Description
Signed first edition of Memo to the President Elect by Madeleine Albright, with an inscription to Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton.
Octavo, 328pp. Navy blue hardcover, title in silver on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page, with full number line. Solid text block. Ex-library, with usual markings and library card pocket affixed to front free endpaper. Light wear to corners, faint smudges to front cover, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $26.95 retail price on front flap, shelf wear, light toning to top edge, a near fine example.
Signed by Madeleine Albright on the half-title: “To Chairman Ike Skelton – A great leader in the best tradition of President Truman. With the greatest admiration and affection. Madeleine Albright.”
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) served as the first female United States Secretary of State from 1997-2001 in the Clinton administration. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-1997), and she was a member of the faculty of Georgetown University for a number of years. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2012.
