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Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 257 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 98 Pp. Original Tan Card Covers Printed In Brown. Light Wear, 1/8" Loss At Top Of Spine, 1" Split At Lower Front Spine Edge. Contents Square And Immaculate. Slipcase In Quarter Calf Over Blue-Green Cloth. A Satire On Richard Le Gallienne's Quest Of The Golden Girl". Ownership Signature Of David K E Bruce Dated 1922 And With His Note That It Is A "1St Edition". David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898 - 1977) Was An American Diplomat, Intelligence Officer And Politician. He Served As Ambassador To France, The Republic Of Germany, And The United Kingdom, The Only American To Be All Three, And Frequently Mentioned In News Media And Fashionable Magazines. He Studied For A Year And A Half At Princeton University. He Dropped Out To Serve In The United States Army During World War I. At Parental Insistence, He Then Attended The University Of Virginia School Of Law (1919-1920) And The University Of Maryland School Of Law (1920-1921) Without Taking A Degree Before Being Admitted To The Maryland Bar In November 1921. He Served In The Maryland House Of Delegates (1924-1926) And The Virginia House Of Delegates (1939-1942). During World War Ii, He Headed The Europe Branch Of The Office Of Strategic Services (Oss), A Precursor To The Central Intelligence Agency (Cia), Which Was Based In London And Coordinated Espionage Activities Behind Enemy Lines For The United States Armed Forces Branches. Other Oss Functions Included The Use Of Propaganda, Subversion, And Post-War Planning. He Observed The Invasion Of Normandy Landing There The Day After The Initial Invasion. After Leaving The Oss At The End Of World War Two, And Before Entering The Diplomatic Field, In 1948-1949 David Bruce Was With The Economic Cooperation Administration Which Administered The So-Called Marshall Plan. Bruce, As A Member Of The New President's Board Of Consultants On Foreign Intelligence Activities, Wrote A Secret Report On The Cia's Covert Operations For President Dwight D. Eisenhower In 1956 That Was Highly Critical Of Its Operation Under Allen Dulles's Leadership. He Served As The United States Ambassador To France From 1949 To 1952, United States Ambassador To West Germany From 1957 To 1959, And United States Ambassador To The United Kingdom From 1961 To 1969. He Was An American Envoy At The Paris Peace Talks Between The United States And North Vietnam In 1970 And 1971. Bruce Also Served As The First United States Emissary To The People's Republic Of China From 1973 To 1974. He Was The Ambassador To The North Atlantic Treaty Organization From Late 1974 To 1976. Bruce Served As The Honorary Chair On The Board Of Trustees Of The American School In London During His Diplomatic Career In The United Kingdom. On May 29, 1926, Bruce Married Ailsa Mellon, The Daughter Of The Banker, Secretary Of The Treasury And Diplomat Andrew W. Mellon.They Divorced On April 20, 1945. Their Only Daughter, Audrey, And Her Husband, Stephen Currier, Provided Crucial Funding To Us Civil Rights Organizations In The Early 1960'S. They Were Presumed Dead When A Plane In Which They Were Flying In The Caribbean Disappeared On January 17, 1967, After Requesting Permission To Fly Over Culebra, A U. S. Navy Installation. No Trace Of The Plane, Pilot, Or Passengers Was Ever Found. Bruce Purchased And Restored Staunton Hill, His Family's Former Estate (A Plantation) In Charlotte County, Virginia. Bruce Received The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, With Distinction, In 1976. The David K.E. Bruce Award Was Established In 2007 At The American School In London. Bruce Wrote A Book Of Biographical Essays On The American Presidents Originally Published As Seven Pillars Of The Republic (1936). He Later Expanded It As Revolution To Reconstruction (1939) And Again Revised It As Sixteen American Presidents (1962).

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Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 108. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1853 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. 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 Pages: 108.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Also Contains Resolutions And Addresses Relative To The Death Of Robert M. Briggs. 96 pp. Englisch.

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

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Gebunden. Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnAlso Contains Resolutions And Addresses Relative To The Death Of Robert M. Briggs.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Discourse On The Life And Public Services Of Jacob Burnet, And An Exposition Of Thomas W. Bartley (1853) | David Kirkpatrick Este (u. a.) | Buch | Englisch | 2010 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781162205298 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.