Description
The first edition of Real Peace by President Richard Nixon, inscribed to Nobel laureate and author, Elie Wiesel.
Octavo, 107pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Trade Edition” on copyright page. Internally clean, free of marks or notations. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $12.95 on front flap, touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. Includes authentication from GIA, with certificate and matching number on front free endpaper.
This book is inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Elie Wiesel / With best wishes / from Richard Nixon.”
Richard Nixon (1913-1994) had a cordial yet strained relationship with Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate. Wiesel openly criticized Nixon, particularly regarding the Watergate scandal and aspects of his foreign policy. In numerous speeches during the early 1970s, Wiesel challenged Nixon’s conduct as undermining the moral leadership of the United States. Despite these differences, Nixon acknowledged Wiesel’s significant contributions to Holocaust education and humanitarian efforts.
Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (1928-2016) was a Romanian-born American author, activist, and Holocaust survivor. His most famous work, Night, describes the time he spent as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, two of the largest Nazi concentration camps of World War II. In the 70 years following World War II, Wiesel defended human rights and played a role in many improvements to Jewish Studies and Holocaust remembrance, particularly in the United States with his work at the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Amongst many other high honors, Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992.
