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196355057Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions each one of 1500 copies. Two volumes thick octavo pictorial endpapers original tan cloth original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket which are in fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. An exceptional set. This is the story of President Eisenhowers first administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower one of the major figures of the twentieth century writes an account of the events as he saw them leading up to a sweeping mandate and then pursues the theme of change in the years 1953-1956 Doubleday and Company hardcover books
194810295Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1948. First Edition / Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed limited edition of Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Octavo xiv 559pp tan buckram gilt title over black on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt uncut edges. In original glassine jacket with light toning to spine and some wear along top edge. Previous ownership stamp on front endpaper. In publisher's slipcase reinforced at hinges with tape repairs and some staples very stable. This book is a limited edition of 1426 copies signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is number 965 of 1426. From the collection of the Honorable Donnald K. Anderson Clerk of the US House of Representatives from 1987 to1995. Mr. Anderson was a longtime resident of Capitol Hill where he worked in the House of Representatives from 1960 to 1995. He was baptized Catholic in 1979 with his Godparents being an illustrious group including Tip O'Neill Dan Rostenkowski and John W. McCormack. He died in 2020. Doubleday & Company unknown books
195534437Wentworth Location: For the Dartmouth College Grant by the Stinehour Press of Vermont 1955. First Edition. VERY RARE. With thirty-seven tipped-on black and white photographs ranging in size from 7"x10" to 3"x 2" and two tipped-on maps one of which is in colour. Oblong Folio handsomely bound in the original green cloth over a pictorially illustrated front cover showing a photograph of Presidents Eisenhower and John Sloan Dickey the spine gilt lettered. 14 leaves unnumbered printed recto only. A very good copy of this rare work the photographs are all in excellent condition the leaves all in fine condition but for the final five which have some marginal evidence of old insect damage not affecting the bulk of the page nor the text or photographs the binding is solid firm and well preserved with just a small spot of abrasion to the bottom of the cover. VERY RARE. BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSION OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS IT IS PROBABLE THAT VERY FEW COPIES WERE PRODUCED. OCLC LISTS ONLY ONE COPY THAT BEING HOUSED AT DARTMOUTH'S RAUNER LIBRARY. NO COPIES ARE OFFERED IN THE MARKETPLACE AND NO COPIES ARE LISTED AS BEING SOLD AT AUCTION. WE NOTE ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUND THAT IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. <br> THE RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC CHRONICLE of President Eisenhower's informal June 24th 'lunch with a friend'.<br> Scheduled for after commencement in 1955 Dartmouth President John Sloan Dickey's annual fishing party was to be held from June 24th to 28th. The fishing trip took place at part of the College Grant in Wentworth Location New Hampshire. On these trips he was accompanied by a number of prestigious members of Dartmouth's facility and staff and student members of the Outing Club.<br> In the spring of that year the White House announced Dickey's old friend President Dwight D. Eisenhower would be making a speaking tour through Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. And since he would be passing within only a few miles of the Grant an invitation to lunch was sent to President Eisenhower and his entire entourage. <br> This is the record in text and photographs of that very informal lunch with friends. Along with Eisenhower Dickey and crew from Dartmouth the meeting included former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams U.S. Senators Styles Bridges and Norris Cotton Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks and Congressman Perkins Bass.<br> The text and the captions for the photos were prepared by Sidney C. Hayward Secretary of Dartmouth College and John A Rand Executive Director of the Dartmouth Outing Club. Photography was done by Adrain N. Bouchard College Photographer and Frank A. Pemberton Director of the Dartmouth News Service. Composition and printing was done by the Stinehour Press of nearby Lunenburg Vermont. For the Dartmouth College Grant by the Stinehour Press of Vermont hardcover
