Signed book: This Country of Ours. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 360 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink, “Very truly yours, Benj. Harrison.” The first free end page bears an ownership inscription in another hand, “Garstang, 3327 Washington Blvd.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light staining along the left edge of the signed page. Book condition: VG+/None, with trivial bumps to corners and wear at spine ends. The address penned inside is that of Dr. Reginald W. Garstang, who had served as assistant surgeon in the 157th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War. In the preface, Harrison describes this volume as “a modest attempt to give my readers a view of the machinery of our National Government in motion, and some instruction as to the relations and uses of its several parts.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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