TAFT, William Howard.
Present Day Problems: A Collection of Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company , 1908.
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FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT'S PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM AS PRESIDENT
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president and tenth Chief Justice of the United States. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by William Howard Taft as President on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, May 19, 1910, For Louis Barton Torrey with best wishes." In near fine condition. With the recipient's bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable signed by Taft as President.
William Howard Taft served as the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. He was elected president in 1908 as the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt and in 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed him to be Chief Justice. Present Day Problems includes Taft's Inaugural Address as Civil Governor of the Philippines, The Legislative Policies of the Present Administration, The Achievements of the Republican Party, and The Panic of 1907.
Present Day Problems: A Collection of Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions.
$4,800.00
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