Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952 [Two volumes, Volume I inscribed by Truman]
by Harry S. Truman
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- Very Good +/Very Good -
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1956. Very Good +/Very Good -. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955-1956. First Editions, stated. Volume I signed at half title by Harry Truman at half title with inscription, "To Mr. and Mrs. Simon Pearl. Kind regards from Harry Truman 10/18/58." Two octavo volumes. 596 pp.; 594 pp. Printed dust jackets. Black cloth boards stamped in silver and blue. Green topstains.
Price-clipped dust jackets chipped along edges, in particular at spine ends, with some general staining and spotting; paper flaws from previous removed stickers to base of spine of each volume. Boards sturdy and square with some light wear to spine ends. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked.
[Burns 016].
Price-clipped dust jackets chipped along edges, in particular at spine ends, with some general staining and spotting; paper flaws from previous removed stickers to base of spine of each volume. Boards sturdy and square with some light wear to spine ends. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked.
[Burns 016].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14860
- Title
- Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952 [Two volumes, Volume I inscribed by Truman]
- Author
- Harry S. Truman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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