"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, original acetate, original slipcase. $8000.
Signed limited first edition, number 738 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.
A fine copy in a mildly worn slipcase.