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1974rif. 178drmInscribed on first blank page: To Frank Newcomb Sands Jr With best wishes Milton S. Eisenhower under this is note: Birdneck Point March 1975. See picture. Laid in: Article in Johns Hopkins Magazine by Milton entitled "To Chart Our Future Course." Laid in: Article from Virginia Pilot April 4 1966 entitled "Milton Eisenhower to Quit University." Torn and faded. Clean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in good condition. Dust jacket has small tear on bottom of front page small chips on bottom near spine and on top of spine. Some creases and possible repaired tear on top of back. Milton Stover Eisenhower September 15 1899 – May 2 1985 was an American academic administrator. He served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University Pennsylvania State University and Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Doubleday & Company hardcover
1974rif. Q-0385015844Doubleday 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Doubleday hardcover
1974rif. 27590Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385015844 . signed by the author on front free endpaper. w/djA clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked gently read showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall. ; Signed by Author . Doubleday & Company hardcover
1974rif. 6550Doubleday & Company Inc. New York.1974. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo.9.5 x 6.5 inches. Inscribed by the author and with tipped in typed letter signed. The book is warmly inscribed by Eisenhower to Mrs Charles Jane Englehard a prominent donor to White House restoration projects and a close friend of Lyndon B. Johnson. She served on a variety of advisory committees through many administrations from Kennedy to Clinton. The letter acknowledges that the author has signed the book and sent under seperate cover. He also refers to the text of the book mentioning his view on the Foreign service and wishing Mrs Englehard and her commission every success. The book is near fine with just a little creasing to the edges of the dustwrapper. Housed in a blue cloth covered chemise and fine blue morocco leather spined slip case. Spine with raised bandsdecorated with stars and spots. Compartments ruled in blind lettered and decorated in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. --- Milton was the Younger brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower and served as president for three major universities as well as working for Unesco.: Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York.,1974 hardcover
1974rif. 1384181Garden City: Doubleday and Company Inc 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Octavo xviii xxiii 598 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price clipped front flap. Spine beige with black and blue lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including age toning and minor wear to the edges. Previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear. Boards show slight wear including sparse faint spots and light sunning. Text block shows slight foxing to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column M ND-M. 1384181. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday and Company, Inc hardcover books
1998rif. x-0275960137Praeger Pub Text 1998. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
1946rif. 4592Harrisburg Pennsylvania : Stackpole Sons ; The Telegraph Press 1946. 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. xxxviii 361 pp. ; purple cloth with green lettering on paper paste-down labels ; OCLC reports no copies held by any library ; top edge colored blue ; foxing ; name on front ep ; extremely rare John Dos Passos item features writings from disabled veterans of World War II who studied English composition while attending American University in Washington DC under Professor Don M. Wolfe who asked them to write about home friends and family the war or whatever came into their minds. THe results were so moving and impressive that Wolfe had 2000 copies printed at his own expense while all the profits from Doubleday's edition went directly to the men ; "We cannot state too emphatically that this books is presented not as a literary effort but as a series of social documents."--foreword ; "If a foreigner should ask me what Americans were like in 1946 I would hand him this book. Naturally it is not the whole story. It is only the story of a fairly small group of young men among those most hurt in body and mind by the accidents of war. But somehow putting down the war experiences that affected them most these young men have uncovered a much larger segment of the reality of our time than they themselves seem to have been aware of."--John Dos Passos ; details of each serviceman and his unit included ; authors include: Joe V. Adair Rosario Joseph Aloisio Herbert Newton Bair Edgar Benjamin Benson Paul Getter Bruce Frank Louis Calderala Howard Price Carter Robert Irwin Clark Anthony Paul Coulis Robert Francis Dove Richard Houston Frazee Morris Aaron Garber John Otto Goelz William George Gontcharuk Thodore Karl Hammill Ellerton Vinnie Harmer Bruno Joseph Hassen Gerald Sterling Kelsey Orlie Alden Kennerly James Bernard King Melvin Bernard Linton John T. Marshall Floyd Roann Mauk Lowell Marshall McGowan Daniel Archie McDonald Kenneth Ray McMurry Frank S. Mercurio Arthur Wallace Miller William E. Murphy Charles LeRoy Neely John N. Nemeth Verne Maurice Nygaard Joseph Michael O'Connell Irving Peltz Frank Jerome Phillips Edward Otto Podell John James Regan Wallice Irvin Redi Nicholas Rezar Philip Irvington Robrecht Robert Shore Pat Martin Smith Walter Burton Spencer Glee H. Stevens Robert Lee Stevens George J. Veach Ralph Theodore Warren Carl Thomas Welch Alma Mary Wilhelm John Edgar Williams Jr Milton Kimball Williams and Norman Myer Witkin ; truly horrific remembrances recounted here underscore the frailness of humanity and transcendent bravery ; rare ; VG Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Sons ; The Telegraph Press, 1946. hardcover
rif. 1490885064.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
196040 pages. Undated, possibly circa 1960. Oblong 8.5" x 11". Presents 18 colour-photo-like illustrations of scenes including: The Three Sisters; Mount Rundle and Vermillion Lake; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade of Time; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Eisenhower; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier; Lake in the Clouds; Chateau Lake Louise; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley; The Great Divide; Spiral Tunnels at Kicking Horse Pass; Emerald Lake and Mount President. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage item intended for tourists of a prior generation. Book
rif. 087695025XNew. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
