Signed copy of Building America by Elias Richie. Published in 1936. First edition, Hardback.
Building America - Elias Richie
Bound in blue cloth, titles in gilt, with dust jacket. Corresponding 1936 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Signed by the author, without inscription, on the title page. With two double-page maps and a frontispiece by Margo Wharton, in color. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The author, a Minneapolis attorney, presents his ideas of bringing the country back into its prime, with emphasis on the Bible. The cloth shows only slight edgewear, with no splits or frays. Spine very faintly sunned. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.