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The paper was specially milled for The Franklin Library First Edition Society—a 60-pound Antique White wove paper that has a life expectancy of over 400 years. The text is printed in 10-point Baskerville. This volume is bound in Burgundy, Antique-rubbed, topgrain cowhide and decorated with 22-karat gold embossing.

About the Author

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, Advise and Consent (1959), and recipient of numerous other awards and accolades, veteran journalist and news correspondent, Allen Stuart Drury (1918-1998), is best known for his encyclopedic knowledge of and ability to explain Washington politics and maneuverings. Born in Houston, Texas, Drury grew up in Porterville, California, and earned a degree in journalism from Stanford University. His newspaper career began with the weekly Tulare Bee and, at age 22, he wrote an editorial that earned a national award from the professional journalism society Sigma Delta Chi. Drury worked for the Bakersfield Californian before serving in the Army during World War II. After the war, he went to Washington, where he covered Capitol Hill for United Press (which became United Press International), Pathfinder Magazine, the Washington Evening Star and, from 1954 to 1959, the New York Times.

Other works by Drury include: Advise and Consent, A Shade of Difference, Capable of Honor, Preserve and Protect, The Throne of Saturn, Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, The Promise of Joy, God Against the Gods, Mark Coffin, U. S. S.: A Novel of Capitol Hill, The Hill of Summer, Decision, Roads of Earth, Pentagon, The Destiny Makers, Toward What Bright Glory, Into What Far Harbour?, A Thing of State, Return to Thebes, A Senate Journal, Three Kids in a Cart, Courage and Hesitation, A Very Strange Society, and Public Men.

Condition

Near fine. Binding tight and square. Pages are tight and clean without crease or stain. No indication of soiling, scuffing, or wear. The condition of this beautiful volume would be, without equivocation, "Fine" with a single exception: the previous owner's name is inscribed/stamped on the front and end papers.