Description
Signed limited edition of On Active Service In Peace and War by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
Octavo, [two volumes], xxii, 320pp; vi, 323-698pp. Blue cloth, title on paper label on spines. Stated first edition on copyright page of both volumes, and both volumes in the publisher’s limited edition cloth binding. Both volumes with wear to the spines, light toning to title label. Both internally clean, solid text blocks. Housed in custom gray cloth slipcase.
Signed by Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy in Volume I on tipped-in signature page.
Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) served as Secretary of War from 1911-13, Secretary of State from 1929-33 and Secretary of War from 1940-45. The co-author of this work, McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996), served as the National Security Advisor for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961-1966.
