America Challenged
DOUGLAS, William O.
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Add to basketSold by Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since March 11, 1998
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSmall 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. xi, 74pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Tight, attractive first edition of the second in the Walter E. Edge Lectures. This intriguing copy hails from the collection of Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), bearing his rubberstamped signature on front flyleaf. Laid in is a 5" X 3" slip on which Stevenson has red pencilled "Princeton Univ. Press / Princeton, N.J" -- his alma mater, by the way. Also laid in is a heavy stock "With the Compliments of Princeton University Press" card. Tipped to the title page is the closing typed line of a letter, "Yours faithfully," on a 4" X 1" slip, signed boldly by Douglas in blue ballpoint. Douglas's opening sentiments sums it all up: "We Americans are at a fateful crossroads of history. We are smug and complacent as we enjoy the highest standard of living in the world. Yet we drift dangerously; and if present trends continue, we will be a second-rate power in the world.".
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