Signed book: The Vantage Point. Limited first edition, numbered 112/300. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover bound in padded red faux-leather, 6.5 x 9.5, 636 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ink by Johnson, who also signs and inscribes on the dedication page in black ink, "To Ed & Mrs. Daly, who were with me all the way, all the time—with affection, Lyndon B. Johnson, Xmas '71." Copy includes a calling card belonging to Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, penned in red ink, "Merry Christmas." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with several cracks to the red faux-leather. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. Daly was an American businessman and owner of World Airways and a frequent guest of the Johnson's at the White House. Under his ownership, the airline was notable for humanitarian efforts that drew national attention during the Vietnam War. Annoyed by government red tape and the constant premature cancelations of his contracted airlifts, Daly gathered his crew and personally flew to Da Nang to help desperate Vietnamese refugees. A decidedly rare twice-signed limited edition.
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