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EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Three finely bound inscribed volumes . Each bound in full burgundy morocco by Bennett, the covers ruled in gilt stamped with the Presidential seal, the spines with raised bands stamped with stars, gilt paneling and lettering, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, each volume housed in a half morocco slipcase. Largest 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm). Comprising Crusade in Europe. New York: Doubleday, 1948. First trade edition inscribed "For Barbara and Leonard Feltman/with warm wishes to the children of an old friend of mine. Dwight D. Eisenhower"; Mandate For Change. New York: Doubleday, 1963. First trade edition, similarly inscribed to the same recipients; and Waging Peace. New York: Doubleday, 1965. First trade edition, inscribed to the same recipients on an affixed Eisenhower Farm bookplate, its original mailing envelope laid in addressed to Mrs. Charles Feltman. Fine copies. Finely bound copies inscribed by Eisenhower to descendants of the Feltman family, whom he had first met in Manila in the 1930s. C Estate of Leonard M. Stoll