SELECTIONS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND HENRY CABOT LODGE 1884-1918, VOLUMES I-II (COMPLETE)

Roosevelt, Theodore and Henry Cabot Lodge

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1925

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Sharp matching set (with so-so dustjackets): Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.25 in. Illustrated with tissue-guarded fontispiece portraits of the authors. Deep green boards with gilt title to spines. Some fore-edge pages uncut. Sunning to dustjacket spines. Protected in mylar. Volume I: pp. xi, [2], 546. Light nudges to upper corners. Small open and closed tears and chipping along edges of dustjacket, with three inch closed tear to front. Volume II: pp. 573. Open and closed tears and chipping along top and bottom edges of dustjacket with loss of top two inches of dustjacket spine (half of spine title) and 15% of front cover. "[Lodge] was my closest friend personally, politically and in every other way and occupied toward me a relationship that no other man has occupied or will occupy." Theodore Roosevelt on Henry Cabot Lodge June 20, 1900, Philadelphia "Roosevelt's political alliance with Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts began in 1884, when the two were delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. In time, both men would become leaders of the Republican Party. Their extensive mutual correspondence is an insightful record of shared interests and American idealism at the turn of the twentieth century. After serving in the United States House of Representatives for six years, Lodge became a senator in 1893 and retained his seat for the rest of his life. Like Roosevelt, Lodge was an advocate of civil service reform (he recommended Roosevelt to be a commissioner in 1889), a strong navy, the Panama Canal, and pure food and drug legislation. A specialist in foreign affairs, Lodge acted as one of Roosevelt's principal advisers during his presidency. Yet Lodge did not support many of Roosevelt's progressive reforms women's suffrage, for instance and he refused to endorse his friend in the Bull Moose campaign of 1912." (from National Prortrait Gallery). Very Good Plus / Good (Vol. I) and Fair (Vol. II). Seller Inventory # 87926

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Title: SELECTIONS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included