signed first edition 8vo., pictorial red cloth, stamped in white & black; 126 pages
1907 · Indianapolis
by McCUTCHEON, John T.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. First Edition. Signed inscription by McCutcheon of front endpaper: "Yours very truly, John T. McCutcheon." With the armorial bookplate of Frances Pierce Richardson on the front pastedown. John Tinney McCutcheon [1870-1949] was an American newspaper political cartoonist, war correspondent, combat artist, and author who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1931 editorial cartoon, "A Wise Economist Asks a Question," and became known even before his death as the "Dean of American Cartoonists." McCutcheon's cartoons appeared on the front page of the Chicago Tribune for forty years. The book is a fictional journal of entries by a new congressman revealing that the once idealistic firebrand is being unwittingly steered, duped, and bribed by special interest groups. 8vo., pictorial red cloth, stamped in white & black; 126 pages. With Cartoons By The Author.. Very Good (covers nice with very minor wear; some fading spine; contents clean & tight; chip to corner of rear blank endpaper). A nice copy!
(Inventory #: 58423)