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Lot #274
Harry S. Truman Signed Book, Presented to the Son of General Maxwell D. Taylor

Estimate: $200+

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Description

Signed book: Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Vol. I: Year of Decisions. First edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 596 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink to historian and biographer John Maxwell Taylor, “To John M. Taylor, from Harry S. Truman, Kind regards, 5/14/62.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/G, with a cracked front hinge, toning to endpapers, John Maxwell Taylor's personal bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, and wear, tears, and sunning to the jacket. Accompanied by an unsigned first edition of the second volume, Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial and Hope, 1946-1952. The recipient, John Maxwell Taylor, is the son of General Maxwell D. Taylor, who served as President John F. Kennedy's primary military advisor as his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents
  • Dates: January 10, 2025 - February 12, 2025





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