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Lot of 22 titles (24 volumes). Includes: Anderson, Donald F. William Howard Taft: A Conservative’s Conception of the Presidency. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1968. 8vo, red/rust cloth, gilt spine, title in black painted label on spine, w/dj, 355pp. Index uncut. Excellent overall condition. Barker, Charles E. With President Taft in the White House: Memories of William Howard Taft. Chicago: A. Kroch and Son, 1947. 8vo, reddish-brown cloth, gilt spine, w/dj, 71pp, some uncut. Dj has gotten wet top front, and large parts torn and missing. Wear to head and foot of spine; corners bumped (mostly lower corners). [Butt, Archie.] Taft and Roosevelt: The Intimate Letters of Archie Butt, Military Aide. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1930. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt spine, no dj; vol. 1, 431pp., vol. II. pp. 433 – 862. Expected wear to spine ends. Very good overall. Cromer, Earl of (Evelyn Baring). Abbas II. London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1915. 8vo, green cloth, gilt spine, no dj, 84pp. plus 2pp ads in rear. Davis, Oscar King. William Howard Taft, the Man of the Hour. His Biography and his Views on the Great Questions of To-Day. Philadelphia: P.W. Ziegler Co., 1908. 8vo, blue cloth, oval photo of Taft tipped onto to front, which is printed with red and blue text and symbols (reed bundles, eagles or griffons, shield), 406pp. Campaign biography, includes chapter by Teddy Roosevelt. As is common with this ephemeral material, the paper used for the pages is lesser quality and has toned quite a bit. Wear to head and foot of spine, which is sunned. Minor bending of corners. Duffy, Herbert S. William Howard Taft. New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1930. 8vo, beige embossed boards with black spine, gilt spine, 345pp. Limitation page indicates this is Number 5 of 125 signed by the author. Moderate wear to boards which are separated at front hinge. Surface soil. Very light toning of leaves. Dunn, Robert Lee. William Howard Taft, American. Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd., 1908. 8vo, tan cloth with photo tipped onto front, no dj, 263pp. Shelf wear, minor soil on covers, wear to head and foot of spine. Gould, Lewis L. Reform and Regulation: American Politics, 1900-1916. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978. 8vo, soft cover, 208pp. Still shrink-wrapped. Gould, Lewis L. The William Howard Taft Presidency. Lawrence (KS): The University Press of Kansas, 2009. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt spine, w/dj, 269pp. Near new. Knight, William Allen The Song of our Syrian Guest. Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1904. 12mo, grey cloth, gilt front, pages unnumb. Minor surface soil, overall very good. Mason, Alpheus Thomas. William Howard Taft, Chief Justice. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 8vo, black cloth, gilt front and spine, w/dj, 354pp. Slight scuffing and edge toning on dj. Light wear to foot of spine. Otherwise excellent. Still tight. Murray, Robert H. Around the World with Taft: A Book of Travel, Description, History. Detroit (MI): F.B. Dickerson Company, 1909. 12mo, green cloth, gilt front and spine, 412pp. Spine heavily toned and separating. Head and foot missing cloth. Front board with bend. Frontmatter separated. Light toning of page edges. Myers, Elisabeth P. William Howard Taft. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1970. 8vo, grey cloth, w/dj, 168pp. Pringle, Henry F. The Life and Times of William Howard Taft. A Biography. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1939. 8vo, green cloth, gilt front and spine, no dj; Vol. I. 555pp., Vol. 2 pp. 557 – 1106. Spine sunned. Front hinge loosening on first vol. Second vol. is Ex Lib., with usual markings on spine, which is also sunned. Boards coming loose. Richardson, James D. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. [Washington, DC?}: Bureau of National Literature, 1911, Vol. X. Large 8vo, three-quarter leather over blue cloth, gilt presidential seal on front, gilt spine, pages 7205-7966. Covers Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Top of spine torn, heavy shelfwear to foot of spine and lower