Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge [Inscribed]

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Octavo, 247pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Hinges broken inside, but still very good. Jacket has chips and tears with old tape repairs. This copy is inscribed by former President Coolidge and also has the original, almost unobtainable, dust jacket. Seldom seen as such. There is a quite common signed limited edition of this autobiography, but signed and inscribed original first editions are much less common. This copy comes with correspondence from Coolidge's official bookseller, Bridgeman and Lyman in Northampton, MA and from Coolidge's secretary Herman C. Beaty on Coolidge' s personal stationery which both document the original purchase of the book and the obtaining of Coolidge's inscription. Very uncommon as such. John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933 ) was the 30th President of the United States (1923¿1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His conduct during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small- government conservative, and also as a man who said very little. Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity. N° de ref. del artículo 025504

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