19622622630/01/1962. <blockquote><p>Ford had taken that position as a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy</p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>“I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.â€</p></blockquote><p>In the waning days of 1960 President Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. On three occasions Ford lent one of his senior executives Leo Beebe to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement of refugees and manage similar projects. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees in 1956 a need that resulted from the Hungarian Revolution and subsequent flight from the country of many refugees. In addition to his committee work during 1956-1957 while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey Beebe oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35000 Hungarian refugees in the United States eventually finding them permanent residences in this country. In 1959-1960 Beebe organized the U.S. Center for Cuban Refugees in Miami Florida to help with the mass influx of Cuban refugees that fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960 and beyond. Ford backed the refugee aid effort all the way and it was of incalculable importance.</p><p>In 1960 Robert McNamara was President of the Ford Motor Company. Kennedy the President-elect sought to name McNamara Secretary of Defense. Ford agreed to spare McNamara yet another example of his Henry Ford II’s largess.</p><p>The friendship and collaboration of Eisenhower and Ford continued after Ike left office.</p><p>The President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy which was established by President Kennedy in February 1961 to promote free and responsible collective bargaining industrial peace sound wage and price policies higher standards of living and increased productivity. The Committee also considered policies designed to ensure that American products were competitive in world markets as well as examine the benefits and problems created by automation and other technological advances. Other topics it took on included pensions railroads taxes collective bargaining and economic recovery.</p><p>Henry Ford II president of Ford Motor Company was a member of the committee. The majority report found that automation causes unemployment. Ford dissented saying “Its major premise is the assumption that automation and technological advance are in and of themselves significant causes of unemployment—an assumption that neither history nor an analysis of current unemployment supports…The factual evidence strongly indicates that while automation displaces some individuals from jobs they have held its overall effect is to increase income and expand job opportunities. History teaches us that by and large workers displaced by technological advance have moved rapidly into other employment ultimately to better paying jobs. If…we would help persons displaced by technological advance we must focus our attention not on relief or even training though these properties properly conceived and administered will help - but on creating new jobs for people who seek them and can perform in them.â€</p><p>Eisenhower wrote Ford expressing his agreement with that dissent.</p><p><strong>Typed letter signed</strong> on his letterhead Palm Desert January 30 1962 to Henry Ford II. <em>“Arthur Burns</em> who would later become Chairman of the Federal Reserve <em>sent me a copy of the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy After reading it I want to congratulate you on your dissent. I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.</em></p><p><em>“And on a brand new and far different subject Mrs. Whitman asked me to tell you how much she is enjoying the car that you put at her disposal. She says that the joy of driving it with the sun touching the tops of the mountains is almost compensation for what she claims is the barbaric hour at which I like to do my morning work. She - and I - are most grateful to you. With warm personal regard and again: are you coming out this wayâ€</em></p><p>A very interesting opinion of Eisenhower expressing that automation is a positive good and helps workers rather than harms them.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
1963408137New York: Doubleday & Co 1963. Fine well-preserved copies the slipcases somewhat rubbed and worn. Together two volumes 8vo. 650; 741 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth; acetate wrappers; publisher's slipcases. First edition deluxe limited editions each boldly signed by Eisenhower. Numbers 326 and 375 of 1434 copies. The President's in depth account of his first administration. Doubleday & Co unknown
1963190439Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963 & 1965. The general as president First editions signed limited issues respectively number 1272 & 62 of 1500 copies signed by Eisenhower in each volume together comprising his presidential memoirs. Two works octavo. Original grey cloth spines lettered in gilt on green ground presidential seal in gilt to front covers map endpapers. In original acetate jackets and card slipcases with label to front panels. Contents unopened. Fine copies. hardcover
19452746Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. Signed first edition of Soldier of Democracy by Kenneth S. Davis the first biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower and only known copy signed by Eisenhower. Octavo x 566pp. Green cloth title in gilt on spine cloth worn and rubbed on all panels. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers previous ownership blind stamp on last leaf of text. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell case title in gilt on spine over red morocco label. In publisher's first state dust jacket $3.50 on front flap toning to spine bright illustrations on all panels a near fine example. Inscribed on the half title: "Dear Mr. Cary This is for your collection with best wishes. Sincerely Dwight D. Eisenhower. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
196325038Garden City: Doubleday and Company 1963-65. Signed limited first editions each volume numbered 1287 of 1500 copies. Two volumes thick octavo original tan cloth original slipcases. Both are fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket which are in near fine to fine condition. The slipcases are in near fine condition. A nice set. This is the story of President Eisenhowers first administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower one of the major figures of the twentieth century writes an account of the events as he saw them leading up to a sweeping mandate and then pursues the theme of change in the years 1953-1956 Doubleday and Company hardcover books
