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1963réf. 45027Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions each one of 1500 copies. Two volumes thick octavo pictorial endpapers original tan cloth original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket which are in near fine condition. The slipcases are in very good condition with some toning. This is the story of President Eisenhowers first administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower one of the major figures of the twentieth century writes an account of the events as he saw them leading up to a sweeping mandate and then pursues the theme of change in the years 1953-1956 Doubleday and Company hardcover books
1952réf. 64017Yokosuka Japan Guam & Honolulu T.H.: USS Helena United States Navy Nov. 24 1952 - Dec. 11 1952. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. mylar sleeves w/ paper inserts and all holding photographs attached w/ plastic hinge at gutter margin with 25 original silver gelatin photos inserted sized from 4 x 5 in. up to 8 x 9 in. 3 signed by Dwight Eisenhower many w/ photographer’s markings at blank gutter margin some annotations in pen & pencil MS on versos 47 loose 4 x 5 in. photos inserted into rear compartment one folded pencil MS leaf on Royal Hawaiian letterhead “What a treasure! My class thinks these are simply great!! Thank you so much for letting us see them. G. Madden.” Padded brown full calf gilt decorated borders front cover silk pastedowns minor scuffing edgewear still a VG exemplar. This previously unknown album captures the brief moments of leisure onboard the USS Helena CA-75 of President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower following his historic mission to the Korean War battlefront in between shipboard foreign policy meetings with his proposed cabinet in December 1952. On October 24 1952 when General Dwight D. Eisenhower was leading in the polls as Republican candidate for President while serving as the Supreme Commander of NATO Ike announced he would “forego the diversions of politics and concentrate on the job of ending the Korean War. . . I shall go to Korea.” Nearing the end of 1952 the brutal War was entering its’ third winter U.S. casualties were over 25000 battlefield dead and the United States had been at War for eight of the past 11 years and he set himself the task of ending the War. Despite President Truman terming the trip as a gimmick Eisenhower secretly left the U.S. Nov. 29 1952 accompanied by Chief of Staff Omar Bradley and spent Dec. 2 1952 - Dec. 6 1952 viewing conditions on the ground wearing a fur-lined hat thermos boots and eating and interviewing enlisted soldiers and officers with his son John Eisenhower Omar Bradley and Admiral Radford. He quickly realized that the massive offensive being pushed by President Rhee would only result in another status quo and obliquely threatened China with possible Nuclear War as well as convincing Rhee that they would have to accept a division of Korea and find a solution for ceasefire. The album opens with signed photo of Eisenhower standing on the deck of the USS Helena followed by others including another signed image depicting him with his future cabinet including Charles Erwin Wilson future Secretary of Defense John Foster Dulles future Secretary of State Attorney General Herbert Brownell Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey and Secretary of the Interior Douglas James McKay former Oregon governor along with Admiral Arthur Radford and Captain James E. Cohn commander of the Helena. One of Ike’s favorite pastimes was trapshooting and four of the large 8 x 9 in. photos and over 20 depict him in this sequence of holding and shooting the shotgun as well as competing with others in the entourage. A few of the sequence Naval photographs depict him walking and talking with photojournalists interacting with USS Helena sailors and others. The USS Helena had been relieved of her normal duties Nov. 24 1952 for special mission carrying President-Elect Eisenhower along with other dignitaries and after leaving Yokosuka Harbor Japan she sailed to Guam by Dec. 3 where she picked up the party delivered onboard Ike’s preferred Navy Helicopter the Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly HO3S-1 UP 39 Last Chance Taxi IV depicted in several photos here. The President-Elect Eisenhower’s delegation disembarked Dec. 11 1952 in Honolulu T.H.The shipboard Navy photographers were John W. Wahlborg and Clarence Wayne Newland 1924-2009 who used two of these images for the 1953 USS Helena cruise book see p. 76 which have also included here many different photographs of the USS Helena at Yokosuka Japan with two of the images indicating their visit coincided with the flight operations of the Essex-Class carrier USS Oriskany CVA-34 depicted in photos with her full complement of Corsairs and folded wings on deck as well as an unidentified Carrier. Many of the photos also depict the UP 39 Sikorsky helicopter flying across the harbor and onto the deck of the USS Helena with giant US Flag painted on the deck. Following their cruise to Honolulu the USS Helena subsequently traveled to Long Beach CA for celebrations and then was a featured guest at the Portland Oregon Rose Festival festivities in May-June 1953. The trip was especially significant in that Eisenhower was able to convince both President Rhee and Secretary of State Dulles that compromise was necessary and after over 7000 additional casualties approximately the same amount as suffered by U.S. Armed Forces in post-9/11 war operations including Iraq and Afghanistan over 25 years the armistice was signed under the Eisenhower administration July 27 1953. See: USS Helena CA-75 1953 Cruise Book Kobe Japan Issinsha Printing Co.; USS Oriskany CVA-34 Action Report 2 December 1952 through 27 December 1952 January 9 1953 US Navy Fleet Operations San Francisco CA; President-Elect Eisenhower’s Trip to Korea Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial National Park Service 2025. USS Helena, United States Navy, unknown
