Description
Signed by Vice President Charles Curtis, the first edition of A Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives, prepared by Thomas H. McKee.
Octavo, [6], 690pp, [2]. Quarter red morocco, title in gilt on spine, pebbled cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Wear to tips of spine, reinforced front hinge, solid text block. Internally clean. Signed on the second free endpaper: “Compliments of Charles Curtis.”
A scarce signed book from Vice President Charles Curtis, the first we’ve sold.
Vice President Charles Curtis (1860-1936) was the 31st Vice President of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Curtis had a diverse heritage, being of Native American (Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi) and European ancestry. This background made him the first multiracial person and the first person of acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach the vice presidency. Before serving as Vice President, Curtis served in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924-1929. Full title: Constitution Of The United States, Jefferson’s Manual, The Rules of the House of Representatives of the fifty-fifth Congress, and A Digest And Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United States.
