James a Baker, Iii with Steve Fiffer (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. T1 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Jim Baker to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, darkened page edges, tanning and light shelf wear. A revelatory memoir from one of the great political minds of our time. 9.5"x6.5", 460 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. James A. (Addison) Baker III is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. Secretary of State before returning as the 16th White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Born in Houston, Baker attended the Hill School and Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law, he pursued a legal career. He became a close friend of George H. W. Bush and worked for Bush's unsuccessful 1970 campaign for the United States Senate. After the campaign, he served in various positions for President Richard Nixon. In 1975, he was appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for Gerald Ford. He served until May 1976, ran Ford's 1976 presidential campaign, and unsuccessfully sought election as the Attorney General of Texas. Baker ran Bush's unsuccessful campaign for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, but made a favorable impression on the Republican nominee, Ronald Reagan. Reagan appointed Baker as his White House Chief of Staff, and Baker remained in that position until 1985, when he became the Secretary of the Treasury. As Treasury Secretary, he arranged the Plaza Accord and the Baker Plan. He resigned as Treasury Secretary to manage Bush's successful 1988 campaign for president. After the election, Bush appointed Baker to the position of Secretary of State. As Secretary of State, he helped oversee U.S. foreign policy during the end of the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as during the Gulf War. After the Gulf War, Baker served another stint as White House Chief of Staff from 1992 to 1993. Baker remained active in business and public affairs after Bush's defeat in the 1992 presidential election. He served as a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara and as a consultant to Enron. During the Florida recount following the 2000 presidential election, he managed George W. Bush's legal team in the state. He served as the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, which Congress formed in 2006 to study Iraq and the ongoing Iraq War. He serves on the World Justice Project and the Climate Leadership Council. Baker is the namesake of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Since the death of Henry Kissinger in 2023, he is currently the oldest living former United States secretary of state, as well as the earliest serving. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. Signed by James A. Baker III as "Jim Baker" directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only very lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($28.95). Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. Tiny corner bump (NO pages are affected). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with 24 pages of b/w photos on glossy stock. Laid in is a bookmark from Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Texas where Baker has a history of doing his book signing events. Autobiography of this legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state. James A. Baker III managed a total of five presidential races. He ran Ronald Reagan's White House and became the most consequential secretary of state since Henry Kissinger. It was Baker who assembled the coalition that won the Gulf War. He also brokered the reunification of Germany and helped end a decades-long nuclear superpower standoff. 2006. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original gilt-stamped orange boards with a brown spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A revelatory memoir by the former secretary of state and White House chief of staff describes his behind-the-scenes witness to numerous political machinations, in an account in which he discusses the Iran-Contra scandal, the Reagan assassination attempt, and the 2000 election in Florida.". Signed by James A. Baker III. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvii, 460pp. + 24 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. xvii, 460 p. Illustrations. Index. Considered one of the great political minds of modern times, former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State James Baker takes readers into his 35 years behind the scenes in Washington, D.C., in this revelatory memoir, offering frank talk and spellbinding narratives, along with personal appraisals of six presidents and a constellation of others. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author.