Description
First edition, first printing of Truman by David McCullough, signed by the author.
Octavo, 1117pp, [3]. Blue hardcover, dark blue cloth spine, title in silver on spine. The first printing, with a full number line starting with “1” on copyright page. Light wear to cloth spine and panels, solid text block. Free of marks or notations. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, near fine, with $30.00 on front flap, faint shelf wear to covers.
Signed by the author on the title page, dated “5/15/95.”
This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by author and historian David McCullough is part of a series of works that have helped to rehabilitate the legacy of President Harry Truman. Recent historians consider Truman’s time in office as one of the most consequential in American history, often ranking him in the upper tier of Presidents.
