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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Lot Description
TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884–1972). [Memoirs:] Year of Decision. --Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955–56.
2 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth (slight rubbing to extremities); dust jackets (some spotting [heaviest on vol. I], minor wear to extremities, a few abrasions to front panel vol. II).
FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES, BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY TRUMAN on the dedication page and half-title, respectively: “To Joseph Lago / from / Harry S. Truman”. With additional notation in an unidentified hand “4/16/69” at foot of inscribed pages (presumably the date of inscriptions). Also inscribed in an unidentified hand on dedication leaf of vol. II: “My regards to Dr. Joseph Lago”(possibly in Bess Truman’s hand).
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota