11. Updike, John / Ford, President Gerald.

Memories of the Ford Administration. A Novel.

First Trade Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Octavo. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by President Gerald Ford on the halftitle. Also signed and beautifully inscribed by John Updike on the endpaper: “Read this book – it feels unread” / Includes also a typed note in which John Updike asks the recipient of this signed book to refrain from any future attempts to send him books for signing: “Recent changes in postal regulations have made the task of signing and sending back books more complicated than before…..So i ask you to make this your last shipment; any books henceforth received from you will be donated to the local church book fair……”

12. [Lehmann, John] Pasternak, Boris.

Gruzinskie Liriki [Georgian Lyrics / Georgian Poetry].

First Edition. [Moscow / Moskva], Sovestii Pisatel, 1935. Octavo. 136 pages. Original Hardcover / Original blue illustrated cloth. Binding firm and with the original endpapers in very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Covers slightly dusty. Interior very clean. This is the copy of english poet, editor and publisher John Lehmann, with his signature to the endpaper (juxtaposed to the halftitle).