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Lot Description

THE REPUBLIC
A group of 7 works about pre-20th century American presidents and other political figures, 2 INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT, AND 2 SIGNED:

1) AVLON, John. Washington’s Farewell The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. INSCRIBED BY AVLON TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “With respect and appreciation.”

2) BRANDS, Henry Williams, Jr. The First American The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

3) BURSTEIN, Andrew. Jefferson’s Secrets Death and Desire at Monticello. New York: Basic Books, 2005. FIRST EDITION.

4) KNOROWSKI, Carla, editor. Gettysburg Replies The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2015. SIGNED BY KNOROWSKI.

5) PERAINO, Kevin. Lincoln in the World The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power. New York: Crown Publishers, 2013. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY WITH TIPPED-IN CARD INSCRIBED FROM PERAINO TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “I wanted to send along a newly minted copy of my book about Lincoln’s foreign policy – it seemed like something you might like!”

6) VIDAL, Gore. Lincoln. New York: Random House, 1984.

7) WULF, Andrea. Founding Gardeners The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Generation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. SIGNED BY WULF.

Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all in original cloth and dust jackets (condition generally fine).

Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, bookplates).

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