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All the Best, My Life in Letters and Other Writings

1999

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A signed, hardcover edition of All the Best, My Life in Letters and Other Writings, written by President George H.W. Bush and inscribed to General Colin Powell. The white book features a glossy color paper jacket over its hardcover. The blue spine displays the book title, author, and publisher name with logo, printed horizontally in gold text. There are no markings on the front and back covers. On the jacket front is a large photograph of President Bush seated at a dark table, holding a white document in his proper right hand, and his eyeglasses and fountain pen in his proper left hand. He wears a red and blue checkered print tie featuring white elephants, a white dress shirt, and navy-blue Camp David cardigan. The U.S. Great Seal and Stars and Stripes flags are visible behind President Bush on the left, and a gilt-framed painting of the U.S.

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Catalog reference: A2022.101.1.44

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