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Why Not The Best
by Carter, Jimmy [Rosalynn Carter]
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805455833
- ISBN 13
- 9780805455830
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Nashville: Broadman Press, 1977. Presidential Edition. Full leather. Fine. Inscribed to White House Press Secretary Mary Finch Hoyt, deluxe Presidential Edition of Why Not The Best?, signed by President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter.. Small octavo, 208pp. Green leather, gilt title on spine, presidential seal in gilt on cover. All edges gilt. "Presidential Edition" is blacked out on title page, the only copy we've seen like this. Housed in publisher's gold clamshell box, plastic cover over top. Signed by President Jimmy Carter with a full signature. Additional inscription: "To Mary Hoyt, Best Wishes and Thanks for all your help. Merry Christmas 1980. Rosalynn Carter." Mary Finch Hoyt (1923-2013) served as press secretary to Rosalynn Carter as first lady. She had previously worked as a press aide for Jane Muskie during the 1968 Democratic presidential campaign and later Eleanor McGovern during the 1972 Democratic campaign. She would serve as press secretary for Mrs. Carter from 1977-1981. She wrote her memoirs in 2001, titled "East Wing: Politics, the Press, and a First Lady.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11666
- Title
- Why Not The Best
- Author
- Carter, Jimmy [Rosalynn Carter]
- Illustrator
- Inscribed to White House Press Secretary Mary Finch Hoyt, deluxe Presidential Edition of Why Not The Best?, signed by President
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presidential Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805455833
- ISBN 13
- 9780805455830
- Publisher
- Broadman Press
- Place of Publication
- Nashville
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- President Jimmy Carter, Plains Georgia, Peanut Farmer, Rosalynn Carter, Keeping Faith, An Hour Before Daylight, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Living Faith, The Hornet's Nest, Everything to Gain Making the Most of Life, White House Diary, Turning Poi
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