Wainwright General Jonathan M (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Orange mass-market paperback in good shape. No underlining or highlighting, bright pages. Spine creasing, with some splitting at pages 214/215, but does not seem to be in any danger of coming apart. Solid binding. 258 pp. Scarce paperback edition. Out of print. Each book is checked by a real-life bookseller, and is guaranteed to be as described. Ships from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Thanks.…

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

The note was written in a momentous month for Wainwright. On 5 September 1945, on his release after three years in captivity following his surrender at Corregidor, Wainwright was promoted to four-star General. On 10 September he was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman at the White House. On 13 September a ticker-tape parade in New York City was held in his honor. And on 28 September he was named commander of the Second Service Command and the Eastern Defense Command at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. The present item is 1p, landscape 8vo, on a piece of paper cropped down to 20.5 x 15.5 cm. Good firm signature. The text simply reads: 'Dear Mrs. Wines: / It gives me great pleasure to comply with your request for my autograph. / Sincerely, / [J. M. Wainwright] / J. M. Wainwright, / General, U. S. Army'. See Image.…

Framed, with Archival Glass. Condition: Very Good. Original Artwork. Image 22 1/2" X 17", Mounted On Board With Wood Border Around The Image, With Three Strands Of Prison Fence Wire On Original Electrical Mountings Raised Horizontally In Front Of The Image. Original Red Tag With Japanese Inscription, From The Concentration Camp In Which Wainwright Was Held. Original Art, Pencil "Wainwright" At Lower Right. A Striking Half-Length Portrait Of Wainwright, Emphasizing His Emaciation And Debilitation, With Scenes Of The Concentration Camp, Torture, Etc. In Background. Unrestored, With Some Wear, And Lacking One Electrical Connector Of Six, But Carefully Preserved In A Deep Glass-Fronted Frame Of Old Wood, Prepared By A Conservator With No Restoration Of The Image Or Wire. A Fine Depiction Of The Horrors Of War. This Art Is From A Palm Springs Estate But Exact Provenance. Shipping Will Be Several Hundred Dollars Within Us.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [5], 314pp. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Bumped top corner, toning to endpapers. Generally clean text throughout. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, light toning to spine, archival tape repair to verso at spine, a scarce example in this condition. Includes JSA Authentication, with sticker on verso of signed leaf. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Theodore R. _, Sincerely, J.M. Wainwright. General. U.S.A." General Jonathan M. Wainwright was the Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in the early days of World War II. Upon the surrender of the Philippines and Corregidor, Wainwright became the highest ranking American prisoner of war during World War II. He was released in August of 1945. He received the Medal of Honor and returned to the United States with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. First edition of General Wainwright's Story, signed by the author. (illustrator). Signed.…

By General Jonathan M. Wainwright who paid the price of his country's unpreparedness. Edited by Robert Considine. Pp. [vi]+314, 9 text illustrations, maps and plans (8 full page), index; small demy 8vo; rebound by Birdsall in qr. dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, green cloth boards, edges a trifle rubbed; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1948. *Inscribed and signed by the author on blank preliminary leaf. First published in 1946. General Wainwright (1883-1953) was the Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in 1942 and was the highest-ranking American prisoner-of-war in World War II. Signed.…