GREAT GIFTS 92 “A Classic Civil War Autobiography” 110 GRANT, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York, 1885-86. Two volumes. Octavo, original deluxe three-quarter brown morocco gilt, custom slipcase $3000 First edition, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps, a handsome copy in publisher’s deluxe binding. “Grant’s memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history” (Eicher 492). Only minor wear to spines, gilt bright. A handsome copy. GREAT GIFTS Signed By President Jimmy Carter 111 CARTER, Jimmy. The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. New York, 2002. Small octavo, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $850 First edition, boldly signed on a preliminary page by America’s 39th President. Jimmy Carter won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Peace “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development” (Nobel Citation). Fine. Inscribed By President Reagan 112 REAGAN, Ronald. Speaking My Mind. New York, 1989. Tall octavo, original half blue cloth, dust jacket. $3500 First trade edition of President Reagan’s selected speeches, a scarce presentation copy inscribed by him, “To W— H— With Very Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan 3-12-1990.” Selected and annotated by Reagan, this volume begins with one of his first public talks, delivered in 1951, and includes the many speeches that helped define the “Reagan Revolution” and his two terms in the White House. Fine. Signed By Franklin D. Roosevelt As President 113 ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. The Democratic Book 1936. No place, 1936. Large folio, original full brown morocco gilt. $6200 Signed limited first edition, number 539 of an unknown limitation signed by President Roosevelt. Sold to Democratic donors at $250 each to pay off the 1936 re-election debt, The Democratic Book 1936 contains information such as the party’s platform, election results, and statements from the President, his cabinet members, the first lady, and other important members of his administration. Fine.
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