TRUMAN, Harry S.
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952.
"To Colonel Williams, the best pilot I ever flew with, and a fine gentleman, with kindest regards from his former C in C": First Editions of Harry Truman’s Memoirs; Inscribed by President Truman in Volume One to his pilot
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-56.
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First editions, early printings of President Truman's presidential memoirs. Octavo, two volumes, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the dedication page of volume one, "To Colonel Williams, the best pilot I ever flew with, and a fine gentleman, with kindest regards from his former C in C, Harry S. Truman, Independence, Nov. 17, 1955." Both volumes are near fine in very good dust jackets. Jacket designs by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photographs by Eliot Elsofon and U.S. Army Corps. The recipient, Colonel Francis W. Williams served as pilot of the presidential airplanes the Sacred Cow and the Independence during President Truman's administration, 1948-1953. An exceptional association, one of finest we have seen.
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952.
$3,200.00
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