Pershing John, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Condition is AS NEW in a hard cover. DJ is AS NEW. Author signed and dedicated on title page. Black and white photograph illustrated. Very nice clean copy of this signed title. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. Inscribed by Ford with author info page also signed by Ford. boards clean, tight binding, interior text clean. DJ covers clean and sharp, no tears, in mylar cover. inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Volume 1 only. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First edition. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Texas A&M Univ. Press in 1977. Covers are slightly bowed. Top edge of the page block has foxing, and side edge has a slight amount of foxing. Front endpaper has a fingerprint smudge on side edge. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket has numerous holes along the spine and upper edges, has scuffing and some tanning, and is in fair condition. 9-10 inches, 594 pages, 2.2 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 594 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Presentation copy: "To Mac Coffman whose outstanding work on World War I has set the standard. With warm regards & personal best wishes. Donald Smythe May 6, 1973." (Signed on the front fly-leaf) . (Dr. Edward M. Coffman was a retired military history professor and author of a number of books. He is also named in the acknowledgements). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The dust jacket has minor wear at the head of the spine panel. The book has scattered foxing on the top edge. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dr. Coffman has identified two soldiers with Pershing on the Mexican expedition by name in pencil. A review of the book by Dr. Coffman which appeared in the Journal of American History is also laid in. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; ix, 370 pages; Signed by Author.

Loose Leaf. Condition: Good. GOOD. black and white photo, bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, singed by John J. Pershing, for "Capt Edward J. Oaklion(?)," dated 1941, very light stains to edges of pictures. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS. Signed.

First edition of this final military report from the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with sixteen folding plates of maps, diagrams, and charts. Boldly signed by General John J. Pershing on the title page. In very good condition with light wear to the extremities and a chip to the spine. Rare signed. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.

Ephemera. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Autograph; 1 pages; A typed letter SIGNED by John J. Pershing on printed letterhead reading "General of the Armies / Washington" The letter is dated March 25, 1926 and is addressed to "The Honorable / Peter Augustus Jay, / American Ambassador, / Buenos Aires, Argentina" The text reads: "My dear Mr. Ambassador: // This note will be presented to / you by Mrs. F.J. Perry, a very good friend / of mine who is making a trip along the east / coast of South America. She is an Army / woman who rendered very distinguished / services during the World War and I shall / appreciate any courtesies which you or the / Military Attache may find it convenient to / extend to her. // With very warm regards, believe me / Yours sincerely, [signed] John J. Pershing" Included is the printed calling card of Mrs. Frederick Lewis Perry with the penciled note "Savoy Hotel" , card bears a mark from old paperclip. General John J. Pershing had a long association with Mrs. Frederick Lewis Perry; in fact, his brother Ward B. Pershing was best man at the wedding of Mary Hooper Jouett and Lt. Frederick Lewis Perry in 1901. At the time of this letter, Peter A. Jay was U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. It is interesting to delve into the history related to the three individuals principal to this piece of correspondance. MRS. FREDERICK LEWIS PERRY -- Mary Hooper Jouett Perry (1868-1945) was the daughter of Major William Burchett Hooper of the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco. Major Hooper ventured to California in the first years of the gold rush. Rather than cast his lot with the miners, he embarked in the mercantile business on an extended scale. Through his management, the Occidental Hotel acquired a wide fame and became the recognized hostelry for naval and military officers and ecclesiastical and fraternal leaders. Nearly three years after his death, the hotel was severely damaged in the 1906 earthquake and had to be torn down. In September 1901 Mary Hooper Jouett married Lt. Frederick Lewis Perry of the Artillery Corps, U.S.A. at the Occidental Hotel. Lt. Ward Beecher Pershing (4th Cavalry, U.S.A., brother of General John J. Pershing) was Perry's best man. [Ward Pershing (1874-1909) died of illness contracted during his service in the Philippines War.] Lt. Perry, as aide to General Hale in the First Colorado Infantry, was slightly wounded in the Philippines. Perry was soon promoted to Captain, and they spent years at various postings from Virginia to the San Francisco Bay Area. Mary had two sons, William Hooper Jouett and John Hamilton Jouett; both served in the military. Recruited by Chiang Kai-shek, retired Major John H. Jouett lead 17 American instructor pilots, who were hired to turn the Chinese Aviation School into a replica of the United States' Randolph Field. They spent two years in the war-torn nation completing the training of 335 Chinese cadets using an American system similar to the one used at Randolph Field in Texas. PETER AUGUSTUS JAY -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargé d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. GENERAL JOHN JOSEPH PERSHING, GCB (1860 1948) was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur. Pershing reported for active duty in 1887, and was assigned to Troop L of the 6th U.S. Cavalry in the New Mexico Territory. Between 1887 and 1890, he served at various postings in New Mexico, Arizona, and South Dakota. Pershing participated in several Indian campaigns and was cited for bravery for actions against the Apache. In 1895 Pershing, as a first lieutenant, took command of a troop of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments composed of African-American soldiers led by white officers. In the SpanishAmerican War, he and his 10th Cavalry troop fought on Kettle and San Juan Hills in Cuba, and he was cited for gallantry. Theodore Roosevelt, who also participated in those battles, said that "Captain Pershing is the coolest man under fire I ever saw in my life." When the PhilippineAmerican War began, Pershing reported to Manila and was assigned to the Department of Mindanao and Jolo, He commanded efforts to suppress the Filipino Insurrection. He was cited for bravery for actions on the Cagayan River while attempting to destroy a Philippine stronghold at Macajambo. Pershing served as an observer in the Russo-Japanese War attached to General Kuroki Tamemoto's Japanese First Army in Manchuria. When Pershing returned to the United States in the fall of 1905, President Roosevelt exercised his presidential prerogative and, with Congressional approval, promoted him to br.

