Description
The second printing of Mr. Lincoln’s Army, inscribed by the author, Bruce Catton, to General A.C. Wedemeyer.
Octavo, vi, [2], 372pp. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The second printing, lacking the “first edition” statement on the title page. Illustrated endpapers. Some wear to tips of the spine, solid text block. Includes the bookplate of “Wedemeyer” on the front free endpaper. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $4.00 on the front flap, wear to tips, light sunning to the spine, a very good example.
Signed on the half-title: “To General A.C. Wedemeyer / with much admiration / Bruce Catton.”
General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989) was a United States Army officer who served as deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army in the European Theater under General Eisenhower. In 1944 he was appointed commander of U.S. forces in China, replacing General Joseph Stilwell, and became chief of staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, overseeing operations against Japan and managing the China-Burma-India theater. He retired from the Army in 1951 as a four-star general.
