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2007DBS-9781851098477Elsevier 2007. 1st. Hardcover. New. Elsevier hardcover
1956018800Washington: White House Stationary 1956. Autograph. VG. No Binding. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Two letters with folded center crease and envelope signed by Eisenhower to the artist Mary Bruce Sharon and her daughter regarding a gifted painting. Dated 1/9/56. White House Stationary unknown
40092showing him seated in the front row of three rows of formally dressed men wearing bow ties at a conference the layers are decorated with flowers and foliage signed by Eisenhower and U Thant and one other unidentified man 6¾" x 4½" in mount 8½" x 7½" no place no date circa unknown
36269on the lower white border showing him seated in a chair that is turned away from the camera but he is looking round to face it with one hand on his knee and the other holding his glasses the border has a printed inscription 'For: The Students of Redrice School Andover England' 14" x 11" Andover no date circa Red Rice House near Andover in Hampshire was used by the military during World War II and was visited by Eisenhower in the run-up to D-Day. After the war it became home to Redrice School and Eisenhower again visited when he was in England for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965 presenting the current photograph to the school. unknown
384129Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto. Stiiff black leather blank album. Joints and spine eroded but sound very good internally about fine. Photo album with approximately 165 well-composed images. Various sizes mostly two three or four to a page. Circa 1945. The album consists largely of images of Washington D.C. New York City Gettysburg Philadelphia and Valley Forge with a reasonable selection of images of sailors on leave. In Washington many of the photographs are of government buildings and monuments including some taken from the Washington Monument cherry blossoms and in the other cities of various landmark buildings. Among the Washington photos are several from a homecoming parade for General Eisenhower with a couple of him waving from a jeep and another pair of close-ups of him speaking. The photographs were taken by Petty Officer Hugh W. Brannon of Atlanta. Brannon spent thirty years working for Eastman Kodak and during the War was a photographer assigned to the Staff of Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal where he screened all Navy combat footage for the Secretary and Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. During the Korean War he was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Camera Party and filmed all Developmental Weapons Tests for the Bureau of Ships. As might be expected from the photographers bona fides the images in this album are of an unusually fine quality to be found in a vernacular photo album. hardcover
1952BOOKS 51486 IRed-cloth boards show lightest shelfwear. Gilt spine and front board dulling. Internally clean and fresh but for library stamps. Philadelphia 1952 1st Edition Cloth large 8vo. 15pp. "85 copies of this book have been printed. They have been distributed to friends of the undersigned and of Dr. Emrich who are also friends and admirers of General Ike. Dr. Emrich's story of the writing of this history and the photographs of the original document first appeared in the New York Times on May 5 1946. To this has been added the eight 'Orders of the Day' issued by General Eisenhower's Headquarters together with Dr. Emrich's comment upon them. This is believed to be the first time all eight Orders have been printed together. -William L. McLean Jr." Scarce Eisenhower-WWII publication in a very limited number. Emrich was official American historian assigned to General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters. This copy inscribed by McLean. From the SHAPE Library. hardcover
1996107391Baltimore MD and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1996 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. A 17 volume set of the Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower with illustations. Volumes 1-5 The War Years; Volume 6: Occupation 1945; Volumes 7 - 9: The Chief of Staff; Volumes 10 and 11: Columbia University; Volumes 12 and 13: NATO and the Campaign of 1952; Volumes 14 -17: The Presidency - The Middle Way. These were published between 1970-1996. Very minor marks; two volumes have an inked name on the flyleafs. Note: shipping within the United States for this heavy set will be $44. . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1963210932Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1963. First Trade edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. First Trade edition. 1 vols. 8vo. 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
52171The 34th president of the United States 1953-61 served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War Two and attained the rank of five-star General of the Army. TLS 1p 7" X 10¼" n.p. 13 July 1952. Addressed to Martin Kennelly mayor of Chicago. Very good. Couple of staple holes at upper left corner. On imprinted "Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower" letterhead the Republican presidential candidate discusses Chicago police officer Louis E. Swee who "During my stay in Chicago for the Republican National Convention" was "assigned to me by Mr. Redmond Gibbons Chief of Uniformed Police. If administratively possible from the viewpoint of the City of Chicago I should like to have him accompany my staff from the first of August until election day in November" -- a 3-month loaner in effect. He continues: "It is of course imperative that