Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £650 |
EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969, 34th President of the United States). The White House Years. [Volume one:] Mandate for Change 1953-1956. [Volume II:] Waging Peace 1956-1961. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963-65. 2 volumes, large 8vo (238 x 160mm). Half titles, half tone illustrations, maps. Original tan buckram, the upper covers with the Seal of the President of the United States stamped in gilt, the spines with green labels lettered in gilt, coloured map endpapers, acetate wrappers, uncut, original slipcases with printed labels (some light staining to the slipcases). FIRST EDITIONS. BOTH VOLUMES NUMBERED 1,047 OF 1,500 COPIES AND BOTH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. (2)