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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed without inscription, minimal wear to brown boards, text block clean, binding tight, jacket not clipped, has edge wear, mild sun fade around spine. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. Signed by Author.

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in fine acetate dust jacket SIGNED CHRISTMAS CARD BY HOMER WILLIAMS THE ARTIST includes presentation Christmas card from Steck Warlick Company parent of Shoal Creek and signed by the artist Homer Williams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Original 1804 volume. Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, for I. Riley and Co. Booksellers, No. 1, City-Hotel, Broadway. New York. Bound in Period full calf with a renewed black morocco gilt title spine label. else fine. usual age tone to text in some leaves. Joints tender and fragile at points the only known copy for sale, all other copies are in private collections or are held by public institutions. Very Rare. in period full calf. most copies rebound . 8vo. 238 pages. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 - July 12, 1804) was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and The New York Post newspaper. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the George Washington administration. He took the lead in the funding of the states' debts by the Federal government, as well as the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch,[1]:3-4 a strong commercial economy, with a national bank and support for manufacturing, plus a strong military. This was challenged by Virginia agrarians Thomas Jefferson and James Madison who formed a rival party. They favored strong states based in rural America and protected by state militias as opposed to a strong national army and navy. They denounced Hamilton as too friendly toward Britain and toward monarchy in general, and too oriented toward cities, business and banking. This volume was published the same year as Hamilton's death in the duel with Aaron Burr. This work is a chroncile of the documents which led to the famous duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. A pretty copy with the usual browning and aging, however, with a rare copper engraved frontis piece portrait of Hamilton supplied, never found in any other copy. with a signature on the plate there are no other copies now on line for sale nor in catalgoues known to us, the book is very timely being Hamilton is the number one show in the world, A Rock Pop Musical of much Originality. By the Binder.

Arthur unexpectedly became President when Garfield was assassinated, and once in office confounded all expectations. He saw his duty as no longer limited to party or supporters, but expanded to encompass what he sincerely thought was best for the country. He shocked everyone by becoming a firm champion of civil service reform. In 1883, he saw through Congress the Pendleton Act, which established that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. It established a bipartisan Civil Service Commission, forbade levying political assessments against officeholders, and provided for a classified system that made certain government positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations. The system also protected employees against removal for political reasons. Arthur?s achievement was extraordinary, as this was the greatest measure of governmental self-regulation passed up to that date. Publisher Alexander K. McClure recalled, "No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted, and no one ever retired.more generally respected."Grand Duke Frederick of Baden was considered a liberal supporter of a constitutional monarchy. He was an ally of Prussia, helped to found the German Empire, and was present at the proclamation of the Empire in 1871. He also had a role in the history of Zionism. In 1896 he met Theodor Herzl and helped Herzl in obtaining his audience with Frederick?s nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II.Document signed, Washington, May 18, 1882, ordering the Secretary of States to cause the seal of the United States to be affixed to an envelope containing letter addressed to "His Royal Highness Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, on the death of His Grandducal Highness the Margrave Maximilian of Baden?? The Margrave was the son of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and thus a close relative of Grand Duke Frederick.