Description
First edition, first printing of Truman by David McCullough, with an inscription about President Truman.
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. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, near fine, with $30.00 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear to covers.
Signed by the author on the half title page: “For Ben Emerson, the man Truman bawled out / David McCullough 7/13/92.”
This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by author and historian David McCullough is part of a series of works that have helped 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.
