Signed book: Saladin: Price of Chivalry. First edition. NY: Charles J. Rosebault, 1930. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 305 pages. Signed on the half-title page, “G. S. Patton, Jr., May 5 ‘30.” Also signed on the front cover, “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” and on the spine “Patton.” Autographic condition: very good, with signature on the spine faded and lightly stained, some mild toning to half-title page, and cover and opening pages toned and dampstained from a fire in the Patton house. Book condition: G+/None, in VG+ custom-made case. No other military leader wrote so frequently in his letters or diary what he was reading, and no leader’s library was so well documented since Napoleon’s. Patton’s library, which was almost entirely inherited by his son, Major General George Patton III, was given to West Point, with just a small portion of books, including this one, inherited by other descendants or friends.
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