24 cm, 245, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. The author was White House Press Secretary under Gerald Ford. This book is both a biography of President Ford and an analysis of the traumatic effect of Watergate on the Presidency.
First Edition -- inscribed by Jerald TerHorst to political journalist David Broder -- of this biography of President Gerald Ford published within months of Ford assuming office after the resignation of President Richard Nixon. TerHorst served as Ford's first Press Secretary but resigned after just a few weeks in the wake of Ford's preemptive pardon of newly former President Nixon. TerHorst had covered Ford for decades as the Washington correspondent for the Detroit News. David Broder of the Washington Post was widely regarded as the nation's top political reporter in the later decades of the 20th Century. Broder appears several times in the book, and TerHrost notes in the preface that Broder provided consultation with the manuscript. Broder blurbs the book on the back cover of the dust jacket: "Jerry TerHorst has told almost everything there is to tell about President Ford at this point -- and told it very well." Inscribed by Gerald terHorst to David Broder on the front endpaper. "To David Broder, s reporter's reporter and one I'm proud to call a friend! Jerry terHorst. Blue cloth, 245 pages, illustrated. Has tanning of the page edges, otherwise no sign of previous use.
Hardcover. 245 pp. The Third Press/Joseph Okpaku Publishing Company, Inc., New York (1974). First Edition. First Printing stated. $9.95 OP on front DJ flap. *Signed by author with an inscription on FFEP.* PO. gift inscription on front pastedown. Bright, clean, square, unmarked copy appears mostly unread. Blue cloth boards and corners straight and sharp. Minimal shelfwear to boards. Glossy DJ has minimal edgewear, but some small chipping at spine ends and top rear corner. Fine/NF. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.
New York: The Third Press, 1974. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Gerald Ford and the Future of the Presidency, signed by President Gerald R. Ford and White House Press Secretary Jerald terHorst.. Octavo, xiv, 245pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt. This copy is a book club edition. Light rubbing to lower edge of cloth, solid text block. In the publisher's near fine book club dust jacket, bright illustrations, light shelf wear. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Louis _ , with the hope that the hours spent reading this book on President Ford will profitably reflect the years I have spent covering him. J.F. terHorst." Additional signature from President Ford below inscription. Jerry terHorst (1922-2010) was the White House Press Secretary during the first month of the Ford Administration and a longtime friend of Gerald R. Ford. He resigned in light of Ford's pardon of President Nixon and quickly authored this book on the new president.
Third Pr Review of Books, 1974-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.4000 9.0000 6.2000. Stated first printing, SIGNED by Gerald Ford on the front free endpaper. Minor soiling on the edges. Dust jacket shows minor wear, pages are clean.
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