Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Bound in later half black morocco leather with matching corners and dark brown cloth, gilt rules, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled; [ii], 68 pages. Housed in a custom-made half brown morocco leather clamshell box with matching corners and marbled paper sides, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. SIGNED on the title page: "With compliments of/Wm H Taft." With Taft's personal bookplate on the front pastedown. A leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party, Taft was a pioneer in international arbitration and a staunch advocate of world peace.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020756
Title: INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT TAFT. March 4, 1909
Author: TAFT, William Howard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in a Fine clamshell box
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Place of Publication: Washington DC
Date Published: 1909
Keywords: Signed, Law, Legal, Inaugural Address, William Howard Taft, Supreme Court, William H. Taft, Presidents, Politics, Americana, Presidential Autographs
Bookseller catalogs: Supreme Court; Presidents;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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