1953réf. 425891New London Connecticut: General Dynamics Electric Boat 1953. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 50 black and white press photographs of the U.S.S. Nautilus measuring 8" x 10". Additionally included are a newspaper clipping and two programs discussing the ship. All items near fine with some edgewear. An archive of photographs and programs following the construction and later christening of the U.S.S. Nautilus the first nuclear powered submarine. The photographs are part of the public relations branch of General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Division which was responsible for constructing the ship. A brochure from 1952 when construction began is entitled "The Beginning of an Era" and according to a printed note from the Chairman was "prepared to commemorate an occasion significant in history - the first application of atomic power to propulsion - in a submarine now to help preserve the peace." It continues "I am sure you share my pride that the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation was selected for this most important undertaking and I hope that you will find interest and pleasure in this brochure as a memento of the keel laying." The earliest photographs depict the keeling process and early construction including a photo of President Truman from the keel laying ceremony. In 1954 when the submarine was completed the christening ceremony was conducted by Mamie Eisenhower. A program from this ceremony is also featured here along with professional photographs from the event. The introduction of the program reads "January 21 1954 lives in history as the launching day of the world's first atomic powered vessel the submarine "Nautilus.'" It continues "we are particularly honored to have as our sponsor the First Lady of the Land Mrs. Dwight David Eisenhower." The photos show Mamie arriving by train the crowds surrounding the submarine and Mamie holding a bottle of champagne for the christening. One of these photos shows Mamie in a fur coat with the president of the Electric Boat Division showing her where to break the champagne bottle. Other images show the launched submarine departing the dock and Mamie touching the hands of people in the crowd and handing roses to children. The use of nuclear propulsion allowed the vessel to stay submerged longer and thus it was able to travel to places "previously beyond the limits of submarines." In August of 1958 it was the first vessel to complete a "submerged transit of the North Pole." According to the National Park Service "Nautilus was decommissioned in 1980 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982." An interesting collection detailing the early days of the first atomic powered submarine. General Dynamics Electric Boat unknown
1931réf. 152398Washington D.C.: The Army Industrial College 1931. First edition of this scarce Army Industrial College lecture by the future Supreme Allied Commander and President. Quarto original half-cloth over marbled boards. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For I.P. Phillipson with best wishes Dwight D Eisenhower." The recipient I. P. Phillipson was a fellow United States Army officer and a contributor to the same volume in which his essay on the Army budget process appears alongside Eisenhower's history and an article by Bernard Baruch who had directed American industrial mobilization during the First World War. In very good condition with light rubbing and chipping to the extremities and light toning. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper and along the top of the title page. From the collection of Malcolm Forbes. Dwight Eisenhower was an Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. The Army Industrial College hardcover
1963réf. 020101New York NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963. Autograph. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. TWO VOLUMES. First editions both volumes signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bound in original publisher's cloth with green title labels lettered in gilt in original acetate jackets housed in publisher's slipcases. Hand-numbered #219 and #576 respectively limited to 1500 copies produced. Books are in fine condition. The original slipcases have minor rubbing and shelfwear including minor bumping to a few corners. One of the original acetate jackets has a small tear and the other a tiny chip. The texts are clean and unmarked and do not have previous owner's bookplates or inscriptions. Endpapers are illustrated with maps and texts are illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and maps. MANDATE: xx 650 pages including an index. WAGING: xxiv 741 pages of text including an index. . Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
1967réf. 306442New York: Doubleday 1967. First editions. 3 vols. Thick 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco for the publisher Nelson Doubleday Jr. in brown morocco tipped slipcases. First editions. 3 vols. Thick 8vo. PUBLISHER'S COPIES. Doubleday unknown books
