Twenty-four hardcover books, each signed on an opening page by the book’s author, with several inscribed. Signers are: Jimmy Carter (Why Not the Best, The Hornet’s Nest, and Our Endangered Values, with one signed on a bookplate); Tom Clancy (Red Storm Rising and Without Remorse); Michael Crichton (Disclosure); Bette Midler (A View from Beyond); Norman Mailer (Harlot’s Ghost); Charlton Heston (The Actor’s Life); Newt Gingrich (To Renew America, signed on a bookplate); Martha Reeves (Dancing in the Street); Lauren Bacall (Now); Jackie Cooper (Please Don’t Shoot My Dog); Sidney Sheldon (The Stars Shine Down); Dean Koontz (Hideaway); Betty Ford (The Times of My Life, signed on a bookplate); Robert Stack (Straight Shooter); Art Buchwald (Leaving Home); Ginger Rogers (Ginger); Sidney Poitier (This Life); Barbara Bush (A Memoir, signed on a bookplate); Erica Jong (Fear of Fifty); Lady Bird Johnson (A White House Diary, signed on a bookplate); and Norman Schwarzkopf (It Doesn’t Take A Hero). In fine condition, with a James Spence authentication label affixed to eight books. Accompanied by certificates of authenticity from James Spence for eight of the books. RR Auction COA.
