STATE OF THE UNION DURING THE COOLIDGE YEARS COOLIDGE, CALVIN. Group of 6 pamphlets, each Signed, each a Message of the President of the United States. Each signed at end of text. Each 8vo, lacking wrappers, binding staple or perfect. With custom morocco slipcase, gilt titling on spine and front, cloth chemise. Washington, 1923-28; inscriptions: Np, nd 6 December 1923: "Since the close of the last Congress the Nation has lost President Harding. . . ."
3 December 1924: "The present state of the Union . . . is such that it may be regarded with encouragement and satisfaction by every American. . . ."
[8 December] 1925: ". . . The age of perfection is still in the somewhat distant future, but it is more in danger of being retarded by mistaken Government activity than it is from lack of legislation. . . ."
[7 December] 1926: ". . . What the country requires is not so much new policies as a steady continuation of those which are already being crowned with such abundant success. . . ."
[6 December] 1927: ". . . The country as a whole has had a prosperity never exceeded. . . ."
[4 December] 1928: ". . . No Congress . . . has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time. . . ."