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1963rif. 011245Garden City NY: Doubleday. 2Volume set. First editions first printings. Hard cover. Published Garden City NY: Doubleday 1963 1965. Thick 8vo.'s xviii650pp. illus b/w plates; xxiii741pp. illus b/w plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles in black block. Short inscription on title page of volume two. A near fine set. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1963. Doubleday, hardcover
1965rif. 8143Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1965. First edition. Fine/Fine. One of 1434 copies signed and numbered by Dwight D. Eisenhower. A Fine copy in like publisher's acetate dust jacket and Very Good slipcase. Publisher's gray buckram with green cloth spine label. Slipcase with rubbing to label and a bit of dampstaining mostly to bottom edge. Eisenhower collected his presidential memoirs in two volumes Mandate for Change 1953-1956 and Waging Peace 1956-1961. This second volume of the set "details major developments from the national elections of 1956 until just after Inauguration Day 1961 or the four years of Eisenhower's second term." Major political events covered in the work include the Suez Canal crisis the first decades of the Cold War the 1954 Brown v. Board decision and the Civil Rights movement and the Soviet launch of Sputnik. In his preface Eisenhower writes "if anything here-the story of a lesson learned a principle proved or an old truth emphasized-should be found of value by those who in years to come will bear responsibilities in the federal government all of us who served this nation in my administration will be deeply rewarded." Fine in Fine dust jacket. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown
1963rif. 195482Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963. First edition inscribed by the 34th President on a presentation bookplate mounted on the verso of the front free endpaper: "For Mrs. Paul Carroll - with the affectionate regards of her friends Mamie and Ike Eisenhower". The recipient was Ruth Cooper Carroll 1909-1988 the widow of Paul T. Carroll. Eisenhower writes in his memoir: "To look after all communications of a top-secret character from or to the White House I selected an outstanding young Army officer Brigadier General Paul T. Carroll who had served in World War II with distinction and been with me in the Pentagon and in SHAPE Headquarters in Paris. he handled for me communications of the utmost delicacy and importance" page 117; the entry here sidelined in ink. Paul T. Carroll died of a heart attack in 1954 aged 43; Eisenhower presented Ruth with a cheque for $18000 that Christmas with contributions from 50 friends. Eisenhower's account of his first presidential term was followed by Waging Peace 1965 covering his second. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A little toned some spotting to edges; unclipped jacket with slight wear and staining at extremities: a very good copy in good jacket. hardcover
1965rif. 153256Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1965. Signed limited first edition of the second volume of Eisenhower’s presidential memoirs covering the eventful final years of his administration from 1956 to 1961. Thick octavo original tan cloth with a green morocco spine label lettered in gilt and the presidential seal in gilt to the front cover with cartographic endpapers. One of 1500 numbered copies of which 1434 are signed and numbered this is number 919. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. In fine condition in the original acetate dust jacket. Housed in the original publisher’s slipcase. A handsome signed copy of the second volume of Eisenhower’s White House memoirs. Waging Peace 1956-1961 is the second volume of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential memoirs The White House Years covering the events of his second term. Eisenhower 1890-1969 the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the Second World War and the thirty-fourth President of the United States recounts the major episodes of his final years in office among them the Suez Crisis the launch of Sputnik and the beginnings of the Space Race the dispatch of federal troops to integrate the schools of Little Rock the U-2 incident and his celebrated farewell address warning of the growing power of the military-industrial complex. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
1963rif. 194857Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963. The General as President First edition signed limited issue number 1038 of 1500 copies signed by the 34th President. Eisenhower's account of his first presidential term was followed by Waging Peace 1965 covering his second. Octavo. Original grey cloth spine lettered in gilt on green ground presidential seal in gilt to front cover map endpapers. In original acetate jacket and card slipcase with label to front panel. A fine copy. hardcover
1963rif. 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
