Gerald R. Ford Signed Book - With Incredibly RARE Handwritten Quote From His August 9, 1974 Speech
38th President. Hardcover book Portrait of a President by Hugh Sidey. Photographs by Fred Ward. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1975]. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's gray cloth, spine stamped in black and white, front board blindstamped with an outline of the White House; original dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY FORD on the title page with a portion of his inauguration speech:
I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I am indebted to no man and only to one woman, my dear wife as I begin this very difficult job. My fellow Americans, Our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.
Gerald R. Ford
9/21/80
With a portion of an envelope signed by Lynette Frome ("L. Fromme") on the front pastedown. Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento on September 5, 1975.
Condition: Minor edgewear to cloth, a few corners bumped; dust jacket unclipped (priced "$12.95"), some chipping and tears to bottom of spine panel repaired with tape, other mild edgewear; slipcase with a few light stains and light edgewear.
The finest autograph quote signed by Ford we have handled.
38th President. Hardcover book Portrait of a President by Hugh Sidey. Photographs by Fred Ward. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1975]. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's gray cloth, spine stamped in black and white, front board blindstamped with an outline of the White House; original dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY FORD on the title page with a portion of his inauguration speech:
I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I am indebted to no man and only to one woman, my dear wife as I begin this very difficult job. My fellow Americans, Our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.
Gerald R. Ford
9/21/80
With a portion of an envelope signed by Lynette Frome ("L. Fromme") on the front pastedown. Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento on September 5, 1975.
Condition: Minor edgewear to cloth, a few corners bumped; dust jacket unclipped (priced "$12.95"), some chipping and tears to bottom of spine panel repaired with tape, other mild edgewear; slipcase with a few light stains and light edgewear.
The finest autograph quote signed by Ford we have handled.
38th President. Hardcover book Portrait of a President by Hugh Sidey. Photographs by Fred Ward. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1975]. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's gray cloth, spine stamped in black and white, front board blindstamped with an outline of the White House; original dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY FORD on the title page with a portion of his inauguration speech:
I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I am indebted to no man and only to one woman, my dear wife as I begin this very difficult job. My fellow Americans, Our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.
Gerald R. Ford
9/21/80
With a portion of an envelope signed by Lynette Frome ("L. Fromme") on the front pastedown. Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento on September 5, 1975.
Condition: Minor edgewear to cloth, a few corners bumped; dust jacket unclipped (priced "$12.95"), some chipping and tears to bottom of spine panel repaired with tape, other mild edgewear; slipcase with a few light stains and light edgewear.
The finest autograph quote signed by Ford we have handled.