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War Or Peace
by Dulles, John Foster
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of War Or Peace by John Foster Dulles, inscribed to Life Magazine photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt.. Octavo, vi, [2], 274pp. Blue cloth, title printed in red on spine and front cover. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. In publisher's very good dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, wear along edges, fold to top edge of rear panel, exceptionally bright colors. Inscribed by the author: "To Alfred Eisenstaedt, With best wishes from John Foster Dulles. April 18, 1950." In early 1950, Life Magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt accepted an invitation by John Foster Dulles to photograph him at his Duck Island retreat on Lake Ontario. Dulles had just finished his short appointment as Senator from New York and had finished this book, War or Peace, a critical analysis of the American policy of containment. Within a few years of Eisenstaedt's photographs, President Dwight D. Eisenhower would select Dulles to serve as his Secretary of State in 1953.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10372
- Title
- War Or Peace
- Author
- Dulles, John Foster
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of War Or Peace by John Foster Dulles, inscribed to Life Magazine photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- The Craft of Intelligence, War and Peace Dulles, The Secret Surrender, signed book John Foster Dulles, first edition John Foster Dulles, Great True Spy Stories, JFK and Allen Dulles, The Brothers John Foster Dulles Allen Dulles and Their Secret World
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