1963réf. Sign0376New York: Doubleday & Company 1963-65. 1st eds. thus. Nice copies. octavo. hardbacks with dust jacket xviii 650 xxiii 741pp. b/w plates maps appends. indexes A nice set in fine condition in the original publisher's slipcases. Presidential Seal embossed on front boards lettered in gold on spine enclosed in an olive green title block. Both are very nice condition each with the original acetate dust jacket. Limited First editions signed by Dwight Eisenhower. Each No. 561 of 1434 copies. PHOTO available Doubleday & Company hardcover
1963réf. 55057Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions each one of 1500 copies. Two volumes thick octavo pictorial endpapers original tan cloth original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket which are in fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. An exceptional set. This is the story of President Eisenhowers first administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower one of the major figures of the twentieth century writes an account of the events as he saw them leading up to a sweeping mandate and then pursues the theme of change in the years 1953-1956 Doubleday and Company hardcover books
1948réf. 10295Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1948. First Edition / Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed limited edition of Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Octavo xiv 559pp tan buckram gilt title over black on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt uncut edges. In original glassine jacket with light toning to spine and some wear along top edge. Previous ownership stamp on front endpaper. In publisher's slipcase reinforced at hinges with tape repairs and some staples very stable. This book is a limited edition of 1426 copies signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is number 965 of 1426. From the collection of the Honorable Donnald K. Anderson Clerk of the US House of Representatives from 1987 to1995. Mr. Anderson was a longtime resident of Capitol Hill where he worked in the House of Representatives from 1960 to 1995. He was baptized Catholic in 1979 with his Godparents being an illustrious group including Tip O'Neill Dan Rostenkowski and John W. McCormack. He died in 2020. Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955réf. 34437Wentworth Location: For the Dartmouth College Grant by the Stinehour Press of Vermont 1955. First Edition. VERY RARE. With thirty-seven tipped-on black and white photographs ranging in size from 7"x10" to 3"x 2" and two tipped-on maps one of which is in colour. Oblong Folio handsomely bound in the original green cloth over a pictorially illustrated front cover showing a photograph of Presidents Eisenhower and John Sloan Dickey the spine gilt lettered. 14 leaves unnumbered printed recto only. A very good copy of this rare work the photographs are all in excellent condition the leaves all in fine condition but for the final five which have some marginal evidence of old insect damage not affecting the bulk of the page nor the text or photographs the binding is solid firm and well preserved with just a small spot of abrasion to the bottom of the cover. VERY RARE. BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSION OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS IT IS PROBABLE THAT VERY FEW COPIES WERE PRODUCED. OCLC LISTS ONLY ONE COPY THAT BEING HOUSED AT DARTMOUTH'S RAUNER LIBRARY. NO COPIES ARE OFFERED IN THE MARKETPLACE AND NO COPIES ARE LISTED AS BEING SOLD AT AUCTION. WE NOTE ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUND THAT IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC CHRONICLE of President Eisenhower's informal June 24th 'lunch with a friend'. Scheduled for after commencement in 1955 Dartmouth President John Sloan Dickey's annual fishing party was to be held from June 24th to 28th. The fishing trip took place at part of the College Grant in Wentworth Location New Hampshire. On these trips he was accompanied by a number of prestigious members of Dartmouth's facility and staff and student members of the Outing Club. In the spring of that year the White House announced Dickey's old friend President Dwight D. Eisenhower would be making a speaking tour through Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. And since he would be passing within only a few miles of the Grant an invitation to lunch was sent to President Eisenhower and his entire entourage. This is the record in text and photographs of that very informal lunch with friends. Along with Eisenhower Dickey and crew from Dartmouth the meeting included former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams U.S. Senators Styles Bridges and Norris Cotton Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks and Congressman Perkins Bass. The text and the captions for the photos were prepared by Sidney C. Hayward Secretary of Dartmouth College and John A Rand Executive Director of the Dartmouth Outing Club. Photography was done by Adrain N. Bouchard College Photographer and Frank A. Pemberton Director of the Dartmouth News Service. Composition and printing was done by the Stinehour Press of nearby Lunenburg Vermont. For the Dartmouth College Grant by the Stinehour Press of Vermont hardcover
1945réf. 2746Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. Signed first edition of Soldier of Democracy by Kenneth S. Davis the first biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower and only known copy signed by Eisenhower. Octavo x 566pp. Green cloth title in gilt on spine cloth worn and rubbed on all panels. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers previous ownership blind stamp on last leaf of text. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell case title in gilt on spine over red morocco label. In publisher's first state dust jacket $3.50 on front flap toning to spine bright illustrations on all panels a near fine example. Inscribed on the half title: "Dear Mr. Cary This is for your collection with best wishes. Sincerely Dwight D. Eisenhower. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
