<I>No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2011
name: label: Written by
content: Condoleezza Rice, American, born 1954
label: Published by
content: Random House, Inc., American, founded 1925
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Owned by
content: Alma J. Powell, American, 1937 - 2024
notes: label: Caption
content: This book belonged to General Colin Powell and is inscribed by the author. Henry Kissinger and Powell shared similar careers as high-level political advisors and diplomats. Both men served as U.S. National Security Advisor, with Kissinger serving under Nixon and Ford from 1969 to 1975, and Powell serving under President Reagan from 1987 to 1989. Both men also served as U.S. Secretary of State. Kissinger served under Presidents Nixon and Ford from 1973 to 1977, and Powell served under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005.
label: Description
content: A signed hardcover first edition of No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, written by Condoleezza Rice. The book features a glossy color paper jacket over its black hardcover. The black spine displays the book title, author, and publisher name with logo, printed horizontally in gold text. There are no markings on the front and back covers. The jacket front is a large portrait photograph of Secretary Rice against a black background. She wears a cream beaded necklace, earring, and black top. Large gold and white text across the bottom half of the cover reads: [A Memoir / of My Years / in Washington / No Higher Honor / CONDOLEEZZA / RICE]. The spine of the jacket features the same text and photograph as the cover. Throughout the book are black-and-white and color photographs and the last page is numbered at 766. On the first blank page of the book, inscribed and signed on a large white custom author’s label, is a note from Secretary Rice to General Colin L. Powell, “For Colin & Alma / With deep admiration / Condoleezza Rice”. On the reverse of the black jacket is a quote by Secretary Rice above a square color photograph of her with a raised hand to speak before a room of politicians. The quote in white text reads, “TODAY’S HEADLINES AND HISTORY’S JUDGMENT ARE / RARELY THE SAME. IF YOU ARE TOO ATTENTIVE TO / THE FORMER, YOU WILL MOST CERTAINLY NOT DO THE / HARD WORK OF SECURING THE LATTER.”
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.49
objectType: label: Type
content: autobiographies
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Random House, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 9 9/16 × 14 11/16 × 2 1/16 in. (24.3 × 37.3 × 5.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 9 9/16 × 6 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (24.3 × 16.5 × 5.3 cm)