Description

Hardcovers, complete in two volumes, uniformly bound in genuine gilt stamped red leather. Brand new copies still in factory shrink-wrap. xix, 1283 pages. With 40 unnumbered pages of illustrations and maps. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make these truly fine bindings: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose (and Collectors Notes?). “In Years of Upheaval Henry Kissinger recalls the turbulent years of the second Administration of Richard Nixon, which began on 20 January 1973. Two momentous events and their consequences dominate this account: the Watergate scandal, and the 1973 October war in the Middle East. The books opens at the Western White House on a summer afternoon in August of that year, when Dr Kissinger is told by the President during a poolside conversation that he is to become Secretary of State.” [Publisher’s description]. A new and pristine gift quality set. A heavy set, Priority and International orders will be charged postage at actual cost.