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1955178872Denver 1955. unbound. 1 page 8.75 x 6.75 inches written in Denver on White House letterhead September 2 1955 -- a response to a letter from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily Circus manager John Ringling North regarding problems confronting production among American farmers in part: ".We are of course deeply concerned with the problems confronting the farm areas where the income is down.We have been studying ways and means to meet the situation in a positive manner.I will pass your suggestion along." Two punch holes at the top; several horizontal folds. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
197610273New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1976. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty by Peter Collier and David Horowitz from the personal library of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Octavo 746pp. Black cloth title in gilt on spine. A book club edition with embossed mark on back panel. Clean text throughout previously read solid text block. In publisher's dust jacket some wear at hinges closed tears along top edge a very good example. Signed on the half title Nancy Johnson in Mamie Eisenhower's hand. Includes a note from the desk of Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower: "February 21 1977 / Dear Nancy - Thank you for letting me keep 'The Rockefellers' book so long - Many interesting passages to me - MDE." A unique association copy. After the death of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1969 Mamie Eisenhower continued to reside at their home in Gettysburg PA. As her health began to suffer she moved to an apartment in Washington DC to be closer to family. She died in 1979 two years after reading this book. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
19566037541956. "Dwight D. Eisenhower" in black fountain pen ink on his mint green engraved The White House Washington letterhead November 11 1956. 6 7/8" x 8 7/8"; 1 page; very good some toning 1956. Together with the original mint green typed mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Washington DC November 13 1956. To. Mr. David Levy 285 Madison Avenue New York N.Y. In part: ".Now that the recent election is history.I particularly want to add a word of thanks for your work on the election eve production.I am especially grateful in view of the last minute changes.". No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
4159DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1890-1969. Thirty-fourth President and Supreme Allied Commander of European forces World War II. PS. 8†x 10â€. October 1963. Gettysburg Pennsylvania. A studio photograph signed “with best wishes from Dwight D. Eisenhower†and inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Koos. The black and white photograph is in very fine condition. unknown books
4391DWIGHT EISENHOWER 1890-1969. Eisenhower was the Thirty-Fourth President. TLS. 1pg. October 15 1960. The White House Washington. A typed letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower†as President on “The White House†letterhead. Eisenhower thanks a White House staffer for sending a cake and card in honor of Eisenhower’s birthday: “Dear Charles: In view of all the activities at the White House the last week I am more than ever grateful for the cake and the card that you sent to me from yourself and the members of your staff. My gratitude goes to all of you for your dedicated service – and not at all incidentally for your thought of me on my anniversary. With warm regard Sincerely Dwight D Eisenhower P.S. The cake was delicious!†The letter has a large dark autograph and a central mailing fold that affects little; the condition is fine. unknown books
1958172115Washington 1958. unbound. near fine. Gracious typed letter signed "D.E." by the President thanking the recipients for their positive feedback and support for a speech he made before the American Management Association which outlined his Defense modernization plan. 1 page on White House letterhead. 6 3/4" x 9". Washington May 24 1958. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> ".There is still work to be done since the bill as reported out of the Armed Service Committee presently contains three serious flaws that would tend to encourage disunity. I shall be grateful for anything further that you can do to get these objectional provisions eliminated."<br/><br/> unknown books
196913889Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1969. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. The "concise pictorial 'autobiography'" of the 34th President with an autograph note from Mamie Eisenhower to entertainer Maurice Chevalier matted and mounted on the front free end page. Thanking Chevalier for a message of sympathy after her husband's death in 1969 Eisenhower writes: "Your tribute to Ike warmed my heart and your message to me meant a great deal." 237 pp. Black cloth binding in fine condition; photo dust jacket with some wear to the edges otherwise in very good condition.<br style="">Chevalier it was reported in 1959 owed his life to Dwight D. Eisenhower: upon the liberation of Paris in 1945 Chevalier was threatened with death by firing squad for having entertained in France under the Nazi occupation. Chevalier who had been living with a Jewish woman at the time contended that he had only done so in order to facilitate a prisoner swap. Thanks to a word from General Eisenhower himself Chevalier was kept alive until an investigation could be carried out which proved that Chevalier was telling the truth.<br style="">The French actor cabaret singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier is perhaps best known for his signature songs including "Louise" "Mimi" "Valentine" and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films including The Love Parade and The Big Pond. His trademark attire was a boater hat which he always wore on stage with a tuxedo. In 1958 he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi and in the early 1960s he made eight films including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year.  The success of Gigi prompted Hollywood to give him an Academy Honorary Award that year for achievements in entertainment. <br style=""> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
