Description
The signed Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, the limited edition of 75 leather bound copies of the Kansas City Edition.
Octavo, [two volumes], xi, [1], 596pp; xi, [3], 594pp. Bound in 3/4 blue levant morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, titles in gilt on spines, stated “Limited First Edition” in gilt at bottom of spines. These books were rebound from the “Special Kansas City Edition,” as noted on the copyright page of both volumes. Light wear to edges of morocco binding, solid text blocks.
Contains tipped-in facsimile letter from Vice President Truman to Hugh P. Williamson of Fulton, Missouri. (Burns 0016) Books were specially bound by Max Adjarian, the former bookbinder of the National Library, Paris, France. This is a limited edition set of 75 copies, this being number 51 of 75.
This copy is signed on the half-title of Volume I: “With kindest regards from Harry S. Truman, 12/17/55.”
