Description
Barbara Bush: A Memoir, inscribed by former First Lady Barbara Bush and President George H.W. Bush. Includes the golf scorecard from Sea Island, Georgia, which is mentioned in the book.
Octavo, x, [2], 575pp. Black hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Full number line on copyright page, with “production code” in the gutter on last leaf of text. Light foxing to outer edge of text block, points of rubbing to boards. In the publisher’s dust jacket, lacking the retail price on the front flap, sunning to the spine and top edge of front panel, light shelf wear, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper: “See page 435 / Barbara Bush / George Bush.” Inscription on Page 435: “With love to Carolyn Carter and wishes for many more golf games! Barbara Bush. 1/6/95.” Includes a golf scorecard from Sea Island Golf Club signed by Louise Suggs and Barbara Bush. Scorecard includes the 18-hole results from Barbara Bush, Louise Suggs, Carolyn Carter and Fran Green. An exceptional association copy.
As detailed on page 435 of Barbara Bush: A Memoir, the First Lady played golf at Sea Island, Georgia in September 1991, the first time she had been back to the resort since her honeymoon forty-six years earlier. Playing in a group behind President Bush, Mrs. Bush was in a foursome with Louise Suggs (one of the founders of the LPGA), Fran Green and Carolyn Carter.
