Foreword by Dwight D Eisenhower (3 results)

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / very good. Book: PO's address label and flag sticker to ffep; his name penned to half-title page. Jacket in new mylar protector; a few short closed tears and slight wrinkling to edges; clean and bright. Later printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

American Forces in Action Series. First edition. Stiff pic. wrappers, vii [1], 128pp., illus. from photos and maps, incl. 8 colored fold-out maps. Foreword by then Chief of Staff, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The story of the First Army during the bitter July battle that led up to and made possible the great breakthrough from the Normandy beachheads. This study is based upon a first narrative by 2d Lt. David Garth, prepared in the field from military records and from notes and interviews recorded during the operation by members of the 2d Information and Historical Service Detachment. An important study and report of some of the most intense hedgerow fighting that has ever been documented. Very good copy.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Collector's Edition. Oblong folio beautifully bound in luxurious full black genuine leather with elaborate 22 karat gold embossed decorations. All page edges are bright gold gilt. Printed on fine archival acid-free paper. Raised spine bands in the traditional method of fine bookbinding. With lustrous silk moire fabric endpapers and a permanently bound-in satin ribbon page marker. Compiled by the Department of Military Art and Engineering, and the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. 158 maps, each with an accompanying page of text. The official military atlas of American battles. The tactics, errors, and even the hour-by-hour changes in troop strength that shaped our young nation's destiny. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.…