4153DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1890-1969. Eisenhower was the Thirty-Fourth President and Supreme Allied Commander of European forces World War II. TDS. 1pg. 6†x 9 ¾â€. No date. No place. A typed Presidential Oath of Office signed “Dwight D Eisenhowerâ€. It is in very fine condition. unknown books
1962247360Stonihurst 1962. 10 lines in ink. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. In white linen chemise. 10 lines in ink. 1 vols. 4to. "All well but we need rain". "Delighted to welcome you Aug 17th or 18th - Will have other guests here too but always room for you - Have a new cat & a new puppy 2 months old so be prepared!<br/>"All well but we need rain -<br/>"Much love from<br/> "DDE". unknown books
1961WRCAM43529Washington 1961. Card 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches; with typed letter and original envelope. Fine with later ink notation. Signature of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the last days of his administration written on a card embossed with a gold seal of the United States. The card is accompanied by an explanatory letter from the President's Press Secretary addressed to Ashley T. Cole which reads "My apologies for the delay in replying to your letter of December seventh - but I know you realize how hectic this 'transition' period has been. The President was very glad to sign the enclosed card for you." A later hand has written the word "authentic" in ink on the card. unknown books
19142365New York: Oxford University Press 1914. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Inscribed first edition of Columbia by Frederick Keppel from the personal library of Eisenhower's speech writer Kevin McCann. Octavo xvi 297pp. Green cloth title in gilt on sides and front cover. Top edge gilt. Some wear at hinge of spine stable text block. Light wear from handling at edges of spine. Inscribed by Kevin McCann on the front free endpaper: "This book was bought by me in late 1947 that I might brief Dwight Eisenhower on what Columbia had been before he had its Presidency in mind. Kevin McCann. October 21 1976." Additional signature of Kevin McCann on title page. A unique historical association copy with Eisenhower's time as the president of Columbia University being met with criticism that he was an "absentee president." Kevin McCann met future President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1946 while he was serving as Army Chief of Staff at the Pentagon. McCann followed General Eisenhower to Columbia University in 1948 then to Paris when Eisenhower was appointed the Supreme Allied Commander. In Paris McCann served as special assistant to the General assisting in the preparation of his influential memoirs Crusade in Europe. McCann was appointed President of Defiance College in 1951 but soon took a leave of absence to follow Eisenhower to the White House as a speech writer. When President Eisenhower retired to Gettysburg PA McCann and his wife moved to the Eisenhower farm to serve as Special Assistant to the former president helping to write his memoirs. Oxford University Press unknown books
4844DWIGHT EISENHOWER 1890-1969. Eisenhower was the Thirty-Fourth President. WILLIAM H. JACKSON 1901-1971. Jackson was a lawyer and intelligence officer who served as Eisenhower’s National Security Advisor. He was also deputy director of the CIA. TLS. 1pg. November 20 1956. The White House Washington. A typed letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower†as President on White House letterhead. Eisenhower responds to the resignation of his National Security Advisor William H. Jackson. “Dear Bill: I am indeed sorry that the time is near when you must leave Government service and it is with very great regret that I accept your resignation as requested in your letter. Thanks in large measure to your efforts as Special Assistant during the past year there has been achieved a definite strengthening of the important processes through which matters vital to our national security are considered and decided particularly as regards the fulfillment of policy through effective and well coordinated actions. In these days when adherence to principle is of the utmost importance to successful international relations you should take much satisfaction from your knowledge of the place presently occupied by the United States in the estimation of the free world. Because of it I am confident that our nation will be able to assist significantly in developing constructive solutions to existing international problems. I am deeply grateful for the strong and effective support you have consistently provided from your position as Special Assistant as well as for your willingness to take on additional duties during the past several months in respect to the National Security Council. You will be greatly missed in the months ahead by all with whom you have worked and who have had the benefit of your wise counsel. I am sure however that we shall be calling upon you from time to time for further advice and assistance. With warm personal regard Sincerely Dwight D Eisenhowerâ€. The letter is in fine condition with two horizontal mailing folds. unknown books
