Verlag: Baton Rouge, LA: Award Publications/Ed Reed Organization, November 1986., 1986
ISBN 10: 0961738405 ISBN 13: 9780961738402
Anbieter: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, USA
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Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published October 1986) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO CONGRESSMAN BOB LIVINGSTON. [12], i-iv, 1-250 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket with front panel and front flap illustrations of Huey Long by renowned Louisiana artist George Rodrigue; panels rubbed; light fading to spine panel's red lettering; front panel with gold "Louisiana Literature Award Winner 1986" sticker affixed at center right; paper clip impression and author's mailing label affixed at top of front flap with latter somewhat obscuring Long portrait. Black boards with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to spine. First several leaves have light paper clip impressions at their top center margins; author's four-line ink inscription "To Bob Livingston, with | warmest regards from his | friend, | Ed Reed" on front free endpaper; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Ed Reed was a Baton Rouge political campaign manager, lobbyist, governmental consultant, and historian with a deep interest in Huey Long. The inscribee is attorney Robert Livingston who served as U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 1st District from 1977 to 1999 and chaired the House Appropriations Committee from 1995 to 1999 as well as being House Speaker-designate before his resignation from office. Also laid-in at the front endpapers is a folded sheet of Representative Livingston's congressional office stationery further evidencing the book's provenance. ISBN 0961738405.