Mcgibbon d lorne (2 risultati)

Leatherbound. Condizione: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1902 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 24 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

Condizione: Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed cream wrappers decorated with a prancing horse and a green rubber tree leaf, in the original glassine dust wrapper. The edges of the glassine are slighly chipped. 48 deckle-edged pages with a photographic frontispiece picturing the guests at the dinner seated around a large table decorated with candles and plants. There is a rust stain to the top of the first page from the paper clip which held the toastmaster Samuel P. Colt's card. Very good. First (only) edition.Laid in is the Metropolitan Club card of Samuel P. Colt who served as the toastmaster at the dinner. Colt (1852-1921) formed the United States Rubber Company. Among the toasts given at the event was "Insurance and Banking" by Paul Morton (1857-1911), the 36th Secretary of the Navy, "Tariff and Currency" by Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), "Law and Business" by Francis Lynde Stetson (1846-1920), President of the New York State Bar Association, "Rubber and Canada" by Douglas Lorne McGibbon, the chief benefactor of a tuberculosis sanatorium in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, and "Judiciary and Commerce" by LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846-1924), a Rhode Island senator.…