New York: Abrams, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 104 pages. Illustrations. Small stains on inside covers and end papers. Inscribed by Todd Purdom on title page. Statement from front of DJ: Defining Portraits, Deeds, and Misdeeds of 43 Notable Americans--and What Each One Really Thought About His Predecessor. Foreword by Todd S. Purdum. Essays by Judy Bachrach, David Friend, David Kamp, Todd S. Purdum, and Jim Windolf. One-page biography of each President, illustrated with a full-page profile sketch by Mark Summers. An appendix contains the frank assessment by each President about the man who immediately preceded him as president. Edward Graydon Carter, CM (born 14 July 1949) is a Canadian journalist who served as the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 until 2017. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Tom Phillips, the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986. Accolades during his tenure at Vanity Fair include 14 National Magazine Awards and being named to the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame. More

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1982. Fifth Printing. 622, illus., chronology, index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 212 Pages. Index. Signed by the author. More

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. Illus., notes, index. Signed by the author. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [1], 570, [4] pages. Illustrations. Chronology. List of senior officials in the Carter administration. Index, slight wear/soil to DJ. Signed by the author. James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Since leaving the presidency, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects as a private citizen. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center. Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined the United States Navy, where he served on submarines. After the death of his father in 1953, Carter returned home to Georgia to take over his family's peanut-growing business. His ambition to expand the Carters' peanut business was fulfilled. Carter became an activist within the Democratic Party. From 1963 to 1967, Carter served in the Georgia State Senate, and in 1970, he was elected as Governor of Georgia, defeating former Governor Carl Sanders in the Democratic primary on a platform advocating affirmative action. Carter remained as governor until 1975. Despite being a dark-horse candidate who was little known outside of Georgia at the start of the campaign, Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Carter ran as an outsider and narrowly defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. First Edition [Stated], Second Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [1], 570, [4] pages. Illustrations. Chronology. List of senior officials in the Carter administration. Index, Slight wear/soil to DJ. Ticket to Nov. 29, 2010 signing event at the Lincoln Theatre laid in. Signed by the author on the title page. James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Since leaving office, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center. Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined the United States Navy, where he served on submarines. After the death of his father in 1953, Carter returned home to Georgia to take over his family's peanut-growing business. His ambition to expand the Carters' peanut business was fulfilled. Carter became an activist within the Democratic Party. From 1963 to 1967, Carter served in the Georgia State Senate, and in 1970, he was elected as Governor of Georgia, defeating former Governor Carl Sanders in the Democratic primary on a platform advocating affirmative action. Carter remained as governor until 1975. Despite being a dark-horse candidate who was little known outside of Georgia at the start of the campaign, Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Carter ran as an outsider and narrowly defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford. More

Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1977. 208 pages. Illus. (some color). Signed by the author. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. x, 323, [3] pages illus., notes, bibliographical note, index. Pencil erasure residue noted at a couple of places. Minor page discoloration noted. In 1912, four formidable personalities clashed in their quest for the Presidency--Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debs. In the course of this election, the Republican Party split, and Woodrow was elected by less than a majority of the popular vote. More

Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. Second Impression stated. Hardcover. xx, 232, [6] pages. Frontis illustration. Chronology. A Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lady Delamere. Index. Dedicated to Doctor Wallace Buttrick. Text slightly darkened, some wear to edges. Gift card on fep. Godfrey Rathbone Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (6 November 1864 – 3 February 1945) was an English author, academic, Liberal politician and philanthropist. He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1887 with a First in literae humaniores, and would become a Philosophy lecturer at Balliol. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1898. Benson was involved in Liberal politics and represented Woodstock in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1895. He served as Mayor of Lichfield between 1909 and 1911. In 1911 Benson was raised to the peerage as Baron Charnwood, of Castle Donington in the County of Leicester. Lord Charnwood was the author of many works, including two biographies, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. More

London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. 281, weakness to front board, some discoloration inside boards and flyleaves, some wear to board corners and spine edges. More

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition [stated and thus presumed First Printing]. Hardcover. xix, [1],709, [7] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling, Inscribed and dated by Clifford on fep. Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906 – October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official government positions were White House Counsel (1946–1950), Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1963–1968), and Secretary of Defense (1968–1969); Clifford was also influential in his role as an unofficial, informal presidential adviser in various issues. Clifford was considered one of Washington's "superlawyers" due to the reach of his influence and seemingly limitless connections. Clifford's office overlooked the White House, emphasizing his long experience in the capital. In 1980, President Carter appointed him as special presidential emissary to India. More

Place_Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. 1000, illus. with 32 pages of photographs, index, some creasing and small tears to DJ edges. More