The Great Adventure at Washington: The Story of the Conference (Inscribed)
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1922
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Quaint Book Shop, Springfield, OH, U.S.A.Quaint Book Shop
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 2025
Condition: Used - Good
£ 46.11
Quantity: 1 available
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Signed by Author. This contemporary account of the 1921-22 Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armament is inscribed by the author on the front free end paper: "To Judge Hause | With the sincere | regard of the author. | [signature]." The illustrations by Joseph Cummings Chase are portraits of four major participants: Justice Charles Evans Hughes (frontispiece), Balfour of the U.K. (facing p. 50), Briand of France (facing p. 98), and Kato of Japan (facing p. 226). The artist is best known for his war portraits. According to his biography in the Artists of Maine blog, "Chase was selected to be the Government's official overseas portrait painter for the war history record of the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.)." More than 100 of his works are in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 290 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is generally tight, though the front hinge is a bit shaken. The paper remains bright and there are no marks. Bound in blue cloth over boards with an embossed border around the front cover. The spine is darkened from exposure and the title is in dull gilt. The corners are slighty turned in and the top front cover has taken a bump. There is some scattered foxing, particularly at the top of the plates and the facing pages. The top page edges are darkened (they may have been tinted in a dark blue). The side page edges are deckled (rough cut) and slightly browned. There is a small label from Brentano's Booksellers in Washington, D.C. on the inside rear cover. Illustrator: Joseph Cummings Chase. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Washington, D.C. Conference on the Limitation of Armament, 1921-1922; Signed by Author. Main Picture: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Front cover and spine with an inset of the inscription by the author. Picture 2: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Rear cover and spine. Picture 3: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 4: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Front cover and page edges. Picture 5: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Inscription on the front free end paper. Picture 6: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Frontispiece of Charles Evans Hughes and the title page. Picture 7: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - First Edition notice on the copyright page. Picture 8: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Table of Contents. Picture 9: Mark Sullivan (1922), The Great Adventure at Washington (Signed) - Bookseller's sticker from Brentano's Booksellers in Washington, D.C. on the inside rear cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1290.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Great Adventure at Washington: The Story of the Conference (Inscribed)
- Author
- Sullivan, Mark
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY
- Publication year
- 1922
- Condition
- Good+
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Illustrator
- Joseph Cummings Chase
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- History
Quaint Book Shop
Springfield, OH, U.S.A.
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Quaint Book Shop is an online shop with a select inventory of used, out-of-print and antiquarian books on a wide range of subjects. Specialties include American national, regional and local history, limited and first edition books of Kenneth Roberts, vintage young adult chapter books and children’s illustrated books, particularly Little Golden Book first editions. We provide complete descriptions of each book and pictures of many. We do not use stock images; the images are of the actual book. If you have any questions about any book listed, require further information on a book’s state or condition or would like additional photographs, feel free to contact us. All hardbacks with dust jackets valued at $20 or higher have their jackets protected by a clear polyester archival cover. Little Golden Books are put into a custom-sized protective sleeve. …
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