How We Are Governed: An Explanation of the Constitution and Government of the United States: A Book for Young People

Dawes, Anna Laurens

Published by Boston: Ginn & Company, 1902

About this Item

Octavo, rust cloth lettered in gilt; lightly rubbed. Later edition. A Gilder family presentation copy, inscribed: "To Francesca, Rosamond, and Alicia, with the compliments of their friend Anna L. Davis, Sept. 1902," on the front endpaper. Laid in is a four-page autograph letter from Davis to Richard Watson Gilder, the father of Francesca, Rosamond, and Alicia, an accomplished poet and longtime editor of "Century Magazine," in which she discusses her own work as well as Henry James's novels. Dawes also authored "Charles Sumner" and "The Modern Jew." An intriguing presentation copy with a distinguished provenance. Seller Inventory # ABE-9007473230

Bibliographic Details

Title: How We Are Governed: An Explanation of the ...

Publisher: Boston: Ginn & Company

Publication Date: 1902

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)