"IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GREAT LEADERS, WE HEAR THE ROLLING THUNDER OF HISTORY": LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON
NIXON, Richard. Leaders. New York: Warner Books, (1982). Octavo, original blue morocco framed in gilt, spine with raised bands, all edges gilt. $650.
Signed limited first edition, number 921 of 2500 copies signed by President Nixon, of his "revealing" and distinctive work on world leaders, in a deluxe leather binding.
As vice-president and president of the United States, Richard Nixon met most world leaders of the latter half of the 20th century. In this book, Nixon shares "revealing anecdotes, recalls words of wisdom, and brings to bear his own judgments" about these men. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Published the same year as the first trade edition.
Watered silk endpapers gently faded around edges. A very nearly fine copy.