[Rarebooks] FS: Harry Truman Inscribed to the Speaker of the House

[Charles Agvent]

(TRUMAN, Harry) HILLMAN, William. MR. PRESIDENT. THE FIRST PUBLICATION 
FROM THE PERSONAL DIARIES, PRIVATE LETTERS PAPERS AND REVEALING 
INTERVIEWS OF HARRY TRUMAN. New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, (1952). 
First Edition. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in two-toned cloth and 
illustrated with numerous facsimiles of Truman's writing, drawings, and 
photographs in color and black and white. An incredible copy, INSCRIBED 
by Truman as President in the large blank margin beneath the color 
frontispiece photograph of Truman at his desk: "To Hon. & Mrs. John W. 
McCormack with/kindest regards for their good friend./White House,/Harry 
Truman/Dec. 17, 1952." McCormack was a Democratic member from 
Massachusetts of the United States Congress from 1928 to 1971, serving 
as Speaker of the House of Representatives under Kennedy and Johnson 
from 1963 to 1971. Only Tip O'Neill served a longer term as Speaker (10 
years). Binding a bit cocked; lacking the dustwrapper. Very Good and a 
superb presentation.         $5,000.00

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