The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America's First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed.

Limited first edition of Adlai Ewing Stevenson's welcoming and acceptance addresses before the Democratic National Convention. Quarto, original publisher's three quarter blue morocco over cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel stamped in gilt. One of one hundred copies printed on Maidstone hand-made paper and signed by the author on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two Foreign Affairs pamphlets by Theodore C. Sorensen: 'America's First Post-Cold War President' (Vol. 71 No. 4, Fall 1992, autograph note signed by Sorensen on Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 'Compliments' stationary secured with a paperclip, the note reads in full, "Many thanks for the cookie resupply! I'm still hoping we can explore ways of working together. Regards, Ted") and 'Loyal to a Fault?' (Vol. 78 No. 1, January/February 1999, association copy, inscribed by Sorensen, "To Ira Lipman, my friend, my client, my gold standard! Ted Sorensen Sept, 2000"). "A pioneer in the private security guard business," Ira Lipman's work has been cited cited by the United States Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations. In fine condition. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Theodore C. Sorensen, and Ira A. Lipman all belonged to the United States Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan organization, think tank, and publisher specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Stevenson was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. As a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy and one of his closest advisers, Sorensen drew ideas from Stevenson, among others. After publishing the collaborative biography 'Profiles in Courage' and bearing the grief of Kennedy's assassination, he later joined the U.S. law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he was of counsel, while still staying involved in politics.…