Memoirs. Vol. I: Year of Decisions; Vol. II: Years of Trial and Hope.

First edition. 1955–1956. 2 vols. 8vos. Vol. 1 : xi, 596 pp, vol. 2 : xi, 594 pp. Black cloth, lettered in silver on blue panels to spine, Truman's facsimile signature to covers, deckled fore-edges. Green topstain. Index. Dust jacket design by Sydney Butchkes (priced at $5.00 on front flaps). Inscribed by Truman on the dedication page of volume one to Murray Cohen (technical sergeant with the 452nd Bomb Wing at the Long Beach Fire Dept. – the first Air Force reserve organization to be called to active duty and go into combat on the Korean peninsula). Preceded by the "Special Kansas City Edition" two-volume set in limitations of 20,615 and 11,500 copies respectively.

Inner hinges at gutters of pastedowns starting, but still holding firm, offsetting to endpapers, toning to textblock edges, top edges lightly water-stained, bottom edges slightly soiled, fragile dustjackets chipped and creased along the edges and spine tips, else Very Good.

Truman (1884–1972) served as the thirty-third President of the United States, 1945–1953.