THE COVENANTER: AN AMERICAN EXPOSITION OF THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's dark blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt; x, 188, [2] pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper: "For my friend James Scott/with many pleasant associations/golf and otherwise/Wm. H. Taft/Sept. 9th, 1919/Pointe-au-Pic." The recipient of the inscription might be James Scott Kemper, a personal friend and confidante of Taft as well as Herbert Hoover and who served as Ambassador to Brazil under Dwight Eisenhower. In any case, a scarce book, rarely found signed. Owner blindstamp on the last page which has the publisher's imprint. Near Fine, lacking a dustwrapper. Item #020420
Price: $5,000.00