Description
The specially bound 1964 Christmas Gift of A President’s Country: A Guide to the Hill Country of Texas, inscribed by President Lyndon Johnson to National Security Advisor, McGeorge Bundy.
Twelvemo, 80pp. Full red calf, title stamped in gilt, saddle design on the front cover, gilt dentelles. Stated “First Edition 1964” on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers, appears unread. This work was edited by Jack Maguire with drawings by Mac Tatchell. Light wear at heel of the spine.
Inscribed on the title page: “To Mary and Mack Bundy – with appreciation – Lyndon B. Johnson.”
Exceptionally rare. One of a small number of specially bound copies presented as Christmas gifts by President Johnson to his colleagues and close friends for Christmas 1964.
McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996) served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. During Johnson’s administration, Bundy remained one of the president’s chief foreign policy advisers from 1963 until early 1966, helping shape U.S. policy on Vietnam at a time of deepening American involvement in the war. Before his White House service, Bundy had worked in government during World War II and later became a leading academic as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard.
