69 “A Monumental Political Saga” Inscribed By President Barack Obama 99OBAMA, Barack. The Audacity of Hope. New York, 2006. Octavo, original boards, dust jacket. $4500 First edition, first printing, inscribed, “To John & Rosemary—All the best! Barack Obama.” Written while he was still the junior United States senator from Illinois, Obama’s second book calls for a renewal of politics grounded in “a set of ideals that continue to stir [America’s] collective conscience; a common set of values that bind us together despite our differences; a running thread of hope that makes our improbable experiment in democracy work.” Hairline closed tear to dust jacket rear panel. A nearly fine copy. Inscribed By President Ronald Reagan 100REAGAN, Ronald. An American Life. New York, 1990. Octavo, original half blue cloth, dust jacket, custom slipcase. $4500 First edition of the 40th President’s autobiography, inscribed, “To K— S— With Very Best Wishes, Ronald Reagan.” President Reagan’s illustrated autobiography, with 16 pages of blackand-white photographic illustrations. Gift inscription. Book about-fine with a few spots to text block fore-edge, dust jacket fine. 98(JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines) CARO, Robert A. The Years of Lyndon Johnson. New York, 1982-2012. Four volumes. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jackets. $5500 First editions of all four volumes of Caro’s critically praised, Pulitzer Prize-winning, multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, signed by Caro in each volume. Caro was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Path to Power and Means of Ascent (1982 and 1990, respectively) and the 2002 National Book Award and 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Biography (his second Pulitzer) for Master of the Senate, the third volume in his epic portrait of this mercurial, larger-than-life American president. Discoloration to dust jacket versos only. A handsome set in excellent condition.
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