Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed and Inscribed by Harry S. Truman, 1955-56

Truman, Harry. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-56. Both volumes signed and inscribed. First Editions with dust jackets. Two-volume set. Housed in archival slipcase. Presented is Harry S. Truman’s two-volume set of his Memoirs entitled 1945: Year of Decisions and 1946-52: Years of Trial and Hope. Truman signed and inscribed the dedication page on both volumes with the same inscription reading, “To Parky Morgan, From Harry S. Truman 3/29/58.” The books are displayed in the 1956 dust jackets. Both volumes were published by Doubleday and Company in 1955 and 1956, respectively, and are now housed in a custom-built archival slipcase decorated with an inlaid photo of Truman. Harry S. Truman served as U.S. President during one of the most pivotal times in the nation’s history. Not wanting the position at first, Vice President Truman was handed the responsibility after Franklin D. Roosevelt suddenly passed away in office. The 33rd president told the press th