Description
Inscribed to former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team, by Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Octavo, xx, 236pp. Yellow hardcover, title in black on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page, with a full number line. Light toning to outer edge of text block, appears lightly read. In the publisher’s dust jacket, toning to spine, a near fine example.
Inscribed by the legendary Duke basketball coach on the half-title: “To President + Mrs. Bush: Thanks for always going for the Gold! You have certainly been ‘Gold Medal’ Friends. Love, Mike Krzyzewski.” Additional signatures on the title page from Coach Krzyzewski and co-author, Jamie K. Spatola.
Provenance: Kennebunkport Public Library donation, via a bookseller in Saco, Maine.
Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski met President George H.W. Bush through their mutual friend, Jim Nantz. Both Krzyzewski and Bush participated in the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, traveled to China for the 2008 Olympics and met two times at the White House to celebrate the national basketball championship of the Duke men’s team. Upon the passing of President Bush, Krzyzewski noted: “I don’t think I’ve known anyone better than President Bush. That combination, that team, of he and Mrs. Bush really provided a lifetime of service to our country. Pretty darn good.” (December, 2018)
