Description
Signed limited edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography by Vice President George H.W. Bush, published before his successful presidential campaign.
Octavo, xii, [4], 270pp. Blue morocco, title in gilt on spine, all edges gilt. Stated first edition on copyright page. Frontispiece portrait of President Bush. Publisher’s matching blue leather slipcase, sticker affixed to bottom panel matching the limitation number of this book. From a limited edition of 250 signed copies, this being 36, signed by Vice President Bush.
Looking Forward was written by Vice President Bush before he embarked on his successful campaign for president in 1988. Looking Forward covers his career, from a Navy pilot during WWII, through his years as ambassador to China, chairman of the Republican National Committee, director of the CIA and finally to the 1980 presidential race. George Bush would serve as the vice president for Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989 and one term as president from 1989-1993.
