Large octavos (approx. 6" wide by 9 1/8" tall) 23 cm. blue cloth covers with gilt titles, top edge gilt. Volume 1 : xi [2] 660 [1] pages Volume 2: vi [2] 838 pages. Very light wear, small stamp on rear endpapers, and partial bookseller's small label in Vol. 1. Volume One has a frontispiece portrait of King Albert of the Belgians; Volume Two has a frontispiece portrait of Brand Whitlock, United States Minister to Belgium. Each volume has an inscription to Elizabeth L. Brainerd from the author. Brainerd was the author's mother-in-law - twice. Whitlock first married Susan Brainerd in 1892, but she died four months after they married. In 1895 he married again, this time to Nell Brainerd, sister of Susan. These two volumes relate the author's experiences as U.S. minister to Belgium during World War I, as well as diplomatic duties to seven other countries during wartime. Previous to his international duties, Whitlock was active in politics and, as assistant to Illinois Governor Altgeld, prepared the pardon documents for the Haymarket Affair's convicted men; later he was elected as Toledo's mayor for four terms. He was also a newspaperman, and author. Laid in is an envelope (empty) addressed to Elizabeth L. Brainerd from " the Legation of the United States of America / Havre." with Whitlock's name stamp on the rear flap. This heavy set may require additional shipping charges. 3rd printings092508A.

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BELGIUM. A Personal Narrative. Two Volumes

Publisher

D. Appleton and Co., New York

Publication Date

1919

Binding

hardcover

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3rd printings.

Condition

Very good

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World War I

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Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.

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