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First edition, signed limited issue, number 1,054 of 1,426 copies signed by Eisenhower under his D-Day message to the troops. Crusade in Europe made Eisenhower a rich man, "becoming one of the most widely translated and sold books of all time. It is often compared to Grant's memoirs as a classic of military writing" (ANB). Octavo. Original light brown buckram over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt on black ground, facsimile signature to front cover in black, map endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In original glassine. With 16 black and white plates from photographs (selected by Edward Steichen), 4 double-page maps, and 38 full-page maps to the text. Tiny chip to rear endpaper and a few nicks to untrimmed edges: a near-fine copy. .