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HARRY S TRUMAN, RICHARD M. NIXON, GERALD R. FORD, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, JOSEPH R. BIDEN
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A collection of seven books and a signed document from President Carter's personal library, each bearing his personal library stamp [including:]

TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972). Mr. Citizen. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1953-1960. Octavo (235 x 150mm) Red cloth boards titled with a facsimile of Truman's signature at center and "PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER" at lower right, slipcase. Limited edition of 1,000 signed by Truman ("Harry Truman") on the limitation page (this being copy No. 271). * WHITNEY, David C., ed., The American Presidents. The American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural Edition. George Herbert Walker Bush January 1989. Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. 1989. Octavo (231 x 155mm). Blue morocco boards. Inscribed to Jimmy Carter by George H.W. BUSH (1924-2018) on his presidential bookplate affixed to the front blank leaf. * CARTER, James Earl (1924-2025). The Carl Vinson Memorial Lecture Series Inaugural Lecture Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1984. Octavo (226 x 150). Blue leatherette boards. * FRIDEL, Frank; AIKMAN, Lonnelle" George Washington Man and Monument. Washington: Washington National Monument Association, [1974]. Quarto (251 x 175mm). Black cloth boards and illustrated dustjacket. With dedication bookplate signed by Richard NIXON (1913-1994 "Richard Nixon") as President affixed to the front endpaper, Washington, January 1974. * BOORSTIN, Daniel J. The Americans The Democratic Experience. New York: Random House, 1973. Quarto (235 x 155mm). Green leather boards. Inscribed and signed as President to Jimmy Carter by George H.W. BUSH (1924-2018) on his presidential bookplate affixed to the front blank leaf. * WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) et al. Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington 1789 to George Bush 1989. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1989. Octavo (226 x 143mm) Green leatherette boards. * FORD, Gerald R. (1913-2006). The Thiry-eighth President Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Co., 2001. Octavo (200 x 200). Inscribed on the front leaf: "To my very good friend, Jimmy Carter, with admiration and best wishes. Gerald R. Ford" * BIDEN, Joseph R. (b. 1942). Document signed ("J. R. Biden, Jr.") as President, [Washington, c. January 2025]. One page, 279 x 216mm. A certificate honoring the memory of Jimmy Carter.

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