1965rif. 376916New York: Doubleday 1965. Limited editions both no. 1231 of 1434 copies signed by the author 1500 the entire edition the first volume inscribed on the colophon. xx 650 pp; xxiv 741 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Both light tan buckram with Presidential seal stamped in gilt on upper front boards; stamped in olive and gilt on spine; decorative map endpapers; first volume uncut. Fine copies with original acetate jackets in original publisher's slipcases with affixed printed labels; some shelf wear and sunning to slipcases. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photog. Limited editions both no. 1231 of 1434 copies signed by the author 1500 the entire edition the first volume inscribed on the colophon. xx 650 pp; xxiv 741 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Eisenhower's two-volume memoir of his time in the White House issued two years apart in 1963 and 1965. Both volumes of these limited editions are numbered the same however indicating some forethought on the part of Eisenhower when presenting them to his close friend Thomas B. Butler a Baltimore banking and railroad executive who was a frequent playing partner of Eisenhower's at Augusta National Golf Club where both were long-time members. Each man has a lodge named after them on the Augusta course with Butler Cabin being the site where the winner of each year's Masters Tournament receives his iconic green blazer. Eisenhower's formal signature appears on the first blanks of the books in the first volume on a tipped-in leaf and he additionally inscribed Mandate for Change to Butler on the colophon: "For Tom Butler - / with the best wishes and warm regard of his devoted friend / Dwight D. Eisenhower / 1963." A compelling narrative by one of the twentieth-century's most significant figures dedicated in turn to one of his closest friends. Doubleday unknown
1963rif. 18169Garden City: Doubleday and Company 1963. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. Signed limited edition of The White House Years: Mandate for Change and Waging Peace by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Octavo xvii 650pp; xxiii 741pp. Beige cloth title printed in gilt on green spine. Illustrated endpapers. Both volumes in the publisher's issued slipcases with shelf wear to labels solid bindings. In the publisher's mylar dust jackets large chip on spine of Waging Peace closed tear to jacket of "Mandate for Change." From a signed limited edition of 1500 with "Waging Peace" numbered 958 and "Mandate for Change" numbered 1432 both signed by President Eisenhower on the limitation page. Doubleday and Company unknown
1965rif. 11928Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover with slipcase. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Pp. xxiii 741pp. Map endpapers. Illustrated. Beige cloth title printed in gilt on green spine panel. Slipcase with printed title label affixed to one panel. One of 1434 copies signed by the author. Doubleday & Company hardcover
1963rif. 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
1963rif. 133263Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions of Eisenhower's memoirs each one of 1500 copies. Thick Octavo two volumes original tan cloth with green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt cartographic endpapers. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the author. Association copy Waging Peace is an Advance presentation copy inscribed by Eisenhower to Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr. "Devotedly Dwight D. Eisenhower" on an Eisenhower Farm Gettysburg Pennsylvania bookplate. The recipient Thomas S. Gates is mentioned numerous times in both of these volumes. "To replace Neil McElroy as Secretary of Defense I prevailed on Secretary of the Navy Tom Gates to delay his return to private life. He first took the post of Deputy Secretary for the duration of Mr. McElroy's term and then in December assumed the post of Secretary of Defense. During his term as Secretary he had the satisfaction of seeing the Polaris developed by the Navy under his leadership make its first successful firings and join America's growing arsenal." p. 254 The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961. Fine in the original acetate dust jackets. An exceptional association. 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
1963rif. 149178New York: Doubleday 1963. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket xviii 650pp. b/w plates maps appends. index Nice copy in bright blue cloth boards in like dust jacket Doubleday hardcover
1963rif. 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
1963rif. 005031Doubleday & Company Inc. DJ in archival cover rice clipped gift inscription. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1963. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
rif. 010062Garden City: Doubleday. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of the trade edition. SIGNED by the author on his Gettysburg bookplate with the typewritten date November 7 1963 no inscription. There's a previous owner circular blindstamp to the upper right of the title page otherwise fine in a near fine dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings other than the blindstamp. Doubleday hardcover
