"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW PRACTICALLY NOTHING OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OVER THERE": PERSHING'S MEMOIRS OF WORLD WAR I, SIGNED BY HIM

PERSHING, John J. My Experiences in the World War. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1931. Two volumes. Large octavo, publisher's blue cloth, top edges gilt, uncut, original dust jackets, original slipcase with paper labels. $1650.

First trade edition of the 1931 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history, signed by him on the half title of Volume I.

Pershing returned from World War I as America's most famous general. "In that adventure there were many lessons useful to the American people, should they ever again be called to arms, and I felt it a duty to record them as I saw them" (Introduction). Includes conversations and documents which dictated the course of World War I in the European theater. With 32 pages of illustrations from photographs, and ten strategic maps. Preceded by a signed/limited edition the same year. Bookplates.

Books with very mild toning to spines, dust jackets with matching mild spine toning, minor wear to edges. A near-fine copy in a slightly worn slipcase.