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Best.-Nr. 344736/4/45. “It is always encouraging to be reassured that the people at home are 100% behind us and appreciate the sacrifices of our troops.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe orchestrated the defeat of Germany’s Third Reich during World War II. He could only have done so with the support of the American people for which he was eternally grateful and of his courageous soldiers many of whom were killed in action. April 1945 saw the war in Europe in its final weeks with intense fighting and many significant events. These included the continuing bloody Allied invasion of Germany and the Battle of Berlin and Soviet advance into that city. As Allied forces in the West closed in they liberated concentration camps like Bergen-Belsen. April was also marked by the execution of Benito Mussolini suicide of Adolf Hitler and on April 12 the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On May 8 V-E Day the war in Europe would come to an end. While his role as a military leader was crucial to the war’s outcome Eisenhower was equally important in the documentation of Nazi brutality and the truth of the Holocaust. This was an important aspect of April 1945 for him. On April 4 the Third United States Army liberated the Ohrdruf camp. That camp was an extension of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. On the day of liberation the SS members of Ohrdruf evacuated many of the prisoners on death marches. As U.S. troops arrived they found scenes of mass murder while also coming into contact with the camp’s surviving prisoners. The living prisoners were starving emaciated and desperately needed medical attention. Eisenhower along with Generals George Patton and Omar Bradley visited the Ohrdruf concentration camp personally on April 12 1945. While driving towards the camp the smell of decaying flesh was present and dead bodies littered the streets. Eisenhower was “never so angry in my life” stating that the “English language didn’t even have words that could describe” what he saw. Eisenhower wrote to Winston Churchill following his time at Ohrdruf stating that “everything you read in the paper does not adequately describe what has really happened here.” Thus in April 1945 Eisenhower was profoundly impacted by the horrors that he witnessed and demanded that newspaper editors representative groups German civilians and Allied soldiers bear witness. Typed letter signed on his Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force letterhead Germany April 6 1945 just two days after the taking of Ohrdruf and six days before his famous visit there to Mrs. Mamie Metz thanking her and the American people for their support of the army in the field and appreciation of its sacrifices. “Many thanks for your interesting letter. It is always encouraging to be reassured that the people at home are 100% behind us and appreciate the sacrifices of our troops. My thanks also for your good wishes to me and all my command.” An important statement showing Eisenhower’s feelings about the American people’s sustaining and backing the army and gratitude for the sacrifices of the soldiers issued right near the end of World War II in Europe. Some trimming and evidence of past mounting on verso. <img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /> unknown
1967Best.-Nr. FRANCE-0045-07-11-2026Doubleday & Company Inc 1967. hardcover. Good. 6x5x1. 1967 Used hardcover copy with dust jacket price tag clipped no markings stickers some minor wear/tears plus sunning to dj and pages with age. fast shipping with tracking number. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 569538Doubleday & Company Inc. 1967. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Published by Doubleday & Company Inc. 1967. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf/edgewear. Previous owner name on pastedown. Tear along dust jacket back. Ex-library copy. Has typical library markings. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 7076Doubleday/Garden City New York. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st Printing 400 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fine/na missing. 1st/First Ed. 1st/First Printing FE. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI USA. Doubleday/Garden City, New York hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 182643New York: Eastern Acorn Press 1981. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Sunned spine. Eastern Acorn Press unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 22793Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover is very lightly soiled head cap is lightly crushed tail cap is rubbed but cover is clean in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrated frontispiece. Dust jacket is scuffed soiled worn at extremities including chipping and tearing but DJ is in good condition. Rear DJ flap is dog eared. Publisher's price of $6.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ; 0 pages . 1967. Doubleday and Company hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 018268Doubleday & CompanyInc 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy On Very Good Plus Jacket. First Edition $5.00 On Flap. President Eisenhower Autobiography of The French Invasion Ending WW !1. Doubleday & Company,Inc Hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 336575New York: Doubleday & Company 1955. