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Mr. President; The First Publication From the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman
by Hillman, William [Harry S. Truman] [Gordon Gray]
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- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus And Young, 1952. Limited Edition. Full leather. Near fine. The limited edition of Mr. President, inscribed by President Harry S. Truman to Secretary Gordon Gray.. Quarto, [6], 253pp, [3]. Blue leather, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to top edges of spine. Light gray endpapers. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell, title on spine in gilt over red morocco label. Frontispiece portrait, signed by the author. This is from a limited edition of 250 copies, signed by President Harry Truman shortly before leaving the White House. This is number 49 of 250: "To Hon. Gordon Gray, From: The President. White House, August 10, 1952." Additional signature below frontispiece portrait: "To a great + efficient public servant." An excellent association copy to President Truman's Secretary of the Army and future National Security Advisor Gordon Gray. The recipient of this book, National Security Advisor Gordon Gray, served every president from Harry S. Truman through Gerald R. Ford. He served as the secretary of the Army under President Truman. Under President Eisenhower, Gray served as the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization and later as national security advisor. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1961 shortly before Eisenhower left office. From 1961-1976 he served on the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Gordon Gray passed away in 1982.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Mr. President; The First Publication From the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman
- Author
- Hillman, William [Harry S. Truman] [Gordon Gray]
- Illustrator
- The limited edition of Mr. President, inscribed by President Harry S. Truman to Secretary Gordon Gray.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus And Young
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- first edition President Truman, Harry Truman limited edition. first edition Memoirs Truman, Where the buck stops, Years of Decisions, The Accidental President, Truman Administration, Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Years of Trial and Hope, Ma
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