Johnson, Lyndon Baines, thirty-sixth President and Lady Bird Johnson

A group of 10 works by LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson or about Johnson or  the Johnson family, 9 signed or inscribed by LBJ and one by Lady Bird Johnson. Various formats and conditions.

Lyndon Baines Johnson. My Hope for America. New York, 1964. Red morocco gift binding paneled gilt, red card slipcase; spine darkened and cracked. Inscribed on the half title: "To Bob McNamara | Who has done as much | as any man to make | these hopes come true ... " — No Retreat from Tomorrow. President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1967 Messages to the 90th Congress. N.p., [1967]. With Presidential gift plate accomplished in a calligraphic hand "To Bob McNamara with gratitude at this Christmas Season" and signed by LBJ. In a black cloth chemise gilt-stamped with the Presidential seal and lettered "To Bob McNamara from Lyndon B. Johnson." — Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969. New York, 1971. Copy 1:: Limited edition, no. 27 of a total of 300,  signed by LBJ, in a red leather padded binding; joints cracked, some wear to extremities. Copy 2: First edition. Publisher's red and blue cloth, dust-jacket; plastic coating on jacket torn, a few short tears. Signed bookplate of LBJ on half-title. — Peace without Conquest. Remarks of the President at Johns Hopkins University ... April 7, 1965. N.p., n.d. Inscribed on the frontispiece "to Bob | With admiration" — Lady Bird Johnson. A White House Diary. New York, 1970. First edition, limited to 200 copies, this being copy no. 27 signed by Lady Bird Johnson. Green marbled boards, cream linen spine; spine age-darkened. — Rebekah Baines Johnson. A Family Album. New York, 1965. Brown boards lettered gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed on the title-page "For Bob McNamara | with admiration. Lyndon B. Johnson."   — William S. White. The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson. Boston, 1964. Fourth printing. Publisher's salmon cloth lettered gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Bob McNamara | with affection | Lyndon B. Johnson."  — Jack Maguire, ed. A President's Country. Austin, 1964. First editions. Copy 1: Red leather gift binding with gilt emblem of a saddle on front cover. Inscribed: "To Bob & Margy | With appreciation | Lyndon B. Johnson | Xmas '64." Copy 2: Publisher's terra cotta cloth with gilt emblem, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed: "To Bob | Devotedly | LBJ."

Lyndon Baines Johnson. My Hope for America. New York, 1964. Red morocco gift binding paneled gilt, red card slipcase; spine darkened and cracked. Inscribed on the half title: "To Bob McNamara | Who has done as much | as any man to make | these hopes come true ... " — No Retreat from Tomorrow. President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1967 Messages to the 90th Congress. N.p., [1967]. With Presidential gift plate accomplished in a calligraphic hand "To Bob McNamara with gratitude at this Christmas Season" and signed by LBJ. In a black cloth chemise gilt-stamped with the Presidential seal and lettered "To Bob McNamara from Lyndon B. Johnson." — The Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969. New York, 1971. Copy 1: Limited edition, copy no. 27 of a total of 300, signed by LBJ, in a red leather padded binding; joints cracked, some wear to extremities. Copy 2: First edition. Publisher's red and blue cloth, dust-jacket; plastic coating on jacket torn, a few short tears. Signed bookplate of LBJ on half-title. — Lady Bird Johnson. A White House Diary. New York, 1970. First edition, limited to 200 copies, this being copy no. 27 signed by Lady Bird Johnson. Green marbled boards, cream linen spine; spine age-darkened. — Rebekah Baines Johnson. A Family Album. New York, 1965. Brown boards lettered gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed on the title-page "For Bob McNamara | with admiration. Lyndon B. Johnson." — William S. White. the Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson. Boston, 1964. Fourth printing. Publisher's salmon cloth lettered gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Bob McNamara | with affection | Lyndon B. Johnson." — Jack Maguire, ed. A President's Country. Austin, 1964. First editions. Copy 1: Red leather gift binding with gilt emblem of a saddle on front cover. Inscribed: "To Bob & Margy | With appreciation | Lyndon B. Johnson | Xmas '64." Copy 2: Publisher's terra cotta cloth with gilt emblem, pictorial dust-jacket. Inscribed: "To Bob | Devotedly | LBJ."
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