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tears on panel corners and spine crown. Light adhesive residue and light water stain on spine heel. Small closed tears on front panel bottom edge. Doubleday & Company hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 214119Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1948. Leather_bound. As New. A hardcover book in fine condition. Bound in full leather decorated in gilt. Gilt edges moire endpapers and silk ribbon bookmark. A beautiful copy suitable for a gift! The Easton Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 315996The Easton Press. Hardcover. Near Fine. Typical leather binding. Publisher's note and unused bookplate laid in. Few minimal gilt marks. The Easton Press hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 43Publisher's tan cloth 8vo. Very good clean square copy lacking dust jacket. Book club edition. INSCRIBED by Eisenhower on dedication page to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meuller. Direct payment to me on paypal. Email markrgodburn@gmail.com Doubleday hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. GB0036WNNOEI5N00Garden City Books 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Garden City Books hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. BING678KMM00019Doubleday & Co 1948. hard cover. good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good hard cover book with no dust jacket first hard cover edition deckle pages 559 pages 8vo. Doubleday & Co hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. M0320The Easton Press 1948. First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine "as new" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight bright and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full genuine red leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints silk moire fabric end leaves and permanent satin ribbon marker. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. Easton Press hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 1253306Garden City: Doubleday 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing with no notice of printing on copyright page published by the original publisher in 1952 four years after the first edition. Brown cloth a few touches of shelf wear else in fine condition. Lacks the jacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EISENHOWER. Inscribed by Eisenhower on the half-title. "For T.V. DuBois with best wishes Dwight Eisenhower" T.V. DuBois was a Cincinnati industrialist and the founder of Cincinnati Chemical. Doubleday hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 190448Melbourne London & Toronto: William Heinemann 1949. Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Very Good/Fair. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper worn at the edges with loss to the spine ends and corners slightly loose overall now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve. The contents complete clean and tight; Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 8¾ x 5¾ 1.3 kg; pp xiv 582; Index; 3rd printing first published 1948. Includes: Black & white photographs; Top edge dyed Red; Maps some colour; Maps to the lining papers; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190448 Melbourne, London & Toronto: William Heinemann hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 2-4871873137Ishi PressJapan 2011. Paperback. New. 662 pages. 8.98x5.98x1.65 inches. Ishi Press,Japan paperback
1948Best.-Nr. 58This is a numbered and signed first edition of which this is number 472 of 1426. It lacks the original acetate jacket and the slipcase. It is now in a red custom made slipcase made by Quality Bindery Inc photo. Bound in heavy duty wheat colored buckram. This copy is signed twice as it is an association copy with an inscription for the commander of the Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver when President Eisenhower was a heart patient there in 1955 photo. The book is also signed by Eisenhower on the Facsimile of the D-Day Order of the Day photo. In effect the book was signed in 1948 when Ike was a five star general and in 1955 when he was president and commander-in-chief. The book is in good condition. Its only imperfection is the front hinge which is a bit shaken photo otherwise the hinge is firm to feel. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 1295Doubleday & Company New York 1948. Rare first edition hardback in good condition. The covers are brown boards with Dwight D Eisenhower on the cover. The spine is brown with the title author and publisher in a black box. The front and back flyleafs are a decorative map. The pages are in good condition with no marks tears of folds. There are two small sections on the front and back flyleaf that have been torn away and light discoloration on the title page. The book includes many maps photos and illustrations throughout. The book in the photos is the book you are purchasing. Doubleday and Company hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 1296Doubleday & Company New York 1948. Rare first edition hardback in good condition. The covers are brown boards with Dwight D Eisenhower on the cover. The spine is brown with the title author and publisher in a black box. The front and back flyleafs are a decorative map. The pages are in good condition with no marks tears of folds. The book includes many maps photos and illustrations throughout. The book in the photos is the book you are purchasing. Doubleday and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 141596/1/46. Dwight D. Eisenhower became a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America in 1948 but had been a staunch supporter of Scouting ever since his son was a Scout in the 1930s. He would say that “The Boy Scout movement merits the unstinted support of every American who wants to make his country and his world a better place in which to live. Its emphasis on community service and tolerance and world friendship promotes a speedier attainment of the enduring peace among men for which we all strive. By developing among its members both a spirit of sturdiness self-reliance and a realization of the need for cooperative effort in every major enterprise the movement is a prime force in preparing tomorrow’s men for their duty to themselves their country and their world.” Charles D. Hart was a Philadelphia physician best known for the important contributions he made to the Boy Scouts over the course of four decades. In 1946 Hart was Honorary President of the Philadelphia Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Typed letter signed on his War Department Chief of Staff letterhead January 6 1946 to Dr. Hart responding to Hart’s request for a comment about the Boy Scouts. “Thank you for your letter my photograph and a letter for the Boy Scouts of the Philadelphia Council. I am always glad to endorse the Boy Scouts who have done so much for American youth and for the entire nation. I have just sent a statement expressing my high opinion of the Scouts to the national headquarters. A copy of the statement is attached. Please assure the officials and boys of the Philadelphia Council of my continued interest in their success…” This is a wonderful sentiment evocative of the many contributions the Boy Scouts have made and Ike’s belief in them. unknown
