TO HEAL AND TO BUILD. THE PROGRAMS OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. Edited by James MacGregor Burns with commentary by Ralph Ellison, McGeorge Bundy, and others. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the President to Jean and Bob Benjamin on the page before the title page bearing the printed quote beginning "Sometimes I have been called a seeker of 'consensus." Laid in is a small envelope with the imprint "The White House" inside of which is a calling card with the imprint "The President."

Robert Benjamin and his partner Arthur Krim acquired United Artists from then-owners Charlie (truncated) Chaplin and Mary Pickford in 1955. During the Kennedy administration he served as Chairman of the United States Committee for the United Nations. Later he served on the Brandeis University Board of Trustees. In 1979, Robert Benjamin won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award posthumously. His wife Jean accepted the award on his behalf. (Inventory #: 016928)