INSCRIBED BY GERALD R. FORD
FORD, Gerald R. A Time to Heal. (New York): Harper & Row/Reader's Digest, (1979). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.
First trade edition of President Ford’s memoirs, inscribed: "To James W. Carter, with very best regards. Gerald R. Ford. 9/15/86."
The 38th President's memoirs are "at once the autobiography of a political career and the human story of a dedicated but unassuming man propelled by history into taking on the immense burdens of the Presidency," with a special emphasis on Ford's decision to pardon Nixon and the transition of power between the two. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. Also issued in a signed limited edition of 250 copies.
Book fine. Light wear to extremities of bright dust jacket with tape repair to verso. A lovely copy.