ISBN10: 0679405887, ISBN13: 9780679405887, [publisher: Random House, New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition (correct Random House number line). Flat-signed by David Rockefeller on his own simple bookplate. The bookplate is on the front end paper. I have provided a photograph. Both the book and the dust jacket are in excellent condition. The book has the look of being unread. The pages appear immaculate. There are a lot of them, 517, but unsurprisingly the paper is of very good quality, so the book feels even thicker than the 517 pages would suggest. My speculation about the book being unread is due also to the lack of any apparent wear. I don't see any creasing of any kind in the text. There is one thin shadow of a crease, suggesting something very lightly pressing down, on the last two pages of the Index and the About The Author page, quite minor. There are no markings in the book. The bookplate is the only attachment. And there isn't any writing to be found anywhere. The page edges are very clean. The middle page edge is deckled or rough-cut. They did a very good job. There are 14 pages of photographs. They all look in perfect condition. There is no toning anywhere in the book, certainly no foxing. Some of the photographs are of family members. Others show Rockefeller with Khrushchev, Zhou Enlai, Kissinger, Nixon, Golda Meir, King Hussein of Jordan, Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, James Baker, Brent Snowcroft, Arafat, Nelson Mandela, ...
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