John Nance Garner (14 results)

Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green-Fowler (cover), Herbrt Paus (Death Flies East), Floyd Davis (Calm Yourself), John G Gannam (Challenger), August Bleser, Jr (Merchant Princess), W Cotton (This Job of Mine), Fred G Cooper (Two Ways to Play Golf) (illustrator). First Edition. The July issue of The American Magazine. Stories and articles it contains include: Death Flies East, a story by Philip Wylie, Calm Yourself, part II of a novel by Edward Hope (Edward Hope Coffey, Jr), Challenger, a story by Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust), Merchant Princess, part IV of a novel by Ursula Parrott, Tough Guy, a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, This Job of Mine, an article by Vice President John Nance Garner, Two Ways to Play Golf, a sports article by Paul Gallico, Racqueteer - - an "Interesting People" profile of women's tennis star Sarah Palfrey, "Scattergood Baines", a short feature by Clarence Budington Kelland, and numerous other vintage Depression Era articles and ads. Condition issues include dark strips to the fore edge and bottom of the front cover, and a light damp stains at the top corner of the pages at the spine that fades out by page 20 and another one at the bottom throughout, Generally the interior is clean and tight. A good copy of a vintage magazine.

Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Green-Fowler (cover), Herbrt Paus (Death Flies East), Floyd Davis (Calm Yourself), John G Gannam (Challenger), August Bleser, Jr (Merchant Princess), W Cotton (This Job of Mine), Fred G Cooper (Two Ways to Play Golf) (illustrator). First Edition. The July issue of The American Magazine. Stories and articles it contains include: Death Flies East, a story by Philip Wylie, Calm Yourself, part II of a novel by Edward Hope (Edward Hope Coffey, Jr), Challenger, a story by Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust), Merchant Princess, part IV of a novel by Ursula Parrott, Tough Guy, a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, This Job of Mine, an article by Vice President John Nance Garner, Two Ways to Play Golf, a sports article by Paul Gallico Racqueteer - - an "Interesting People" profile of women's tennis star Sarah Palfrey, "Scattergood Baines", a short feature by Clarence Budington Kelland, and numerous other vintage Depression Era articles and ads. Condition issues include light wear & soiling to the front & back covers, light spine wear with a small closed tear at the bottom right spine hinge, and a light damp stain to the bottom corner of the last 30 pages, Generally the interior is clean and tight. A good to very good copy of a vintage magazine.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. John Nance Garner Cartoons (Paperback or Softback).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed (without inscription) by W.W. Newcomb, Jr. and A. Garland Adair, Director and Curator, respectively, of the Texas Memorial Museum. Mr. Adair was clearly running out of ink as he signed, and though dated below his signature, he or someone else re-traced the date (3-28-61) with a red pencil. Very Good Minus/no dust jacket. White pictorial boards mildly foxed. Endpages have a couple of small stains. Binding is sound and contents, comprised of cartoons as well as letters and photos of the former House Speaker and Vice President from Uvalde, Texas, remain in nice shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by A. Garland Adair on half title page. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edges bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. Anthony Garland Adair was a Newspaper Editor, World War I Veteran, American Legion Commander, Instrumental in the creation of the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin; he was curator of History there until his retirement in 1959. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Major General Paul Wakefield on front end page. Bound in publisher's pictorial cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Paul Louis Wakefield served as an enlisted man in the United States Army in France in World War I. As a newspaperman immediately after the war, Wakefield was with the United Press in Paris and New York. He was on the staff of the Houston Chronicle for ten years and was Texas correspondent for the New York Herald-Tribune during the time of Stanley Walker's editorship. He also wrote special correspondence for the old New York World. In 1927 he was appointed first lieutenant in the Texas National Guard. Over the years he rose to the grade of major general, and in 1949 he was appointed state director of selective service; he retired in 1955. Wakefield served as an aide to governors Ross S. Sterling and Coke R. Stevenson. He was appointed to the planning board of the Public Works Administration in 1934, was at one time a member of the staff of Vice President John Nance Garner, and served as an assistant to Jesse Holman Jones. Signed.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in white buckram with blue and red pictorial print SIGNED BY ADAIR ON THE TITLE PAGE from the library of L Dewitt Hale a Texas Legislator for 26 years with his legislative stamp on the inside cover and includes a printout detailing his years of service also has a price of 3.75 stamped on the inside front cover case.

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in white buckram with red and blue pictorial print SIGNED BY W W NEWCOMB THE DIRECTOR AND A GARLAND ADAIR CURATOR TO PRESIDENT OF UT EX STUDENT ASSOCIATON JOHN B HOLMES AND DATED 4 12 61 includes letter on Texas Heritage Foundation stationary from A Garland Adair to John B Holmes thanking him for an award he received from the ex students association of UT case.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Condition: Good. 2 " x 4" paper sheet with cut-signature SIGNED by John Nance Garner, Texas Congressman and US Vice-President (1933-1941) under FDR. SIGNED ITEM.