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196311428New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto 112pp. illustrated. A very good copy in the publisher's red-orange cloth with gentle bumps to the corner. In a very good dust jacket with some small chips at the extremities. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Anderson who had recently been Eisenhower's Secretary of the Treasury to Judge Oren Harris: "For Judge Oren Harris with the warm regards and great respect of his friend Bob Anderson." Harris was a sitting U. S. Congressman from Arkansas at the time of the inscription and spent most of his career as a United States District Court Judge in various capacities. The book itself is quite uncommon especially signed. The contents are image-driven depicting the speed of mid-century American progress while Anderson reflects on the spiritual needs of American society in that context. This copy bears a pleasing association. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
200478024Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2004. Full Leather. Near Fine. 24 x 15.5 cm. Six volume set uniformly bound into full green leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 4 raised bands to spines moire endpapers silk ribbons. D-Day still in shrink wrap. A few minor scratches to the gilt foredges of some of the volumes. Easton Press unknown
200495169Norwalk: Easton Press. Fine. 2004. Leather. 8vo . Six volumes. Bound in full leather with raised bands gilt tooling to spines and covers and silk end papers. Titles include: Great Battles: an Army At Dawn the Battle of Britain the Bitter Woods Bitter Victory D-Day Stalingrad. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. H14 . Easton Press hardcover
196813766Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc 1968. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. Typed preface by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower for One Heartbeat Away: Presidential Disability and Succession by Senator Birch Bayh. Preface is signed by Eisenhower with handwritten notes by the editor. Includes copy of the book. Octavo ix 3 372pp. Red cloth title stamped on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. This copy is unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket. Book and documents housed in custom blue cloth clamshell case title in gilt on spine in fine condition. Includes a three-page typed preface by former President Eisenhower stapled at top left corner numerous editorial notes in pencil signed by Eisenhower in black pen on the last page. Provenance: RR Auction of Amherst NH purchased in 2022. ".because this possible peril existed Vice President Nixon and I in consultation with the Attorney General prior to my 1956 operation reduced to memorandum form our understanding as to what would be the Vice President's role in the event of a Presidential disability." - former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution clarifies the presidential line of succession and eliminates ambiguity about the role of the Vice President. As President Eisenhower noted in his preface his signed agreement with Vice President Nixon did not have the legal authority to make Nixon the president if Eisenhower had become incapacitated during his surgeries. The death of President Kennedy brought new focus on the presidential line of succession with legislation for the Twenty-fifth Amendment proposed by Senator Bayh in 1965 and ratified by the states in 1967. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc unknown
2004Q-1588342107Smithsonian Books 2004-05-16. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Smithsonian Books hardcover
Pages 77 - 120. Features: Photos of Hatfield, Lord Salisbury's Great Mansion where Elizabeth Tudor spent her youth; Photos taken aboard the S.S. United States; Great aerial photo of the S.S. United States entering Southampton Docks at the end of her transatlantic record-setting maiden run from New York; Rumania's Foreign Minister Mme. Anna Pauker is number one in the ranks of women communists; Interesting page of illustrations present a new technique of radar navigation which optically weds the radar picture to the actual chart; Photos of demonstration of underwater radio transmission; The houses of the iron age in Ultima Thule-Jarlshof excavations; Great photos show how Iron Age Shetlanders lived; The Army's university at Shrivenham; Scenes at the military college of Science; Photos of General Eisenhower - the Republican's candidate - and some possible Democrat candidates; Fantastic centerfold photo of the Republican convention which selected General Eisenhower as Republican Presidential candidate; Photos of personalities of the week, including open golf champion Bobby Locke and D.J. Hulbert, hero of the Eton v. Harrow cricket match; Photo of the U.S. battleship Missouri in Portland Harbour; Dr. Hewlett Johnson supports claims of germ warfare on the Chinese by the U.S.; Nice ad for the Humber 8-seater Pullman Limousine on back cover; and more. Back cover loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 705-744. Features: Great colour ad for Capstan cigarettes inside front cover; Photos of Funeral of Chief Waruhiu of Kenya on front cover; Thirteen photos of Kenya deal with Mau Mau terrorism, some arrests and a murdered chief; *GORGEOUS* one-page photo of Queen Elizabeth wearing black and white, with magnificent diamonds, arising at the Empire Theatre for the Royal Film performance; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently departed Mr. W.M. Hughes, Australia's