william waller 1926 2011 (2 risultati)

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xii, 275 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Black dust jacket lightly rubbed, minor bump at spine head. Black boards with bold white stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Attorney Bill Waller served as governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976. With Preface and Index. Features sixteen chapters titled as: "The Inauguration;" "A Journey of a Thousand Years;" "My Lafayette County Boyhood;" "In a Hurry;" "Capitol Street Lawyer;" "The Family Circle;" "Call to Public Service;" "The Beckwith Trials;" "Mississippi Standing Still;" "Campaign of 1971;" "The Transition;" "Straight Ahead;" "Education-The Highest Priority;" "The Mansion Project;" and "Life After Politics." Five appendices titled as: "Inaugural Address;" "First State of the State Address;" "Last State of the State Address;" "Achievements of the Waller Administration;" and "Colonels and Aides de Camp." {Shelf #2} ISBN 9781934193044.

First edition (as stated upon front cover verso) SIGNED BY FIRST LADY CARROLL WALLER, WIFE OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM LOWE WALLER. 64 pages plus covers. Paperback booklet: H 22.75cm x L 14.75cm. Color pictorial paper covers lightly rubbed with slight scuffing at edges; negligibly short tear at rear cover's upper fore-edge. First Lady's two-line red ink inscription :Best Wishes! | Carroll Waller" at page 1's bottom margin; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Also laid-in between front cover verso and page 1 is an undated (but probably circa 1976 during Governor Cliff Finch's administration) color foldout brochure titled "The Mississippi Governor's Mansion" with a paper clip holding two b/w photographic prints of the mansion and state capitol dome as well as mansion event napkin printed with state seal and "Governor and Mrs. Bill Waller" both in gold. Bill Waller served as Governor of Mississippi for one term from 1972 to 1976. Additionally the booklet's official bookmark is laid-in at rear cover. {MS-Shelf#4}.