Book, THE FIRST BATTLE, A STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1896, by William Jennings Bryan, 1896. Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co.. 4to. Cloth. 629 pp. Front cover and spine accented in gold and silver leaf. Front cover features portrait of Bryan and facsimile signature. Frontise portrait of Bryan. Photographic illustrations throughout. Biographical sketch of Bryan by Mary Baird Bryan (wife).
Bryan, after losing the Presidency to McKinley, understood that if he were to remain a political player on the national stage, he and the cause of bimetallism had to remain before the public. This book, with its suggestive title (a first battle implies subsequent battles) was on its way to the publisher before the year was out, and was effectively an advertisement for his candidacy in 1900. We offer a choice, clean copy, with cover portrait of Bryan fully intact (most copies are found badly worn).
Key addition to your general political or Bryan library.
