"A LESSON LEARNED, A PRINCIPLE PROVED, OR AN OLD TRUTH EMPHASIZED": SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS OF EISENHOWER'S MANDATE FOR CHANGE AND WAGING PEACE
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953-1956. WITH: The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963-65. Together, two volumes. Thick octavo, original tan cloth, cartographic endpapers, original acetate, original slipcases. $5000.
Signed limited first editions of Eisenhower's presidential memoirs, each one of 1500 copies signed by Eisenhower.
Mandate for Change covers the years of Eisenhower's first presidential term, in which he grappled with such difficulties as the Rosenberg case and trouble in the Suez; Waging Peace covers Eisenhower's second term. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic illustrations. Each volume is number 458. Bookplates.
Books fine, tape repair to acetate on first volume; slipcases mildly toned. A handsome set of signed volumes.