1812Best.-Nr. 2102918/12/1948. The Founding Letter of the Renowned Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources Yet during the war rejections and discharges of men for mental defects reached a total of more than two million. This type of problem would affect industry as well and Ike sought to establish an entity to research causes and solutions In December 1948 Eisenhower was called to Washington where he met with Averill Harriman Omar Bradley and Harry Truman. The leadership of the military had not settled on a plan to counter the rising Soviet threat and wanted Ike's opinion on fighting force preparedness. He remained in Washington for these meetings in the first two weeks of December. The immediate threat was Russia and a possible attack. The long term threat was to create a more efficient military. He had been assured that such a job should it require long hours would be compatible with his new job at Columbia University and so he made that real. Eisenhower gave thought and consideration on how to present the needs and issues and introduce the concept and program director. This letter/presentation is a product of that and in it Eisenhower also speculates on the role played by education and poverty and ponders whether “industry trade unions the school the church do to help reduce the volume of loss”. The recipient was Henry Ford II president of the Ford Motor Company who was one of America’s top industry leaders and well as a personal acquaintance who would become a friend. The letter is at its essence how to learn from the failures of fighting force recruitment and support during World War II apply it to the next combat and see how far that lesson could be taken to workplace life and the reintegration. Typed letter signed on his Columbia University letterhead New York December 18 1948 to Ford. “It seems to me that the time has come when the wastage of American resources must be combated along all fronts. There are numbers of organizations directing their efforts toward conservation of natural resources including the soil. Our future prosperity is going to depend directly upon the success of their achievements. There is another sector of the conservation problem however that deserves immediate attention and that so far has not been made the subject of widespread intelligent attack. It is the wastage of manpower through mental and emotional failures. “My own attention was drawn forcibly to the matter during the war particularly in the late months of 1944 when the country found that its ability to supply replacements for the battleline was badly strained. Units had to fight under truly desperate handicaps by reason of lack of manpower. Yet during the war rejections and discharges of men for mental defects reached a total of more than two million. One of the numerous reasons that finally decided me to come to Columbia was the hope of assisting in finding some kind of an answer to this national problem. Obviously in the event of great emergency our manpower will be in limited supply but the basic problem is far broader in scope. Manpower losses of this kind imply tremendous costs and inefficiencies for our economy. “This I believe is a particularly propitious time to begin a down-to-earth study of the matter. There exist today the rejection records of the two million men lost in World War II. Most of them are still alive and they provide therefore a great body of factual information for any group that can organize itself sufficiently well to dig out and correlate the facts. In addition there is available in business corporations an important body of personnel information bearing on civilian maladjustments which invites exploration and evaluation. “It would seem particularly important to find out whether there are common causative factors responsible for these human failures. Numerous questions immediately suggest themselves. Among these are: 1. Are these men generally from the undereducated groups 2. Are they generally urban or rural in origin 3. How do these men spend their leisure time 4 Are they underfed or otherwise definitely underprivileged 5. Do they show a long history of emotional instability or do these defects come out only under fear or other stress 6. What has happened to them Are they now a charge upon society or are they leading useful lives 7. How accurate were our war-time yardsticks for measuring ""mental deficiency"" 8 What can industry trade unions the school the church do to help reduce the volume of loss Dozens of other questions suggest themselves but the foregoing will indicate some of the specific points I have in mind. “Shortly after coming to Columbia University I detailed a very able young professor Eli Ginzberg to prepare a memorandum which would show the capacity and qualifications of this institution for undertaking a significant study in this area. His report is attached. Although the study of human resources is so important that it would warrant continuing support I have thought it best to propose a limit of five years on this investigation. My thought is that regardless of continuing scientific research into the various aspects of the question we need to develop at an early date helpful practical methods that will contribute much more than past procedures to the