[Rarebooks] FS: Truman's Memoirs, 2 volumes, each inscribed

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Sun Apr 16 12:26:58 EDT 2006


TRUMAN, Harry. MEMOIRS. YEAR OF DECISIONS and YEARS OF TRIAL  AND
HOPE.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1955 & (1956). The first
volume  is the limited Kansas City Edition and the second volume  is a
later  printing of the trade edition. Each copy is INSCRIBED "To  Anne
+  Irving  Saxe" and SIGNED by the author on the half-title  pages  on
5/3/61.  One  volume  is inscribed with "kind regards" and  the  other
with  "Best wishes." Truman usually only signed one volume, most often
the  first, of the set, and it is uncommon to find both volumes signed
and  the  set intact. The dustwrapper for the first volume  with  some
chipping  to  the  spine  and soiling. Near Fine  in  Good  or  better
dustwrappers.                                                 $1750.00

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