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[PRESIDENTS]. Group of 17 Titles from The American Presidents Series, 3 Signed by Presidents, Most Signed by Authors. New York: Times Books, [ca. 2000s]. 8vos. Publisher's bindings, unclipped dust jackets (occasional wear, soiling, Gerald R. Ford book with owner's markings on fp.). Generally near fine or better. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS (except as noted) 3 TITLES SIGNED BY PRESIDENTS, MOST TITLES SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS, SOME SIGNED ON BOOKPLATES. First printing titles include: Jimmy Carter by Julian E. Zelizer (signed by Carter and the author on a bookplate), George W. Bush by James Mann (signed by Bush and the author on a bookplate), Richard M. Nixon (signed by Nixon on a tipped-in sheet (presumably signed before President Nixon died), and the author), Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby (signed), James Monroe by Gary Hart (signed), John Quincy Adams by Robert V. Remini (signed by the author on a bookplate for Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union), Abraham Lincoln by George McGovern, William McKinley by Kevin Phillips (signed on laid-in bookplate), Andrew Jackson by Sean Wilentz (signed), Benjamin Harrison by Charles W. Calhoun (signed). And the following signed later printings: Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer, Ulysses S. Grant by Josiah Bunting III, Woodrow Wilson by H. W. Brands. And the following unsigned first printings: Grover Cleveland by Henry F. Graff, Lyndon B. Johnson by Charles Peters, Gerald R. Ford by Douglas Brinkley, James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler. This series of biographies was edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and others. This series will eventually have books related to each president.