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MCKINLEY, William]. Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley. From His Election to Congress to the Present Time . New York: Appleton 1893.
Thick 8vo (9 x 6 in.), 664pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, BOLDLY INSCRIBED in ink on front blank: "To Mr & Mrs Stanwood With sincere friendship of William McKinley May 3/95." Contains 65 separate addresses including major speeches on the tariff issue, the silver standard, civil service reform, and memorial orations for R.B. Hayes, U.S. Grant and James A. Garfield.
Thick 8vo (9 x 6 in.), 664pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, BOLDLY INSCRIBED in ink on front blank: "To Mr & Mrs Stanwood With sincere friendship of William McKinley May 3/95." Contains 65 separate addresses including major speeches on the tariff issue, the silver standard, civil service reform, and memorial orations for R.B. Hayes, U.S. Grant and James A. Garfield.