NIXON, Richard. The Memoirs. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1978.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt to front cover and spine, in dust-jacket; pp. xii, 1120, with black and white photographic plates; with loose prospectus included; a little chipping to bottom of wrapper, otherwise near fine; authorial inscription ‘To Emmanuel Charles Guerra/ with best wishes/ from/ Richard Nixon/ 8-23-78’ in black ink to half title; with publisher's promotional flyer loosely inserted.
First edition, second printing, a presentation copy inscribed by the author. Nixon’s dense memoir offers both a work of political self-justification and a valuable account of the conduct of the Vietnam War and the civil rights controversies of his presidency.
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