Description
The signed limited edition of The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, from the library of Ambassador Peter H. Dailey.
Thick octavo, 1120pp. Blue leather, decorative gilt title with raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk end papers with sewn-in silk bookmark. Faint wear to gilt leaf ends.
Signed by President Richard Nixon on the limitation page, this being number 1,168 of 2,500 copies for distribution. Laid-in document from Grosset & Dunlap noting that this copy (#1168) was issued to Peter H. Dailey.
A fine copy.
Peter H. Dailey (1930-2018) served as the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 1982 to 1984, appointed by President Ronald Reagan. Before his diplomatic role, Dailey served as principal media strategist for the 1972 Nixon campaign. Dailey was chairman and CEO of Dailey & Associates, a Los Angeles-based advertising agency.
