Vision For America, A. Ford, Gerald R. Americana,Presidents,Signed Limited Edition

One of 100 Copies Signed by the 38th President of The United States Gerald R. Ford FORD, Gerald R. A Vision for America. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. First edition, limited to 500 copies signed by the 38th President of The United States, Gerald R. Ford. Large octavo (9 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 251 x 162 mm.). [16] pp. Title-page printed in blue and gilt, portrait frontispiece. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the author (this being no. 25). Publisher's full blue calf, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy housed in the original blue card slipcase. The text of Ford's address to the Republican National Convention, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, July 14, 1980. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974. Ford succeeded to the presidency when Nixon resigned in 1974, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976. Ford is the only person to become U.S. president without winning an election for president or vice president.