Washington close-ups : intimate views of some public figures / Edward G. Lowry
1921, 1st edition. Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin Co. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #414190
Physical description; 7 preliminary leaves, [3]-275 pp., frontispiece, portraits. Contents; The Washington scene -- Harding: the great emollient -- Coolidge: foster-child of silence -- Bryan: gayly the troubadour -- Johnson: a herald with trumpet -- Lost in the mists -- Aide-ing the President -- Hays: a human flivver -- Wood: our lone pro-consul -- The great Hitchcock enigma -- Norris: a native product -- Washington's hardest job -- From the House gallery -- Remarkable Mr. Adee -- Mellon: a certain rich man -- McCormick: the young vitamine -- Hughes: a man of substance -- Lodge: the very best butter -- Why not Knox? -- Hoover: the friend of all children -- Underwood: he supplies balm to Gilead -- Borah: the heart bowed down -- La Follette: Bob the battler -- Lewis: lilac and lilacs -- Sims: a first-class sailor man -- Pershing: Beau Sabreur, 1921 model -- Taft: in port at last. Subjects; Statesmen United States. United States Politics and government 1921-1923. Biographies.
Price: €25.00