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First edition, first printing of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; inscribed by Bill Clinton and signed by Jimmy Carter
KENNEDY, JOHN F. [BILL CLINTON AND JIMMY CARTER].
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work with the publisher’s code M-E to the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Clinton on the half-title page, “To Adrienne Rogers Best wishes Bill Clinton” and signed by Jimmy Carter, “J Carter.” In fine condition. A unique association copy.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145067
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First Edition of "this Cornerstone of American Political Journalism" Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72; Signed by Hunter S. Thompson, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart and Illustrator Ralph Steadman
THOMPSON, HUNTER S.; ILLUSTRATIONS BY RALPH STEADMAN [JIMMY CARTER GEORGE MCGOVERN].
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.
San Francisco: Arrow Books 1973.
First edition of the author’s third book and hallmark of campaign journalism. Octavo, original black boards. Boldly signed by Hunter Thompson on the half-title page and subjects, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart and illustrator, Ralph Steadman. Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the white boarder around the photograph of Thompson and McGovern on the rear panel. The book is notable for its introduction not only to the candidates of 1972 but also its early glimpses of future political leaders. Gary Hart of Colorado, who served as McGovern’s campaign manager and would later run for and win a seat in the United States Senate, and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, who would himself capture the 1976 Democratic nomination and Presidency. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A unique example with this collection of signatures.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 99428
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Rare Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive
BENTSEN, LLOYD MILLARD [JIMMY CARTER].
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Autograph Letter Archive.
: 1981-1985.
Rare archive of autograph letters, photographs, and commemorative stamp folios from the collection of former United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Millard Bentsen. The archive includes a photograph of Bentsen with Jimmy Carter, inscribed by Carter to him, “Thanks & best wishes to my good friend Lloyd Bentsen – Jimmy Carter 2-21-80”, two autograph letters and one typed letter signed by Lady Bird Johnson to Bentsen and his wife Beryl Ann thanking them for recent visits to the LBJ ranch, an autograph note signed by Kitty Dukakis regarding Lloyd Sr.’s passing, two commemorative stamp folios with autograph notes laid in signed by the Postmaster General, a commemorative autograph photograph singed by Bentsen and a U.S. Congressional Coin. In fine condition. A unique and revealing archive.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119532
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First Edition of The International Bill of Human Rights; Signed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari
CARTER, JIMMY; MARTTI AHTISAARI .
The International Bill of Human Rights.
Glen Allen: Entwhistle Books 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari, To John Martti Ahtisaari Mattias. In fine condition. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Afterword by Adolfo Perez Esquivel. Introduction by Tom J. Farer.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133644
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Color Photograph Signed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
RONALD REAGAN, GERALD FORD JIMMY CARTER AND RICHARD NIXON.
Photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.
: 1981.
Color photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Signed below their likeness, Ronald Reagan, Gerald R. Ford Sept 1981 and Jimmy Carter. A striking image with the Presidents flanked by an American flag on either side. This photograph was taken at the White House prior to their departure for Anwar Sadat’s funeral in 1981. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 11 inches.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134297
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; INSCRIBED BY JIMMY CARTER TO LLOYD BENTSEN
CARTER, JIMMY.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen on a Presidential bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, “To Lloyd Bentsen J. Carter.” The recipient, Lloyd Millard Bentsen, ran as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket and served as the the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. As a primary architect of the Clinton economic plan, Bentsen contributed to a $500 billion reduction in the deficit, launching the longest period of economic growth since World War II. More than 5 million new jobs were created during his tenure as Secretary. Bentsen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 119599
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN
CARTER, JIMMY.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by Carter and Brown.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132220
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SIGNED BY FIVE PRESIDENTS AND SIX FIRST LADIES
REAGAN, RONALD; NANCY REAGAN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON; RICHARD NIXON; PAT NIXON; GERALD FORD; BETTY FORD; JIMMY CARTER; ROSALYNN CARTER; GEORGE H. W. BUSH; BARBARA BUSH.
Five Presidents and Six First Ladies Signed Photograph.
: 1991.
Rare color photograph taken upon the occasion of the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 4, 1991. Mounted with a gilt presidential seal, the mount is signed by Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Barbara Bush. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 16.5 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 141058
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, JIMMY.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138018
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First edition of Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; from the library of American writer and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen
BROWN, STEPHEN [EDITOR]. FOREWORD BY JIMMY CARTER. INTRODUCTION BY DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY [PETER MATTHIESSEN].
Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Seattle: The Mountaineers Books 2006.
First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea” (Michael Dirda). With Matthiessen’s bookplate to the pastedown and his underlines and marginalia throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 135489