Description
First edition, first printing of Six Crises by Richard Nixon, signed by Richard Nixon to his Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Hollis M. Dole.
Octavo, xvi, [2], 460pp. Gray cloth, gilt title over blue on spine and front cover. Faint soiling to cloth, solid text block. Faint splash mark along bottom edge of text block, dust remnant to top edge of text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, with $5.95 price on front flap, shelf wear, light soiling to spine, a near fine example.
Signed on the second free endpaper: “To Hollis M. Dole / With best wishes / From Richard Nixon.”
Hollis Mathews Dole (1914-1987) was an American geologist and public servant who significantly influenced U.S. mineral and energy policy. In 1969, President Nixon appointed Dole as Assistant Secretary for Mineral Resources in the U.S. Department of the Interior, a position he held until 1973. In this role, Dole was instrumental in developing regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling, particularly along Oregon’s coast, setting precedents that other states would follow.
