52 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS “I Hope Some Day To Go To Egypt And Also To Babylon For I Have Always Been Fond Of Those Old Peoples They Were So Solid And So The Reverse Of Modern Superficialness” 67PATTON, George S. Autograph letter signed. West Point, New York, 1907. One leaf of stationery, 11 by 7 inches, folded into four leaves, with writing in ink on all sides. $7000 Autograph letter signed by Patton addressed to his future wife, while he was still a cadet at West Point. Patton and Beatrice Banning Ayer met as teenagers on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California in 1902, when their families were vacationing. Ayer was the daughter of prominent Boston industrialist Frederick Ayer. During his years at West Point, Patton’s friendship with Ayer deepened. After he asked Frederick Ayer’s permission to marry his daughter, they married in 1910. The letter reads in part: “You must think that I don’t take much interest in your mother’s health not to have written sooner, but I do and hope she is much better. Please give her my love and tell her that I am very sorry indeed that she has been sick... The book I was reading, or rather trying to read… is very interesting and I like it. I hope some day to go to Egypt and also to Babylon for I have always been very fond of those old peoples they were so solid and so the reverse of modern superficialness… George Patton. Sunday 5.” In excellent condition. Inscribed By Eisenhower 68EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City, 1948. Octavo, original tan cloth, dust jacket. $3500 First trade edition, with numerous illustrations and maps, including four double-page color maps of the European theatre and battlefields, inscribed on the half title, “For J— H— with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Eisenhower’s memoir provides an important and unique perspective on the difficult command-level decisions that decided the outcome of World War II. Included are numerous battlefield and theater maps (a number in color), as well as photographs selected by Edward Steichen. Preceded the same year by a signed limited edition of 1426 copies. Inner paper hinges expertly reinforced. Price-clipped dust jacket with only very mild soiling. A nearly fine copy.
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