1963réf. 190439Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963 & 1965. The general as president First editions signed limited issues respectively number 1272 and 62 of 1500 copies signed by Eisenhower in each volume together comprising his presidential memoirs. Two works octavo. Original grey cloth spines lettered in gilt on green ground presidential seal in gilt to front covers map endpapers. In original acetate jackets and card slipcases with label to front panels. Contents unopened. Fine copies. hardcover
1963réf. 25038Garden City: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions each volume numbered 1287 of 1500 copies. Two volumes thick octavo original tan cloth original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket which are in near fine to fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. A nice set. This is the story of President Eisenhowers first administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower one of the major figures of the twentieth century writes an account of the events as he saw them leading up to a sweeping mandate and then pursues the theme of change in the years 1953-1956 Doubleday and Company hardcover books
1963réf. 1508168Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City NY 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Two Volume Signed Limited Edition Both volumes in exceptional condition with original clear mylar cust jacket. Light olive cloth covered boards with Presidential Seal embossed in gold on cover boards titled in gold on spine within a larger darker olive green title block. Front endpapers of Volume I are illustrated with a map of the United States rear endpapers a map of Africa Europe the then-Soviet Union and Asia. Front endpapers of Volume II are illustrated with a map of the World rear endpapers also a map of the World but from a different perspective and delineating the many United States alliances. Each volume is crisp and clean within and appears to never have been read. Each volume signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in black ink on tipped in page preceding the title page facing the limitation page. Both volumes are number 1229. There were a total of 1500 copies of each volume printed. Each volume comes in its original paper covered slipcase; both in fine condition/ $4500 for the set. Also housed in custom-made collector's slipcases. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY hardcover books
réf. 122916The Eisenhower Leadership Prize presented to the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Millard Bentsen on June 15 1994 with an archive of speeches and dinner programs from the Eisenhower Leadership Prize Presentation Ceremony and the Fall 1994 issue of Dateline produced by The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute featuring a photograph of Bentsen receiving the award on the front page. Presented by Gettysburg College and The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute the prize features a bronze bust of Eisenhower by renowned sculptor Nison A. Tregor with a bronze presentation plaque. From the collection of Lloyd Millard Bentsen. In fine condition. A unique piece of Americana with noted provenance. Lloyd Millard Bentsen who ran as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket and served as the the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. As a primary architect of the Clinton economic plan Bentsen contributed to a $500 billion reduction in the deficit launching the longest period of economic growth since World War II. More than 5 million new jobs were created during his tenure as Secretary. Bentsen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. unknown books
1948réf. 140940010New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1948. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in bottom margin of page facing copyright page his famous D-Day "Order of the Day." xiv 2 559 pp. with plates and maps. Original tan buckram spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt top edge gilt cartographic endpapers. A Near Fine copy with front hinge paste down paper starting but hinge itself holding well in mylar housed in Very Good slipcase with some wear and evidence of tape repair. A signed copy of the WWII memoirs of General and eventual President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown books
1968réf. 1093551968. Black and white photograph of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman signed by each below the photograph. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 12 inches. Rare and desirable. unknown books