his civil service pension rights and seniority on the Chicago Police Force be protected during his absence. If this is not possible please disregard this request." Eisenhower goes on about Swee's civil service status and assures the mayor that "my office will pay his salary during the period of his absence from usual duty." Boldly signed in full in black ink at the close. Accompanied by an outstanding 9" X 7" original glossy news agency photograph International News Photo. Original printed text affixed to verso dates the image November 4 1952 titles it " Guess Who" and describes the scene: "Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower enters the voting booth to cast his ballot in the 1952 presidential election in New York. The general arrived here early this morning after ending the campaign with a speech in Boston last night. Ike's wife Mamie who accompanied the general throughout his whistle-stopping tour of the nation smiles as she awaits her turn." A superb and unusual letter with an exceptional photograph. unknown
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
CA01C-00240Doubleday. Collectible - Acceptable. SIGNED BOOKPLATE! Garden City NJ: Doubleday & Co. 1967. Early printing. Sm 4to hardcover. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 400pp. Illustrations. Signed by Eisenhower on bookplate on front pastedown: "For Mr. and Mrs. George Forney / with best wishes." Fair book. Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket and a few front leaves dampstained. Edgewear and small tears to bottom edge of dust jacket. In polypropylene bag. In polypropylene bag. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate laid in. Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidents Generals Autobiography Inquire if you need further information. Doubleday hardcover
19746550<p>Doubleday & Company Inc. New York.1974. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo.9.5 x 6.5 inches. Inscribed by the author and with tipped in typed letter signed. The book is warmly inscribed by Eisenhower to Mrs Charles Jane Englehard a prominent donor to White House restoration projects and a close friend of Lyndon B. Johnson. She served on a variety of advisory committees through many administrations from Kennedy to Clinton. The letter acknowledges that the author has signed the book and sent under seperate cover. He also refers to the text of the book mentioning his view on the Foreign service and wishing Mrs Englehard and her commission every success. The book is near fine with just a little creasing to the edges of the dustwrapper. Housed in a blue cloth covered chemise and fine blue morocco leather spined slip case. Spine with raised bandsdecorated with stars and spots. Compartments ruled in blind lettered and decorated in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. --- Milton was the Younger brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower and served as president for three major universities as well as working for Unesco.:</p> Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York.,1974 hardcover
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
1962247360Stonihurst 1962. 10 lines in ink. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. In white linen chemise. 10 lines in ink. 1 vols. 4to. "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
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
1947031091UK 1947. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Two Original Autographed Index Cards of US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Marnie Doud Eisenhower with the Original Envelope from the War Department Office of the Chief of Staff Washington letterhead and postmarked envelope. Dated 1947. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower 1890 - 1969 was the 34th president of the United States serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942-1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower 1896 -1979 was First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Card sizes are 115mm x 65mm and 115mm x 75mm. Condition is good. From the collection of autograph collector Peter Bland. £450 Ref 19234 <br/> <br/> unknown
1971166610Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press 1971. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; 9.3 X 7.0 X 6.9 inches; 1664 pages. Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
25-11-03-old-126-jmEaston Press. leather_bound. Fair. 0x0x0. All 11 books. As pictured. Former owners bookplates inside. Some volumes cocked. Light wear. Seemingly unread. Easton Press hardcover
mon0004107807Easton Press. leather_bound. Very Good. . HEAVY. 9 out of 11 volumes missing only the two McPhearson volumes covering the Civil War. Full dark brown leather with vibrant gilt lettering and gilt embellishments. All edges gilt raised bands on spine. Most volumes have light dust wear and rubbing to spines a few spines the gilt titles have faded a bit otherwise a nice set. Pages/boards clean bindings tight. Easton Press hardcover
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
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
1961556061New York: Columbia University Press 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Grayson Kirk. Corners very slightly bumped else fine in lightly rubbed near fine dust jacket. Columbia University Press hardcover
1955814581955. EISENHOWER Dwight D. TLS to Helen Hayes March 11 1955. Typed letter on White House stationary to American theater actress and philanthropist Helen Hayes expressing regrets that he and Mrs. Eisenhower will not be able to attend a benefit for CARE and the National Theatre. Matted and framed. Frame is 16" x 13 unknown
