The Cycles of American History (SIGNED)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1986.  Limited edition and true first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. This copy has been signed by the author directly on a blank page at the front of the book. Bound in the publisher's original full decorative leather-gilt. All book block edges coated in gilt; raised bands;  498 pp; bright clean condition. Publisher letter laid in.

In this collection of fourteen essays, Schlesinger reveals the rhythms and patterns that have governed American politics over the past two centuries. He attempts to explain "where we are and how we got there," reminding us all that we can learn valuable lessons from history as we struggle with the complexities of our own day