Memoirs By Harry S. Truman 2 Volume Set , Signed

Garden City , NY: Doubleday & Company,Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1955/1956. Vol 1: Kansas City Edition, Vol 2 Stated First. Hardcover. Two volume set. Volume one (1) is a special limited edition which only 20,615 copies were printed. It is Inscribed and signed by President Truman. (See photo) Inscription, in Truman's hand, says "To Hon. Edward E. Elliott from Harry Truman with kind regards, Jan 27, 1956." Dust jackets on both volumes are not price clipped. Endpapers for Vol 1 is a red map of Kansas. Volume 2 is a stated first edition, with copyright 1956. Volume 2 is not signed. Vol 2 has blank endpapers. Both volumes are fully indexed. Special mylar archival covers are on the dust jackets. Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as Vice President for just 82 days before Roosevelt died. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. In these invaluable accounts, President Truman provides extraordinary insight into events and decisions that shaped the world of his day and beyond. The momentous year, 1945, witnessed the accession of a new President in wartime, the first use of atomic weponry, the end of the war with Japan and the founding of the United Nations. Engaging and informal, Truman's Memoirs display the sterling character of a man who, thrust into a job he neither sought nor wanted, proved to be one of the ablest men ever to hold the office of the Presidency! Rare Signed copy. ; Years of Decisions &Year of Trial and Hope 1946-1952; Vol. 1&2; 8.70 X 5.90 X 3.60 inches; Signed by Author .