INSCRIBED BY EISENHOWER
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. Octavo, original tan cloth, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. $3500.
First trade edition, with numerous illustrations and maps, including four double-page color maps of the European theatre and battlefields, inscribed on the half title, "For J— H— with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower."
Eisenhower's memoir provides an important and unique perspective on the difficult command-level decisions that decided the outcome of World War II. Included are numerous battlefield and theater maps (a number in color), as well as photographs selected by Edward Steichen. Preceded the same year by a signed limited edition of 1426 copies.
Inner paper hinges expertly reinforced. Price-clipped dust jacket with only very mild soiling. A near-fine copy.