efficient utilization of human resources. “The Columbia Deans commented on the enclosed proposal and they were unanimously of the belief that the investigation should be undertaken. Now I am particularly anxious to get the opinions of men who are experienced in business labor agriculture finance the church etc. and I should therefore like to have your reactions to the above suggestions which are amplified in the accompanying memorandum. It might be that a large percentage of mentally ineffective manpower is inescapable and is a natural result of our particular civilization. This I do not believe and certainly I will not accept such a conclusion until we have done our best to prove or disprove the case “However until I can gather together a volume of considered opinion that the proposed task is not only worth-while but that beneficial results should flow out of it I am neither going to undertake it nor ask for the financial support vital to this particular undertaking. If the replies are predominantly favorable I shall then request ten or fifteen large organizations to assist in the financing of this project. I wish that you would write to me and give me the benefit of your thoughts on this proposal. If this job is worth doing the sooner we get it under way the better.” It comes with the retained response from Ford and the copy of the report sent by Eisenhower to Ford being Ford's copy. A few of these letters were sent out and the response was positive so these words heralded the establishment at Columbia of a project originally called The Conservation of Human Resources and later renamed The Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources. Dr. Ginzberg ran the project while Eisenhower invigorated it with energy and direction until he left Columbia to run for president. The work provided for a three-pronged approach: 1 a study of inadequacy and maladjustment in civilian and military life 2 a study of the factors contributing to the development of talent and superior performance and 3 changing patterns of work in a dynamic economy. Over the years it has published numerous works a few of which are “The Ineffective Soldier: Lessons for Management and the Nation” “The Changing U.S. Labor Market” “The New Suburbanization: Challenge To The Central City” and “The physician and the poor”. The Center remains active today. unknown
1959Best.-Nr. 208191959. Perhaps the most historically important gun to reach the market; Gifts of state are themselves rare as since an Act of Congress in 1978 they have belonged to the nation and not the recipient; The magnificent shotgun another one of which was given to President Eisenhower comes with a copy of the thank you letter from McElroy to Khrushchev Khrushchev’s visit lessened Cold War tensions and was a major reason the Cold War did not turn hot ""This gun is an embodiment of Nikita Khrushchev's policies in more ways than one: the diplomatic effort to make peace with the West and the domestic reforms aimed to turn the military-industrial second into profitable enterprises operating on open civilian market” says author Aleksei Morozov https://vimeo.com/1068197728 Provenance This gift was given by the craftsmen in Izhevsk to Premier Khrushchev who brought it from Moscow and instructed his foreign policy team to present it to Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy a gift of state meant to symbolize a detente between the two nations. It was retained by McElroy and passed to his son whose heirs sold it directly to us. It has never before been offered for sale and was not known to have survived. Rarity This is perhaps the most historically significant long gun given its symbolism as a symbolic gift of state between the two dominant 20th powers at a crucial moment in the Cold War ever offered for sale. There are no comparables on the public market. Gifts of state are themselves rare as since an Act of Congress in 1978 they have belonged to the nation and not the recipient <img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20846"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175833/rifle2-1600x600.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""600"" /> Historical background In September 1959 the Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev visited the United States for about two weeks. This was the first visit by a Soviet head of state to America and was seen as a momentous occasion absolutely dominating the news at the time. Khrushchev's fundamental purpose in making the trip was to gain a better understanding of what America was and to promote mutual understanding between the Soviet Union and the United States on matters of importance to both. Khrushchev hoped that mutual understanding would eventually lead to peaceful coexistence feeling his visit would be the first step on that road. Dr. Sergei Khrushchev - the son of the late Soviet Premier who made the trip with him and became a U.S. citizen in 1999 - considers this visit to be “the beginning of the mutual interaction of the two worlds."" On his trip Khrushchev wanted to talk about politics with President Eisenhower and his senior officials such as Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy: the need for a peace treaty between East Germany and the United States the mutual advantages that would result from the establishment of trade relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and most importantly the necessity of complete and universal disarmament. Even though the U-2 spy-plane incident in May 1960 and Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 were setbacks the ultimate success of Khrushchev's trip the United States in 1959 was increased interaction a lessening of tensions the 1962 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and a better comprehension of both nations’ core Cold War positions which was a major reason that the Cold War did not turn hot. Khrushchev’s hopes to establish a mutual understanding with the United States were embodied not merely by the exchange of views on certain issues so that the two sides understood the position of the other but also understood the reasons each had for their perspectives. In Khrushchev’s mind this mutual understanding also went beyond diplomacy and extended to seeing America's people to letting them see him to becoming familiar with American culture and to experiencing what the United States had to offer. This was the success of the visit which had a significant immediate impact on the Cold War. <img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20847"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175829/rifle3-1600x558.