faint edgewear only. Quite tight and attractive first German edition of the Illinois governor and Democratic presidential candidate's 1954 book based on a Harvard University address, "Call to Greatness" -- given the title "America's Burden" in this edition. This was the personal copy of Governor Stevenson (1900-65) sent him by the German publisher and hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). Quite uncommon and a unique family copy. .
Keywords: Americana
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Title: Die Bürde Amerikas
Description: Cologne, Germany, Verlag für Politik und Wirschaft, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with blue lettering, dust jacket. 107pp, (3pp). Very good/very good. Binding is pristine, while text block shows the usual moderate and even age toning; jacket shows faint edgewear only. Quite tight and attractive first German edition of the Illinois governor and Democratic presidential candidate's 1954 book based on a Harvard University address, "Call to Greatness" -- given the title "America's Burden" in this edition. This was the personal copy of Governor Stevenson (1900-65) sent him by the German publisher and hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). Quite uncommon and a unique family copy. .
Keywords: Americana
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 51081
- Book number: 51081
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