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Lot Description

MILITARY PHILOSOPHY
A group of 6 FIRST EDITIONS INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:

1) SYMINGTON, James W. The Stanley Game. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. INSCRIBED BY SYMINGTON TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT.

2) LOEFFLER, Jane C. The Architecture of Diplomacy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. INSCRIBED BY LOEFFLER TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT. With an autograph note on letterhead for the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management.

3) PURYEAR, Edgar F. Jr. American Generalship. Novato: Presidio Press, 2000. INSCRIBED BY PURYEAR TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT. With an autograph letter from Mark Medish to Suzie George on National Security Council letterhead.

4) [Another copy]. PURYEAR, Edgar F. Jr. American Generalship. Novato: Presidio Press, 2000. INSCRIBED BY PURYEAR TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT. With an autograph letter from Puryear to Secretary Albright on his stationery.

5) SHERMAN, Nancy. Stoic Warriors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. INSCRIBED BY SHERMAN TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT. With an autograph letter from Sherman to Secretary Albright.

6) JORDAN, Amos A and Michael J. MEESE et al. American National Security. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. INSCRIBED BY MEESE TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT.

Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all in original bindings (condition generally fine).

Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, autograph letters, bookplates).

This lot is located in Chicago.

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