Desirable signed first edition book set of the Memoirs of Harry S. Truman, both hardcovers, including: a first edition of Volume One: Year of Decisions, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen, "To Edward A. Bayne, with kindest regards, from Harry S. Truman, Florence, May 28-1956"; and a first edition of Volume Two: Years of Trial and Hope, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen, "To Edward A. Bayne, from Harry S. Truman, Firenzi, 5-28-1956." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/VG-, with Bayne's bookplate to front pastedowns (with offset toning to endpapers), front hinges starting, and small edge tears and sunning to dust jacket.
Edward A. Bayne, a scholar in the field of political science and specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, was introduced to Harry S. Truman by the art historian Bernard Berenson. They evidently met at Berenson’s Florence home during Truman's visit to Italy in 1956, and Bayne's accounts of meetings with Truman reside in the archives of the University of Kansas.
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