1963002699HN.Y.: Doubleday 1963. Very Fine. A very fine two volumes matching number set number 929 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY EISENHOWER. Two volumes: Mandate for Change and Waging Peace. <br /> Slip cases are very fine. No bumped corners to book. No splits no rubbing or chips to slipcases. Doubleday unknown
19631508168Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City NY 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Two Volume Signed Limited Edition Both volumes in exceptional condition with original clear mylar cust jacket. Light olive cloth covered boards with Presidential Seal embossed in gold on cover boards titled in gold on spine within a larger darker olive green title block. Front endpapers of Volume I are illustrated with a map of the United States rear endpapers a map of Africa Europe the then-Soviet Union and Asia. Front endpapers of Volume II are illustrated with a map of the World rear endpapers also a map of the World but from a different perspective and delineating the many United States alliances. Each volume is crisp and clean within and appears to never have been read. Each volume signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in black ink on tipped in page preceding the title page facing the limitation page. Both volumes are number 1229. There were a total of 1500 copies of each volume printed. Each volume comes in its original paper covered slipcase; both in fine condition/ $4500 for the set. Also housed in custom-made collector's slipcases. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY hardcover
19631508168Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City NY 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Two Volume Signed Limited Edition Both volumes in exceptional condition with original clear mylar cust jacket. Light olive cloth covered boards with Presidential Seal embossed in gold on cover boards titled in gold on spine within a larger darker olive green title block. Front endpapers of Volume I are illustrated with a map of the United States rear endpapers a map of Africa Europe the then-Soviet Union and Asia. Front endpapers of Volume II are illustrated with a map of the World rear endpapers also a map of the World but from a different perspective and delineating the many United States alliances. Each volume is crisp and clean within and appears to never have been read. Each volume signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in black ink on tipped in page preceding the title page facing the limitation page. Both volumes are number 1229. There were a total of 1500 copies of each volume printed. Each volume comes in its original paper covered slipcase; both in fine condition/ $4500 for the set. Also housed in custom-made collector's slipcases. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY hardcover books
19481412386Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1948. Limited Edition #323/1426. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 559 pages. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's worn green paper slip case. Bound in publisher's tan cloth boards with black stamping and gilt lettering to spine. Protected in clear plastic dust jacket chipped along top edge. Minor shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Fore and bottom edges of textblock uncut. Enumerated on limitation page in front of textblock. Signed flat by Eisenhower on adjacent page which is a facsimile of the D-Day Order of the Day. With a newspaper clipping about the book's publication laid in. Shelved in Case 1 1/2. 1412386. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
1948140940010New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1948. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in bottom margin of page facing copyright page his famous D-Day "Order of the Day." xiv 2 559 pp. with plates and maps. Original tan buckram spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt top edge gilt cartographic endpapers. A Near Fine copy with front hinge paste down paper starting but hinge itself holding well in mylar housed in Very Good slipcase with some wear and evidence of tape repair. A signed copy of the WWII memoirs of General and eventual President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown books
19681093551968. Black and white photograph of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman signed by each below the photograph. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 12 inches. Rare and desirable. unknown books
1948123942Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1948. Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo original cloth cartographic <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">endpapers</span> top edge gilt original acetate. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower this is number 836. With a rare original dinner program from the Michigan Post Army Ordinance Association Spring Dinner held in honor of Eisenhower and Major General Everett S. Hughes held on June 3 1946 at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit laid in. Both Eisenhower and Hughes spoke at the dinner and the program includes brief biographies of both Army Generals. Fine in the original acetate jacket and in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. A nice example with noted provenance. Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war-strategy battles moments of fateful decision-become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. "Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life" New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1948LLV2319Garden City NY:: Doubleday 1948. 1948. Thick 8vo. 4 xiv 2 559 1 pp. 16 photographic plates selected by Edward Steichen 38 maps 6 in color. Tannish-beige black- and gilt-stamped linen cloth with "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamped on the upper cover top-edge gilt original acetate jacket. Slip-case not included. SIGNED by DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WITH AN ADDITIONAL PERSONAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED by EISENHOWER. Fine. Limited edition of 1426 numbered copies of which this is # 737. Signed on the facsimile of the D-Day orders letter addressed to the "Soldiers Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!" / Includes a typewritten letter signed by Eisenhower on his personal letterhead: "Dear Mr. Bond: To the thanks you have undoubtedly already received for your generous contribution during the recent campaign I wish to add my own. "Since November 4th my thoughts have turned often to those whose faith and support - and financial contributions - helped to make victory possible. In the task of bringing the message of our Crusade to all of our fellow Americans we would have failed without their much-needed help. "That is why I am particularly glad of this opportunity to express my gratitude to you and to ask for your continued support. "Sincerely Dwight D Eisenhower" / This edition includes the powerful letter Eisenhower drafted for D-Day and representing thus a key turning point in World War II. The letter opens with these lines: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. . ." He ends elegantly "Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Al-mighty God upon this great and noble undertaking." / "This stands head and shoulders above the other records of fighting men in its simplicity clarity and the illumination it throws on the basic human relations of the men at top. In his Normandy to the Baltic Montgomery wrote: - ‘We are still too close to attempt a critical analysis of the campaign.’ The same could be said of this book but in spite of that General Eisenhower manages to convey a sense of objective surveying of the forging of victory over the Germans. This is the real inside story of the war in Europe not in terms of jealousy and backbiting and gossip mongering but in terms of its planning its diplomacy its action and its victorious ending. More than that it is revealing of the greatness the modesty the statesmanship of one of America’s truly great men. This is more than a soldier’s story. It is the story of America’s contribution to victory of the splendid cooperation of the allies of campaigns in Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany." - Kirkus Reviews. Doubleday, 1948. hardcover books
19511604641951. Commemorating the American fallen A compelling album apparently made by the family of a fallen serviceman and therefore unique commemorating Eisenhower's presentation of the Roll of Honor to St Paul's Cathedral. The roll lists the 28000 American soldiers stationed in Britain who gave their lives in the Second World War. The album includes large-format photographs of the military procession to the ceremony; attendees entering the cathedral including Churchill Mountbatten Attlee the Queen Mother and Princess Elizabeth Eisenhower and Curtis LeMay; photographs of the service including the congregation singing hymns and the sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury; and Eisenhower leaving the Cathedral. The ceremony was held on Independence Day. Eisenhower delivered a message: "Each name inscribed in this book is a story of personal tragedy and a grieving family; a story repeated endlessly in white crosses girdling the globe. The Americans whose names here appear were part of the price that free men have been forced a second time to pay in this century to defend human liberty and rights". The album includes a copy of a page from the roll listing names from Hiltabidle to Hitchings - presumably the album was made by the family of someone listed there. We could trace no other similar album. In 1958 the American Memorial Chapel was completed in a part of the cathedral that a bomb had hit in 1940. The roll now resides there and a page is turned each day to show different names. Landscape quarto album 318 x 419 mm. Four letterpress leaves partly printed in gilt comprising title excerpt from the Archbishop of Canterbury's address Eisenhower's introduction to the Roll of Honour and copy of page from roll all with acetate covers. Tan leatherette front cover lettered in blind "Commemoration Service - St. Paul's Cathedral - July 4. 1951." cord-bound cord recently renewed 33 heavy card leaves with 28 mounted black and white silver gelatin press photographs 203 x 254 cm most captioned by hand. Binding neatly restored and consolidated the photographs in sharp unblemished condition slight discolouration around letterpress leaves. In very good condition. hardcover
194820089Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1948. Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo original cloth cartographic <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">endpapers</span> top edge gilt original acetate. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower number 299 of 1426 copies. Fine in the original acetate which is in fine condition. Original slipcase in near fine condition with light rubbing. A very sharp example. Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war-strategy battles moments of fateful decision-become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. "Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life" New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
