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THBHarry S. Truman, Memoirs Inscribed to Senator Wayne Morse
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Lot of 3 volumes.
Truman, Harry S. Memoirs: Year of Decisions. Garden City (NY): Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955, Vol. 1. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt front and spine, in slipcase with paper label, 596pp. Inscribed and signed on half-title: To the Honorable Wayne Morse with affectionate regards from one of his greatest admirers. Harry Truman / Independence / Dec. 31, 1955. Also inscribed "To Hon. Wayne Morse / From Harry Truman" on paper label on slipcase.
_____. Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City (NY): Doubleday & Company, 1956, Vol. 2. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt front and spine, in slipcase with paper label, 594pp. Inscribed on half-title: "To Honorable Wayne Morse from Harry Truman 5/5/56." Also "Honorable Wayne Morse" on paper label on slipcase in what appears to be Truman's hand. On pp 501 of this volume is a note by "MMM" (presume his wife Mildred "Midge") in lower margin "This states very well the feelings that Wayne Morse had that lead[sic] him to leave the campaign and support Stevenson. He had become disenchanted when Eisenhower chose Richard Nixon. As the campaign went on he became convinced the[sic] Stevenson should be elected." Marks by sections of text in margins of pp 502 and 474.
______. Mr. Citizen. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, (1953), 1960. 8vo, half leather, gilt front and spine, decorative endpapers, in slipcase, 315pp. Inscribed and signed on half-title: To Honorable Wayne Morse with admiration and affectionate regards, from one who considers him the greatest of public servants to the people of this Republic. Harry Truman / Independence / Sept. 20, 1960 / Wayne, you know how I feel and it has been demonstrated! H.S.T.
Wayne Morse (1900-1974) was an Oregon lawyer and politician, who had been born and raised in Wisconsin. Morse affiliated first with the Republican party, then spent a few years as an Independent, before affiliating with the Democrats for his last two decades. He made a run for the Democratic nomination in 1960. A few years later, he was one of only two of his party in the Senate who opposed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which authorized military action in Vietnam without a declaration of war. He continued to oppose the military action in Southeast Asia until the end of his life, even though it cost him reelection in 1968 and the next two elections.Volumes are excellent, being protected by their cases. Some wear to slipcases, especially edges and corners. The third is heavily sunned. Internal markings noted.Condition
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