Lot 42
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Johnson, Lyndon Baines, thirty-sixth President

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Description

  • paper, ink
The President Speaks: "A More Beautiful America…" Excerpts from Speeches,  [N.p.], 1965

Folio (13 1/4 x 10 in.; 340 x 255 mm). Photographic illustrations by Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, and William Garnett. A pamphlet, "The Message on Natural Beauty by President Lyndon Baines Johnson" dated 8 February 1965 inserted in a pocket at the back. Full green cloth, lettered gilt on front cover and spine, blue-green endpapers. Green cloth slipcase with photographic illustration laid down.

Catalogue Note

Inscribed on the title-page "To Marg and Bob | With Affection | Lyndon Baines Johnson."  In 1965, President Johnson embarked upon a campaign to preserve America's natural beauty.