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Men and Decisions
by Strauss, Lewis L. [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Men and Decisions by Secretary Lewis L. Strauss, inscribed to American actor and decorated naval officer, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. Octavo, viii, [4], 468pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in gilt and black on spine. Lacking the first edition statement on copyright page. Light dust along top edge of text block, internally clean. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on the front endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $6.95 on front flap, light shelf wear, chip at top of spine, a very good example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Douglas Fairbanks Jr., gifted artist - intrepid warrior - steadfast friend - from his "ship-mate" and admirer, who penned these pages - Lewis L. Strauss / Brandy Station Virginia / IV - 25- '63." Strauss met Lt. Commander Fairbanks while serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of the Navy, where Fairbanks "was a show-stopper, or more properly, a work-stopper." (Men and Decisions, p. 151) The young ladies in the office made a point of visiting his office and delivering correspondences in person, slowing communication around the office. Fairbanks requested a change to active sea duty, and was dispatched to train Commandos for the upcoming African campaign. Lewis and Fairbanks remained friends as their careers took them in different directions.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14889
- Title
- Men and Decisions
- Author
- Strauss, Lewis L. [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]
- Illustrator
- Men and Decisions by Secretary Lewis L. Strauss, inscribed to American actor and decorated naval officer, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- A Hell of A War Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks signed, Little Caesar Burnett, The Dawn Patrol Fairbanks, Oppenheimer American Prometheus, men and decisions Strauss,
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- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Cloth
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