Desirable matching number two-volume set of Ike's post-presidency autobiography:
Mandate for Change: 1953-1956. First edition, limited issue, numbered 65/1500. NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75, 650 pages. Signed and inscribed on the colophon in fountain pen, "For General Perrin H. Long, with best wishes from an old associate of his in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, Dwight Eisenhower 1963," and on the facing page, "Dwight D. Eisenhower."
Waging Peace: 1956-1961. First edition, limited issue, numbered 65/1500. NY: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75, 741 pages. Boldly signed opposite the colophon in fountain pen, "Dwight D. Eisenhower." Long was a lieutenant colonel who investigated and reported on General George S. Patton's famed slapping of a soldier. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None in G+ slipcases, with heavy staining to cases, and a partially separated bottom panel of Waging Peace. Accompanied by two letters addressed to Long and two newspaper clippings.
