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Memoirs by Harry S. Truman [Two Volume Set]
by TRUMAN, Harry S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good in original black cloth with silver titling, and good lettered dust jackets that have rubbing on the covers and toning
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good in original black cloth with silver titling, and good lettered dust jackets that have rubbing on the covers and toning typical of the age and use of white paper for the jackets.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. xi, 596 pp., xi, 594 pp. Volume One, "Year of Decisions," is inscribed by President Truman in blue ink on the half title page, "To Charles C. C_____, Kind Regards, from Harry S. Truman 3-21-64." Both Volume One and Volume Two, "Years of Trial and Hope," also feature the signature of the previous owner, Charles, on each front free endpaper. The text of each book contains light toning towards the edges, but otherwise each remain in good shape and unmarred by foxing or other stray marks. Each volume bears the small dot on the lower back cover indicative of BOMC.
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Details
- Seller
- Bagatelle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3257
- Title
- Memoirs by Harry S. Truman [Two Volume Set]
- Author
- TRUMAN, Harry S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in original black cloth with silver titling, and good lettered dust jackets that have rubbing on the covers and toning
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2019
Asheville, North Carolina
About Bagatelle Books, IOBA
We are a brick-and-mortar independent bookstore in West Asheville, North Carolina.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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