Description
The second edition of Taft and Roosevelt: The Intimate Letters of Archie Butt, Military Aide.
Octavo, [two volumes], xxiv, 431pp [Vol. I]; vii, 433-862pp [Vol. II]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, embossed coat of arms on front cover. Top edge gilt. Lacking “first edition” statement copyright page. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I. In the publisher’s dust jackets, stated “Second Edition” on the front cover, $7.50 retail price on front flaps, light wear at edges with archival tape repairs to the spines, bright illustrations.
Military Aide Archibald Willingham Butt was appointed to serve Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. He died in the Titanic disaster in 1912. According to the description of this work, “a shrewd and fascinating estimate of two great presidents is revealed in these informal and gossipy letters of their famous aide.”
