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Barbara Bush: A Memoir
by Bush, Barbara [George Bush]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0025196359
- ISBN 13
- 9780025196353
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons / A Lisa Drew Book, 1994. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Barbara Bush: A Memoir, inscribed by former First Lady Barbara Bush and President George H.W. Bush. Includes the golf scorecard from Sea Island, Georgia, which is mentioned in the book.. Octavo, x, [2], 575pp. Black hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Full number line on copyright page, with "production code" in the gutter on last leaf of text. Light foxing to outer edge of text block, points of rubbing to boards. In the publisher's dust jacket, lacking the retail price on the front flap, sunning to the spine and top edge of front panel, light shelf wear, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper: "See page 435 / Barbara Bush / George Bush." Inscription on Page 435: "With love to Carolyn Carter and wishes for many more golf games! Barbara Bush. 1/6/95." Includes a golf scorecard from Sea Island Golf Club signed by Louise Suggs and Barbara Bush. Scorecard includes the 18-hole results from Barbara Bush, Louise Suggs, Carolyn Carter and Fran Green. An exceptional association copy. As detailed on page 435 of Barbara Bush: A Memoir, the First Lady played golf at Sea Island, Georgia in September 1991, the first time she had been back to the resort since her honeymoon forty-six years earlier. Playing in a group behind President Bush, Mrs. Bush was in a foursome with Louise Suggs (one of the founders of the LPGA), Fran Green and Carolyn Carter.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Title
- Barbara Bush: A Memoir
- Author
- Bush, Barbara [George Bush]
- Illustrator
- Barbara Bush: A Memoir, inscribed by former First Lady Barbara Bush and President George H.W. Bush. Includes the golf scorecard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0025196359
- ISBN 13
- 9780025196353
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons / A Lisa Drew Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- And That's That Louise Suggs, Golf for Women Louise Suggs, Par golf for Women Louise suggs, Looking Forward George Bush, Heartbeat George Bush, Decision Points George Bush, Destiny and Power Jon Meacham, George Bush Man of Integrity Doug Wead, Ronald
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