- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Athena Rare Books ABAA, Fairfield, CT, U.S.A.Athena Rare Books ABAA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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1 leaf with limitation page signed by both Lippmann and the illustrator Rollin Kirby + half title with publisher's information on verso + TP + [i] = Acknowledgement + [iii] = Contents + half title + 1-224 + 1 blank leaf, Octavo. Numbered First Edition signed by Lippmann and Kirby. A Signed Limited Edition of Lippmann's Men of Destiny A limited edition of 250 copies signed by Lippmann and the book's illustrator, Rollin Kirby. This is copy #80. Men of Destiny, a set of biographical essays on leading American figures of Lippmann's day, is arguably the best single source for understanding the persons and the policies of the post-World War I period.In a series of vignettes, the reader is introduced into the lively world of Al Smith, Calvin Coolidge, William Jennings Bryan, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, Warren Harding, Andrew Mellon, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The collection offers a rare glimpse of the first truly modern generation of American politics and society, along with a serious, detached writing style - one not given over to bias and hostility - that presumes a literate audience, The truly inspired essays in this volume, however, are not in its litany of figures great and small, but Lippmann's comprehensive understanding of the place of America in world affairs. His essay on American imperialism remains a classic: "All the world thinks of the United States today as an empire, except the people of the United States." His advice to Americans is not to continue being evasive and grandiose with the rhetoric of equality, but to recognize the changing conditions and get on with the task of rule in as honorable a state as is possible by a holder of power.And, in his perceptive essays on the League of Nations, the efforts to outlaw war through international law, debt and reparations policies, Lippmann appeals to "time and a sense of reality" in examining all matters political. Original publisher's dark grey cloth with half spine tan faux leather. The two-colored labels to the front board and the spine are remarkably well-preserved. A gorgeous, deckled edge, uncut copy which is as near-fine as possible. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Men of Destiny.
- Author
- LIPPMANN, Walter.
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Publication year
- 1927
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Literature & Classics
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