1965rif. 376916New York: Doubleday 1965. Limited editions both no. 1231 of 1434 copies signed by the author 1500 the entire edition the first volume inscribed on the colophon. xx 650 pp; xxiv 741 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Both light tan buckram with Presidential seal stamped in gilt on upper front boards; stamped in olive and gilt on spine; decorative map endpapers; first volume uncut. Fine copies with original acetate jackets in original publisher's slipcases with affixed printed labels; some shelf wear and sunning to slipcases. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photog. Limited editions both no. 1231 of 1434 copies signed by the author 1500 the entire edition the first volume inscribed on the colophon. xx 650 pp; xxiv 741 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Eisenhower's two-volume memoir of his time in the White House issued two years apart in 1963 and 1965. Both volumes of these limited editions are numbered the same however indicating some forethought on the part of Eisenhower when presenting them to his close friend Thomas B. Butler a Baltimore banking and railroad executive who was a frequent playing partner of Eisenhower's at Augusta National Golf Club where both were long-time members. Each man has a lodge named after them on the Augusta course with Butler Cabin being the site where the winner of each year's Masters Tournament receives his iconic green blazer. Eisenhower's formal signature appears on the first blanks of the books in the first volume on a tipped-in leaf and he additionally inscribed Mandate for Change to Butler on the colophon: "For Tom Butler - / with the best wishes and warm regard of his devoted friend / Dwight D. Eisenhower / 1963." A compelling narrative by one of the twentieth-century's most significant figures dedicated in turn to one of his closest friends. Doubleday unknown books
1963rif. 18169Garden City: Doubleday and Company 1963. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. Signed limited edition of The White House Years: Mandate for Change and Waging Peace by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Octavo xvii 650pp; xxiii 741pp. Beige cloth title printed in gilt on green spine. Illustrated endpapers. Both volumes in the publisher's issued slipcases with shelf wear to labels solid bindings. In the publisher's mylar dust jackets large chip on spine of Waging Peace closed tear to jacket of "Mandate for Change." From a signed limited edition of 1500 with "Waging Peace" numbered 958 and "Mandate for Change" numbered 1432 both signed by President Eisenhower on the limitation page. Doubleday and Company unknown books
1963rif. 255958Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First trade edition. Thick octavo. 650pp. Blue cloth. Owner's name and address penned on half-title near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper internal dampstain short tears on spine ends and corners. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1965rif. 8143Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1965. First edition. Fine/Fine. One of 1434 copies signed and numbered by Dwight D. Eisenhower. A Fine copy in like publisher's acetate dust jacket and Very Good slipcase. Publisher's gray buckram with green cloth spine label. Slipcase with rubbing to label and a bit of dampstaining mostly to bottom edge. Eisenhower collected his presidential memoirs in two volumes Mandate for Change 1953-1956 and Waging Peace 1956-1961. This second volume of the set "details major developments from the national elections of 1956 until just after Inauguration Day 1961 or the four years of Eisenhower's second term." Major political events covered in the work include the Suez Canal crisis the first decades of the Cold War the 1954 Brown v. Board decision and the Civil Rights movement and the Soviet launch of Sputnik. In his preface Eisenhower writes "if anything here-the story of a lesson learned a principle proved or an old truth emphasized-should be found of value by those who in years to come will bear responsibilities in the federal government all of us who served this nation in my administration will be deeply rewarded." Fine in Fine dust jacket. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown books
1963rif. 290835Garden City: Doubleday 1963. hardcover. very good/very good. 342 pages. 8vo. grey cloth chipped and sunned wrapper; corners lightly bumped. Garden City NY: Doubleday 1963. A very good copy in a very good wrapper. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf: "For my friend John Diebold with best wishes and esteem Milton S. Eisenhower 1967". With Diebold's personal library stamp. Doubleday unknown
1963rif. 115760Garden City NY: Doubleday 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover slightly rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners pages slightly browned minor foxing. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners soiled and worn. Doubleday hardcover books
1963rif. 177181New York: Doubleday and Co 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Book is a nice copy lightly bumped corners. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners white portions are lightly browned. Doubleday and Co hardcover books
1963rif. UEISWIN00MELDoubleday 1963. Very Good. Eisenhower Milton S. The Wine is Bitter: The United States and Latin America. New York: Doubleday 1963. 342pp. Indexed. 8vo. Gray cloth. Book condition: Very good with lighlty rubbed and bumped edges. Doubleday hardcover books
1963rif. 187438Garden City NY: Doubleday 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Harold Johnson's copy with his signature. Light browning to pages. Dustwrapper browned and rubbed. A few tears on edges. Doubleday hardcover books
1963rif. 23199New York: Doubleday & Company 1963. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. xiv 342 pp. 8vo. Doubleday & Company hardcover books