194659833451946. First Edition. good. Bank note signed by Dwight Eisenhower and Tom Davis a member of Eisenhower's staff for Alfred E. Patch a pilot in Alaska on August 6th 1946 in Nome. These signatures appear on the reverse of a 1936 $1 Silver Certificate. On the obverse are an additional 7 signatures dated Dec 1946. It is accompanied by Patch's pilot's log which has entries starting in April 1946 and ending in September 1973 with a laid-in note in rear. <br /><br />Eisenhower toured Alaska after the war to review the troops as the Cold War was ramping up. Alaska was an important bulwark against possible Soviet aggression at the time. Photographs from this trip can be found in the Cecil H. Kornegay Photography Collection held in Alaska's Digital Archive. A short snorter is a bank note signed by members of a group traveling or meeting together and used to memorialize the occasion. When departing each person would sign the bill. When you next met them you were to produce the note. If you could not show them you owed them a drink or "snort." The tradition was started by bush pilots in Alaska in the 1920s and spread with the growth of aviation culminating with the extensive use during WWII. books
1973238994Houston Texas: Privately printed 1973. No. 13 of 30 copies. 2 27 pp.; 88 ff. facsimiles of correspondence; 127 pp. transcript of interview. 1 vols. 8vo. Black buckram titled in silver. Bottom corners bumped else fine. No. 13 of 30 copies. 2 27 pp.; 88 ff. facsimiles of correspondence; 127 pp. transcript of interview. 1 vols. 8vo. Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Recalls 'Ike'. "The searing candor which he brought to every issue bespoke his basic honesty."<br/><br/>Memoir of Dillon Anderson's long association with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Anderson was Eisenhower's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs in 1955-1956 a post created by Eisenhower: "not exactly household words then. In recent years Henry Kissinger has enlarged considerably the scope and visibility of the role."<br/><br/>The memoir is organized in four parts: first the "principal elements" of talks on Eisenhower that Anderson gave in early 1972; second facsimiles of their correspondence from early 1950 through 1969; third a facsimile of Eisenhower's handwritten notes when he articulated the Open Skies Proposal at the Four Power Summit in Geneva 1955; and fourth the transcript of a substantial interview with Anderson conducted by John Luter of the Columbia University Oral History Project.<br/><br/>Inscribed from the author "For Mary and Norris Darrell with appreciation and affection Sincerely Dillon Anderson Sept. 1973". Privately printed unknown books
1963210932Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1963. First Trade edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. First Trade edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Great Association Copy. Inscribed on half-title "By one of the greatest men I ever knew to the greatest man I ever knew Bruce Barton from Alex F. Osborn."<br/><br/>Bruce Barton 1886-1967 is considered by many to be one of the most influential advertising men of the 20th century. He was not your ordinary adman - religious author Congressman founder of the advertising agency BBDO creator of Betty Crocker. The interesting yet complicated life of this man illustrates the complexity of the creative mind. A mind that was not limited to one endeavor but found a way to apply similar skills and abilities to a multitude of opportunities. Despite all of his other accomplishments he is still remembered first and foremost as an adman. In a fictional novel based on BBDO The Virgin Queene the Bruce Barton character named Barnham Dunn tried to explain his success<br/><br/>Alex F. Osborn was born in New York City May 241888 graduated Ph.B. in 1909 and Ph.M. in1921 at Hamilton College. Meanwhile he worked as a reporter for the Buffalo N.Y. Times in 1909 and for the Buffalo Express during the following two years. He was assistant secretary of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce in 1911-12 and sales manager of the Hard Manufacturing Co. Buffalo from 1912 to 1915. In the latter year he entered the field of advertising as manager of the E. P Remington Advertising Co. Buffalo. During World War I he worked as a volunteer for the United War Work campaign and there met another young writer Bruce Barton. He was married in Buffalo Sept. 51916 to Helen daughter of Edward Emerson Coatsworth of the city a lawyer and had five children: Katharine Joan Marion Russell Bartonand Elinor. n 1919 Alex Osborn found the advertising agency of Barton Durstine and Osborn New York City with Bruce Barton and Roy Durstine. In 1928 the firm was merged with the George Batten Co. to formBatten Barton Durstine & Osborn. Inc. A partner in the original firm Osborn was named vice-president of the newly merged agency. Advanced to executive vice-president and general manager in 1939 he became vice-chairman of the board in 1946. In 1957 he became a member of the executive committee and he served in both posts until his retirement in 1960. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown books
37379n.p. n.d. Image 10 x 8 Inches. 1 vols. Framed and glazed. Image 10 x 8 Inches. 1 vols. Inscribed Photograph of Eisenhower. Portrait is inscribed on photo's lower margin: "For Gertrude Hess Parker/with best wishes from/Dwight Eisenhower. unknown books
13791Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait boldly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen "For Tom Amatucci with best wishes and personal regard from his friend Dwight D. Eisenhower." In very good condition with light scattered surface spotting silvering to dark areas of the image and tape to borders. unknown books
