THE SELECTIVE SERVICE AS THE TIDE OF WAR TURNS: THE THIRD REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE 1943-44 (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY)
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.1 in., pp. v, [1], 666. Inscibed and signed by the author on the verso of the front flyleaf. Black half calf over dark blue cloth. Gilt title and SSS insignia, and four slightly raised bands, to spine. Light shelfwear at spine ends and corners. Previous owner's bookplate and donation sticker to front pastedown; blind embossment stamp to base of title page. Light age-toning to leaves through p. 442. Spine and hinges tight on this very clean copy. Very Good. Item #100920
The book is personally inscribed to, and has the bookplate and embossed stamp of, Brigadier General Mervin G. McConnel (1882-1948). The donation sticker on the front pastedown announces the gift of the book from the McConnel's to the Idaho Military Historical Museum.
Price: $125.00