Sale 2519 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, October 10, 2019

FOUR PRESIDENTS 127 c   (PRESIDENTS.) Color group Photograph Signed, by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon, showing the four Presidents standing together as Reagan delivers remarks [outside the White House prior to leaving for Anwar Sadat’s funeral on October 8, 1981]. Additionally inscribed by Reagan, Ford, and Nixon, each of whom has written the ordinal number of his presidency. Inscribed on the mat below the relevant portrait. 6x9 1 / 4 inches (image), 11x14 inches overall; photograph and mat mounted to foamboard. Np, circa 1981 [2,000/3,000] 128 c   (PRESIDENTS.) Group of 5 Typed Letters Signed, to Meet the Press co-founder Lawrence E. Spivak: Robert F. Kennedy * Richard Nixon (3) * Gerald Ford. The letters, each concerning the show. Each 1 page, 4to or 8vo, each on stationery; generally good condition. Vp, 1956-72 [400/600] Kennedy. “Bob,” thanking for sending photographs from the show. Washington, 8 August 1967 * Nixon (3). “Dick” or “RN,” one as President, declining an invitation to appear, praising his show, or thanking for election congratulations. Washington, 14 June 1956; New York, 11 October 1962; Washington, 29 November 1972 * Ford. “Jerry Ford,” praising the show. Washington, 11 October 1972. 127