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[DEBS, Eugene, his copy]. MCCLURE, A. K. Our Presidents and...

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[DEBS, Eugene, his copy]. MCCLURE, A. K. Our Presidents and How We Make Them. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 8vo. Illustrated. [418], [2, ads] pp. Publisher?s full green cloth, front board stamped in gilt and black, spine lettered in black (binding heavily worn, soiled, frontispiece loose (yet present), text a bit toned, a few gutters overopened, inkstamp of the Terre Haute Advocate on the title-page, ink ownership note on fp.) Fair. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MCCLURE TO EUGENE DEBS ON THE FFEP.: ?Hon Eugene V Debs With Compliments of A. K McClure May 24, 1900?. McClure was a Republican politician, and was a friend, correspondent, and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. McClure and Debs were of a similar political bent, and so this is an excellent association. Measurements: 8 x 6 x 2?.