Description
The first edition of Speaking Frankly, the inscribed memoirs of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
Octavo, vxii, 324pp. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated “first edition” with “I-W” code below. Free of notable wear. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $3.50 on the front flap, bright illustrations, a near fine example. Blind stamp on the half-title.
Signed on the half-title: “For Addison _ with best wishes of James F. Byrnes.”
James F. Byrnes (1882-1972) is one of the few politicians to serve in all three branches of the American federal government. He served as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State (1945-1947), an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1941-1942), the Governor of South Carolina (1951-1955), a U.S. Senator (1931-1941) and a U.S. House Representative (1911-1925).
