Crusade in Europe

Dwight D. EISENHOWER

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Crusade in Europe
Crusade in Europe

"THE HOPES AND PRAYERS OF LIBERTY-LOVING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE MARCH WITH YOU": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF CRUSADE IN EUROPE, SIGNED BY EISENHOWER

EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. Thick octavo, original tan linen, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut; custom slipcase in imitation of the original, housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $6500.

Signed limited first edition, number 1340 of 1426 copies signed by Eisenhower at the bottom of a facsimile of his D-Day message to Allied troops.

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 photographic illustrations selected by Edward Steichen. Without original acetate and slipcase.

Interior clean and fine, slight rubbing to spine. A near-fine signed copy.

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