The Intimate Papers of Colonel House by Charles Seymour Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. 2 Volume Set.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edward Mandell House became a close advisor to President Woodrow Wilson. Their friendship ended in 1919 over a disagreement concerning the negotiations following World War I. A two volume set. Red boards with gilt lettering and top edge. Volume 1: Behind the Political Curtain, 1912-1915., frontis, 471 pp., 9 photos. Volume 2: From Neutrality to War, 1915-1917, frontis, 508 pp., 8 photos, 1 political map of the 1916 election. Both volumes have moderate lower edge wear and rubbing, previous owner name dated 1936-37 on front free endpapers, clean text with some pages uncut, tight binding. Jacket is worn, slightly chipped, and mended with tape. [weight: 6 lbs].

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1926 Houghton Mifflin Company. Volume 1 only, titled "Behind the Political Curtain 1912-1915". SIGNED by the editor, Charles Seymour, on half-title page. Not personalized. First Edition. This is NOT the limited edition. First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. Includes a signed note on Yale Univ. History Department letterhead, dated 1926, from Mr. Seymour regarding books that were sent to him to be signed, including this one. Note is laid in at front. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Top page edges are gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. 471 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Top front corner bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Pages clean and unmarked. Some pages are uncut (unopened) along fore edge. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. signed by author.

Hardcover. Octavo, Four volumes. In Fair plus condition. Spines are brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, gilt signature on front panel. Wear to spine caps and corners, mottle fading, shelf wear. Text blocks have has gilt top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, first three volumes have intermittent spine breaks with underlining and marginal notation in ink. Illustrated: b&w frontispieces and plates (photographs). CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Behind the Political Curtain, 1912-1915 (1926) xxi, 471 pages) - From Neutrality to War, 1915-1917 (1926) viii, 508 pages) - Vol. 3. Into the World War, April, 1917 - June, 1918 (1928) xviii, 453 pages - Vol. 4. The Ending of the War, June, 1918 - August, 1919 (1928) xii, 552 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. 1385782. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Previous owner's rubber name stamp "Robert Milligan". Dust-jackets with some tears and tape-repairs. Foxing to dust-jackets. Dust-jackets protected in archival cover.; Uncommon with dust-jackets. Volumes One and Two only, of four volumes. Volume One: Behind the Political Curtain 1912-1915. Volume Two: From Neutrality to War 1915-1917. Volume One: xxiii, [3], 474, [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece. Volume Two: viii, [2], 502, [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece. Both volumes: green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spines. Small gilt circular illustration on front boards. Page dimensions: 236 x 153mm. "Charles Seymour (January 1, 1885 August 11, 1963) was an American academic, historian and the 15th President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951. As an academic administrator, he was instrumental in establishing Yale's residential college system. His writing focused on the diplomatic history of World War I." - Wikipedia entry on Charles Seymour, accessed January 2025. "Edward Mandell House (July 26, 1858 March 28, 1938) was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his title was honorary and he had performed no military service. He was a highly influential backroom politician in Texas before becoming a key supporter of the presidential bid of Wilson in 1912 by managing his campaign, beginning in July 1911. Having a self-effacing manner, he did not hold office but was an "executive agent", Wilson's chief adviser on European politics and diplomacy during World War I (19141918). He became a government official as one of the five American commissioners to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.[4] In 1919, Wilson broke with House and many other top advisers, believing they had deceived him at Paris." - Wikipedia article on Edwin M. House, accessed January 2025.