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""558"" /> The backdrop for Khrushchev’s visit is essentially a history of the Cold War which often threatened to get hot and lead to a nuclear holocaust. Following World War II the uneasy wartime alliance between the United States and Great Britain on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other began to unravel. By 1948 the Soviets installed communist governments in the countries of eastern Europe that had been liberated by the Red Army. The Americans and the British feared the permanent Soviet domination of eastern Europe and the threat of Soviet-influenced communist parties coming to power elsewhere. The Soviets on the other hand were determined to maintain control of eastern Europe and intent on spreading communism worldwide. The Cold War had solidified by 1947–48 when U.S. aid provided under the Marshall Plan to Western Europe had brought those countries under American influence. From 1948–53 the Soviets unsuccessfully blockaded the Western-held sectors of West Berlin; the United States and its European allies formed NATO; the Soviets exploded their first atomic warhead thus ending the American monopoly on the atomic bomb; the Chinese communists came to power in mainland China; and the Soviet-supported communist government of North Korea invaded U.S.-supported South Korea in 1950 setting off an indecisive but bloody Korean War that lasted until 1953. Josef Stalin died in 1953 triggering a power struggle in which Khrushchev emerged victorious and by 1956 he had consolidated his authority as First Secretary of the party's Central Committee. He then famously denounced the “excesses” that occurred under Stalin and declared that he sought “peaceful coexistence” with the United States. Regarding his trip Khrushchev said he was “curious to have a look at America” and he visited not only Washington D.C. but New York California Pennsylvania Camp David and even a farm in Iowa. The trip took twelve days running from September 15-27 1959. His arrival on the 15th was followed with a motorcade from the airport to downtown Washington. Spectators and several military bands lined the way as Eisenhower Khrushchev and his wife Nina all seated in a convertible waved to the crowds. At the White House they engaged in the first of several meetings both formal and informal. These ran the gamut from frigid sessions at first to - shortly before Khrushchev’s departure - ones that were infused with a spirit of compromise. At a state dinner that first night Eisenhower said “Because of our importance in the world it is vital that we understand each other better.” Khrushchev responded by observing that friendship was necessary “because our two countries are much too strong and we cannot quarrel with each other.” On the 16th in D.C. for a luncheon at the National Press Club Khrushchev declared his ""sincere desire to achieve better relations between our two countries and promote peace all over the world."" On the 18th in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly Khrushchev discussed the damaging effects of the Cold War and the critical role the United Nations must play to achieve peace among the most powerful nations in the world. ""People still live in constant anxiety about peace about their future"" he said ""And how can they not feel this anxiety when now in one part of the world now in another military conflicts flare up and human blood is shed"" He ended his speech with a plea for universal disarmament: ""Let us compete in who builds more homes schools and hospitals for the people; produces more grain milk meat clothing and other consumer goods; and not in who has more hydrogen bombs and rockets. This will be welcomed by all the peoples of the world."" Later in the trip in Pittsburgh he told a crowd “I highly value your confidence expressed in the fact that you presented me with a symbolic key of your city. I thank you and assure you that I want to be your friend and will never abuse your trust and with this key I will only open those doors which you allow me to open…” When he left on the 27th he said he has been ""enriched"" by his visit and that his talks with Eisenhower have helped both men “understand each other better."" <img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20849"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175820/rfile5-1600x537.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""537"" /> During the trip the Russians presented the Americans with a small number of symbolic gifts - tokens of friendship and good will. Novosti the Russian news agency reported on ""the list of gifts taken by the USSR delegation to America.Along with the traditional names - granular caviar a set of wine and vodka products boxes and nesting dolls - it also included carpets guns sets of LPs books by Mikhail Sholokhov in English and much more."" The gems were the magnificent decorative guns shotguns from the foremost manufacturer in the Soviet Union one presented to the President and one to Secretary of Defense McElroy. An American newspaper reported on October 11 1959 under the headline ""Eisenhower and Khrushchev have successfully negotiated” that: “One of the gifts Khrushchev brought to Eisenhower was a Russian-made double-barreled shotgun. The Soviet prime minister argued that it was superior to the best British shotguns that hunters around the world have long