rif. 087695025X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1961Features: Baseball isn't our national sport, by George Preston Marshall; My views on Berlin - Dwight D. Eisenhower, long article with many photos; People on the Way Up - Beth Burt, Tom Meschery, Katia Saks, James McDivitt; Second-Chance Actress - how Anne Bancroft hit the glory road, with the aid of her psychiatrist; PT-109, The Adventure that made a President, Part 4 of 5; Ad for Honda's 'Fabulous 50'; When Strangers Tour the USA - here is what visiting Europeans think of us; My Life with what's left of Society - Cleveland Amory takes a close look at himself and America's upper crust; The Fight for Rule of Labor - this week's Miami Beach convention of the AFL-CIO will chart the future course of American unionism - photos of George Meany, Jimmy Hoffa and Walter Reuther. Great color Cadillac ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1953100 pages. Features: Nice snow angel cover illustration by John Falter; I Ride Nightmare Highway - James P. O'Donnell drives from Helmstedt to Berlin in 1952 and must deal with surly, unpredictable Russians at checkpoints; Debonair Dan - Dan London and his St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, The Magnificent Innkeeper; Baseball's Biggest Winner - Robin Roberts of the Phillies; Who Elected Eisenhower?; Why Pay for Advice?; The Tiger at Red China's Heels - Color-photo-illustrated interview with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa (Taiwan); We Made the Impossible Voyage (2nd of 3 articles) - Dr. Thomas Davis and family pilot their boat, the Miru, through 4500 miles of open sea. Fiction: A Catch for Any Woman; Forbidden Affair; Killer Bronc; The Witness Who Couldn't Talk; The Big Heat; (part 3 of 7); The Secret of the Purple Reefs (part 6 of 8). Ads: Florida Tangerines; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Stereo Realist features the Ice Follies of 1953, 17th Annual Edition; Nice two-page color ad for 1953 Ford cars; Two-page black and white ad for 1953 Plymouth cars; Sensational one-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Sampler Chocolates features large photo of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in costume for the film "Road to Bali"; Nice Campbell's Soup ad; four-page color ad for General Electric presents their many achievements over 75 years; Good Year centerfold ad shows car models for every year from 1915 to 1952; Nice two-page ad for 1953 Hudson cars, the Hornet and the Wasp; Nice color-photo ad for Pan-American Airlines features their South American service with photo of couples in swimwear on Rio's Ipanema Beach; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Interesting one-page color-photo ad for Dell Comics shows boy in red chair, surrounded by comic characters; Nice patriotic ad by Bell Telephone features large photo of Sergeant Donald McIntyre of Chicago, who recently returned from Korea; Soiled back cover Camel ad features great photos of actor Alan Ladd. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1961Features: Now that I am a Private Citizen - Dwight D. Eisenhower; Major-League Intellectual - Cincinnati Red, Jim Brosnan; Working Their Way out of Trouble - In Park Forest, Illinois, teen-age lawbreakers are sentenced to old-fashioned work, and they rarely come back for more; Oddballs of the Animal Kingdom in Australia and New Zealand; Adventures of the Mind - Why Philosophy, by Susanne K. Langer; Are Southern Ministers Failing the South? - Many are compromising their beliefs by playing it safe on the integration issue. Uncommon 2-page colour ad for Tidewater/Flying A service stations. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
1965rif. 12575Great Britain: London Records. Very Good Vinyl Record Set/Near Fine Original Box. 1965. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. This box set of special recordings was released by London Records in 1965. It includes two Near Fine Vinyl Records in a Near Fine Original Box. These monaural recordings are taken from the recordings of the television and sound broadcasts of January 30th 1965 including from BBC broadcasters with commentary from Richard Dimbleby and Robert Hudson. These recordings include the Complete Funeral Service the Processions to and from St. Paul's and Appreciations By Prime Minister Harold Wilson speaking from 10 Downing Street on Jan. 24th and by Sir Robert Menzies and General Dwight Eisenhower on the day of the Funeral. THE STATE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL K. G. O. M. C. H. London Records RB 101 and 102. Rare Audio Archives. . London Records unknown
rif. 1528459504.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 026017484X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1952rif. BOOKS 51486 IRed-cloth boards show lightest shelfwear. Gilt spine and front board dulling. Internally clean and fresh but for library stamps. Philadelphia 1952 1st Edition Cloth large 8vo. 15pp. "85 copies of this book have been printed. They have been distributed to friends of the undersigned and of Dr. Emrich who are also friends and admirers of General Ike. Dr. Emrich's story of the writing of this history and the photographs of the original document first appeared in the New York Times on May 5 1946. To this has been added the eight 'Orders of the Day' issued by General Eisenhower's Headquarters together with Dr. Emrich's comment upon them. This is believed to be the first time all eight Orders have been printed together. -William L. McLean Jr." Scarce Eisenhower-WWII publication in a very limited number. Emrich was official American historian assigned to General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters. This copy inscribed by McLean. From the SHAPE Library. hardcover
1995rif. 23316Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1995. Collector's Edition. Oblong folio beautifully bound in luxurious full black genuine leather with elaborate 22 karat gold embossed decorations. All page edges are bright gold gilt. Printed on fine archival acid-free paper. Raised spine bands in the traditional method of fine bookbinding. With lustrous silk moire fabric endpapers and a permanently bound-in satin ribbon page marker. Compiled by the Department of Military Art and Engineering and the United States Military Academy West Point New York. 158 maps each with an accompanying page of text. The official military atlas of American battles. The tactics errors and even the hour-by-hour changes in troop strength that shaped our young nation's destiny. . Full-Leather. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. The Easton Press Hardcover
1995rif. 220773Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1963rif. 183989New York: Doubleday 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner imprint on title page. Chip at spine crown. Doubleday hardcover
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