194813691CRUSADE IN EUROPE Doubleday 1948 first edition t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt fore edge and bottom edge uncut fine in original acetate dust-wrapper in vg slip-case. One of 1426 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. Illustrated. Doubleday unknown
19452570830/10/1945. <p>During World War II Ike received requests for him to send one of his sleeve patches as a souvenir. He never seems to have had one on hand but instead sent a printed color facsimile patch with a description of its meaning below the image and which he signed above the description. The description makes clear that the sword on the insignia “represents avenging justice by which the enemy power will be broken in Nazi-dominated Europeâ€. The black background represents Nazi oppression and the rainbow above is emblematic of hope.</p><p>Miss Martha Wiedermann was one of those who wrote asking for a patch. Eisenhower responded by sending her this <strong>printed color facsimile patch</strong> <strong>signed</strong> above the description. The envelope is still present postmarked October 30 1945 just after hostilities ceased. Affixed to a light board.</p><p>This is just the second Eisenhower sleeve patch we have carried in all these years. The other Ike had sent to his brother.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-24670 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204145810/Folder-site-9-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
19421013441942. ALL WOMEN . . . IN THIS REGION . . . WANT . . . TO GET CLOSE TO THE FRONT" A charming letter at a vital time in Eisenhower's career: in the midst of planning the attack that would lead to the defeat of Germany here refered to casually as getting "absorbed in work." We're also let in on another side of Eisenhower's responsibilities: entertaining the entertainers. He bears this somewhat wearily but nonetheless we're left with a valuable record of the spirit and dedication of not just the entertainers but all women working on or near the front line. "Last eve was an event in our house. There are several movie stars here entertaining the soldiers and officers . . . . Last eve the troupe gave a performance for the officers of AFHQ but I would not go. Afterwards I sent them an invitation . . . to come up for an after performance supper. They did. There were: Kay Francis Martha Ray Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair. I was a bit fearful of how movie people would act & what they'd expect--but it all went off perfectly naturally & no embarrassment. . . . They work hard giving from 2 to 3 shows per day 6 days per week. Moreover they reflect an attitude that seems to be characteristic of all women British & American in this region. They want to get close to the front. The women seem to be more casual with respect to danger than do sic the men. These particular ones want to get up as close as possible to do their stuff--as do the Red Cross the WAACs the ATS etc etc. I suppose there are 50-75 American women in this city & every one tells me that their constant cry is 'Let me get up where there is action.' Many of my officers are quite willing to take cushy jobs far from the sound of bombs & bullets. . . . "No woman can . . . take your place. Don't worry about me . . . . I'm in love with you & with no one else." This last tempted fate written just months before Eisenhower met his long-term mistress Kay Summersby. "Last eve was an event in our house. There are several movie stars here entertaining the soldiers and officers . . . . Last eve the troupe gave a performance for the officers of AFHQ but I would not go. Afterwards I sent them an invitation . . . to come up for an after performance supper. They did. There were: Kay Francis Martha Ray Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair. I was a bit fearful of how movie people would act & what they'd expect--but it all went off perfectly naturally & no embarrassment. . . . They work hard giving from 2 to 3 shows per day 6 days per week. Moreover they reflect an attitude that seems to be characteristic of all women British & American in this region. They want to get close to the front. The women seem to be more casual with respect to danger than do sic the men. These particular ones want to get up as close as possible to do their stuff--as do the Red Cross the WAACs the ATS etc etc. I suppose there are 50-75 American women in this city & every one tells me that their constant cry is 'Let me get up where there is action.' Many of my officers are quite willing to take cushy jobs far from the sound of bombs & bullets. . . . "No woman can . . . take your place. Don't worry about me . . . . I'm in love with you & with no one else." This last tempted fate written just months before Eisenhower met his long-term mistress Kay Summersby. unknown books
