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54 leaves, on thick laid paper; printed on one side; uncut and unopened. + Mounted portrait. 8vo. 240 mm. Cloth backed boards binding; spine almost detached. Autograph presentation from: "Margaret Vandercook, Gramercy Park (NYC), 1921." John [Filkins] Vandercook (1873- 1908), was the editor of the Cincinnati Post. In 1904 he led a reform movement which saw to the over-throw of corrupt machine politics in that city. He moved on to become founder, first President, and General Manager of the United Press Association. The Complete Revolution (1909) was privately published after his death at age 35 from appendicitis. VERIA 2