[Rarebooks] FS: Dwight Eisenhower's Inaugural Address INSCRIBED to his niece, with additional material of interest

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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. 		$8,500.00

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