Die Bürde Amerikas.
Cologne, Germany: Verlag für Politik und Wirschaft, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with blue lettering, dust jacket. 107pp, (3pp). Very good/very good. Binding is pristine, while text block shows the usual moderate and even age toning; jacket shows faint edgewear only. Item #51081
Quite tight and attractive first German edition of the Illinois governor and Democratic presidential candidate's 1954 book based on a Harvard University address, "Call to Greatness" -- given the title "America's Burden" in this edition. This was the personal copy of Governor Stevenson (1900-65) sent him by the German publisher and hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). Quite uncommon and a unique family copy.
Price: $50.00