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Beautiful Leather-Bound Edition of Earth in the Balance is personally signed by Al Gore. Number 830 of 5000. Full brown leather with gilt flourish on both covers, gilt text on spine, gilt edges and bookmark. (see picture)Laid in: Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by Al Gore and a WitnessLaid in: Small card stock from Publisher: "a note about Earth in the Balance and the author Al Gore"Al Gore catapults his reputation as harbinger of Global Warning to an international level stimulating dialogue, international treaties and more vocal opponents. This typically attractive copy of an Eaton Press Edition would grace any presidential library shelf unblemished and spotless. Al Gore in the book, "In the course of a single generation, we are in danger of changing the makeup of the global atmosphere far more dramatically than did any volcano in history, and the effects may persist for centuries to come."

Inscribed on first blank page: To Dan with best wishes Robert S. McNamaraClean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good condition, some fading along spine. Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency.Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the… Read More