Signed book: Crusade in Europe. Limited signed first edition of 1,426 copies (this copy No. 509). NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with custom green slipcase, 6.5 x 9.75, 559 pages. Signed in fountain pen on the prefatory page reproducing Eisenhower’s Order of the Day on D-Day, June 6, 1944, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” In very good condition, with light rippling to tops of opening pages, including the signed page, from moisture exposure (which has also rendered the “Dw” of “Dwight” a bit light), and cracking to the front hinge. The cloth covers and spine are rippled and stained. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
