Description
First edition of Harry Truman: A Political Biography by William Helm, signed by President Harry Truman.
Octavo, vii, 241pp. Black cloth, title in red on spine and front cover. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, closed tear along front panel, light shelf wear, a very good example.
(Burns, 0080)
Signed by Harry S. Truman on the front free endpaper.
A scarce title to find signed by President Truman.
William Helm, the author of Harry Truman: A Political Biography, was the Washington correspondent for the Kansas City Journal-Post. He had a long association with Senator Truman and continued to cover his career after he ascended to the Vice Presidency. This work focuses mainly on Harry Truman’s time as a Senator. Truman noted that this account of his early years was “not very accurate.”
