171: SIGNED 1ST ARTILLERYMAN & H.S. TRUMAN AND PERSHING ALS

Jay McIlvaine Lee (1873-1945)
The Artilleryman (1920)
The signed first edition 'The Artilleryman, The Experiences and Impressions of an American Artillery Regiment in the World War,' inscribed 'University Club of Kansas City, Compliments of Jay M Lee 12/27/20,' published Press of Spencer Printing Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

The accompanying archive includes circa 1921 Autograph Letters addressed to the author from Capt. Harry S. Truman. General John J. Pershing, and a telegraph from President Calvin Coolidge.

Also included are autographed letters from: Major General W. M. Wright (x2); Robert Grant (novelist); Elsie Janis (Singer/Actress); General Charles Pelot Summerall; Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard; Lt. Gen. H.A. Drum; Auckland Campbell Geddes, British Ambassador to the U.S. 1920-1924; William Allen White, newspaper editor; Leigh Hunt, Hunt Engineering Co.; J. G. Harbard, U.S. War Department; Lt. Col. R.M. Danford, Frederick Palmer, war correspondent;.
Book measures 9 x 6 inches.
Very good condition throughout.
$800 - $1,200