Description
First edition of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History by Michael L. Gillette, inscribed to First Lady Barbara Bush from Mark K. Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library.
Octavo, x, 400pp. Blue hardcover, white spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Light wear from handling, a near fine example. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, retail price on the back panel, faint shelf wear.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Barbara Bush, A book about one great First Lady for another great First Lady, with affection, respect and warm wishes. Mark K. Updegrove. April 2013.”
Provenance: From the Bush Family Estate in Kennebunkport, ME.
Includes a collection of 11 candid photographs from the LBJ Presidential Library, where Barbara Bush and Laura Bush were the featured guests in November 2012. The photographs include First Lady Barbara Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, along with presidential daughters Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Bush, and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb.
