Description
First edition of All The Best, George Bush, inscribed to the first Director of the Bush Library and Museum, David E. Alsobrook.
Octavo, 640pp. Blue cloth spine, cream boards, gilt lettering on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Publisher’s dust jacket, $30.00 on front flap, in near fine condition with faint shelf wear. Library blind stamp below bookplate. Inscribed on a Bush Library bookplate: “David Alsobrook, with high regard. All the best, George Bush.”
“This book would not have been possible without the support, encouragement, and hard work of Dr. David Alsobrook, director of the George Bush Presidential Library. David guided us every step of the way on every aspect of this book.” – Acknowledgments, p. 361, All The Best, George Bush. David E. Alsobrook (1946-2021) was the founding director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Prior to his position at the Bush Library, he served as supervisory archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Alsobrook reflected on his long career in a memoir titled Presidential Archivist: A Memoir, published in 2020.
