Description
First edition of Present at the Creation, signed by former Secretary of State, Dean Acheson.
Octavo, xiv, [4], 798 pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page, with a full number line. No page markings or notes. In publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $15.00 retail price on front flap, a few chips along top edge of spine, bright illustrations. Signed on the front free endpaper by Dean Acheson, with Kroch’s & Brentano’s “First Edition Circle” bookmark laid in.
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) served as the United States Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. Born in 1893, Acheson played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era. He was instrumental in the implementation of the Truman Doctrine, which aimed to contain the spread of communism, the development of NATO, and the Marshall Plan, which provided economic aid to help rebuild post-World War II Europe. Acheson’s memoir, “Present at the Creation,” remains a seminal work on American foreign policy.
