Your Uncle Sam in Washington

Monumental Press, Washington, DC. 1952. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing Revised 1952. Signed by the author on the FFFP dated November 1952. Retired county superintendent's office library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for stamps on the front and rear endpapers, a blindstamp on the FFFP and the half title page, and a checkout pocket on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; foxing to textblock top and fore edge; light sunfading to spine; scant shelfwear. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board with Washington DC picture in gilt on the front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 192 pp 8vo. Uncle Sam, to the author is our country, our people, and our Government all bound up together and in Washington DC, Uncle Sam is most in evidence. This book not only gives the reader a tour of the prominent buildings in Washington DC, but also explains the founding of DC and the building of the capital complex. It also explains the functions and business that goes on in each building and how it all together creates the essence of Uncle Sam. A clean very presentable copy.…