Description
First edition of The Art of Public Speaking by Albert J. Beveridge, inscribed to his son, Albert.
Twelvemo, 67pp. Blue cloth, title printed on spine and cover. Shelf wear to covers, bumped lower corner. Internally clean. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Albert, from Dada / August 8, 1924.”
Albert J. Beveridge (1862-1927) started his career as a United States Senator from Indiana. After losing his senate seat, he became a historian, writing The Life of John Marshall. This detailed account of the life of the first Chief Justice won Beveridge a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
