(Washington DC): (National Geographic Society), (1915). First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing. Near Fine. Full navy blue morocco leather ruled and lettered in gilt on the front cover, decorative endpapers. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographic reproductions. Contains the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC articles "Washington: Its Beginning, Its Growth, and Its Future" by William H. Taft from the March 1915 issue, and "The Nation's Capital" by James Bryce. Also includes a four-page article by director Gilbert H. Grosvenor about the articles and the National Geographic Society. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the title page: "For J. B. McGhee/with best wishes/Wm. H. Taft/Jan'y 30, 1921/New Haven."

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 019791
Title: WASHINGTON. THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Author: TAFT, William Howard & BRYCE, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Light rubbing. Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: (National Geographic Society)
Place of Publication: (Washington DC)
Date Published: (1915)
Keywords: Signed, Law, Legal, William Howard Taft, Supreme Court, William H. Taft, Presidents, Politics, Americana, Presidential Autographs, Washington, D.C.
Bookseller catalogs: Presidents;

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