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A Time to Heal
by Ford, Gerald R
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0060112972
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112974
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed first edition of A Time to Heal by Gerald R. Ford, inscribed to L. Donald Shields, former President of Cal State Fullerton and Southern Methodist University.. Octavo, 454pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and replicated gilt signature on cover. Stated "first edition" on copyright page, with full number line beginning at 1. Some dust along top edge of text block, light toning to edge of blue cloth, solid text block. In the publisher's first edition dust jacket, $12.95 retail price, with "0679" at bottom of front flap, light toning to spine, short closed tear along bottom edge of front panel, a very good example. Book is signed on the front free endpaper: "To President Donald Shields, with admiration and appreciation. Warmest best regards. Gerald R. Ford." L. Donald Shields (b. 1936) served as the President of California State University (Fullerton) from 1971-1980, and Southern Methodist University from 1980-1986. In 1974, he was appointed to the National Science Board by President Ford, serving until 1980.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11520
- Title
- A Time to Heal
- Author
- Ford, Gerald R
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of A Time to Heal by Gerald R. Ford, inscribed to L. Donald Shields, former President of Cal State Fullerto
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060112972
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112974
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Humor and the Presidency Gerald Ford, A Time To Heal Gerald Ford, Selected Speeches Gerald Ford, Portrait of the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, The Times of My Life Betty Ford, Write It When I'm Gone Thomas DeFrank, Aspects of the Presidency John Hersey
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
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