appreciated. The President is a good shooter and each year he finds time to hunt in the fields of Georgia with former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey. Half humorously half solemnly Khrushchev said that this is the only weapon that should be left in the world for the pleasure of hunters…those who witnessed it hope that a small platform for mutual understanding has appeared on which to build future negotiations…” Sergei Khrushchev states of his father and Eisenhower that “these two old men without resolving a single specific question made a lot of progress in the most important area the sphere of human understanding of each other. The first glimmers of trust became visible…We had to move away from the image of an enemy. It seems that this first attempt succeeded. Father produced a rather good impression on Americans. He personally believed in the American president’s desire to achieve peace and a good-neighborly relationship. The image of Eisenhower as an evil instigator of war was finally dissipated and what remained was a clever kind somewhat tired person who had seen a great deal in his life.” The guns were the gems of all the gifts. They were a favorite of Khrushchev and he personally selected them as gifts to the two men. In February he had gone to the Izhevsk region of Russia hundreds of miles East of Moscow where they had presented him with the long arms designed by the finest gun designers. The master engraver Avel Lekomtsev ornately carved representative hunting designs. He is considered to be the finest of the period in Russia. The artifact <img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20850"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175815/rifle6-1600x602.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""602"" /> When the Russians came to US for this important visit they brought to the Secretary of Defense one of these long guns made in Izhevsk by Lekomtsev. The metal and wood extensively engraved double barrel hammerless shotgun is in pristine condition. It is a IZH 57 for Izhevsk and the year it was designed. The Izhevsk Mechanical Plant which a few years later became one of the most prominent civilian arms producers in the USSR exported shotguns air rifles and pistols under the Baikal brand all over the world. And yet although the maker is better known for mass-made weapons it also turned out a number of one-off samples hand-finished to the best standard — like this Izh-57. The gun is signed by the Master Gunmakers who worked on it a sign of best quality. Those include Master Engraver Avel Lekomtsev one of the best representatives of the Izhevsk Engraving School a group of artisans who blended several decorative to create unique ornamental style and techniques. The gun lists in Russian the maker and engraver: Master Assembler - V. Nesmelov; Stocker - A. Brylov; Engraver - A. Lekomtsev. The year the gun itself was created 1959 - the year of the visit is carved into the metal. The gun also lists the bore and choke size - 17/16.5 and 17/16 millimeters - and the gauge - 16. Lekomtzev has engraved a five-pointed star in a shield the mark of Izhevsk Mechanical Plant used in the period. He has also decorated the action with images of the hunt including a gold fox with prey in its teeth scaring away in the thickets two ducks made in gold. The bird in its teeth is made in silver or white gold. On the left side of the action a gold-colored pointing dog in the thickets makes a stand above the bird and the dawn in the sky is made using a colored gold method showing the sunrise with a transition from a golden hue below to a more contrasting shade above. The different shades of plumage of the ducks and animals create the impression of a three-dimensional image. The details of the landscapes on both sides of the action are made in silver or white gold. Author Aleksei Morozov notes: ""The way Lekomtsev plays with differently colored gold alloys to make the duck stand out on the background of the equally golden fox is a forerunner of the way Leonard Vasev would create perhaps the best internationally known sample of Izhevsk gun school - the Lenin gun made for the 1967 World Expo in Montreal."" <img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20854"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175810/Gun8-1600x1067.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1067"" /> The gun comes with a copy of the letter from McElroy to Khrushchev dated September 18 1959 while Khrushchev was still in America on Secretary of Defense letterhead. It states in part: “I was pleased yesterday to receive two of your representatives who brought with them some attractive gifts as well as a message from you…Of course the shotgun is handsome indeed. It offers evidence of the quality of craftsmanship of which any country could be proud. In thanking you for the shotgun may I fully reciprocate the wish expressed to me by our representatives that the firearms used in the future by our two countries need be no longer than this shotgun for the preservation of world peace and that even the shotgun be used solely for sporting purposes.” McElroy's manuscript papers were donated but the gun was retained. The choice of this gun was no triviality. In presenting the gun to McElroy the Soviet emissaries stated it was meant to symbolize Russian hopes that firearms used in the future by our two countries need be no longer than this shotgun for the preservation of world peace and that even the shotgun be used solely for sporting purposes. This token of friendship from the Soviet Union to the United States at a key moment in the Cold War is of enormous historical importance. hardcover
Best.-Nr. CA13AA-00167Overlook Press. Collectible - Good. Stamford Connecticut : The Overbrook Press 1945. 1st edition. Sm 4to Paperback. 24pp. Good book. Some foxing to pages. world war 1939-1945 speeches Inquire if you need further information. Overlook Press paperback
1945Best.-Nr. 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
