Description
Octavo, xx, 330pp. Brown hardcover, black spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first trade edition” on copyright page with full number line. In publishers dust jacket, retail price on front flap, fine condition. Inscribed by Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Conner to Jack and Mary Margaret Valenti, dated June, 2003.
Comments: Jack Valenti was a Special Advisor to President Lyndon Johnson from 1964-1966. His wife, Mary Margaret Valenti, was a personal secretary of Senator Johnson from 1956-1962. Jack Valenti was in Dallas in November, 1963 and can be seen in the famous photograph of President Johnson being sworn in aboard Air Force One, next to Mrs. Johnson. Jack Valenti would go on to become the President of the Motion Picture Association of America.