1948réf. 123942Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1948. Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers top edge gilt original acetate. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower this is number 836. With a rare original dinner program from the Michigan Post Army Ordinance Association Spring Dinner held in honor of Eisenhower and Major General Everett S. Hughes held on June 3 1946 at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit laid in. Both Eisenhower and Hughes spoke at the dinner and the program includes brief biographies of both Army Generals. Fine in the original acetate jacket and in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. A nice example with noted provenance. Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war-strategy battles moments of fateful decision-become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. "Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life" New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1948réf. LLV2319Garden City NY:: Doubleday 1948. 1948. Thick 8vo. 4 xiv 2 559 1 pp. 16 photographic plates selected by Edward Steichen 38 maps 6 in color. Tannish-beige black- and gilt-stamped linen cloth with "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamped on the upper cover top-edge gilt original acetate jacket. Slip-case not included. SIGNED by DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WITH AN ADDITIONAL PERSONAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED by EISENHOWER. Fine. Limited edition of 1426 numbered copies of which this is # 737. Signed on the facsimile of the D-Day orders letter addressed to the "Soldiers Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!" / Includes a typewritten letter signed by Eisenhower on his personal letterhead: "Dear Mr. Bond: To the thanks you have undoubtedly already received for your generous contribution during the recent campaign I wish to add my own. "Since November 4th my thoughts have turned often to those whose faith and support - and financial contributions - helped to make victory possible. In the task of bringing the message of our Crusade to all of our fellow Americans we would have failed without their much-needed help. "That is why I am particularly glad of this opportunity to express my gratitude to you and to ask for your continued support. "Sincerely Dwight D Eisenhower" / This edition includes the powerful letter Eisenhower drafted for D-Day and representing thus a key turning point in World War II. The letter opens with these lines: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. . ." He ends elegantly "Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Al-mighty God upon this great and noble undertaking." / "This stands head and shoulders above the other records of fighting men in its simplicity clarity and the illumination it throws on the basic human relations of the men at top. In his Normandy to the Baltic Montgomery wrote: - ‘We are still too close to attempt a critical analysis of the campaign.’ The same could be said of this book but in spite of that General Eisenhower manages to convey a sense of objective surveying of the forging of victory over the Germans. This is the real inside story of the war in Europe not in terms of jealousy and backbiting and gossip mongering but in terms of its planning its diplomacy its action and its victorious ending. More than that it is revealing of the greatness the modesty the statesmanship of one of America’s truly great men. This is more than a soldier’s story. It is the story of America’s contribution to victory of the splendid cooperation of the allies of campaigns in Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany." - Kirkus Reviews. Doubleday, 1948. hardcover books
1948réf. 20089Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1948. Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers top edge gilt original acetate. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower number 299 of 1426 copies. Fine in the original acetate which is in fine condition. Original slipcase in near fine condition with light rubbing. A very sharp example. Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war-strategy battles moments of fateful decision-become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. "Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life" New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1951réf. 1604641951. Commemorating the American fallen A compelling album apparently made by the family of a fallen serviceman and therefore unique commemorating Eisenhower's presentation of the Roll of Honor to St Paul's Cathedral. The roll lists the 28000 American soldiers stationed in Britain who gave their lives in the Second World War. The album includes large-format photographs of the military procession to the ceremony; attendees entering the cathedral including Churchill Mountbatten Attlee the Queen Mother and Princess Elizabeth Eisenhower and Curtis LeMay; photographs of the service including the congregation singing hymns and the sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury; and Eisenhower leaving the Cathedral. The ceremony was held on Independence Day. Eisenhower delivered a message: "Each name inscribed in this book is a story of personal tragedy and a grieving family; a story repeated endlessly in white crosses girdling the globe. The Americans whose names here appear were part of the price that free men have been forced a second time to pay in this century to defend human liberty and rights". The album includes a copy of a page from the roll listing names from Hiltabidle to Hitchings - presumably the album was made by the family of someone listed there. We could trace no other similar album. In 1958 the American Memorial Chapel was completed in a part of the cathedral that a bomb had hit in 1940. The roll now resides there and a page is turned each day to show different names. Landscape quarto album 318 x 419 mm. Four letterpress leaves partly printed in gilt comprising title excerpt from the Archbishop of Canterbury's address Eisenhower's introduction to the Roll of Honour and copy of page from roll all with acetate covers. Tan leatherette front cover lettered in blind "Commemoration Service - St. Paul's Cathedral - July 4. 1951." cord-bound cord recently renewed 33 heavy card leaves with 28 mounted black and white silver gelatin press photographs 203 x 254 cm most captioned by hand. Binding neatly restored and consolidated the photographs in sharp unblemished condition slight discolouration around letterpress leaves. In very good condition. hardcover
