Includes: Carter, Jimmy. The Blood of Abraham. Inscribed, ‘To Phil, with thanks, Jimmy’ * Dayan, Moshe. Story of My Life: An Autobiography. Inscribed ‘To Mr. Philip Habib, With All Best Wishes, Moshe Dayan’ * Kissinger, Henry A. The Troubled Partnership. Inscribed ‘To Phil Habib, With the admiration and warm regards of his friend, Henry A Kissinger’ * Kissinger, Henry A. White House Years. Inscribed, ‘To Phil Habib, Invaluable colleague and trusted friend. With affection and admiration, Henry A. Kissinger’ * Kissinger, Henry A. Years of Upheaval. Inscribed, ‘To Phil Habib, Who made many Secretaries of State look good. With the admiration and affection of his friend, Henry A. Kissinger’ * Marcos, Ferdinand E. The Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. Inscribed, ‘To Hon. Phillip Habib. Best Wishes, F.E. Marcos’ * Nixon, Richard. Seize the Moment. Signed by Nixon on front flyleaf * 5000 Years of Korean Arts. Inscribed by Park Chung Hee, President of the Republic of Korea * [Sharon, Ariel] Gidal, Nachum T. Eternal Jerusalem, 1840-1917. Inscribed, ‘To Ambassador Habib, As a souvenir of many pleasant and fruitful hours, spent together to achieve victory over terrorism. Shalom, Ariel Sharon’ * Westmoreland, William C. A Soldier Reports. Inscribed, ‘Warm personal regards and admiration to my dear friend, Phil Habib, Westy (W.C. Westmoreland)’. Plus 63 additional volumes, signed or inscribed, including titles by William J. Casey, Clark Clifford, Jose Napoleon Duarte, Sen. William J. Fulbright, Billy Graham, Alexander Haig, Bernard & Marvin Kalb, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Safire, George P. Schultz, and many others. Also an additional 18 unsigned volumes, several with presentation letters, business cards, etc. laid in. Together 91 volumes. Complete list available upon request.
Philip Charles Habib (1920-1992). American career diplomat best known for his work in Vietnam and the Middle East. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Bensonhurst he worked as a shipping clerk before starting his undergraduate study at the College of Forestry and Wildlife and Range Sciences at the University of Idaho. After graduating in 1942, he served in the Army until 1946 attaining the rank of captain. He continued his education in an agricultural economics PhD. program at University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1952. Beginning in 1949, his foreign service career took him to Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, and South Vietnam. He held the State Department position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1967-1969 and was part of the Vietnamese peace talk delegation in 1968. Habib acquired increasingly important posts, serving as Ambassador to South Korea, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He served, in 1979, as a special advisor and, in 1981, as a special envoy sent to defuse the conflict in Lebanon by President Ronald Reagan. Habib negotiated a peace that lasted temporarily and for his efforts was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1982. In March 1986, Reagan appointed Habib as a special envoy to Central America with the intention of resolving the conflict in Nicaragua. In 2006, Habib was featured on a United States postage stamp, one of a block of four featuring prominent diplomats.