PERSHING JOHN J.: (1860-1948) American General of the Armies, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front 1917-18 during World War I. Book signed, being the two-volume set of My Experiences in the World War, Author's Autograph Edition published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1931, the first volume signed by Pershing to the limitations page and numbered 1549 of 2100. Bound in the publisher's tan buckram and with gilt and black stamped labels to the front covers and spines. Top edges gilt and uncut pages. Lacking the dust jackets, although contained in the original illustrated board slipcase (in only fair condition and with heavy brown tape reinforcements to each of the edges). With the stamps (some partially erased) of the Corrigan Memorial Library, Yonkers, New York, to each volume. Some age wear to the boards, although internally clean pages. About VG