This Country of Ours [VINTAGE 1897]

Harrison, Benjamin

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897

Near fine condition blue boards with bright gilt front cover lettering, decoration, facsimile author signature, and very bright gilt spine lettering. The upper and lower spine edges are very lightly rubbed and the gilt front cover decoration contains a light scuff mark. A neatly written vintage 1897 previous owner gift inscription at the first front endpaper. The volume is exceedingly tight and square, and all pages are in fine condition. Includes an appendix consisting of the Constitution of the United States and index. "This volume does not deal at all with the material resources of our country. It has nothing to do with lands, or merchandise, or markets. It is not a philosophical dissertation on civics, nor a commentary on the Constitution. It is a modest attempt to give my readers a view of the machinery of our National Government in motion, and some instruction as to the relations and uses of its several parts. The larger part of the contents of the book appeared in the Ladies' Home Journal during the years 1896-1897. That text has been carefully revised and much new matter added. The purpose of the book is to give a better knowledge of things that have been too near and familiar to be well known. We stumble over things that are near our toes. I hope it may also tend to promote an intelligent patriotism and a faithful discharge of the duties of citizenship." - President Benjamin Harrison. 360 pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000011

Bibliografische Details

Titel: This Country of Ours [VINTAGE 1897]
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1897
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Auflage: 2nd Edition