A signed first edition (third printing) of The Art Of The Deal, which made our current (the 47th) and the 45th President of the USA, President Donald John Trump, a household name in America in the later part of the 1980s. Inscribed “To Leonora Gross, BEST WISHES, Donald Trump”, First Edition, Third Printing, Publisher- Random House Publishing Group, 246 pp, 1987. ISBN: 0-394-55528-7

 

A handwritten note of President Trump’s mother, Mrs Mary Trump, on her official letterhead is pasted on the inside cover which gives the context of the book’s signature and she goes on to explain that she had been very busy preparing for her daughter Elizabeth’s wedding that took place on Easter Sunday of 1989 and that she forgot to have the book signed by President Trump on three occasions at family dinners. Donald Trump served as an usher at the 1989 wedding of his sister, Elizabeth Trump, to film producer James Walter Grau. The note further continues in Mrs Mary Trump’s hand saying that her husband Trump Sr., Mr Fred Trump joins her in the greeting and they both send love and best wishes to Leonora. 

 

Inscribed to Leonora Gross, this unique book also takes us to a time when businessman Donald Trump was establishing himself as a real estate icon in New York and was overwhelmingly loved across the political aisle as a celebrity and prominent businessman. Controversial as he is, President Trump is only the second person in US history to hold the rare distinction of winning two non-consecutive terms as our commander-in-chief, gaining both the popular and electoral college votes in 2024. Regardless of significant allegations and criticism, President Trump continues to inspire and motivate young Americans, particularly to take bold risks in entrepreneurship, as evident from his speeches such as the commencement address at The University of Alabama Class of 2025, etc.