Memoirs: Volume One, Year of Decisions; Volume Two, Years of Trial and Hope, 1946-1952
by Truman, Harry S
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
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Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1956. Later printings of the original edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xi, 596; xi, (2), 594 pp. Inscribed on the half-title of each volume "To James S. Simpson / From Harry Truman / 12-5-66." Truman (1884-1972) served as the thirty-third President of the United States, 1945-1953. Black cloth, printed dust jackets (worn, soiled, both chipped at spine ends, volume two with a long tear in the front panel), housed in a publisher's display box advertising the set as "first published at $10.00, now the two volumes for only $5.50". Pencil markings on the spine of both jackets; very good copies in worn jackets, in a scarce publisher's box. (2616).
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56092
- Title
- Memoirs: Volume One, Year of Decisions; Volume Two, Years of Trial and Hope, 1946-1952
- Author
- Truman, Harry S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Bartlebys Books
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About Bartlebys Books
Bartleby's Books specializing, since 1984, in Americana and general antiquarian material, including books, archives, and ephemera.
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