THE REPUBLIC
A group of 7 works about pre-20th century American presidents and other political figures, 2 INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT, AND 2 SIGNED:
1) AVLON, John. Washington’s Farewell The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. INSCRIBED BY AVLON TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “With respect and appreciation.”
2) BRANDS, Henry Williams, Jr. The First American The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Doubleday, 2000.
3) BURSTEIN, Andrew. Jefferson’s Secrets Death and Desire at Monticello. New York: Basic Books, 2005. FIRST EDITION.
4) KNOROWSKI, Carla, editor. Gettysburg Replies The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2015. SIGNED BY KNOROWSKI.
5) PERAINO, Kevin. Lincoln in the World The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power. New York: Crown Publishers, 2013. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY WITH TIPPED-IN CARD INSCRIBED FROM PERAINO TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “I wanted to send along a newly minted copy of my book about Lincoln’s foreign policy – it seemed like something you might like!”
6) VIDAL, Gore. Lincoln. New York: Random House, 1984.
7) WULF, Andrea. Founding Gardeners The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Generation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. SIGNED BY WULF.
Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all in original cloth and dust jackets (condition generally fine).
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, bookplates).
