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Lot 180
[JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES; RALPH ELLISON, ET AL.] [Spine title:] Lyndon Baines Johnson Testimonial
. New York: 13 January 1969 [date from limitation leaf at front] but likely assembled in 1973. An assembled album of approximately twenty-one finely printed testimonials about Johnson, all but two signed by their authors and most with a letter or note inserted from the writer to Marian S. Heiskell dated 1973 acknowledging her request for the testimonials. A limitation leaf at front gives only the place and date listed above and numbers this copy 255 from an unstated limited edition. Contemporary blue morocco backed cloth by James MacDonald, housed in chemise and slipcase. 15 x 10 inches (38 x 24.5). The first text leaf slightly dust soiled and with a few stray marks, stain to Bundy leaf below letter, some very light other thumbsoiling.
A unique assembly of letters sent to Marian Heiskell by government and non-government notables requesting them to sign testimonials about Lyndon Johnson. Includes: Ralph Ellison, Laurance Rockefeller, Henry Ford III, Nelson Rockefeller, George Meaney, Michael DeBakey, Carl Stokes, McGeorge Bundy, Tom C. Clark, etc. Of interest is a typed note from author Ralph Ellison and a signed statement from Robert McNamara that precedes his signed testimonial, this also paired with a note from McNamara in the margin of Heiskell's original letter.
C The Marian Sulzberger Heiskell and Andrew Heiskell Collection
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