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Walter Garvin in Mexico
by Butler, Smedley; Arthur J. Burks
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dorrance and Company, 1927. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by Smedley D. Butler on half-title, inscribed to former owner, a Lt. Raymond A. Price (whose impressions are on the prelims), and dated January 30, 1935. 238 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with red lettering. A Very Good copy with light dampstain and slight warp to bottom of front board, small nick to fore edge of pages, edges a bit foxed and dust-soiled, lacking jacket. Text clean.
A rare signature from Butler, an extremely popular figure nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye" who was the most-decorated Marine in history at the time of his retirement. By 1935, the time of this signature, Butler had undergone political reawakening, condemning war and its profiteers with his classic book War is a Racket. He also had helped to expose a plot by American industrialists to stage a fascist coup against FDR. The establishment and the nascent military-industrial complex had created one of their greatest foes, obscure as he is today.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940834
- Title
- Walter Garvin in Mexico
- Author
- Butler, Smedley; Arthur J. Burks
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dorrance and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- War is a Racket, military, Marine, signed, Old Gimlet Eye, The Business Plot, White House Putsch, peace
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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