Crusade in Europe

Lot 154
17.01.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 154 | Crusade in Europe
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Crusade in Europe

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1948.

EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969). Crusade in Europe. Garden City: Doubleday, 1948.



First, limited signed edition and presentation copy to an “outstanding soldier in two World Wars”, Brig. General Frank Coffey. Inscribed and additionally signed on the colophon: "For Brig. General Frank Coffey, outstanding soldier in two World Wars. With best wishes and lasting regard to him and his wife, Louise, from their devoted friend, Ike Eisenhower." Limited edition no. 455 of 1,426 numbered and signed copies.



Large octavo (239 x 157mm). Half title. Frontispiece facsimile of Eisenhower’s D-Day order, signed in ink by Eisenhower; numerous maps, illustrations and photographs in black and white. Original publisher’s light brown cloth stamped with black, printed spine label, pictorial map endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut (front hinge starting, corners bumped); publisher’s green buckram slipcase with printed label (sunned, edges worn). Provenance: Brigadier General Frank Coffey and Louise Coffey (presentation inscription).

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