Description
Presentation copy of the first edition of Mandate for Change, inscribed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Octavo, xvii, 650pp; xxiii, 741pp. Both volumes in blue cloth, title printed in gilt on spine. Both volumes with light wear to tips, otherwise solid text blocks. Both volumes are the first printing, with “First edition after the printing of a limited edition of one thousand five hundred copies” on the copyright page. Both in the first state dust jackets, retail price on the front flap, touch of shelf wear, bright illustrations, both near fine copies. Housed in a custom gray cloth slipcase.
This set is inscribed in Volume I, Mandate for Change, with the following inscription: “For Jeanne and Ed – best wishes from / Dwight D. Eisenhower.”
