[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED by Truman to the man to whom he gave the order to drop the Atomic Bomb, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $10,000 NET

(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 "G.M.E." of the recipient of the copy. Further the book is 
INSCRIBED by Truman as President below the initials "To: Hon. George M. 
Elsey,/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 an able & efficient public 
servant!" George Elsey worked in the White House Map Room during WWII 
briefing both Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill before becoming 
an Administrative Assistant to President Truman from 1949 until the end 
of 1951 when he left the White House staff to be the senior assistant to 
Averill Harriman who was named to the new post of director for Mutual 
Security in the Executive Office of the President. Elsey remained in 
that position until January 1953 and the end of the Truman 
administration. As Truman's assistant, Elsey accompanied Truman to the 
Potsdam Conference and worked on most of Truman's important speeches, 
having an important role in shaping them to conform to Truman's natural, 
off-the-cuff, forceful style. It was to Elsey in 1945 that Truman handed 
his historic handwritten note to be transmitted to the War Department 
authorizing the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Minor 
rubbing to the spine tips of the book.Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 
Outstanding association.

George Elsey went on to serve as President of the American Red Cross. 
(#010708)        $15,000

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