Signed book: Portrait of a President. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 10.25, 189 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip with a lengthy quote from his inaugural address, "I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I am indebted to no men and only to one woman, my dear wife as I begin this very difficult job. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works. Gerald R. Ford, 9/21/80." In fine condition, with chipping to the dust jacket edges, and corner creasing to a few opening pages.
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