1952184948Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1952. A credit to the Armed Forces of the United States Inscribed by Eisenhower on the half-title to a decorated Japanese-American serviceman "For: Masaichi Goto with best wishes to a comrade of World War II. Dwight D. Eisenhower". The mass internment by the United States of 120000 Japanese-Americans in camps during the Second World War is recognized as a blight on the nation's history. Nonetheless an estimated 33000 Japanese-Americans served in the US military in the conflict. Goto 1911-1988 was born in Hawaii and served in the 100th Infantry Battalion a Japanese-American unit formed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Goto served as staff sergeant in the battalion's medical department and fought in Italy and France. In April 1944 he was awarded the Silver Star. His citation declared how he "with utter disregard for his own personal safety left the comparative security of his shelter to go to the aid of a wounded comrade. Though the enemy shells were falling dangerously close to him Staff Sergeant Goto stayed in the exposed area and gave first-aid to three more severely wounded soldiers. Staff Sergeant Goto's courage coolness and bravery under fire was exemplary and a credit to the Armed Forces of the United States". Eisenhower's memoirs "a classic of military writing" ANB were first published in 1948. Eisenhower's diaries show he inscribed this book as President on 14 March 1958 at the request of John Anthony Burns Hawaii's Territorial delegate in Congress. Octavo. With 16 plates 4 double-page maps 38 full-page maps in text. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt on black ground facsimile signature in black to front cover map endpapers fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Extremities a little rubbed; price-clipped jacket worn with neat repair on verso: a very good copy in good jacket. hardcover
19481309030Doubleday 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition preceding the trade edition. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. One of 1426 deluxe numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the facsimile page of the D-Day Order to send the troops to storm the beaches of Normandy which begins: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you." Fine in original acetate and a Near Fine slipcase. Housed in an additional custom-made slipcase. Doubleday hardcover
19481309030Doubleday 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition preceding the trade edition. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. One of 1426 deluxe numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the facsimile page of the D-Day Order to send the troops to storm the beaches of Normandy which begins: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you." Fine in original acetate and a Near Fine slipcase. Housed in an additional custom-made slipcase. Doubleday hardcover books
19602101927/12/1960. <p>“I doubt if you realize just how much you have helped me carry on the official work of government…â€</p><p>In the waning days of 1960 Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. So as he said farewell to the presidency Ike wanted to tender to Ford his heart-felt thank you.</p><p>On three occasions Ford lent one of his senior executives Leo Beebe to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement of refugees and manage similar projects. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees in 1956 a need that resulted from the Hungarian Revolution and subsequent flight from the country of many refugees. In addition to his committee work during 1956-1957 while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey Beebe oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35000 Hungarian refugees in the United States eventually finding them permanent residences in this country. In 1959-1960 Beebe organized the U.S. Center for Cuban Refugees in Miami Florida to help with the mass influx of Cuban refugees that fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960 and beyond. Ford backed the refugee aid effort all the way and it was of incalculable importance.</p><p>In 1960 Robert McNamara was President of the Ford Motor Company. Kennedy the President-elect sought to name McNamara Secretary of Defense. Ford agreed to spare McNamara yet another example of his largess.</p><p>Ford Motor Co. required its top executives to use private aircraft for business and personal travel. We see in this letter that he also served Eisenhower by providing private jet transportation to and from meetings.</p><p><strong>Typed letter signed</strong> on White House letterhead Washington December 27 1960 to Henry Ford II. <em>“As the end of my Administration approaches I want once again to express to you and through you to your associates the appreciation I personally feel and which is shared by the members of the White House staff who normally travel with me of the many courtesies that have been extended to us not only during 1960 but through all the years here. I doubt if you realize just how much you have helped me carry on the official work of government by making transportation available to the key personnel who must be with me but are necessarily scattered during any one of the so-called ‘work-vacation’ trips I have taken. I assure you however that without your cooperation it would have been exceedingly difficult for me to carry out my responsibilities and still get some periods of relaxation. I shall be lastingly grateful to you and your officials in the various places we have visited with some regularity and at some length.</em></p><p><em>“On a totally different subject I might add that I hear good reports of Mr. McNamara. I am certain his departure for Washington puts additional burdens on you but as always you are a good citizen.</em></p><p><em>“With best wishes to you and your charming family for a fine 1961 and warm personal regard Sincerely Dwight D. Eisenhower.â€</em></p><p>This letter is the first valedictory of Eisenhower’s we can recall seeing and it remained in the Ford family until 2020. It has never before been offered for sale.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
