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Condition: Very Good. Location:jane 20 249 pp. jane 20.
Published by Windswept Publishers (1991), Mt. Desert, Maine, 1991
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Color photos (illustrator). A behind the scene view of Washington through the eyes of a woman who writes with humor and a keen eye for history & detail. VG PB printed by Downeast Garphics, Ellsworth, Maine.
Published by Warner Books, New York, 1990
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition of Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon by Caspar W. Weinberger, inscribed to Ambassador Joseph V. Reed, Jr. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, 464pp. Blue hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Appears unread. First edition statement on copyright page, with full number line. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Inscribed on the title page: "For Joe Reed - with my best wishes + my great appreciation for all your fine help + your great contribution to the U.S. / Casp." Amb. Joseph Reed served as the United States Ambassador to Morocco (1981-1985) and Chief of Protocol of the United States (1989-1991). Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006) served as the Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration from 1981-1987. His tenure ended with the Iran-Contra Affair in 1987, but he was pardoned by President Bush and never convicted of any crimes. He died in 2006.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1989
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Inscribed to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, the first edition of Men From Earth, the memoirs of Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldin. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxii, 312pp, [2]. Purple hardcover, black cloth spine. The first edition, with a full number line. Bookplate from Weinberger library on front endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 on front flap, light sunning to spine, a near fine example. Inscribed on the half title: "To Cap Weinberger, With Best Wishes, Buzz Aldrin." A unique association copy. Buzz Aldrin, born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. in 1930, is an American engineer and former astronaut. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing in history, which occurred on July 20, 1969. Aldrin, along with Neil Armstrong, became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon's surface. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and later joined NASA. After leaving NASA in 1971, Aldrin pursued a career in academia and aerospace consulting, advocating for continued space exploration and colonization of Mars.