SIGNED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN
REAGAN, Ronald. Rendezvous with Destiny. Salt Lake City: Osmond Publishing Company, (1981). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of this collection of early speeches by the then-newly elected President, signed by Reagan on the half title.
Includes the 1964 TV speech that launched Reagan's political career, his first inaugural speech, two addresses to Joint Sessions of Congress, et al. The book's title comes from the closing remarks in that 1964 speech: "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny." Purchased from the widow of a Secret Service agent who was on active duty during Reagan's presidency; a copy of his obituary is laid in.
Minor abrasion to front free endpaper, book fine; price-clipped dust jacket also fine.