[Rarebooks] FS: First Inaugural Address of Dwight Eisenhower Inscribed to his niece with ticket to event and letter from Mamie

[Charles Agvent]

One of 65 fine items from our Spring Catalog recently posted on our 
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EISENHOWER,  Dwight  and EISENHOWER, Mamie. INAUGURAL  ADDRESS  OF
DWIGHT  D. EISENHOWER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED AT  THE
CAPITOL  ... JANUARY 20, 1953. Washington: Government Printing  Office
1953.  First Edition. Printed wraps, 5 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED  by
the  newly  elected  President  on the front  cover:  "For  Janis/from
her/Uncle  Ike."  On  the eve of the Cold War  Eisenhower  makes  some
prescient  statements: "Americans, indeed all free men, remember  that
in  the  final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a  burden  as a
prisoner's  chains.... Honoring the identity and the special  heritage
of  each  nation in the world, we shall never use our strength to  try
to  impress  upon  another  people our  own  cherished  political  and
economic  institutions." Along with the signed address, there is an 8"
x  10"  black-and-white photograph by Abbie Rowe of Dwight  and  Mamie
waving   from  their  car  on   Pennsylvania  Avenue  and  an   unused
Inauguration  ticket  for an honored guest for Section A, Row 8,  Seat
7. Also included is a TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) from Mamie Eisenhower,
with  a White House envelope, dated 11 February 1953 to her neice.  In
part:  "I  suppose by now Dad and Lucy have given you all the  details
on  the  Inauguration festivities. All I can add is that it  was  very
exciting,  thrilling,  tiring  and  heartwarming,  and  we  have  many
precious   memories  from  it  all."   Mrs.  Eisenhower  adds  in  her
handwriting  a  postscript: "We surely did miss you." Superb  archive,
especially so due to the close family relationship. Fine      $8500.00

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