1948réf. 13691CRUSADE IN EUROPE Doubleday 1948 first edition t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt fore edge and bottom edge uncut fine in original acetate dust-wrapper in vg slip-case. One of 1426 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. Illustrated. Doubleday unknown
1945réf. 2570830/10/1945. During World War II Ike received requests for him to send one of his sleeve patches as a souvenir. He never seems to have had one on hand but instead sent a printed color facsimile patch with a description of its meaning below the image and which he signed above the description. The description makes clear that the sword on the insignia “represents avenging justice by which the enemy power will be broken in Nazi-dominated Europe”. The black background represents Nazi oppression and the rainbow above is emblematic of hope. Miss Martha Wiedermann was one of those who wrote asking for a patch. Eisenhower responded by sending her this printed color facsimile patch signed above the description. The envelope is still present postmarked October 30 1945 just after hostilities ceased. Affixed to a light board. This is just the second Eisenhower sleeve patch we have carried in all these years. The other Ike had sent to his brother. <img class=""alignnone wp-image-24670 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204145810/Folder-site-9-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /> unknown
1942réf. 1013441942. ALL WOMEN . . . IN THIS REGION . . . WANT . . . TO GET CLOSE TO THE FRONT" A charming letter at a vital time in Eisenhower's career: in the midst of planning the attack that would lead to the defeat of Germany here refered to casually as getting "absorbed in work." We're also let in on another side of Eisenhower's responsibilities: entertaining the entertainers. He bears this somewhat wearily but nonetheless we're left with a valuable record of the spirit and dedication of not just the entertainers but all women working on or near the front line. "Last eve was an event in our house. There are several movie stars here entertaining the soldiers and officers . . . . Last eve the troupe gave a performance for the officers of AFHQ but I would not go. Afterwards I sent them an invitation . . . to come up for an after performance supper. They did. There were: Kay Francis Martha Ray Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair. I was a bit fearful of how movie people would act & what they'd expect--but it all went off perfectly naturally & no embarrassment. . . . They work hard giving from 2 to 3 shows per day 6 days per week. Moreover they reflect an attitude that seems to be characteristic of all women British & American in this region. They want to get close to the front. The women seem to be more casual with respect to danger than do sic the men. These particular ones want to get up as close as possible to do their stuff--as do the Red Cross the WAACs the ATS etc etc. I suppose there are 50-75 American women in this city & every one tells me that their constant cry is 'Let me get up where there is action.' Many of my officers are quite willing to take cushy jobs far from the sound of bombs & bullets. . . . "No woman can . . . take your place. Don't worry about me . . . . I'm in love with you & with no one else." This last tempted fate written just months before Eisenhower met his long-term mistress Kay Summersby. "Last eve was an event in our house. There are several movie stars here entertaining the soldiers and officers . . . . Last eve the troupe gave a performance for the officers of AFHQ but I would not go. Afterwards I sent them an invitation . . . to come up for an after performance supper. They did. There were: Kay Francis Martha Ray Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair. I was a bit fearful of how movie people would act & what they'd expect--but it all went off perfectly naturally & no embarrassment. . . . They work hard giving from 2 to 3 shows per day 6 days per week. Moreover they reflect an attitude that seems to be characteristic of all women British & American in this region. They want to get close to the front. The women seem to be more casual with respect to danger than do sic the men. These particular ones want to get up as close as possible to do their stuff--as do the Red Cross the WAACs the ATS etc etc. I suppose there are 50-75 American women in this city & every one tells me that their constant cry is 'Let me get up where there is action.' Many of my officers are quite willing to take cushy jobs far from the sound of bombs & bullets. . . . "No woman can . . . take your place. Don't worry about me . . . . I'm in love with you & with no one else." This last tempted fate written just months before Eisenhower met his long-term mistress Kay Summersby. unknown books
1948réf. 153340Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1948. Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers top edge gilt. One of 1426 numbered copies this is number 439. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower on the "Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force" page. In fine condition in the original acetate jacket. Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war its strategy battles and moments of fateful decision become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. "Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life" New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover
