The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power, Means of Ascent, Master of the Senate, Passage To Power.
"We have talked long enough ... about civil rights,' Lyndon Johnson had said. 'It is time ... to write it in the books of law' - to embody justice and equality in legislation": First Edition of Each Volume in Robert Caro’s Biography of Lyndon Johnson; Each Signed by Him, with Path to Power Inscribed to critic Alfred Kazin
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power, Means of Ascent, Master of the Senate, Passage To Power.
CARO, Robert A.
Item Number: 89451
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982-2012.
First editions of each volume in the historian’s ground-breaking biography on President Lyndon Johnson. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Robert Caro and each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. The first volume The Path To Power is inscribed by the author to famed critic Alfred Kazin on the front free endpaper, “For Alfred Kazin- whose books have provided me with more than a little inspiration. Robert A. Caro May 9, 1983.” A very sharp set.
"A monumental political saga . . . powerful and stirring. It's an overwhelming experience to read The Path to Power" (The New York Times). "Stands at the pinnacle of the biographical art" (Donald R. Morris, Houston Post).
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