elder statesman, and atomic scientist Dr. W.G. Penney, O.B.E.; Photos of the Duchess of Kent and her Royal Tour in Borneo; One-page photo of Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor being lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the cruiser 'Birmingham'; Important new discoveries put new light on the days before Agamenmon; Photos of 3,200 year-old wine merchant shop relics - Mycenaean pottery; Photos of treasures from an early Mycenaean oil merchant's store; Graphic proof that the Mycenaeans both rode and drove horses; Cyril Falls writes about American baseball, with photos; Five official photos of Britain's First Atomic Test, in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia; Full-page photo portraits of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson; Three photos of the Queen opening the Claerwen Dam; Two-page series of illustrations shows how the sea is probed by television and other methods of marine research - an explanation of the equipment used during the Discovery II Expedition; Great photos of jousting and defence armour additions to the Tower collections; Two pages present ten photos of some aspects of the recent bitter fighting on the central front in Korea; Nice colour ad for Daks dinner suit by Simpson Piccadilly inside back cover; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features snooker theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1957335675Pennsylvania 1957. Unbound. Near Fine. Certificate measuring 14" x 18". Slight age-toning else near fine house in original mailing tube. An official certificate from President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointing Leo Burr to the position of Postmaster at Washington Crossing in Burks County Pennsylvania on May 16 1957. The document is signed by Eisenhower and Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield. unknown
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, one corner bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.146.
pp. 189, mm 185x115, bross.
1946009772Simon and Schuster New York 1946 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xvii 15 3-911 1 p. front. illus. incl. ports. facsims. 23 cm. ; LCCN 46003000 LC D811 .B86 Dewey 940.542 ; blue cloth in chipped dustjacket ; Harry Cecil Butcher 1901-1985 was an American radio broadcaster and CBS executive who served as the naval aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II from 1942 to 1945 ; G/FAIR <br/> <br/> Simon and Schuster, New York, 1946 hardcover
100 pages. Features: Nice snow angel cover illustration by John Falter; I Ride Nightmare Highway - James P. O'Donnell drives from Helmstedt to Berlin in 1952 and must deal with surly, unpredictable Russians at checkpoints; Debonair Dan - Dan London and his St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, The Magnificent Innkeeper; Baseball's Biggest Winner - Robin Roberts of the Phillies; Who Elected Eisenhower?; Why Pay for Advice?; The Tiger at Red China's Heels - Color-photo-illustrated interview with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa (Taiwan); We Made the Impossible Voyage (2nd of 3 articles) - Dr. Thomas Davis and family pilot their boat, the Miru, through 4500 miles of open sea. Fiction: A Catch for Any Woman; Forbidden Affair; Killer Bronc; The Witness Who Couldn't Talk; The Big Heat; (part 3 of 7); The Secret of the Purple Reefs (part 6 of 8). Ads: Florida Tangerines; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Stereo Realist features the Ice Follies of 1953, 17th Annual Edition; Nice two-page color ad for 1953 Ford cars; Two-page black and white ad for 1953 Plymouth cars; Sensational one-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Sampler Chocolates features large photo of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in costume for the film "Road to Bali"; Nice Campbell's Soup ad; four-page color ad for General Electric presents their many achievements over 75 years; Good Year centerfold ad shows car models for every year from 1915 to 1952; Nice two-page ad for 1953 Hudson cars, the Hornet and the Wasp; Nice color-photo ad for Pan-American Airlines features their South American service with photo of couples in swimwear on Rio's Ipanema Beach; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Interesting one-page color-photo ad for Dell Comics shows boy in red chair, surrounded by comic characters; Nice patriotic ad by Bell Telephone features large photo of Sergeant Donald McIntyre of Chicago, who recently returned from Korea; Soiled back cover Camel ad features great photos of actor Alan Ladd. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1st UK edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG.14301. eng
1965WRCLIT36218Stamford: The Overbrook Press 1965. Folded small octavo leaflet. First printing in this format limitation unstated but likely on the order of one thousand copies. Fine. The Overbrook Press unknown books
