[Rarebooks] FS: MR. PRESIDENT: 1/250 copies SIGNED by Harry Truman, this additionally INSCRIBED to a Presidential Secretary

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(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 full blue synthetic leather 
with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover consisting of a quote 
by Truman. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles of Truman's writing, 
drawings, and photographs in color and black and white. This is one of 
only 250 numbered copies. Instead of a number, Truman has written the 
initials "J.W.D." of the recipient of the copy. Further the book is 
INSCRIBED by Truman as President below the initials "To: Hon. Jonathan 
W. Daniels,/From: The President./White House./August 10, 1952." In 
addition, in the blank margin beneath the color frontispiece photograph 
of Truman at his desk, the President has written: "To a real friend and 
an honest man!/Harry Truman." Daniels was a presidential secretary for 
both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Truman helping Truman in his 
transition from Vice-President to President. He is mentioned several 
times in this book as well as in Truman's MEMOIRS. His father, Josephus 
Daniels, as the Secretary of the Navy, was Franklin Roosevelt's first 
boss in the federal government. Daniels's bookplate on front pastedown. 
Touch of rubbing to spine tips. Fine in slipcase with a fine 
association.         $6,500.00

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