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Lot 299

[WWI]. A Large Group of Books On WWI, Many Signed by Military Figures. [U.S]: v.p., ca. 1920s-30s. 8vos. 

Estimate: $500 - $800
Current Bid
$250

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[WWI]. A Large Group of Books On WWI, Many Signed by Military Figures. [U.S]: v.p., ca. 1920s-30s. 8vos. A large group of approximately 26 volumes concerning WWI, many signed by military figures, including: 

 

[WOOD, Leonard (1860-1927)]. HAGEDORN, Hermann (1882-1964). Leonard Wood: A Biography. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 2 volumes. 8vos. Publisher's bindings. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY U.S. ARMY GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. Wood was the commanding officer of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders and later the general in charge of the U.S. Armed Forces before WWI. 

 

ANDERSON, Leroy W. Reminiscences of World War 1 (1917-1918). Chicago: n.p., 1927. Unpaginated mimeograph sheets in a small three-ring binder. THE ORIGINAL AND UNPUBLISHED WAR DIARY of 1st Sergeant Leroy W. Anderson of Company I, 131st Infantry, titled "Reminiscences of War (1917-1918)." 

 

PEASE, Theodore Calvin (editor, 1887-1948). Illinois in the World War. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1921-1923. 8vos. Red cloth lettered gold to spine. COMPLETE IN 5 VOLUMES, INCLUDING THE SCARCE "WAR DOCUMENTS AND ADDRESSES" VOLUME. 

 

[HUFFMAN, James W. (1894-1980), his copy]. American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1938. 8vo. Blue buckram lettered gold. SIGNED BY JAMES HUFFMAN, 1ST LIEUT, 120TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION, 32ND DIV. Huffman later served as Ohio Senator from 1945-1946. 

 

Other signatories include Tasker Bliss, Col. J.B. Sanborne, Lieut. Owen Sherby, and General Edward Martin. 

Condition

Soiling and toning, chipping, rubbing, and edge wear; ownership inscriptions and bookplates; binding separation, broken hinges, corners bumped and cloth fraying, paper loss and loss to boards, boards detached, missing leaves. Condition varies. Sold as-is. Fair to good. 

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