Fine Books and Manuscripts

[Eisenhower, Dwight D.] The Howitzer: The Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets. Edited by the 1st Class 1915. New York: Blanchard Press, 1915. first edition. Original padded calf stamped with a rugged grain and lettered in gilt, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with photos of the West Point class of 1915 including the two great generals of the modern era; Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower, both with full-page entries. The author of Ike’s entry writes “the most promising [running] back in Eastern football– but the Tufts game broke his knee and the promise. Now Ike must content himself with tea, tiddledywinks and talk, at all of which he excels…” the author goes on to teasingly imagine him “leading us in a long, loud yell– Dar Devil Dwight, the Dauntless Don.” 4to. Exterior gently rubbed, spine starting; first few quires sprung. [Together with:] The 32nd Division in the World War issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan and Wisconsin (1920).