Condition: Very good. - Over 85 words typed on 9-1/4 inch high by 7 inch wide "GENERAL OF THE ARMIES" letterhead with attached integral blank leaf. General Pershing writes to Lincoln MacVeagh, founder and president of The Dial Press, thanking him for sending "a copy of Mr. Mottram's work, 'The Spanish Farm Trilogy'. I appreciate very much your kind thought of me". The letter is signed in full "John J. Pershing". The World War I novel which Pershing mentions centers on a Flemish farm woman around whom the author relates his war experiences. MacVeagh published the work at his Dial Press in 1927, the year of this letter. Folded for mailing with some light creases to the edges and inner corners. Very good. A wonderful association as "With the American Expeditionary Force in World War 1, Mr. MacVeagh served in the Artois, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns as an aide to the commanding general of the 80th Division and of the Ninth and Sixth Army Corps. He rose to major and was cited by General of the Armies John J. Pershing in 1919 for "exceptionally meritorious services". - [Quoted from the New York Times, January 17, 1972 issue].John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I from 1917 to 1920. Pershing is the only American to be promoted in his own lifetime to General of the Armies, the highest possible rank in the United States Army.Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value.".

JOHN J. PERSHING (1860-1948). Pershing was an American General of the Armies. He was Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War One.TLS. 1pg. 4 x 6. October 5, 1919. No place. A typed letter signed John J Pershing shortly after he led the United States to victory in World War I. He wrote to Lewis Nixon of New York City: I regret very much that I was unable to accept your very kind invitation to visit at your home and attend the start of the aeroplane race from Mineola Field next Wednesday, October 8th. I thank you very much for your thought of me and for your kind invitation. I shall take pleasure in extending your remembrances to Senator Warren the next time I see him. The autograph is dark and the letter has been trimmed from its original size.

No Binding. Condition: Good. In this polite thank you note, Pershing states in part: ".deep appreciation of your kindness. congratulating me on the receipt of the Pulitzer prize." Pershing won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book My Experiences in the World War. Letter is written on a 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" sheet of stationery imprinted "John J. Pershing/Washington". Included is a business card imprinted "General Pershing". Pershing has written "Deeply appreciate your birthday message. Thanks" in black ink. Condition: Mounting residue on verso with slight bleed through to the recto, mailing folds, otherwise good condition. Signed by Author(s).

JOHN J. PERSHING (1860-1948). Pershing was Commander of American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.PS. N.d. N.p. A black-and-white photograph of John J. Pershing on horseback, signed John J. Pershing. He inscribed it to Lieutenant General R. Perry below the horses feet. The photograph is in very good condition, though the blue ink is slightly faded; it is mounted to a slightly larger board.

Autograph letter signed by the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces to President Herbert Hoover. Octavo, one page on John J. Pershing's personal letterhead, handwritten, and dated February 23, 1931. The letter reads in full, "The President, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: It was very kind of you to remember me with such a beautiful box of flowers. I appreciate very much your thoughtfulness and wish to thank you most heartily. I shall be out again in a few days. It is gratifying to see that you keep so well. With warm regards and high esteem. Yours very sincerely John J. Pershing." In near fine condition with light toning and mail folds. The piece measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.

Early 20th century United States Army Citation signed by General John J. Pershing. One page, partially printed, the citation awards Lieut. Colonel Arthur A. Tasker for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Colonel Officer of the Base Hospital A09 France". Dated April 19, 1919 and signed by General John J. Pershing. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.

Condition: very good. 1 Letter from retired General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, refusing an invitation to a fraternal banquet being held for Disabled American Veterans in New York City, February 10, 1930. Written on Pershing's personalized stationery and signed by the General.