WHY NOT THE BEST?
by CARTER, Jimmy
Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, (1977). Hardcover. Book Fine, essentially new, in a Near Fine box. There appear to have been several different issues of this book. This is the issue with all edges gilt and the words "Presidential Edition" blacked out on the title page. Issued without dustwrapper in a gold box with a plastic cover and bound... Read More
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AN OUTDOOR JOURNAL
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Bantam, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text edges. Close to Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. SIGNED by the former President in full "Jimmy Carter" on the front endpaper. Most books on the market signed by Carter have been done at readings in a rushed manner to satisfy the demands of hundreds of... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) as President to the Prime Minister of Italy
by CARTER, Jimmy
Washington DC, 1 July 1977. Letter. Faint folds from mailing. Fine. Superb letter on White House stationery SIGNED in full to the Prime Minister of Italy, Giulio Andreotti, regarding an upcoming visit to the United States and a youth unemployment bill recently passed by the Italian parliament. In part: "You have suggested an excellent agenda for our talks.... Read More
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TURNING POINT. A CANDIDATE, A STATE, AND A NATION COME OF AGE
by CARTER, Jimmy
(New York): Times Books, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Mild bump to the lower rear board; slight foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Carter's story of how he first sought office in 1962 and how he confronted segregation at that time. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED in full "Jimmy Carter" on the half title... Read More
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SIGNED COLOR PHOTOGRAPH
by CARTER, Jimmy
Photograph. Fine with the owner's ink stamp on the verso. Attractive 8" x 10" color photograph of a smiling Jimmy Carter. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in a light area "Best wishes/to Dale Paul--/Jimmy Carter."
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AN HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT. MEMORIES OF A RURAL BOYHOOD
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to" --------- and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the front endpaper. Usually found with his quick "J. Carter" signature.
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ALWAYS A RECKONING AND OTHER POEMS
by CARTER, Jimmy
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1995). New Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in full gilt-decorated green leather. Illustrated by Sarah Elizabeth Chuldenko. A limited edition, this is copy #432 of 3000 SIGNED by the author as "J. Carter" on the limitation leaf.
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KEEPING FAITH. MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Bantam Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a little sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bound in centennial blue buckram with matching slipcase. Illustrated with photographs. One of an unknown limitation SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter." Uncommon issue of this book.
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EVERYTHING TO GAIN. MAKING THE MOST OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
by CARTER, Jimmy & Rosalynn
New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a crease at the rear. Later printing. SIGNED by the authors "J. Carter" and "Rosalynn Carter" on the front free endpaper.
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TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Third printing. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to ----" and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the half title page. Books inscribed by Carter, especially with his scarcer... Read More
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THE BLOOD OF ABRAHAM
by CARTER, Jimmy
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine in a price-clipped, otherwise Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to" and SIGNED in full on the half-title page.
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KEEPING FAITH. MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Bantam, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. New in slipcase and original shipping container. Bound in full blue leather with slipcase. Illustrated with photographs. Copy #577 of 2500 numbered copies SIGNED in full by the former President and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The scarcest and most beautiful issue of this most desirable book. With the original... Read More
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KEEPING FAITH. MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Bantam Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. The verso of the rear free endpaper has evidence of the removal of a bookplate. A clear mylar cover has been added to the book by being glued to the pastedowns. Still Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Bound in centennial blue buckram. Illustrated with photographs. One of an unknown limitation... Read More
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EVERYTHING TO GAIN. MAKING THE MOST OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
by CARTER, Jimmy & Rosalynn
New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. In this book the Carters offer inspiring and practical views on how Americans can make the most of the second part of their lives, something they have certainly done in practice.
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH Inscribed to Maude Chasen of restaurant fame
by CARTER, Jimmy
Framed Photograph. Matted and framed. Fine. Fine 8" x 10" black-and-white photograph of Carter smiling admirably at famed Hollywood restaurant owner Maude Chasen. INSCRIBED and SIGNED as President in the upper right margin: "To my Georgia/friend Maude/Chasen/Jimmy Carter/9-23-77." Maude Chasen died at the age of 97 in 2001. Her husband, Dave Chasen, opened Chasen's Southern Pit Barbecue on... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)
by CARTER, Jimmy [James Earl CARTER]
[Plains, GA], 1998. Letter. Wrinkling to the right margin including Carter's writing but with no detrimental effect. Near Fine. On the first page of a letter to Carter, in which the writer describes a chair he purchased at an auction at the Historic Bayside Inn in Annapolis with Carter's name on it, Carter humorously responds in this handwritten... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) as President-Elect
by CARTER, Jimmy
12 January 1977. Letter. Date received stamped in top margin along with the ink word "File." Normal folds from mailing. About Fine. On personal stationery (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") SIGNED by the president-elect as "Jimmy" to Congressman Harold Johnson of California asking him for his "cooperation in increasing the effectiveness of the executive branch of government.... My request is... Read More
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TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to ----" and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the half title page. Books inscribed by Carter, especially with his scarcer full signature,... Read More
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EVERYTHING TO GAIN. MAKING THE MOST OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
by CARTER, Jimmy & Rosalynn
New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. hardcover. Red remainder stripe on bottom edge of bulked text. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the First Lady on the front endpaper: "To Dot & Geb,/Best Wishes/Rosalynn Carter/2-93/Thanks for supporting Habitat!"
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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a price sticker shadow on the front panel. The true first printing and without the ubiquitous remainder mark. INSCRIBED "Best wishes to Joyce" and SIGNED by the author as "J. Carter" on the page with the publisher's logo. Laid in is a... Read More
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KEEPING FAITH. MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Bantam Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Bound in centennial blue buckram. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "To Larry" and SIGNED "J Carter" filling up the front endpaper.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by CARVER, George Washington
Tuskegee, AL, 4 August 1931. Letter. Evenly toned with normal creases from folding. Near Fine. Lengthy 4-page handwritten letter on both sides of two sheets of 8-1/2" x 11-1/8" Tuskegee Institute letterhead to a young friend and aspiring poet, Ralph Douberly. Throughout the letter, Carver reiterates his enjoyment in being in Douberly and Douberly's friend Billy's lives, and... Read More
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TWO POEMS
by CARVER, Raymond
(Salisbury, MD): Scarab Press, (1982). First Edition. Wraps. A little crinkling to front wrap near illustration. Near Fine. Trade" issue. Intaglio illustration on the front cover by Patrick H. Cardiff. Copy #68 of 75 (of 100) numbered copies SIGNED twice by the author, once on the title page and again on the colophon page. His first limited edition... Read More
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WHERE I'M CALLING FROM. NEW AND SELECTED STORIES
by CARVER, Raymond
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1988). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a very short closed tear at the top front. The author's strongest collection of stories and the last to be published in his lifetime. Several of these stories served as the basis for films, including SHORT CUTS directed by Robert Altman.INSCRIBED... Read More
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FURIOUS SEASONS
by CARVER, Raymond
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Carver's second collection of stories, one of 1200 copies of the issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1300. This is a Review Copy with the publisher's slip laid in.
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