Memoirs

by Truman, Harry S

First Edition

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Book Description

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1955. Two Volume Set. SPECIAL KANSAS CITY EDITIONS. Black cloth, silver lettering on blue panel on spine with silver & blue lettering & blue rule below, author's facsimile autograph silver-stamped on front, green top edge dye, rough cut fore edges, map of U.S. state of Missouri on front endpapers in red; "VOLUME ONE / YEAR OF DECISIONS / KANSAS CITY EDITION" on spine, "SPECIAL KANSAS CITY EDITION LIMITED TO 20,615 COPIES," copyright 1955 on copyright page.. Vol. 1 Dust Jacket: Typographical on white paper, with red & blue horizontal rules; on spine panel: "Kansas City Edition" in red lettering near top, title & author below in black, one black star on rules, subtitle in blue below, "VOLUME ONE" in black below, "Doubleday" in black near bottom; on front panel: title & author in black above rules, one black star on rules, subtitle in blue below rules; on back panel: photo of author by U.S. Army Signal Corps. Volume Two binding is the same with same endpapers with map in red . . . "VOLUME TWO / YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE / KANSAS CITY EDITION" on spine, "SPECIAL KANSAS CITY EDITION LIMITED TO 11,500 COPIES," copyright 1956 on copyright page. Vol. 2 Dust Jacket: Same as Vol. 1 including "Kansas City Edition" in red near spine top -- and except -- two black stars on rules, photo of author on back by Eliot Elifoson; interestingly, the dates "1946 - 1952" are with the dust jacket sub-title but not on the book title page. Both books and both dust jackets are in similar condition. Bindings are tight and square, spine tops are lightly pulled & bottoms lightly bumped, spines have very slight fall-in (spine has slightly collapsed inward from the top -- typical of loosely shelved or large heavy volumes), corners are sharp, top edge dye on volume one is lightly spotted, edges are moderately faded, text pages are creamy white, clean, both volumes have the previous owner's name obtrusively inked on the recto title page immediatly below the sub-title. Volume two may be a shade crisper of the two. Dust jackets are wholly intact with original publisher's price present, show a hint of over-all age toning with noticeably faded spine panels, spine ends show slight wear with a bit of light chipping at top (Vol. 1 also has a triangular 1/2" chip), back panels each have two small closed tears; reverse sides are clean except the back panel of Vol. 1 has a small black ink stain that has no show-through, protected in new Gaylord brand archival clear plastic covers (removable). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 8vo - 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Limited Edition. Autobiography, History, Politics, War.

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