Description
The first edition of Principles And Purposes Of Our Form Of Government by President Grover Cleveland, published in 1892, during this third and successful presidential campaign.
Octavo, [6], 187pp, [1], [6pp ads]. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. No additional printings noted. Brown endpapers. Inscribed in pencil on the second free endpaper, by the compiler of this work, Francis Gottsberger. (Martin / Goehlert, 6199) A scarce work.
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) began his unlikely rise to the presidency as the Mayor of Buffalo. Within two years of taking office, he would be nominated for the governorship of New York. He would gain national recognition for fighting political corruption, specifically at Tammany Hall in New York City. President Cleveland would go on to serve nonconsecutive presidential terms, from 1885-1889, then again from 1893-1897. After leaving office, the former president indulged his lifelong passions for sports and writing.
