Autumn 2020 Catalogue

58 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 Signed By President George W. Bush 60 . (BUSH, George H.W.) BUSH, George W. 41. A Portrait of My Father. New York, 2014. Octavo, original gray and white paper boards, dust jacket. $550. Click for more info First trade edition of President George W. Bush’s “loving testimonial” to the life and legacy of his father, President George H.W. Bush, boldly signed by President George W. Bush on a tipped-in leaf. “George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, is the only commander in chief in modern times who has declined to write a memoir. Now George W. Bush, the 43rd president, strides into the void with a book of his own intended to give voice to his modest father’s life and legacy” ( Washington Post ). Also issued in a deluxe edition, no priority established. A fine copy. A Charge To Keep , Inscribed By President George W. Bush 59. BUSH, George W. A Charge to Keep. New York, 1999. Octavo, original black and brown paper boards, dust jacket. $700. Click for more info First edition of President George W. Bush’s early memoir, boldly inscribed: “To S— Best wishes George W. Bush.” A Charge to Keep is a warm, generous memoir, likely “born of Bush’s desire to get into print his own take on his life and political career before too many outsiders promoted their views” ( New York Times ). Co- authored with his longtime communications director and counselor Karen Hughes, Bush’s campaign biography covers his Texas boyhood and formative years in government, as well as personal and political insights into his decision to run for the presidency. With 16 pages of photographic illustrations. A fine inscribed copy.