{"product_id":"1915-charles-g-dawes-essays-and-speeches-fine-half-morocco","title":"1915 CHARLES G. DAWES. Essays and Speeches. Fine Half Morocco.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition, first printing, in finely executed half morocco binding by the publisher. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of essays and speeches focus on questions of banking and trust reform, which at this stage of Dawes's career was his principal interest, and for which he had garnered a national reputation. It also includes extracts from the journal and speeches of his forebears.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDawes later held the roles of Vice President (1925-29) and Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1929-31). He is most famed for the Dawes Plan, which restructured German war debt, resulting in his award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawes, Charles G. Essays and Speeches. With Extracts from the Journal of Rufus Fearing Dawes and an Address Upon the Army of the Potomac by General R. R. Dawes. With Portraits. Boston and New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1915. 427pp. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good to near copy in half morocco binding by The Riverside Press. Some very minor rubbing at extremities, just through the color on hinge and corners, and slightest toning. Else near fine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52363718721572,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/09-29-2026SpecsFineBooks-7.jpg?v=1790698643","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1915-charles-g-dawes-essays-and-speeches-fine-half-morocco","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}