SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROFILE, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED THE YEAR AFTER PUBLICATION BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND HIS PHOTOGRAPHER

(BUSH, George H.W.) VALDEZ, David. George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, (1997). Large square quarto (11-14 by 11-1/4 inches), original navy cloth, original slipcase with mounted presidential seal.

Signed limited first edition of this lavishly illustrated tribute to President George H.W. Bush by his personal photographer, one of 1250 unnumbered copies signed by President Bush and photographer Valdez, an especially handsome presentation copy inscribed on the limitation page by President Bush, "To H—, K—, M— & A— with thanks and best wishes George Bush 10 28 98 at Cheeca," along with Valdez' inscription on the page below his signature, "To H— & Family, Thanks for all the great Cheeca memoirs. Best Wishes, David Valdez 28 Oct 98."

This lavish photographic tribute to America's 41st President features a handsome color frontispiece portrait and over 200 black-and-white and color images, many full page, spanning Bush's days as a naval aviator and Yale baseball player, his service as United Nations ambassador and CIA director, and culminating in his years as Vice-President and President. Issued the same year in a trade edition, no priority established. Introduction by Valdez. This memorable presentation copy is inscribed to Herbert Spiegel and his family. Spiegel, the popular general manager of Cheeca Lodge, co-founded with President Bush the George Bush Cheeca Lodge Bonefish Tournament. Bush, a passionate and experienced sports fisherman, often stayed at Cheeca Lodge, which is located in the Florida Key's village of Islamorada. "It was to Islamorada that then-Vice President Bush fled for a final two-day fishing trip before his inauguration" (Washington Post). At the 1999 tournament, the year after Bush's inscription, he "caught and released a 13-pound, 4-ounce bonefish. It was the largest bonefish Bush has caught since he began fishing in the Keys as vice president-elect in December 1979" (Sun Sentinel).

A memorable presentation copy in fine condition.