Description
First edition of Looking Forward, inscribed by President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush to her personal assistant, Becky Beach.
Octavo, xii, 270pp. Gilt title on spine and signature on cover. Red cloth binding. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s price clipped dust jacket, a near fine example.
Signed on the front flyleaf: “Christmas 1987 / To: Becky Beach – With love to our precious friend – Most warmly – Barbara and George Bush.”
Becky Beach was Barbara Bush’s personal assistant from 1978 to 1982, while serving as Second Lady of the United States. Beach and Bush remained close in the following decades; Beach was one of 1,500 who received an invitation to Barbara Bush’s private funeral in April, 2018.
