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[AMERICANA]. [FIRST LADIES]. Group of 12 Modern Titles Signed by First Ladies or Members of a Presidential Family. [V.p., ca. 20th - 21st centuries].

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

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[AMERICANA]. [FIRST LADIES]. Group of 12 Modern Titles Signed by First Ladies or Members of a Presidential Family. [V.p., ca. 20th - 21st centuries]. 8vos. Publisher's bindings, dust jackets (one copy, On My Own, lacks the jacket). 

Condition

General wear, soiling, several jackets price-clipped, some with ownership markings, a few price stickers. Generally very good. 

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Signed first editions include: Betty A Glad Awakening (3 copies, one a later printing signed by Ford and Ladybird Johnson with a Christmas card by Johnson, one a limited edition inscribed by Ford to philanthropist Wallis Anenberg), On My Own by Eleanor Roosevelt, A White House Diary by Lady Bird Johnson (signed bookplate), Barbara Bush a Memoir (signed bookplate), The Book of Gutsy Women signed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Becoming by Michelle Obama (signed first trade edition on an inserted leaf), The Woodrow Wilsons by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (signed by McAdoo, Wilson's daughter). Signed later printings include: Ronald Reagan An American Life (signed by Nancy Reagan on the dedication page), Everything to Gain by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (signed by both Carters), Helping Yourself Help Others by Rosalynn Carter.