1946149606Colonial Studios 1946. Black and white photograph of Winston Churchill delivering a speech before the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8 1946 with General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated to his left. Signed in the lower margin of the photograph "Winston S. Churchill" and "Dwight D. Eisenhower." Additionally signed by Virginia Governor William M. Tuck Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Lewis Preston Collins II and Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson. Three days after his famous 'Sinews of Peace Iron Curtain' speech at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri on March 5 1946 Churchill traveled to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond Virginia where he gave an address to the joint houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Flanked by General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Wilson Churchill built upon his Iron Curtain message emphasizing the importance of post-war unity by drawing historical parallels with past conflicts such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A resounding applause followed the conclusion of his speech: "It is in the years of peace that wars are prevented and that those foundations are laid upon which the noble structures of the future can be built. But peace will not be preserved without the virtues that make victory possible in war. Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments expressed in terms of platitudes or by official grimaces and diplomatic correctitude however desirable these may be from time to time. It will not be preserved by casting aside in dangerous years the panoply of warlike strength. There must be earnest thought. There must also be faithful perseverance and foresight. Great Heart must have his sword and armor to guard the pilgrims on their way. Above all among the English-speaking peoples there must be the union of hearts based upon conviction and common ideals. That is what I offer. That is what I seek." After a series of boisterous chants Eisenhower also took to the podium and addressed the assembly: "'Of all the things that supported me through three and a half years of warfare on the European continent I know of no other single thing that was of greater moral benefit than the unwavering staunch indomitable courageous support of the Prime Minister of Great Britain. It is my earnest conviction that only history can measure even remotely the true value of the worth of the service he has rendered to all of us. But I am certain that in meetings such as this with the wholehearted welcome he finds in this city from my own countrymen to him he will gain some little measure of understanding in his own time of what we think of him." In near fine condition with lightly trimmed edges and some creasing to the borders. Triple matted and framed. The photograph measures 12 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 20.25 inches by 17.5 inches. An exceptional signed photograph with a highly desirable assemblage of autographs. Winston Churchill’s oratory during the Second World War played a pivotal role in sustaining British morale and fortifying resistance against Nazi Germany. His speeches combined rhetorical mastery with psychological acuity transforming language into a strategic weapon of war. Addressing the nation during its darkest hours—such as after the fall of France in 1940—Churchill’s declarations of defiance “We shall fight on the beaches…†articulated not only military determination but also a collective moral resilience. His use of repetition cadence and vivid imagery appealed to both reason and emotion forging unity across class and political divisions. Beyond mere motivation Churchill’s rhetoric effectively redefined the narrative of the war: from one of imminent defeat to one of enduring struggle for freedom and civilization. By shaping public perception and maintaining confidence in ultimate victory his speeches became integral to Britain’s psychological endurance and international standing influencing Allied cohesion and laying the groundwork for eventual triumph over totalitarianism. Colonial Studios unknown
2005DADAX0742542173Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2005-11-30. paperback. New. 6.92x1.08x8.66. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers paperback
1990Q-0945575041Algonquin Books 1990-07-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Algonquin Books hardcover
1969R160219443Jules Tallandier. 1969. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 395 pages - jaquette conservée - ex libris Jean Bergue sur le 1er contre plat.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 848-Ecrits divers, citations, journaux intimes, souvenirs, mémoires
1963R320123064Robert Laffont. 1963. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 687 pages - quelques planches de photos en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 320-Science politique
2003Q-1582343144Bloomsbury USA 2003-11-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bloomsbury USA hardcover
CA04B-00446Random House. Collectible - Good. INSCRIBED! New York: Random House 1986. Sm 4to Hardcover. 977pp. B/W illustrations. Inscribed by author in black pen on front free endpaper: Ambassador Paul Nitze With best wishes and admiration to his decades of service to the United States- David Eisenhower/ February 11 1987." includes ALS laid in. Good book and Good dust jacket. Bottom edge slightly dampstained. Spine slightly worn. Dust jacket torn and chipped at edges. In polypropylene bag. generals united states biograhy world war 1939-1945 western front military leadership Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Random House hardcover
1991Q-0517065010Random House Value Publishing 1991-08-07. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House Value Publishing hardcover
1987Q-0394755332Vintage 1987-10-12. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
1986Q-0394412370Random House 1986-08-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House hardcover
1986DADAX0394412370Random House Books for Young Readers 1986-08-12. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Random House Books for Young Readers hardcover
