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“THE MOST IMPORTANT SERIES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL DEBATES”: FIRST EDITION OF THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES; From the library of President Gerald Ford
LINCOLN, Abraham [Gerald R. Ford].
Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.
Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.
First edition, early issue of the most famous debates in American history which cemented Lincoln as a national presidential candidate. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind. Ownership bookplate of President Gerald R. Ford to the front pastedown. President Gerald R. Ford and Abraham Lincoln occupy distinct yet symbolically linked places in American presidential history, united by their encounters with political violence and national division. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, led the United States through the Civil War and became the first American president to be assassinated when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in 1865—a moment that transformed him into a martyr for the Union and a symbol of democratic perseverance. Over a century later, Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president, survived two assassination attempts within seventeen days in 1975, both carried out by women—Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore—amid the turbulence of the post-Watergate era. While Ford’s brush with assassination did not result in tragedy, it echoed the lingering volatility of American political life that had claimed Lincoln’s. In near fine condition. An exceptional example with even better provenance.
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 149362
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“THE UNBELIEVABLE COINCIDENCES… JUST COULDN’T HAPPEN—AND YET THEY DID”: PORTRAIT OF THE ASSASSIN, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FORD AND SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR JOHN R. STILES
FORD, Gerald R. and John R. Stiles.
Portrait of an Assassin.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "Warmest personal regards. Gerald R. Ford" signed in the year of publication "John R. Stiles 6/7/65." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Smith. Photograph on the front of jacket by James Murray. Rare and desirable signed by both authors.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148153
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“THE UNBELIEVABLE COINCIDENCES… JUST COULDN’T HAPPEN—AND YET THEY DID”: PORTRAIT OF THE ASSASSIN, warmly inscribed BY PRESIDENT FORD To Close Personal Friend and Mayor of Pittsburgh Bob O'Connor
FORD, Gerald R. and John R. Stiles.
Portrait of an Assassin.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission, boldly signed by Ford. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob O'Connor with warmest personal regards and very best wishes. Gerald R. Ford." The recipient, Bob O'Connor was the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a close personal friend of Ford. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Smith. Photograph on the front of jacket by James Murray. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125682