4778As President Eisenhower drew our pencil sketch which was part of a group of four pencil sketches three on White House "Agenda" stationery. The President dated this sketch "Mar 11 57." Since the three other sketches in the original group of four were drawn during scheduled White House meetings is it possible that this sketch was also drawn at the White House but not during a scheduled meeting as suggested by the informal paper Ike uses The President had a busy morning of meetings and an evening reception at the Senate Office Building but according to his daily schedule he had an open afternoon. Like two of the other drawings in the group of four this sketch may also be golf related. The sketch is rendered in pencil on a 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 inch page perforated at center. unknown books
19442968441944. unbound. Fine vintage sepia-toned 10 x 8-inch photograph inscribed and signed in full by Eisenhower as a five-star general of the United States Army: "To Miss Margot Henderson with best wishes Dwight Eisenhower." No place no date circa 1944. Chip on the lower left corner in the wide margin; tape remnants and pencil notations on the back. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
194042Original color photograph inscribed by the 34th President and First Lady of the United States Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Presentation photograph inscribed on the mount "For Mrs. Helen Colle with best wishes and warm regards from Dwight D. Eisenhower" and signed "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." The recipient Helen Colle Donaldson Hollers was a White House administrative assistant who served under nine presidents from Harry S. Truman to George H.W. Bush. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15.75 inches. American Army general Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942-43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45 from the Western Front. In 1951 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. unknown books
196367833Limited Edition Signed by Dwight Eisenhower EISENHOWER Dwight David. Mandate for Change 1953-1956. The White House Years. Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1963. First edition one of 1434 numbered copies signed by Eisenhower out of a total edition of 1500. This copy being number 17. Large octavo 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 240 x 160 mm. xviii xix-xx 1-3 4-650 pp. Profusely illustrated with captioned photographs and maps color map endpapers. Appendixes Index. Publisher's original tan buckram with presidential seal stamped in gilt on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt within a green box. Top edge cut others untrimmed. Partially unopened. Endpapers printed with maps. Some very light foxing mainly to preliminaries and on text-block edges. Spine very slightly concave from being read. Housed in the publisherÃs board slipcase with printed label. Edges of slipcase slightly chipping and a scratch through the printed label. Overall near fine copy. HBS 67833. $1250 Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
196343031Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1963. First edition of volume one of President Eisenhower's memoirs. Octavo original cloth pictorial map endpapers. Inscribed on the half title page by the author "For The Honorable John R. Dethmers with best wishes from Dwight D. Eisenhower." The recipient John R. Dethmers was a member of the Michigan Republican State Central Committee in 1939. Dethmers served as Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1942-1945 and was a delegate to the 1944 Republican National Convention. He served as Michigan Attorney General from 1945-1946. Governor Harry Kelly appointed Dethmers Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court serving from 1946-1970 and serving as Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court in 1953 1956-1962 and 1967-1969. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association. 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
1963021403New York: Doubleday and Co 1963. Limited Edition. Large Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies. The present copy is number 472 signed by Eisenhower. A fine "unopened" copy bound in pale green cloth centrally stamped in gilt with presidential seal spine gilt over dark green label in original clear acetate jacket with not tears and housed within a near fine publisher's slipcase showing only minor shelf wear. A very handsome copy. Doubleday and Co unknown books
20040Photograph portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower inscribed "For Henry Sage Dunning A veteran of World World I and a distinguished member of Columbia's family with admiration and affectionate regard Dwight D. Eisenhower." In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 19 inches. Dwight Eisenhower was an Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942-43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45 from the Western Front. In 1951 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. unknown books
1963321008Garden City NY: Doubleday 1963. Limited Edition No. 389 of 1434 copies numbered and signed. Illustrated and with endpaper maps. 1 vols. 8vo. Original beige cloth fine in original publishers' slipcase. Fine in Original mailing carton which is also fine. Limited Edition No. 389 of 1434 copies numbered and signed. Illustrated and with endpaper maps. 1 vols. 8vo. Limited Edition Signed by Eisenhower. Doubleday unknown books
