Description
First edition of To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson inscribed to future Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance.
Octavo, xiv, 506pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt and red. Stated “first edition” on copyright page, with no later printings noted. Top edge dyed yellow, faint sunning to top quarter of cloth, a near fine example. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, retail price of $8.95 on front flap, bright illustrations.
This copy is signed by the president on the dedication page: “To Cyrus Vance / Who through the years has done much more than his share to put this together. With my admiration & gratitude / Lyndon B. Johnson / May 28, 1968.”
An exceptional association copy.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (1917-2002) served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964 to 1967. During this period, Vance played a key role in overseeing the U.S. military’s involvement in the Vietnam War, though he privately expressed reservations, and eventually resigned from his post. Vance was also the primary negotiator during the Panama Canal Zone disputes and helped de-escalate the Cyprus crisis in 1967. This foreign diplomatic experience led to his nomination as President Carter’s Secretary of State in 1977.
