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Lot 96
Sale 1334 - The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Part II
Lots Open
Apr 26, 2024
Lots Close
May 8, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,080
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Lot Description
STATE DEPARTMENT
A group of 6 FIRST EDITIONS, 2 INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
A group of 6 FIRST EDITIONS, 2 INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
1) BEISNER, Robert L. Dean Acheson A Life in the Cold War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY BEISNER TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “To another fine Secretary of State, with highest regards.”
2) CHACE, James. Acheson The Secretary of State Who Created the Modern World. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. FIRST EDITION. Gift inscription to Secretary Albright.
3) GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. Ambassador’s Journal A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. FIRST EDITION.
4) GHATTAS, Kim. The Secretary A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power. New York: Times Books, 2013. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY GHATTAS TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “I spent a lot of time reading your book about your time at the State Department while writing my book; it was a great inspiration and full of priceless information.”
5) KISSINGER, Henry. White House Years. Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, & Company, 1979. FIRST EDITION.
6) KISSINGER, Henry. Years of Upheaval. Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, & Company, 1982. FIRST EDITION.
Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all in original bindings and a few in dust jackets (condition generally very fine).
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, bookplates).
