The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan
John C. Winston Company, 1925. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 560pp. Memoirs of 19th and early 20th century lawyer, orator, and political figure, a three time nominee for the Presidency, secretary of state under President Wilson, and activist for Prohibition and anti-evolution causes. Most of the book was completed by his wife, a towering figure in her own right, who passed the bar and learned German in support of her husband's career and was a staunch Prohibitionist and Women's suffrage campaigner. very good: some wear and fading to boards, spine sunned, name and bookplate on front paste down, toning. Flat signed by Mary Baird Bryan. / no DJ. Item #886
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Price: $60.00