Description
Signed first edition of Real Peace by President Richard Nixon, inscribed to Nixon speechwriter and conservative icon, Professor Jeffrey Hart.
Octavo, 106pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First printing September 1983” on copyright page. In publisher’s dust jacket, light wear along bottom edge, a near fine example.
This book is signed on the front free endpaper: “For Jeff Hart, With appreciation for his role in urging the writing of this volume – from Richard Nixon 10-14-83.”
Professor Jeffrey Hart (1931-2019) was a prolific conservative author and professor of English literature at Dartmouth. After working for the 1968 presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan, Hart was recruited to write speeches for the Nixon campaign and White House. He later wrote for the National Review, where Hart became “one of the most influential writers for approaching half a century.” (Fowler, National Review). His books include: “When the Going Was Good! American Life in the Fifties” (1982); “Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education” (2001); and “The Making of the American Conservative Mind: National Review and Its Times” (2005).
