SIGNED American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 William Manchester 1st Ed

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. SIGNED. VG/VG. Stated First Edition. First printing with no additional printings listed. Signed by Manchester on the half-title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black cloth boards. Faintly soiled on the front board's edges. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Maps and B&W photos throughout. Map Chronology endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($15.00) with a scratch on the front, light wear to spine ends, and a 1/4" closed tear to the back top corner. Protected in a Mylar cover. 793 pages. 6½x 9½". Includes mailing label from when the book was signed by Manchester and mailed back to the owner.

Douglas MacArthur was one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. “American Caesar” examines the exemplary army career, the stunning successes (and lapses) on the battlefield, ,and his turbulent private life.