Starr Thomas I Both Annotated By (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Book contains two Lincoln related items: His address against slavery delivered at Kalamazoo 1856 and the first published biography of Lincoln with extensive annotations by Thomas I. Starr. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows light wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.…

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Thomas I. Starr's ink signature and inscription on ffep, to the 11th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, a Republican Progressive with a long distinguished career of public service to the United States. Book plate of Chief Justice Hughes' son-in-law, William Thomas Gossett on fep; William T. Gossett practiced law for more than half a century, and during that time was general counsel for Bendix Aviation Corporation (1945-47), general counsel and vice president of the Ford Motor Co. in 1947; named by President Kennedy as deputy special representative for trade negotiations in 1962; elected President of the American Bar Association in 1968; former president of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association; Chairman of the United Negro College Fund from 1961-1967; Mr. Gossett was a staunch advocate for criminal justice reform; in 1967, former Michigan Governor George W. Romney described Gossett as "a man who has been a leader of causes without regard to the popularity of those causes." This copy is from the William T. Gossett book collection, passed on to a Gossett descendant who lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Book designed by Paul McPharlin and printed at the Blue Ox Press, 1000 copies; Lightly aged end pages, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges faded red. Blue cloth, minor shelf wear to the corners and spine. 63p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs (illustrator). Signed & Inscribed By Thomas I. Starr. Hardcover.…