Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,430
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
INCLUDES ACCEPTANCE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESIGNATION JOHNSON, LYNDON B. Group of 7 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, to U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach: 6 Typed Letters * A President's Country, ed. Maguire., on the title-page. The letters, all but one as President, mostly on personal topics, one accepting Katzenbach's resignation. Each 1 page, small 4to, one on personal stationery and the others White House. Each with the original envelope. The book, "To Nick Katzenbach / from his friend." 8vo, publisher's cloth; dust jacket. Austin, 1964; inscription: Np, 28 November 1964. Vp, 1964-71

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17 January 1966: ". . . [L]et it be recorded that this Nation and this President are grateful that at this time and place in history, Nick Katzenbach is the chief lawyer for all the people."
8 November 1968: "I accept your resignation with gratitude . . . .
"Few men have been so deeply involved in the critical issues of our time. Your counsel, your courage, your sober judgment and tireless devotion to your country have been of inestimable benefit to me, as they were to President Kennedy. . . ."
with--Lady Bird Johnson. Two Typed Letters Signed, to Nick and Lydia Katzenbach, one thanking for a gift, the other concerning the National Negro Student Fund. Each 1 page, 8vo, White House stationery. Washington, 28 December 1966; 1 December 1967. Each with the original envelope.